Boneshaker: A Bicycling Almanac

by Evan P. Schneider (Editor), Jeff Mapes (Contributor), Michael Bazzett (Contributor)

[Table of Features BA 42-400]

6 Record of the Cyclist
{for the enlisted}

7 Preface: The Heart of the Matter
{a note from the editors}

10 Amongst Apples and Plums
{a variety of autumnal poems by Ms. Nicole E.F. Taylor}

14 I Wish This Ride Could Last Forever
{another nugget of specific truth by Ms. Shea’la Finch, curator of fine things}

16 Bicycles Shaping The Cityscape
{a telling interview with Mr. Jeff Mapes, author of Pedaling Revolution}

21 From the Poem Store
{an offering from Ms. Jacqueline Suskin’s one-woman verse factory}

22 Ride Safe: A Spoke Card Campaign
{Denver police and commuters work toward a truce on Bike to Work Day}

28 The Best of Bicycle Commuter Betty
{R. Willis tackles tough questions from riders at large}

44 Thundering Home In Texas
{Ms. Lisa Landry’s wet and harrowing ride in Austin}

47 The Direction We Go
{the moving poetry of Mr. Michael Bazzett}

51 “Is It About A Bicycle?”
{Mr. Evan P Schneider considers the bicycle
in Flann O’Brien’s wacky Irish novel}

56 Befuddled By Bicycles in Beckett’s Molloy
{Mr. Michael Bussmann wonders what on earth is going on here}

62 Getting Confident on the Road
{the fourth article in Ms. Rachael Spiewak’s real-life riding series}

65 A Long Way From New York: Diary of a South Dakotan Ride
{the Badlands as crossed by Mr. Ken Stanek}

68 Love Letters From the Saddle
{“Hello, there. I think you’re wonderful,” as mailed by Ms. Meg Scheil}

71 In Praise of Cycling
{Mr. Dirk Sollie’s new translation of Charles-Albert Cingria’s 1938 essay}

79 Behind Enemy Lines
{Ms. Elisa Munoz’s commuter diary from the least bicycle friendly state}

84 Solidified Independence
{the benefits of building your own frame, by Mr. Marc-Andre Chimonas}

91 Implied Synthesis
{Ms. Mary Richardson reviews David Byrne’s Bicycle Diaries}

97 100-word Reviews
{Teamwork Bags, made of recycled boat sails}

“The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets.”
~ Christopher Morley

104 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Evan P. Schneider is the author of A Simple Machine, Like the Lever and the founding editor of Boneshaker: A Bicycling Almanac. He is a graduate of the English departments at Colorado State University and the University of Rhode Island and has received fellowships from KHN Center for the Arts and the Oregon Arts Commission. Born in New Mexico and raised in Colorado, Schneider now lives in the Pacific Northwest.

Reviews

[Elizabeth]

Brendan turned me on to this I am enjoying skipping around the mix of interviews, city riding advice, poetry and stories. There are a few real misses along with the hits to be sure but I think that is the nature of little indie labors of love and I would still recomend checking it out.