Category Archives: The Fish Speaks
The Fish Speaks | November 9, 2023
November 9, 2023 [ Join Us on Zoom This Tuesday ] (November 14) Elizabeth Cunningham’s beautiful memoir published earlier this week with an event at Oblong Books in Rhinebeck, and they sold every copy on hand. Response to My Life as a … Continue reading
The Fish Speaks | October 19, 2023
October 19, 2023 [ Interview with Paul Cohen ] Who names a publishing house for a fish? We asked Monkfish founder and president Paul Cohen this question. He told us—for the first time: As I was brainstorming for a name … Continue reading
Announcing the Publication of Compassion as Remedy in Tibetan Medicine
We are proud to announce the publication of Compassion as Remedy in Tibetan Medicine: Healing Through Limitless Compassion by Dr. Jampa Yonten and Kyle Weaner, with a foreword by H.H. the Dalai Lama. This translation of an ancient Tibetan Buddhist … Continue reading
Announcing the Publication of Seeds from a Birch Tree
We are proud to announce the publication of the revised and expanded 25th anniversary edition of Seeds from a Birch Tree: Writing Haiku and the Spiritual Journey by Clark Strand. First published in 1997, Seeds From a Birch Tree introduced … Continue reading
We are pleased to announce two new initiatives at the press.
The first is the launch of a direct to consumer storefront for Monkfish titles through the newly launched IndiePubs website. The Monkfish store can be accessed here: Monkfish Direct Ordering Purchasing books here will increase royalties to our beloved authors, … Continue reading
A New Translation of the Blue Cliff Record
It is with great pride that we announce the publication of The Garden of Flowers and Weeds: A New Translation and Commentary on The Blue Cliff Record by Matthew Juksan Sullivan. This new translation and first contemporary commentary on the … Continue reading
An Author Talks About How to Blossom Through Adversity
Author Mark Matousek seeks advice from well-known survivors like Joan Didion and Isabel Allende and experts like Jon Kabat-Zinn to show how disasters can be used to awaken and transform us. From a Sudanese boy slave kidnapped at age seven … Continue reading
“Snakes,” An Excerpt from Stephen Levine’s “Animal Sutras”
S N A K E S I HAVE A LONG HISTORY WITH SNAKES. As a child, I swam in Lake Winnipesaukee, in New Hampshire, diving for large, smooth, broad-headed water snakes that were fat with fish and frogs, which, … Continue reading
