Hillringhouse, Mark. Between Frames: Poems & Photographs by Mark Hillringhouse. SIGNED.

Serving House Books, 2012.  Introduction by Thomas E. Kennedy.  Illustrated wraps, 97 pages.  Near fine with slight curling of covers. SIGNED and inscribed on preliminary title page. 30 poems and numerous black-and-white photographs by the poet and photographer.  Most of the photos were taken in New Jersey, among them images of Great Falls, Paterson; Lackawanna Station, Hoboken; Arlington Diner; Angel Billboard, Vineland; Fabian Theater, Paterson; Maple Shade Motel; Bendix Diner, Hasbrouck Heights; et al.  Hillringhouse is a professor of English at Passaic County Community College and his writing and photographs have been published widely.  At the time of this book's publication, he had received three New Jersey Council for the Arts fellowships.  Endorsers on back cover include George Tice (see photo). Summary:

Between Frames: Poems & Photographs by Mark Hillringhouse is a hybrid collection that combines poetry and black-and-white photography to portray a fading, post-industrial American landscape—especially in New Jersey. The book captures scenes such as abandoned theaters, roadside diners, and declining main streets, using them to evoke a “vanishing America” rooted in memory and everyday experience.

Through the interplay of image and text, Hillringhouse explores themes of loss, nostalgia, and quiet beauty amid decay. His work blends personal reflection—family history, guilt, and longing—with broader meditations on time, place, and the emotional weight of ordinary environments. The result is an atmospheric, elegiac portrait of a world suspended between past and present, intimacy and emptiness.