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SPRING 2026 JUST PUBLISHED!
ARN STRASSER
DOING THE WORK:
AN ARTIST´S JOURNEY
Ury Enríquez
A monograph on Arn Strasser´s art by a curator of the Museo de Arte Contemporaneio in Queretaro, Mexico. The book presents images from Strasser´s first major exhibition in 1996 to last summer's 2025 solo exhibition at the Museo. Included in the book is an introduction by Enriquez in which she emphasizes themes of architecture, painting and poetry in Strasser´s work. Each series is explained and the book closes with Enriquez's 2025 interview with Strasser.
DOING THE WORK: AN ARTIST´S JOURNEY is a limited edition, hardcover 8.5" x 11" book of 256 pages containing more than 200 full color images.
Price $125 LIMITED EDITION
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CURRENT TITLES
DRAWINGS: ARCHITECTURAL GESTURES
DIBUJOS: GESTOS ARQUITECTONICOS
A LITTLE BOOK of IMAGINARY FLOWERS
Un Pequeño Libro de Flores Imaginarias
COMING SUMMER 2023. NEW BOOKS BY ARN STRASSER
DRAWINGS: ARCHITECTURAL GESTURES
DIBUJOS: GESTOS ARQUITECTONICOS
As an artist who studied architecture with an M. Arch from the University of Oregon, Arn Strasser
offers a selection of drawings based on one approach to architectural design: the architectural gesture. A beautifully design book filled with color images, the first edition is listed, signed and numbered.
"This unique collection of imaginary and sometimes fantastical flowers more than accomplishes artistic poet Arn Strasser´s goal: to bring joy to the viewer. Browse these products of imagination at your leisure: they will soar your spirits.
Etta Abrahams
ARN STRASSER
CREATURES I HAVE KNOWN
Meet a delightful set of Creatures with drawings and introductions by Arn Strasser. A GREAT GIFT book!
CREATURES I HAVE KNOWN is a whimsical look at a host of delightful Creatures introduced with line drawings in black and white, and color. Here you will meet TONY THE PARTY ANIMAL, CORKY THE WONDER DOG, STREET SMART SAMMY O'NEILL, and AUNT ADELINE and many more. Beautifully designed, this light-hearted collection of CREATURES makes a perfect gift for any occasion.
CREATURES I HAVE KNOWN
2022
106 pages / Illustrations
$15.00 / 300 mx.
Publisher: BUDDING BRANCH PRESS
ARN STRASSER
REMEDIES
"...a rich selection of work by a generous-spirited poet."
"Whether decrying the cruelties and injustices of the world or, much more frequently celebrating its beauties and triumphs, Arn Strasser´s lean, elegant poems are marked by precise observation and quiet authority. Here are tributes to artists ("Poem to Lorca", "Indigo") and to nature ("Flowering Quince in Bloom"), tender love poems ("Perhaps", "The Wanderings") and imaginative extravaganzas ("Breakfast with Death", "Roman Holiday"), a rich selection of work by a generous-spirited poet."
MICHAEL PALMA, author of Begin the Gladness and translator of Dante´s
Inferno.
REMEDIES
2019
140 pages / Illustrations
$15.00 / 300 mx.
Publisher: BUDDING BRANCH PRESS
ARN STRASSER
TERRAIN
Arn Strasser´s fourth collection of poems TERRAIN contains a variety of poetic expressions-- to love and nature, joy and loss, and what it means to be human.
One section titled EVA HESSE IS DRAWING features poems based on artists and writers that covers a diverse spectrum including Eva Hesse, Joan Miro, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Mark Rothko. Devotion, a long poem, is a captivating meditation on the experience of being a poet.
TERRAIN is a work from a poet who speaks with an authentic voice, always interesting and challenging.
TERRAIN
2018
121 pages / Illustrations
$15.00 / 300 mx.
Publisher: BUDDING BRANCH PRESS
ARN STRASSER
INCIDENTAL LONGING
"...an exciting, new collection from Arn Strasser...an inspired treasure of poetic expression." INCLUDING
Samuel Beckett at the Crossroads
Dame from Long Beach
Jazz Piece #19
Poem to Lorca
Song for Lovers
The Modern Mind
We on Earth Becoming
A Poet's List
Einstein Questions the Sea
Ice Storm
INCIDENTAL LONGING
2017
94 pages / Illustrated
$15.00 / 300 mx.
Publisher: Budding Branch Books
ARN STRASSER
TO THE POET LISTENING
"LIVELY, ENGAGING...the latest collection from a poet who displays a keen sense of craft."
The new collection from Arn Strasser shows a remarkable poetic range. Here we find expressions of love and fear, the experience of parenting, odes to nature, sharp and witty political pieces and more...all told in a unique voice. An added bonus is a delightful story for a cat named Musette. This is a lively, engaging work from a poet who displays a keen sense of craft."
TO THE POET LISTENING
2016
140 pages
$15.00 / 300 mx.
Publisher: BUDDING BRANCH PRESS
ARN STRASSER
BEFORE DREAMING