Even If Only Out Of by Alan Halsey.

A Tour of the Lattice by Maurice Scully.

First-rate work from first-rate poets.

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We’re presently putting the finishing touches on our roster of readers. We’re pleased to announce Jerome Rothenberg, Hiromi Ito, and Marthe Reed as headliners in our line-up so far. We plan to put together an issue of Ekleksographia dedicated to this cause. More news as it arrives. Jesse Glass

We’re a victim of our success at Facebook with over 4,000 friends, and a computer so slow that it takes an hour to post something now. That suits us just fine. We enjoyed joking around there and hearing from some of our nearest and dearest. All in all though, Facebook is/was a so-so experience we can live without.

Though Daniel seems to be moving on to bigger and better things, Ahadada Books remains doing what it does: i.e. enduring. If we do 30 books one year and two books the next who’s to worry? Not me and not you–Ahadada fans–either.

An earthquake couldn’t knock us out here in Japan and we’re not in the habit of crumbling because of any old world economic depression. Not at all. We practice asymmetrical publishing and have been at it for quite a few years. That means that we’re not chained to this website; neither are we in absolute love with “fine books in limited editions.” Staples and mimeo worked for us for years and if circumstances warrent, we’ll gladly return. The point is to get the best work–i.e. the work that gives me–Jesse Glass–permission to try new and interesting things with language–out there. If that work inspires me, then it will probably inspire others. That’s what we’ve always been about.

We thank Dan Sendecki for his friendship and for all of the good things he’s done, this side of gradually disappearing after c. 2007. We wish he and lovely Katie well.

We also thank most of our authors–most of them–and apologize to a few others for unanswered e-mails and all of that other hair-pulling stuff.

This website will be going through a few changes to another, more easily managed format, according to Dan. We sure hope so as we like this website–it’s served us well.

My friends, we can’t promise to be good, but we can promise to continue to be ourselves in 2012.

Happy holidays to everybody–and buy our books from Small Press Distribution for the fastest service.

We are NOT OPEN TO SUBMISSIONS AT THIS TIME. Jesse Glass