SPD FICTION BEST-SELLERS JUN-AUG 09

1. KHIRBET KHIZEH by S. Yizhar (Ibis Editions)
2. FOAM OF THE DAZE by Boris Vian (Tam Tam Books)
3. ISLAND OF THE NAKED WOMEN by Inger Frimansson (Caravel Books)
4. BRET HARTE'S GOLD RUSH by Bret Harte (Heyday Books)
5. SITT MARIE ROSE by Etel Adnan (Post-Apollo)
6. MANHATTEN by Sarah Rosenthal (Spuyten Duyvil
7. MOTORMAN by David Ohle (Calamari Press)
8. ROLLING THE R'S by R. Zamora Linmark (Kaya)
9. TRINO'S CHOICE by Diane Gonzales Bertrand (Arte Publico Press)
10. LIGHT BOXES by Shane Jones (Publishing Genius Press)
11. CHANGING by Lily Hoang (Fairy Tale Review Press)
12. THE CREEPY GIRL AND OTHER STORIES by Janet Mitchell (Starcherone Books)
13. NINE TEN AGAIN by Phil Condon (Elixir Press)
14. THE CHANGELING by Joy Williams (Fairy Tale Review Press)
15. GOOD, BROTHER by Peter Markus (Calamari Press)
16. THE UNDISCOVERED ISLAND by Darrell Kastin (Portuguese in the Americas Series)
17. LIVE FROM FRESNO Y LOS by Stephen D. Gutierrez (Bear Star Press)
18. ROSE ALLEY by Jeremy M. Davies (Counterpath Press)
19. EAST GOES WEST: THE MAKING OF AN ORIENTAL YANKEE by Younghill Kang (Kaya)
20. QUINNEHTUKQUT by Joshua Harmon (Starcherone Books)
21. THE GIRL by Meridel Le Sueur (West End Press)
22. STORIES IN THE WORST WAY by Gary Lutz (Calamari Press)
23. EVER by Blake Butler (Calamari Press)
24. WHERE WE ONCE BELONGED by Sia Figiel (Kaya)
25. YOU ARE HERE by Donald Breckenridge (Starcherone Books)
26. WRECKAGE OF REASON: XXPERIMENTAL PROSE BY CONTEMPORARY WOMEN WRITERS by Nava Renek, Ed. (Spuyten Duyvil)
27. SHOOT! by George Bowering (New Star Books)
28. THE MOST OF IT by Mary Ruefle (Wave Books)
29. DEPARTING AT DAWN: A NOVEL OF ARGENTINA'S DIRTY WAR by Gloria Lise (The Feminist Press at CUNY)
30. LITTLE BOOK OF DAYS by Nona Caspers (Spuyten Duyvil)

SPD POETRY BEST-SELLERS JULY/AUGUST 09

1. CASE SENSITIVE by Kate Greenstreet (Ahsahta Press)
2. FACE by Sherman Alexie (Hanging Loose Press)
3. RADI OS by Ronald Johnson (Flood Editions)
4. SCARY, NO SCARY by Zachary Schomburg (Black Ocean)
5. BREAKING POEMS by Suheir Hammad (Cypher Books)
6. THE BATTLEFIELD WHERE THE MOON SAYS I LOVE YOU by Frank Stanford (Lost Roads Publishers)
7. ROB THE PLAGIARIST by Robert Fitterman (Roof Books)
8. THE MAN SUIT by Zachary Schomburg (Black Ocean)
9. WITH DEER by Aase Berg (translated by Johannes Göransson) (Black Ocean)
10. HUMANIMAL: A PROJECT FOR FUTURE CHILDREN by Bhanu Kapil (Kelsey Street Press)
11. YOU ARE A LITTLE BIT HAPPIER THAN I AM by Tao Lin (Action Books)
12. MADE FLESH by Craig Arnold (Ausable Press)
13. ZAATARDIVA by Suheir Hammad (Cypher Books)
14. POETICAL DICTIONARY (ABRIDGED) by Lohren Green (Atelos)
15. CLAMPDOWN by Jennifer Moxley (Flood Editions)
16. NETS by Jen Bervin (Ugly Duckling Presse)
17. THE ARAB APOCALYPSE by Etel Adnan (Post-Apollo Press)
18. NECESSARY STRANGER by Graham Foust (Flood Editions)
19. I REMEMBER by Joe Brainard (Granary Books)
20. A PLATE OF CHICKEN by Matthew Rohrer (Ugly Duckling Presse)
21. DICK OF THE DEAD by Rachel Loden (Ahsahta Press)
22. INCUBATION: A SPACE FOR MONSTERS by Bhanu Kapil (Leon Works)
23. LISA ROBERTSON'S MAGENTA SOUL WHIP by Lisa Robertson (Coach House Books)
24. THE MS OF M Y KIN by Janet Holmes (Shearsman Books)
25. THE GOLDEN AGE OF PARAPHERNALIA by Kevin Davies (Edge Books)
26. THE BRITTLE AGE AND RETURNING UPLAND by René Char (translated by Gustaf Sobin) (Counterpath Press)
27. THE VERTICAL INTERROGATION OF STRANGERS by Bhanu Kapil (Kelsey St. Press)
28. DOUBLED FLOWERING: FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF ARAKI YASUSADA by Araki Yasusada (Roof Books)
29. HECATE LOCHIA by Hoa Nguyen (Hot Whiskey Press)
30. FOLLY by Nada Gordon (Roof Books)

I heard a cough that wasn't supposed to be there. Totally worth 300 bucks!

As you might imagine from who died and who survived, the bass and drums are louder.

guitar groups are on the way out

Found this today for $1 in good condition at a thrift store in Rockridge.