A personal favorite: Jill Magi wind-kicked.

tonight

PLEASE NOTE: SEAN McLAIN BROWN IS ALSO READING.

MURPHY'S POETRY LAWS (from Gary Sullivan)

Vorticells

by Carrie Hunter (20 pp. Saddle-Stitched) $6 ppd.

Vorticells offers crystallized moments of cognition, Hunter’s responses to 15 San Francisco artists show us the mechanism of tranfixion in pulsing detail. Her word-maps incise ghost images right on the reader’s brain, giving us a kind of synesthetic carnival of moments and non-moments, thoughts and non-thoughts that transcends the ekphrastic continuum and forms a harmonious unit from start to finish.

Sample poem here.

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TOMORROW NIGHT: Benjamin Perez, Loren Rhoads, Matt Rohrer, Jeremy Adam Smith

The 2007 Bay Area Poetry Marathon

Curated by Donna de la Perriere & Joseph Lease


Saturday, June 30, 7-9 PM
Polly Conway, Diane DiPrima, Sara Lihz Dobel, Camille Dungy, Israel Haros, Paul Hoover.
Saturday, July 28, 7-9 PM
Albert Flynn De Silver, Noah Eli Gordon, Lyn Hejinian, Jane Miller, Rusty Morrison, Jessica Wickens.
Saturday, August 25, 7-9 PM
Edward Foster, Judith Goldman, Andrew Joron, Dana Teen Lomax, Denise Newman, Lisa Robertson.
$3-$15 sliding scale admission

From its inception during the summer of 2001, the Boston Poetry Marathon developed a national reputation among experimental poets. An annual weekend-long event, it featured approximately 40 readers (poets primarily but also artists from mixed genres). Everyone, from the distinguished poetic elder to the excited emerging poet, read for 20 minutes each. Boston Marathon readers included Charles Bernstein, Maxine Chernoff, Norma Cole, Robert Creeley, Forrest Gander, Laura Mullen, David Shapiro, Tom Sleigh, Cole Swensen, and many others. When co-founders / co-curators Donna de la Perriere and Joseph Lease moved to the Bay Area in 2003, they moved the Poetry Marathon to San Francisco. A tremendous success, the 2004, 2005, and 2006 Bay Area Poetry Marathons took place as four day long events at The LAB. This year, poets from across the U.S. and the Bay Area join together again to celebrate innovative poetry in a series of readings throughout the summer at The LAB. Come join us to hear this year's exciting line-up!

Open Source

BYE!

I fell.

Pre-order Fold; save money.

Because I am not a professional intellectual. I need three aspirin.

Eeeee Eee Eeee: Antonio Delfini Poetry Prize

Like in previous two editions, it comes also assigned a special prize to the career of an author. This year the prechosen one is the English poet Tom Raworth. Been born to London in 1938, Raworth has published more than 40 books, between poetry and prosa, and its work has been translate in 20 languages.

PARCEL

Contents: art from Elizabeth Dorbad; poems from Dan Beachy-Quick, Martin Corless-Smith, Elizabeth Cross, Ben Doyle, Lisa Fishman, Christina Mengert, Sandra Miller, Christopher Mulrooney, Caryl Pagel, Craig Santos Perez & Jennifer Reimer, Nate Pritts, Sara Veglahn, Della Watson; one review from Anne Heide; one essay from Erik Anderson; one long poem from Paul Klinger.

&

Know it.

i'm on the goodreads thing. probably you are, too. or will be.

i've invested nearly zero time and attention to it. it's another social networking thing, as friendster, as myspace, as librarything, as facebook. another erection. i feel squeamish rating books (on a 1 to 5 scale), and i feel like if i'm bothering to add a title, that's my tacit recommendation of the book's somehow value. on goodreads it is possible to add a book without rating it (leave it blank), but due to the website's interface, it is easier and faster to add a book as you rate it (with a single click).

so i added a spittle of odd things for no reason i can understand and gave them all five stars, for convenience. pretty lame.

why am i typing all this?

and of course the many chapbooks i am more passionate to endorse and share that are not readymade adds. do you really need to know i like jean baudrillard? that i think chuck palahniuk blows?

help.

TUESDAY

flyer credit: Jack Morgan     

By the way, on two PEGASUS BOOKS related notes:

1. CALENDARS ARE NOW FREE. They really are. All of them. Yes, you're welcome.
2. Both Pegasi, on Solano and Shattuck Avenues, are hiring. Full-time. Benefits. Maybe an opportunity to work with me. Please bring a resumé forthwith. Passion for books and bookstores tremendously helpful.

UPDATE: Free calendars are all gone; we hired.

Edited by Michael Koshkin.
Each issue is printed in a run of 100 copies.
Ideally, issues will appear monthly to bimonthly.

MOONSHINE is only available through subscription.
Subscriptions are $10 for one year (6-12 issues).

I learnt from Gina (my only secret way of knowing anything) pilot is new.

brand new subscription offer from:

what a splendid world, full of new things

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• Jubilat No. 13
• The Grand Piano Part 3
• Partial List of People to Bleach by Gary Lutz from Future Tense
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When you weren't looking I added 20 links.

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wreak havoc
adam clay
matt hart on amy king
dennis cooper on tao lin

AND GOD INVENTED PAYPAL

Because He is very clever (some theologians will say "As He is very clever"), God creates everything for a reason. Often, these reasons aren't clear. Sometimes God employs agents (as I am His agent, writing this blog post) (writing it freely, by the way: I might not have written it, and this is our dilemma) to thrust His message upon us, us thickheads who bathe regularly and whiten our teeth.

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minor/american 1.1



105 pages, hand-sewn, hand-stamped. a limited edition of 50. only 15 available through the internet...

samar abulhassan, matthew arnone, thérése bachand, brandon brown, david buuck, youmna chlala, ca conrad, elise ficarra, megan pruiett, andrea rexilius, suzanne stein, & alli warren.

special insert by suzanne stein.

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Model Homes



Travis Nichols, Johanna Drucker, Seth Parker, Diana Magallón, Patrick Lovelace, Lesley Yalen, Brian Kim Stefans, Natalie Lyalin, Ted Greenwald, Matina Stamatakis, Ray Hsu, Anne Tardos, Jules Boykoff, Prize Budget For Boys

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the tiny 3

Andrea Baker, Ellen Baxt, Edmund Berrigan, Mark Bibbins, Daniel Borzutzky, Kristy Bowen, Joseph Bradshaw, John Coletti, Rachel Conrad, Crystal Curry, Michelle Detorie, Julia Drescher, Will Edmiston, Bonnie Emerick, Betsy Fagin, Paul Fattaruso, Peter Gizzi, Scott Glassman, Sarah Goldstein, Garth Graeper & Jason Sheridan, Eryn Green, Kristen Hanlon, Mike Hauser, Anthony Hawley, Anne Heide, Brenda Iijima, Greg Koehler, Rodney Koeneke, Michael Koshkin, Tim Lantz & Mark Yakich, Lauren Levin, Jill Magi, C.J. Martin, Joseph Massey, Kristi Maxwell, Ange Mlinko, Michael Montlack, Marci Nelligan, Nick Piombino, Billy Ramsell, F. Daniel Rzicznek, Brandon Shimoda, Logan Ryan Smith, Maggie Smith, Chad Sweeney, Derek White, Dustin Williamson, Devon Wootten

three mike young poems from elimae.

oh yeah . . .

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

Having a very difficult time. Very difficult. The urge to smoke has come back, and it is a strong urge.

There is no recourse but to put on a polka record.

Eyeglasses and other protrusions.

Kaya Oakes kicks wind.

AFFENTITTENGEIL!

Bloomsday at Moe's

They say quote: Join us for an all day reading of James Joyce's masterpiece, Ulysses. The readings will start when we open at 10 and will finish when we close at 11pm. Let us know if you'd like to read (from 10am forward). Call Owen Hill or David Brazil, (510) 528-8191, or just show up with your copy of Ulysses, or better yet, buy one at the store.

We'll supply the gorgonzola and a little Irish music.

HOW2's Vol. 3 Issue 1, Summer 2007—Cut Out and Keep Up: The Make It Happen and Not Make Do Issue—is arrived.

PEPSI ICE CUCUMBER

LIT 12

Stephanie Anderson * Ralph Angel * John Ashbery * Sarah Bartlett * Edward Bartók-Baratta * Ishmael Beah * Francis Benteaux * Dan Boehl * Jessica Breheny * Shira Dentz * Julie Doxsee * Elisa Gabbert * John Gallaher * Daniel George * Dobby Gibson * Noah Eli Gordon * Kurt Haenicke * James Haug * Matthew Henriksen * Donald Illich * Joy Katz * Erica Kaufman * Mark Lawlor * Alex Lemon * Federico García Lorca * Joseph Massey * Clay Matthews * Kristi Maxwell * Kristin McGonigle * Joyelle McSweeney * Sharon Mesmer * Stephen Paul Miller * Gina Myers * Amanda Nadelberg * Carol Novack * Ed Park * Andrew Michael Roberts * Minal K. Singh * Sampson Starkweather * Mathias Svalina * Jen Tynes * Susan Wheeler * Joshua Marie Wilkinson * Dustin Williamson * Allyssa Wolf * Rebecca Wolff

YUP THIS WEEKEND

some new things:

Got to see this in a catalogue tonight and tick the box Yes.

"And people are going to be making things called 'films.'"

MUCHO PANGS.

Watchword Press is now accepting submissions for Issue TEN

Our Editors are in search of previously unpublished short stories, essays, translated work, poetry, and book excerpts.

Please limit submissions to 15 pages double spaced.
Please do not send links to web pages where your work is posted.
Mail all submissions to the address below, or email them to:
submissions@watchwordpress.org

Watchword is also accepting submissions of single-color artwork in slide or digital format.
Art submissions may be mailed to the address below, or emailed to:
helene@watchwordpress.org

DEADLINE : September 15th, 2007

Mail all submissions to:

Watchword Press
PO Box 5755
Berkeley, CA 94705

New American Writing 25

Big plug.
Everyone's in it
except me.
Here's the
website (old);
here are the
names. This is a
big thing big.

PLEASE HELP

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UPDATE: Suggestions to complete map loved and needed. Please send them to map@poets.org.

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Poets.org has launched a National Poetry Map listing events and poetry-friendly bookstores.
The page for California is here.
Despite my working myself to the bone for spittle, I'm not on it.

If you or someone you love feels this is an omission, please help.

BILL KNOTT PDFs.

Hmm.

TONIGHT!

PROWLING THE STACKS
One writer's 20-mile drive through the Valley of used bookstores.

ARTICLE PULP TONIGHT

If you've never written me, ever, please write me today.

I have things to post.

apocryphaltext vol. 2, no. 1

kirsten andersen
john m. bennett
jessica bozek
eric elshtain
johannes göransson
brian howe
amy king
danielle pafunda
tony tost
jillian weise

TONIGHT!

THE POETRY CENTER & CAFÉ ROYALE present
a celebratory send-off reading
kathryn l. pringle and
Magdalena Zurawski
 Tuesday, June 5, 2007
6:00 pm sharp @ Café Royale
 800 Post (at Leavenworth)
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA free

TONIGHT!

Richie Unterberger will be discussing The Unreleased Beatles: Music and Film, and showing rare films and playing rare recordings featured in the book, on Tuesday, June 5, from 6:30pm-8:00pm at the Berkeley Public Library at 2090 Kittredge Street (in the Central Library Community Meeting Room on the third floor) in Berkeley, California.

I learnt to send text messages. I bought a Mountain Goats record. I bought Greg Ashley's new record and choked trying to tell a joke on Telegraph in front of CHiPs. When I say "choked," I mean figuratively. I literally stopped three times and bent and took my hat off and put my face into it etc.

Now my colleague's come and it's all about being all about fetching coffee.

• WAVE BOOKS introduces tempting PAPERBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS. Look for new books later this year by JOE WENDEROTH, DOROTHEA LASKY, and LAYNIE BROWNE.
• Rusty Morrison's manuscript the true keeps calm biding its story has been selected as winner of Ahsahta Press's $1500 Sawtooth Poetry Prize by judge Peter Gizzi.
• The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.
• 
• HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Sirenissue four

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now