COME WINTER & OTHER DITTIES: "I love how you sneak your sly wit in & the way you drop those eternal questions so quietly and about 3 poems later, they go off in your reader's head like a well-laid time bomb. You are wicked and wonderful ... [your poems] are dynamite in small packages." -- Virginia Love Long (1941-2006), writer, Hurdle Mills, NC

INCONSPICUOUS: "These short works are lyrics, some confessional, others emerging as modern meditations. They are solid but lean. In an age where poems tend to inflate into epics, Hathaway's poems are a welcome relief. As a poet, he focuses on image and the rhythmic value of his words. A holistic sincerity floods this work." -- Rane Arroyo, Ed., New Sins, Springfield, IL

RATBOY, ETC.: "Hathaway is never one to trim life's corners to make them more palatable and sanitized. He writes with a refreshing (sometimes brutal) honesty of lovers, sexual attraction, and of family and friends. A full risk-taking engagement with life is [his] central theme ... He celebrates the lives and loves of all of us with a largeness of spirit readers of this book will be nourished by." -- Robert Peters, poet, critic, Huntington Beach, CA

STUMBLING INTO LIGHT: "This is one of those rare books of poetry that mark a radical breakthrough in voice, technical control and exploration of the self. Hathaway confronts his personal history with courage and quiet, precise articulation. This is a different Kansas from Dorothy's, one in which the cyclones are social and psychological." -- Gerald Locklin, writer, teacher, Long Beach, CA

"He is glowingly aware of his own spiritual experiences and his poems have a sparkling, orgasmic, mystical quality." -- John Gilgun in The James White Review

"His gentleness, compassion and lust for life shine through and warms and inspires. stumbling into light is like a bridge across prejudices, which anyone with a heart can cross." -- Belinda Subraman, editor, Gypsy

COSMIC CHILDREN (POETRY): "What a delight to read a poetry book that's for the masses but filled with quality, contemporary poems that speak to all of us ... Everything McClanahan advises in Private Writing as Telling Truth, Writing With and From Your Many Selves and Quality of Heart-to-Heart Writing are apparent in Hathaway's collection." -- Rochelle Lynn Holt, writer, publisher, critic

This book (illustrated just below) is completely different in content from Cosmic Children: Collected Kittens & Cats, a little further below.

EPISTLE -- STORIES & ESSAYS: Currently out of print.

MY ANGEL & OTHER POEMS, by Jane Hathaway, 2nd edition, Chiron Review Press, 1999, 12 copies left, $10 ea.: "Mrs. Hathaway's dedication, loyalty and love remind me of my late mother ... these were tireless, dedicated souls who epitomized the very essence of female pioneer spirit. Hearty. Vivacious. Loving. Giving. Social. Dedicated to life, God and extended families, which in Jane's case, included the vast world of poets and poetry ... There are no debacles in Jane Hathaway's poetry. Her words shine without veneer. They are like the song of the stars, the voice of birds in silent air singing eternal truths ... If you need inspiration for each day, this is the book to buy." -- Joyce Metzger, JVC Books

A collection of true-life cat stories and poems which spans three decades. The lively and lovable parade of unforgettable feline characters begins with a pastel calico named Pandora, "the curious Gemini clown, the little person in a cat suit," who saves the life and sanity of a lonely, bewildered teenaged boy. Also meet Rockin' Robin, the Bathroom Kitty, who prefers the solitude of small, closed rooms; Tiny Dancer, the giant, macho 14-year-old who still chases his own tail and who has his own special way of dealing with the Religious Right; and Dreamboat Annie (aka Annie Schwarzenegger), a one-eyed, steroid-popping, freedom-fighting revolutionary. Then, last but not least, meet Cecil, a 35-pound Egyptian Mau-cross, who roamed the countryside of Greece with a pack of wild cats, escaped Libya three weeks before Qadhafi took over and was eventually convicted of murdering a poodle and declared a "menace to society" by a Kansas judge.

Michael Hathaway, editor of Chiron Review, writes, "I love all animals, but cats are the most beautiful and intriguing ... I love the spectrum of personalities and behavior and the variety of sizes, colors and shapes. Each is a one-of-a-kind cosmic masterpiece. Each has endearing habits and rituals that become a vital part of the daily rhythms of my life."