Porphyrion Press of Middle Grove, NY, is pleased to announce the publication of long-awaited '70s novel The First Time For Love by E.M. Moses, portraying the struggles of one thirty-something woman to survive and make a success of life while balancing (not always gracefully or graciously) job, family, home, husband and the rest… The book, which spans the decade in which it is set and travels from the capital of "New World State" to its famous metropolitan heart, beyond to the mountains upstate, across the borders to Vermont, Boston, D.C. and Maine, holds up a mirror to the issues and events of the time and examines social concerns and mores which have not diminished since the wouldbe female protagonist (who wants to be a writer) was created for this epic oeuvre.

This is the ninth book published by Porphyrion which was conceived thirty years ago with Vermont Renaissance, a selection of poetry and several photos by Coral Crosman from the late '60s. Coral and her husband, Rene Gonzales, founded the business in 1974 in support of small, independent poetry editions but it has also produced fiction titles including Ms. Crosman's novella, Eve of Innocence, a summer romance set in what could be the Adirondacks and featuring a clash of cultural outlooks, written when she was 19. A coming-of-age narrative centering on an upstate daily newspaper reporter, with contrasting undergraduate recollec-tions, A Circle of Life, by Sally Richardson, appeared in 1998 while the picaresque ski adventure with its wouldbe "Ruby Tuesday" character, Never Trust The Fall Line (also set in the '60s) by Becky Flynn, was released in 1999.

Remembering the Future: Poems of Four Decades, 1957-97, selections from Ms. Crosman's extensive poetry, came out in 2000; this contains many poems not previously published in earlier works such as Timbered Lives (1994) and Journey to Middle Grove (1977). For further information, see www.porpress.com.

The First Time For Love by E.M. Moses: ISBN# 913884-9-x, $18.95, 814 pages

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