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Mark Spitzer and Six Gallery Press announce new release
RIDING THE UNIT: Selected Nonfiction 1994-2004 by Mark Spitzer FINALLY & OFFICIALLY PUBLISHED BY SIX GALLERY PRESS PITTSBURGH, PA!!!
Here's the link to order!
"When we first read Spitzer's bit of lit spite we were amused, seeing in it a certain vitriolic mode all-too-absent from the politesse-ridden Am Po Scene...OK, Spitzer was...
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Nurturing the Filipino Diaspora Through Literature - Asian Week
Via Annabelle Udo of AsianWeek comes that piece on the nurturing of the Filipino diaspora —
The intersection of Sixth and Mission streets straddles San Francisco’s battle with time and architecture. To the east, a mayhem of bars and grills, the Sony Metreon and the Westfield Mall.
To the west, a mish-mash...
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Bookslut's review of Please Don't Kill the Freshman by Zoe Trope
Via Liz Miller of Bookslut:
The reason I didn't keep a diary in high school was because I didn't have much interest in writing what other people weren't going to read. My portentous teen angst still found purchase, though, mostly in long letters to friends, melodramatic personal essays for class, and...
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Chronicling the sur(real) LA
Steve Erickson's genre-defying fiction can be as enthralling and difficult as his city—via Scott Timberg, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer.
It was only a day or two into the worst of the Southern California fires, and novelist Steve Erickson had just packed the car up so his family could flee their...
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Three versions of the truth praised by Booklist
via Booklist online
Three Versions of the Truth.
Brown, Amy Knox (author).
Sept. 2007. 226p. Press 53, paperback, $16 (9780979304934).
REVIEW. First published August, 2007 (Booklist).
As its title suggests, the duplicitous nature of relationships-with lovers, family, friends, but most importantly, with one's own inner demons-is explored in all its tangled...
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Punk icon turned spoken-word provocateur
From Leah Bartos of the Santa Cruz Sentinel:
He's not exactly a saintly do-gooder or holy messiah. Nor is he easily lumped into the "punk legend-turned-small press publisher turned VH1 commentator" category.
Henry Rollins just wants to do the right thing.
"It's not like some kind of Mother Teresa thing or some guy...
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Motherhood focused writer's goals
From Vishal Khanna, a piece special to Go Triad:
Clear your palette of all expectations. Get rid of all clichés of what you believe a writer's life should be. Imagine instead a suburban ranch home just outside of Greensboro's New Irving Park. It's 5:30 in the morning and...
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Review of Horror Library Volume 1 from SkullRing.org
Via Shawn Rutlede of Skullring.org
Anthologies are really great. Most of you already know this, but for those that don’t let my lay it out for you. An entire book full of short stories; sometimes with a theme, sometimes without. The good part about this is that unlike novels, if the...
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From Old to New Media: Blog Begets Publishing House - Wired News
From Anne Trubek of Wired:
A small press, growing? How could it be?
Against market trends, Dzanc Books is a small publisher poised to succeed, hiring staff and expanding quickly. And that may be because it sprouted from a blog rather than a traditional printing press, and it is certainly...
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A note from Chiasmus Press
It's officially fall. All official-like. Check out what's falling all around us now. Get ready our very own October surprise: Interviews from the Edge. It’s a new podcast series hosted by our east coast commandant Shane Hinton, and will feature conversations with our beloved artists. Episode #01 features...
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The Ottawa small press book fair, Fall 2007 edition
The Ottawa small press book fair Fall edition will be happening Saturday, October 27, 2007 in room 203 of the Jack Purcell Community Centre (on Elgin, at 320 Jack Purcell Lane). Contact rob at az421@freenet.carleton.ca to sign up for a table, etc.
General info: The ottawa small press book fair noon...
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Jenna Jameson: a historical comedy with some twists
Certain books just grab you and won’t let you go until you’ve finished. Others move you so much, you want to re-read them the moment you put them down. How is it done? How does the author put together a narrative that you just can’t resist? The honest answer is...
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Ugly Duckling Presse and Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs
From Yael Korman of the Brooklyn Rail,
Brenda Iijima, publisher, poet, and artist, runs the independent publishing house Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. This year PPAYYL has produced two chapbooks, Julie Patton’s Notes For Some (Nominally) Awake and Jennifer Firestone’s Waves.
Ugly Duckling Presse began as a...
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Perro Verlag Books by Artists at Open Space Art Fair
On Friday August 17th, and Saturday August 18th, Perro Verlag Books by Artists will be partiicipating in the first Lower Fort Art Fair at Open Space in Victoria, BC. Open Space presents an art fair of extreme proportions! Many of Victoria’s artist run centres and galleries assemble to offer...
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Two Creative Talents Announce the Formation of ISCSpress to Service Small Publishers
Steve Glines, president of Industrial Myth and Magic and Doug Holder, president of Ibbetson Street Press announce the creation of ISCSpress a publishers service bureau offering editorial, production and marketing services nationwide.
Somerville, MA (PRWEB) July 20, 2007 -- Steve Glines, president of Industrial Myth and Magic and Doug Holder, president...
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Perro Verlag Display of Hell Passports in the Window of Sophia Books
For the month of July, Perro Verlag Books by Artists will be displaying new titles in the window of Sophia Books, 450 West Hastings Street in Vancouver. Featuring 10 current titles from the Hell Passport Project the display will include a flaming wheel with devils and souls of the...
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New book by Joey Comeau and The Loose Teeth
I am completely stoked to announce that The Loose Teeth has just released it’s 4th book, It’s Too Late To Say I’m Sorry, a collection of short stories by Joey Comeau. It is a cute little thing, with a cover that looks and feels like a watercolour painting. Actually,...
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The Scream Literary Festival Announces Mainstage
For this, the 15th year of The Scream, we’re going with a thematic approach, investigating how contemporary poets and writers respond to living in an age of science. Though a publicist’s nightmare, the concept has proved to be a rich vein to mine, with a range of poetic responses coming...
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Post-Apollo Press: Newest from Moxley
The Post-Apollo Press is proud to announce a new addition to its
Contemporary Poetry Series:
The
Line extends in a series of interlocking prose poems, creating a strobe-like
effect of intensely imagined moments shifting between sleeping and waking. Sharp, satirical, lush, or clear, the narrative voice twists through, seeking a
line through time to...
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i.e. Press debuts with first title
i.e. Press is a new press based in Los Angeles which will publish and distribute worldwide writing and visual art books which appeal to the eye and ear.
Its first book is Maryrose Larkin's THE BOOK OF OCEAN, which is available at http://iepress.blogspot.com at a discount -- $10.00 including US shipping...
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