Posts tagged Black Ocean

I’m going to be po-busy on Thursday, March 7, and I’m hoping you’d want to be equally po-busy with me. Step 1: Go to the No Thousands reading at 6pm where I’ll be in support of two of our new Octopus Books, James Gendron’s Sexual Boat (Sex Boats) and Amy Lawless’ My Dead, and Poor Claudia’s new book, A Voluptuous Dream During an Eclipse by Elaine Kahn. Black Ocean, 1913 and Action Books will be there too. And then Step Two: Go to the Tin House/Octopus Books reading after 7pm to celebrate the release of two of our other new books, Brandon Shimoda’s Portuguese and Patricia Lockwood’s Balloon Pop Outlaw Black. Then after that, Step Three: go to the Ink Node reading after 9pm where I’ll be reading for a few minutes along with Octopus Books’ own Alisa Heinzman and another handful of killer poets. Phew. The task at hand is daunting, but it’s worth pretending like we can be in three places at once.

If you can’t make it to either of the Octopus readings, it’d still be nice to see you at our table at the bookfair. We have three new books to sell you, along with the entirety of our own catalog and the catalog of our chapbook imprint, Poor Claudia. We also have letter pressed Bad Blood broadsides, screen printed tote bags, and Drew Swenhaugen will be sitting in a 25 cent dunk tank full of whiskey.

Fjords vol. 1 got 15th place in the small press race this year in all genres, and it told me today to tell you that it is thankful that you read it. It is shy. Also another poetry book broke its little heart. Also it is dying. Also you are dying.

Fjords vol. 1 got 15th place in the small press race this year in all genres, and it told me today to tell you that it is thankful that you read it. It is shy. Also another poetry book broke its little heart. Also it is dying. Also you are dying.

This is the cd of music written for the shadow play, FJORDS. The music is written by Kyle Vegter of Manual Cinema, and performed by the Chicago Q Ensemble. The cd packaging is designed by Denny Schmickle. If you purchased the hard-cover edition of Fjords, this cd will come along. It’ll also be available at the performance itself, and afterward.

This is the cd of music written for the shadow play, FJORDS. The music is written by Kyle Vegter of Manual Cinema, and performed by the Chicago Q Ensemble. The cd packaging is designed by Denny Schmickle. If you purchased the hard-cover edition of Fjords, this cd will come along. It’ll also be available at the performance itself, and afterward.

I’m hosting (for Octopus Books) and reading (for Black Ocean) on Friday night during the AWP conference at The Hideout. Black Ocean, Letter Machine, Octopus Books. 9pm. w/Feng Sun Chen, Christopher DeWeese, Peter Gizzi, Thurston Moore, Andrea Rexilius, myself, and Jenny Zhang. The Chicago Q Ensemble and Manual Cinema will reprise a version of their stage performance, FJORDS, at the Poetry Foundation a week prior. And DJ Jacob Ross will bring it all home.

I’m hosting (for Octopus Books) and reading (for Black Ocean) on Friday night during the AWP conference at The Hideout. Black Ocean, Letter Machine, Octopus Books. 9pm. w/Feng Sun Chen, Christopher DeWeese, Peter Gizzi, Thurston Moore, Andrea Rexilius, myself, and Jenny Zhang. The Chicago Q Ensemble and Manual Cinema will reprise a version of their stage performance, FJORDS, at the Poetry Foundation a week prior. And DJ Jacob Ross will bring it all home.

FJORDS vol 1, my third full-length book of poems published by Black Ocean, is now available for pre-order. You can choose between two versions:

(1) the paperback designed by Denny Schmickle (who also designed the first two books) for $10 if you buy a Black Ocean subscription, or

(2) the signed, limited edition of 200, foil-stamped hardcover for $30 that comes with a CD of music inspired by the poems, composed and performed by the Chicago Q Ensemble. The CD sleeve will also be designed and screen printed by Denny.

It is good to know I have an small independent publisher in Janaka Stucky to take care of me. His article, “How to Survive in the Age of Amazon” was published over at the Poetry Foundation.

It is good to know I have an small independent publisher in Janaka Stucky to take care of me. His article, “How to Survive in the Age of Amazon” was published over at the Poetry Foundation.

Last night I made a little poem-film for my poem “Costa Rica” which will come out in Fjords (Black Ocean 2012).

For four nights in Chicago on February 23-26, Manual Cinema and Q Ensemble are together performing a live-scored cinematic shadow puppet show based on some poems in my forthcoming book, FJORDS (Black Ocean). But first the project needs to raise some funds. Watch this video to see what it is all about, to find out what is needed, and then help us out by donating and by spreading the word to others who may be into it.

The Man Suit and Scary, No Scary have reached a milestone. As these books go into their third and second printings, respectively, Black Ocean is celebrating the printing of their 10,000th copy of these two books combined. Read about it at the Poetry Foundation, or on the Black Ocean blog.