Ahadada Books is pleased to present a tasty sample of Mark Sptizer reading from his latest, Age of the Demon Tools — although, the poem, “Unholy Millenial Litany”, which clocks in at 7:29, is more of a meal!

This book is worth reading [listening to] if only for the poem “Unholy Millenial Litany” and its blastsome truths. —Ed Sanders, literary icon

You can access it via Ahadada Radio by clicking below:

This MP3 may may also be downloaded by clicking the icon below.

Age of the Demon Tools’ sell sheet is available here. Feel free to print off, post up and pass around! Would be much appreciated! Click here to download!

More information on Mark’s book may be found by clicking here.

Stay tuned for more, everyone! And enjoy!

Hey folks—I had hoped to get all of our photos up in the gallery, but haven’t had a chance. In the meantime, here’s a few shots from Jerome Rothenberg’s book launch at the Bowery…

Michael Heller and Jerome Rothenberg

Katie St Jean and Diane Rothenberg

The Bowery Poetry Club

Check out Pierre Joris’ blog for details on Jerome Rothenberg’s reading tonight in Albany at 7:30 p.m. in the UAG Gallery (247 Lark Street, Albany, NY).

Don’t miss it!

Just got back from the Ahadada launch of Jerome Rothenberg’s China Notes & the Treasures of Dunhuang at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York!

This is my second time seeing Rothenberg read from China Notes—it gets better every time!

A full review of the events will come—along with video and pictures, but I just wanted to post my thoughts about the venue, such a great place! Jesse flew in from Tokyo and Katie and I drove down from Toronto. Jesse and I were only able to hang out for the afternoon with Jerry and friends, but squeezed out every second (even while getting lost in Manhattan) to lay out plans for our Ahadada future, etc,!

In the front, there’s a little cafe and eatery. In between, at the top of the stairs leading down to the restroom, there’s a selection of poetry books and chapbooks—I need to return just to get through it all! There’s a full bar (They make a mean gin and tonic.). The performance and seating area is sizeable, well lit, and has excellent acoustics.

Turnout was outstanding for a Sunday afternoon—we even sold books to tourists passing by but not staying for the reading. In my experience Jerry could get a great turnout regardless of time, date or venue.

If you have a chance check out any of the events on schedule at the BPC, do it! It’s a great venue to see something low key. It’s a very unassuming and unitimidating place.

And they had 2 for 1 bottles before 3pm! And that wasn’t even the best part!

Anyway—thanks to Jerry and to Bob Holman for making it a great event—more on it soon. For now must catch up on sleep and work.

We are pleased to announce the forthcoming launch of Jerome Rothenberg’s China Notes & the Treasures of Dunhuang. The book will be published in October. In anticipation of this launch we present a video file of Rothenberg reading from the book last December 17th at Beyond Baroque in Venice, California. More files of Rothenberg, as well as poets Jesse Glass, Catherine Daly, Bruna Mori, Daniel Sendecki, and Judith Skillman reading from their own work and celebrating the life and writing of Cid Corman will be available in the near future.

Click here for the video.

Be on the lookout for Bruna Mori’s performance to be released concurrently with her upcoming e-book from Ahadada.

Myopic Poetry Series presents PAOLO JAVIER and TIM YU

Sunday, September 10, 7 p.m.
Myopic Books
1564 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago

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PAOLO JAVIER is the author of 60 lv bo(e)mbs (O Books), and the time at the end of this writing (Ahadada), which received a Small Press Traffic Book Award. He edits 2nd Ave Poetry, and lives in New York.

TIM YU is the winner of the 2006 Vincent Chin Memorial Chapbook Prize for his collection Journey to the West, which will appear in the December 2006 issue of Barrow Street. His poetry and prose have appeared in Chicago Review , Meanjin, SHAMPOO, and The Poetry Project Newsletter. A native of the Chicago area, he now lives in Chicago and in Toronto, where he teaches at the University of Toronto.