Entanglements Won An Independent Press Award
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Entanglements: Physics, love, and wilderness dreams by Jack Mayer is a 2023 Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite in the category of Poetry. Read more about this award
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Bookmarks Review - Entanglements
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“Jack Mayer is the pediatrician and poet that I always wanted to be. From his early days as a new doctor caring for the rural poor along the Vermont/Canada border to his present life as a senior citizen still hiking the Long Trail and striving to understand the beauty, love, and loss that comprise the world, Mayer has distinguished himself by bringing a discerning and questioning mind and eye to his environment…”
— Michael Epstein, Harvard Medical School, Founder, www.EpsteinReads.com (Bookmarks).
Read MoreMidwest Book Review - Entanglements
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Jack Mayer introduces this collection with thought-provoking insights into and definitions of his subject: "Whether or not there is a point to our existence, and whatever that point might be, we nevertheless strive for elegance, perfection, beauty, and contentment. Relationships seem to be the matrix in which we endeavor to understand. We are entangled."
Read MoreGet ‘Entangled’ in poetry by local pediatrician
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Middlebury poet and pediatrician Jack Mayer has published another collection of poetry. “Entanglements: Physics, love, and wilderness dreams” is now available at The Vermont Book Shop in downtown Middlebury.
Addison Independent - November 10, 2022 By Elsie Lynn Parini
Read MoreJack Mayer interviewed by Vermont Digger
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Author Jack Mayer was recently interviewed by VT Digger: “How did German democracy collapse and give rise to Nazism?”
Read MoreJack Mayer wins prize for book of poetry - article by the Addison Independent
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PEDIATRICIAN/POET JACK Mayer recently won the Proverse Prize 2019 for his new book of poems “Poems From the Wilderness.” Join him on a live Zoom reading and discussion on Thursday, Dec. 3 hosted by The Vermont Book Shop in Middlebury. Read the full article for the story on what inspired this book.
Read MoreManhattan Book Review - Poems from the Wilderness
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“. . . the lyricism of his poetry reaches out, the secular becomes spiritual as the wilderness embraces, evolving from the prosaic details of his world view, he catches
…a glimpse.
of the ineffable, the ephemeral, the everlasting,
trying to reckon which is which.’
—5 Star Review by the Manhattan Book Review
US Review of Books - Poems from the Wilderness
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“This moving collection of poems immerses the reader in the natural world and expounds on the solace and solitude that comes from hiking countless miles on trails through wilderness, mountains, and forests…. With stunning imagery, his poems transport the reader to a world of trees, plants, and birds through the seasons…. Fans of poet Mary Oliver will find a similar voice extolling nature in the author’s poetry.”
—RECOMMENDED by the US Review of Books
Midwest Book Review - Poems from the Wilderness
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“Readers of Walt Whitman, Thoreau, and other nature writers well know the power of nature on the contemplative literary voyager who would survey the wilderness with an eye to rejuvenating soul and perspective. These audiences will especially appreciate Mayer's attention to connecting natural with human affairs…”
— Midwest Book Review
Book Trailer: Before the Court of Heaven
/BEFORE THE COURT OF HEAVEN is based on the true story of a fascist assassin, an early Nazi, Ernst Techow, and his complex and harrowing redemption. Techow participates in the 1922 murder of Foreign Minister Walther Rathenau, the highest-ranking Jew in the Weimar Republic. The novel is inspired by the history of how Germany’s Weimar democracy became the Third Reich – how ordinary Germans became complicit in extraordinary crimes – a cautionary tale for today. BEFORE THE COURT OF HEAVEN is also the tender story of Ernst’s inextinguishable passion for his first love, Lisa. They are star-crossed lovers, buffeted by the rising tide of Nazi ascendency.
*********************** “Haunting echoes of Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago. . . “
- US Review of Books
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“. . . a strong, affecting novel . . . a story of immense human failure and touching redemption . . . it stands among the finer recent portrayals in fiction of the most troubling era of modern history.”
- Jay Parini
Independent Press Award - 2017 WINNER!
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I'm thrilled to announce that I've received national recognition through the INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD®! This award recognizes excellence from small presses and independent publishers.
The INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD gave 1st place honors to BEFORE THE COURT OF HEAVEN, in two categories – General Fiction and Historical Fiction. The competition is judged by experts from all aspects of the book industry, including publishers, writers, editors, book cover designers and professional copywriters. They select award Winners and Distinguished Favorites based on overall excellence.
“In 2017, we had worldwide participation, from London to Australia, from Portugal to Hong Kong, and are so proud to announce the winners and favorites in our annual INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD. Independent publishing is alive and well, and continues to gain traction worldwide.”
About the Book:
BEFORE THE COURT OF HEAVEN, by Jack Mayer is based on the true story of a fascist assassin, Ernst Techow, and his complex and harrowing redemption. The novel is also a consideration of how Germany’s Weimar democracy became the Third Reich – a cautionary tale. How ordinary Germans became complicit in extraordinary crimes. Ernst Techow’s history is also the tender story of his inextinguishable passion for his first love, Lisa. Scholars of German history and the Holocaust have vetted the historical accuracy of BEFORE THE COURT OF HEAVEN.
“Haunting echoes of Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago. . . “ US Review of Books
“. . . a strong, affecting novel . . . a story of immense human failure and touching redemption . . . it stands among the finer recent portrayals in fiction of the most troubling era of modern history.” – Jay Parini – Novelist, poet, essayist and D.E. Axinn Prof. of English and Creative Writing, Middlebury College – author of The Last Station.
For more information about the award please visit: www.independentpressaward.com
Interview and Book Discussion on Vermont Public Radio
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I invite you to listen to my 6 minute interview about BEFORE THE COURT OF HEAVEN with Mary Williams of Vermont Public Radio (CONVERSATION ON THE ARTS) during All Things Considered, which aired on Friday, Dec. 16th.
http://digital.vpr.net/post/middlebury-author-his-mission-share-burdens-holocaust