Ear Squee!

Jessie Carty's poetry collection Paper House (Folded Word Press, 2010) made the Poetry Foundation's list of Contemporary Best Sellers the week of August 15th and that is awesome.

your house needs paper house

Huge congrats to Jessie & Folded Word.

And since we're on the topic of all things awesome, don't forget to enter Folded Word's Freight contest. There is no fee. NO FEE!!! Deadline: December 31st, 2010.

Bones

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She's Pretty

Mel Bosworth's Grease Stains, Kismet, and Maternal Wisdom: “It is a fictional novel, the kind of thing a young Hemingway would have pretended to write.” – Mickey Hess of The Rumpus

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It's not too late to get the awesome pre-order deal. Only $8, shipping included. Seriously, such a good deal. DEAL DEAL DEAL DEAL DEAL.

Thank you.

Imaginary Food Has No Calories

Dorothee Lang of Blue Print Review and the Daily s-Press recently invited me and author Jessie Carty to sit down and chat it up. Thanks to Dorothee and Jessie.

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pank book riot simply the robert

august brings new issues of:

PANK.

Matchbook.

The Collagist.

Word Riot.

Enjoy some Robert Palmer when his music really was simply irresistible.

Unstoppable Tanzer

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keeping it on the dl

Loo

Click image to visit Annie Bissett, featured artist at The Loo Gallery

Big ups to The Dream Away Lodge.

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and so it begins

I Have Poison Ivy On My Fu*king Neck

I really do. It kind of sucks. But here's a few things that don't suck at all...

kill them with kindness

 >kill author issue 8, Vladimir Nabokov. >kill author has been chugging right along, and this issue boasts some greatness by Sheldon Lee Compton, Frank Hinton, Lauren Becker, and many more.

BPR: So much smoother than PBR

Blue Print Review's Blue Print Press has two micro novels that are now open for pre-order: The Republic of Love by Nora Nadjarian and My Apartment by Michael K. White. If you order them both you get a sweet deal. Learn more here.

Christy Crutchfield, writer, teacher, improv master, and all around awesome person, paints the walls of Everyday Genius with Flood Plain.

...poison ivy is stupid.

BULL, New Life, and DEATH DEATH DEATH!

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The super nice folks over at BULL MEN'S FICTION have breathed new life into an "old" story of mine that was previously published there in 2009 (remember that year?) as a "print-only bonus." Big thanks, Jarrett.

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And xTx, super nice lady and curator of Zombie Summer, was kind enough to run my kooky contribution today. Supah thanks, lady X.

....and did you know that my novella Grease Stains, Kismet, and Maternal Wisdom is only $7? It's a steal, people. Well, almost. But $7? C'mon! You find me a better deal and I'll shake your hand. And maybe I'll send you a free copy of Grease.

Samples from the MOTHERLOAD

New issues abound.

decomP.(S)

The Northville Review.(A)

This Zine Will Change Your Life.(M)

Matchbook.(P)

elimae.(L)

Zombie Summer.(E)

Welcome, August.(S)