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The late poet Reginald Shepherd corresponded for two years before his death with nature writer Alan Contreras. Song After All offers a new window into Shepherd's thoughts on writing, music, love and, ultimately, dealing with cancer. Wry, funny, painful, illuminating and glorious, this unique compilation of 120 personal messages, plus blog posts, poetic commentary and essays is a moving and entertaining memorial. Also contains essays by Shepherd's partner Robert Philen and by Evan Eisenberg, and includes the complete text of Fernando Pessoa's poem Antinous, written in English in 1918 and rarely published in the U.S. All royalties from sales of this book benefit the Creative Writing program at the University of Oregon, where Shepherd was scheduled to speak shortly before he died.

In the 1920s, a wooden railroad was built in the Coast Range mountains of Oregon to transport lumber and logs to market. This fictional story tells the community's story of its efforts to become early entrepreneurs as they create a transportation system to bring their product-lumber-to market. Railroad workers begin receiving shares of stock in lieu of wages; their confidence remains unshaken. But, rumors force desperate measures by those who know secrets. Amidst the growing economic uncertainty of 1929, a railroad built on wooden rails holds the promise of wealth for a whole community. The completion of the last half-mile of track, however, will change them all.

John Jay Chapman (1862-1933) was one of America's greatest essayists. He wrote a number of essays about what colleges ought to be and what they should not be. This book includes five of those essays, including two not available in the Collected Works of Chapman. Alan Contreras, a noted expert on U.S. colleges, provides an introduction to Chapman's philosophy of higher education.