The Anomolaic Press
The Anomolaic Press
The Anomolaic Press is a small independent press that specializes in the works of William Gay and J.M. White.
Announcing Michael’s newly released book
The Phenomenology of Inner Freedom
Volume II
Poetry for Philosophers
Philosophy for Poets
Freedom is fragile. The outer freedoms, freedom of speech and freedom of movement, are difficult to obtain and difficult to maintain. It is even harder to gain the citadel of inner freedom. The door to inner freedom swings open when consciousness becomes aware of itself. The principles that guide us are hidden from everyday awareness. When self-reflection penetrates this veil a higher freedom comes into view with new standards of judgement that are not libertine or egotistical, just the opposite, when decisions spring from inner freedom it reveals our basic human nature and our actions take into account the welfare of all people.
Praise for Finding The Lost Country: The Life of William Gay
“Some folks dwell in the shadow realms of the creative imagination, where synchronicity is as common as day and night, as sunlight and moonglow. William Gay and J.M. White are anomalies. There is no rational explaining of their lives, of their works. The self educated William Gay became a master of the Southern Gothic novel. The erudite J.M White did graduate study in Phenomenology at Duquesne University, holds an M.A. in philosophy from Vanderbilt, and is the author of eighteen books of poetry, essays, and biographies. The story of how Gay and White became friends and then White discovered, edited and published Gay’s lost manuscripts is real literary magic, a thing of mysterious beauty. FINDING THE LOST COUNTRY: The Life of William Gay by J.M. White, written in an accessible conversational style, is storytelling at its best, a gift, a masterpiece.”
– Ron Whitehead, U.S. National Lifetime Beat Poet Laureate
William Gay is one of this century’s greatest American writers and Michael White has done Gay’s enduring legacy a great service in this outstanding biography.
–Ron Rash, New York Times bestselling novelist