some lit shiz...

our good friends at Partisan Press have a new release for sale, poems by Peggy Sapphire. the editor Markowitz, in addition to being a fine poet in his own right, is an astute reader of poesy and knows his business. I'm sure this will be a great book.

I rec'd my copy of Bill Taylor Jr.'s new book So Much Is Burning, and it is a fantastic read. the poems are stark and honest, teeming with the realities of life, good and bad. the production on the book by sunnyoutside is very nice indeed, crisp black and white with the poems and photographs working together throughout. great stuff, get your copy here.

I also rec'd a package of incredible work from Adrian Manning", including his Bottle Of Smoke Press book Wretched Songs For Out Of Tune Musicians and the joint chap Bring Down The Sun with Manning and Henry Denander. listen, this guy can write. he knows his way around the machine. if you have half a fucking brain in your head, you will go and buy one of his books right now.

I also rec'd Kriesel's new one, Feeding My Heart To The Wind; it is a fine chapbook featuring short poems that grab you immediately and linger in your mind for a long long time. they are snapshots that instantly pierce the veil of emotion and imagination, poems that are profound and simple. very well done, and the production by David at sunnyoutside is winning.

lastly, I rec'd the last available copies of Hosho McCreesh's most recent book Deep Surface Fissures Revealing A Furious Molten Core, and if you don't have it, you, sir, are a swine. email me for your copy, I might charge you something, but that's okay, it's better than me coming over to your house and chainwhipping you. which can be arranged. just buy the book, it's nicer that way. there are only seven copies left.

that's it. the Guerilla Poetics Project is storming ahead, without any concern for who gets crushed in the onslaught.

more later.