Just a note to thank those who have written to us: thank you for your kind thoughts. Outside of some fallen book cases, Ahadada Japan escaped the worst damage and the tsunami hit north of Tokyo and environs. Keep your fingers crossed, however, for the nuclear problems to be cleared up soon. Once again–just a note to say that we are all fine and your good wishes are returned 10000, nay, onre trillion-fold! Yours in Blake, Jess and family.

Ahadada Books is pleased to announce the publication of what Desire makes of us by Cati Porter, an electronic chapbook with illustrations by Amy Payne.

The series of poems that comprises what Desire makes of us was conceived of during April of 2009 in celebration of National Poetry Month (NaPoWriMo) in response to poem-a-day prompts provided by Robert Brewer on his Writers Digest/Poetic Asides Blog. An anthropomorphic personification of one of life’s basest instincts, Desire haunts our narrator, culminating in a surrealistic exploration of what it could mean to be literally consumed by Desire.

A southern California native, Cati Porter is the author of four poetry collections: Seven Floors Up (Mayapple Press), small fruit songs: prose poems (Pudding House Publications), (al)most delicious (Dancing Girl Press), and what Desire makes of us. She is founder and editor of Poemeleon: A Journal of Poetry. To learn more about her work work visit her website at www.catiporter.com.

Amy Payne is currently a freelance illustrator and resides in Richmond, Virginia. To learn more about her work contact her at amypayneart [at] gmail [dot] com.