Kirjahaku

Streetwise is a collection of photographs taken quickly without reservation or apology before the sunlight faded or the geometry shifted, and as the pictures spoke to me in their own voice I translated the words to poems, each in their own dialect.

I went to Cuba with an open mind, and came back with an inspired heart. I walked in downtown Havana, where colorful troubadours entertained tourists in the square, and I strolled through the village of Cojimar, where Hemingway docked his boat, fished for the big catch, drank rum with locals, and ran guns for the revolution. I ate in wonderful restaurants built into crumbling buildings, and I learned about Cuban culture through the eyes of its talented artists. Cuba is a travel journal, but not in a traditional sense. This book is a collection of photographs, each one presented in a distinct voice, Psalms if you will, the sacred songs that make up Cuba. I often hear people say, "I want to get to Cuba before it changes" But you had better hurry, that change, the new revolution of creative inspiration and expression, free of restraint and politics, has already begun.

In his recent book, A Choir of Angels, Doug D'Elia removes the veil of doubt and mystery surrounding the existence of angels. After a visit to Brazilian spiritist healer, John of God, Doug's camera began capturing the image of angels. The gift led Doug to delve curiously into Angelology, exposing the challenges of belief posed by the church, the new age movement, and the scientific community. A Choir of Angels is a summary of Doug's findings supported by over one thirty pictures. The pictures are astonishing and the book inspiring. The reader will be haunted by the images, and moved to a state of radical amazement.

Ocho Coho is the latest coffee poem book out by Doug Delia. It is a collection of 8 unusual short stories with notes about conceptualization.