tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-261959332024-03-17T15:49:59.676-07:00chap*booksThis space is dedicated to the underappreciated art form of the chapbook which has been of significant importance in the launching of many fine authors. What follows are images and observations on the writers and their booksstevenallenmayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932125917162881440noreply@blogger.comBlogger715125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195933.post-21024375239361816932024-03-17T12:24:00.000-07:002024-03-17T12:24:38.870-07:00Perfect Stranger by Earl McMurray (1997)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYZ70ry48h5PyVQYBm0A1s2_5AtCfUqyWQPxfIWM8YEQmT8IlPM0M3WzrXfr2hJJbFBZWB4B53Z280wHkjwSOg8kQ-t11a3UFUb-o7JUOaW7CnY87Xz2l6l8oLJq5l2sZE2nGX1p5Hlgh9mqBD-1mld0LOcMPUg6BTSkhXCB_ckaDbQ8zEWGKhhg/s1776/earl%20McMurray.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1776" data-original-width="1149" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYZ70ry48h5PyVQYBm0A1s2_5AtCfUqyWQPxfIWM8YEQmT8IlPM0M3WzrXfr2hJJbFBZWB4B53Z280wHkjwSOg8kQ-t11a3UFUb-o7JUOaW7CnY87Xz2l6l8oLJq5l2sZE2nGX1p5Hlgh9mqBD-1mld0LOcMPUg6BTSkhXCB_ckaDbQ8zEWGKhhg/s320/earl%20McMurray.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><br /> Perfect Stranger<p></p><p>Earl McMurray</p><p>The Ledge Press</p><p>1997 Poetry Chapbook Contest Winner</p><p>Glendale, NY</p><p>(c)1997</p><p>Staple bound chapbook on slick cover stock. Photo of the poet inside back cover. Belated congrats for this contest winner (decades belated at this point). Have to say, (I) greatly appreciate that many of the poems in this winner book are absent of first person singular. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>stevenallenmayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932125917162881440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195933.post-23629827577753823612024-03-17T10:55:00.000-07:002024-03-17T15:49:26.375-07:00The Nepal royal family booklets (1986)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgspG-b1vX8l1EdyKlrmyLcbrzUXY1QIkMHbanKnWGmhxgG5QKBaoDKsf1S6TmtJSCVa37xu2kVz3-B-Ed9RCKqd2yIFkfNgal6HENvMZiByg4g3oABAP_6fe9ecviz9SEdT9w6Gh9yZKJEjT76-23wBtm7Sp-DsC7CYGw0hqq8AJSjdxPcLGFd9w/s2023/royal%20couple.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2023" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgspG-b1vX8l1EdyKlrmyLcbrzUXY1QIkMHbanKnWGmhxgG5QKBaoDKsf1S6TmtJSCVa37xu2kVz3-B-Ed9RCKqd2yIFkfNgal6HENvMZiByg4g3oABAP_6fe9ecviz9SEdT9w6Gh9yZKJEjT76-23wBtm7Sp-DsC7CYGw0hqq8AJSjdxPcLGFd9w/s320/royal%20couple.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> His Majesty King/ Her Majesty Queen<p></p><p>Department of Information</p><p>Ministry of Communication</p><p>HMG</p><p>Nepal</p><p>(c)1986</p><p>More information that I would ever need about the royal couple as of 1986. A royal family in the tradition of all single family rulers. Their heirs still run the country in 2024. No - this isn't poetry but they are chapbooks. Or booklets. Or historical documents. (a wink to <i>Galaxy Quest</i>). Okay, it's more nuanced than that. The Monarch was abolished in 2008. But the same family ruled the country since the mid-1700s and the same other family rules as prime minister even now. </p><p><br /></p>stevenallenmayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932125917162881440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195933.post-54213317407181755302024-03-01T06:32:00.000-08:002024-03-01T06:47:26.776-08:00Dancing Back Strong the Nation by Maurice Kenny (1979)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6DLy5t8fEfcPNuJd9-m5sChr3tcd0e5t-juaGNnJVwuvJJ4Cximc2G_nW8Xdje5reBA0BDAsM2g1YWHBPpZZN1Jau31NblALb9B0T2vXPfsxvtTvm0bvZQXYOX4su_w8vdArvD_Z9xZMoxtPYQahGA9Vyhn_5ViZhGuns_qvaT93-Iw4hYc3C0g/s1747/maurice%20kenny.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1747" data-original-width="1268" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6DLy5t8fEfcPNuJd9-m5sChr3tcd0e5t-juaGNnJVwuvJJ4Cximc2G_nW8Xdje5reBA0BDAsM2g1YWHBPpZZN1Jau31NblALb9B0T2vXPfsxvtTvm0bvZQXYOX4su_w8vdArvD_Z9xZMoxtPYQahGA9Vyhn_5ViZhGuns_qvaT93-Iw4hYc3C0g/s320/maurice%20kenny.jpg" width="232" /></a></div><br />Dancing Back Strong the Nation<p></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Kenny">Maurice Kenny</a> <br /></p><p><a href="https://rc.library.uta.edu/uta-ir/bitstream/handle/10106/24982/Yardy_uta_2502M_12982.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y">The Blue Cloud Quarterly</a> <br /></p><p>Marvin, SD</p><p>(c) 1979</p><p>Similar to the Joel Oppenheimer book I just wrote about this one also "defies" definition in that it isn't even mentioned on the Wikipedia page for the author. There is a listing on that page of a version of this book published in 1981 by White Pine Press (something about this press, I swear) with an introduction to the work by Paula Gunn Allen, who also wrote the introduction - likely word for word taken - for the 1979 book published by The Blue Cloud Quarterly. I suggest you click onto the link for the Blue Cloud Quarterly since it goes into much deeper detail about that publication. I personally am ambivalent about Catholic publications "work on behalf of" Native writers since the history of European religions contributing to the obliteration of Native religions is raw and without justification. </p><p>And yet, if this publication had not brought out the work by a number of Native voices, would we even know of them? </p><p>Or know the name of the artist, Rokwaho, who did the cover image?</p><p>I greatly value the writings of all "marginal" groups who are part of the American Experience since for most of the history of the United States that narrative has been controlled by white Christians of European descent. </p><p> </p>stevenallenmayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932125917162881440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195933.post-69329673412138270892024-02-29T05:16:00.000-08:002024-02-29T05:30:38.764-08:00Why Not by Joel Oppenheimer (1987)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8pawtTdo4DM3J0cMOmO37kBd13Jn0jdAOwL444Y9iAdVvBQNDILHTsjwZNKZzVLgkvyR5NHix-227T6nW-Z8dpMiJ8UY1PtnEPQgmqQfYQarppOnGuhXeHtXNVNSlN7AxL5kFByq73R9cWS4OIhtmzUZJtDFZPUgLwBUnRulaXaHCAXfH4jkRuA/s1739/joel%20oppenheimer.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1739" data-original-width="1137" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8pawtTdo4DM3J0cMOmO37kBd13Jn0jdAOwL444Y9iAdVvBQNDILHTsjwZNKZzVLgkvyR5NHix-227T6nW-Z8dpMiJ8UY1PtnEPQgmqQfYQarppOnGuhXeHtXNVNSlN7AxL5kFByq73R9cWS4OIhtmzUZJtDFZPUgLwBUnRulaXaHCAXfH4jkRuA/s320/joel%20oppenheimer.jpg" width="209" /></a></div><br /> Why Not<p></p><p>Joel Oppenheimer</p><p>White Pine Press</p><p>Fredonia, NY</p><p>(c) 1987</p><p>This is the second book published by White Pine Press of poetry by Joel Oppenheimer that has intrigued me. This time because this is actually a reprint of a book that was published, according to the Wikipedia page for Mr. Oppenheimer, just two years prior by Press of the Good Mountain - which after doing a quick bit of research online I found to be an actual publisher located in Rochester, NY. The Press was created at the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1950. The instructor of Typography at the college, Alexander Lawson, was the supervisor of the Press. </p><p>Thirty-five years later, the Press of the Good Mountain published <i>Why Not</i> and then 2 years later, White Pine Press brought out their own version of the same book. Contractual issues? One can only speculate as those involved have all gone into the reeds at this point. However, on the printer's page there is an acknowledgment that the book is an expanded version of the "limited letterpress edition" which had been made by a David Lorczak at the Press of the Good Mountain. The cover illustration is by Joel Oppenheimer. </p><p>I wonder how few copies exist of that original 1985 letterpress edition. Apparently the 1985 edition had 100 copies printed. I have seen the cover online. Copies are not cheap online then again, they all seem to be signed by either Joel or David. </p>stevenallenmayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932125917162881440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195933.post-18428865143831881642024-02-23T13:47:00.000-08:002024-02-23T13:50:39.656-08:00This Hunger by Carol Cullar (1993)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdyey3e6hjIIiihQ7Ee3M-LyIP5SPI3KRAvLA96FyPgxoe-wvIfWpX2nDJQSnn0LUaBOCbXqgfLtIhHsgXfoMZdpKKqgfrMVA6zfTuXcBaX5S6l84ADEBwAQBpLYp6So0GtWYKswD_a3-rmEZbd-UP7hwbmJM33xhenF6Jeq8eoqz13h4yL3VKDQ/s1756/carol%20cullar.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1756" data-original-width="1143" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdyey3e6hjIIiihQ7Ee3M-LyIP5SPI3KRAvLA96FyPgxoe-wvIfWpX2nDJQSnn0LUaBOCbXqgfLtIhHsgXfoMZdpKKqgfrMVA6zfTuXcBaX5S6l84ADEBwAQBpLYp6So0GtWYKswD_a3-rmEZbd-UP7hwbmJM33xhenF6Jeq8eoqz13h4yL3VKDQ/s320/carol%20cullar.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><br /> This Hunger <p></p><p><a href="https://texaslegacy.org/narrator/carol-cullar/">Carol Cullar</a> <br /></p><p>The Maverick Press</p><p>Eagle Press, TX</p><p>(c)1993</p><p>Inscribed and signed inside front. Printed on recycled paper. One of 150 copies printed. Signed on back pages. Unpaginated. </p><p>Ms. Cullar was an artist as well as the editor of a literary publication called "The Maverick Press" in that part of Texas. The cover image was created by Ms. Cullar. Hand sewn. Beautiful book. Well crafted poems. </p>stevenallenmayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932125917162881440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195933.post-55531919064395824702024-02-22T14:07:00.000-08:002024-02-22T14:07:45.314-08:00Writers' Work from Northern Virginia Community College (1986)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-0w63pACyMG70ulSiKZVMaV18_K9J-yolkj09DNJUYBXyauR_f-DDTWZokh2yH5hqTBbXvTkVJMFvp6MpEb9GmbTblhlihqzTEssJNN9UxWHBQ8XjWwY8hbAPIUlNiiBk0nSW3cAaj_ewQExF3LgRqTcY6tv4ONx-sGiQltazjIAqrM0WI5SqEg/s2057/nova%20alexandria%201986.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2057" data-original-width="1445" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-0w63pACyMG70ulSiKZVMaV18_K9J-yolkj09DNJUYBXyauR_f-DDTWZokh2yH5hqTBbXvTkVJMFvp6MpEb9GmbTblhlihqzTEssJNN9UxWHBQ8XjWwY8hbAPIUlNiiBk0nSW3cAaj_ewQExF3LgRqTcY6tv4ONx-sGiQltazjIAqrM0WI5SqEg/s320/nova%20alexandria%201986.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /> Writer's Work <p></p><p>Northern Virginia Community College (Alexandria Campus)</p><p>(c)1986</p><p><br /></p><p>Recently a poet's personal library was "donated" to a local library that I am involved with. The poet's collection was rather unceremoniously released as the poet had died a few weeks prior and apparently their books were not designated to be placed anywhere. So...</p><p>The poet had also taught English and creative writing at the NOVA (as it is commonly referred to in the region) as well as other colleges through their life. </p><p>Typical college student fare. Nothing remarkable. But it was captured and collected and preserved. Noted. </p><p><br /></p>stevenallenmayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932125917162881440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195933.post-6230810149390720802024-02-20T05:24:00.000-08:002024-02-20T05:24:39.748-08:00playing with power tools at the alter of venus by r. julius fildes (1993)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWI-qzhLLJfp09Kpex7H44Ze-qM4cc-Dy4fz-c_vNNugMYWHC26TtnhQkvHsl1qJpc958gk7lQ4FppMjw2H0Jc705NOX8kq_m896nsPvMPhcBg7MVHivMdl2C4eIQ1e4a6acy0xhG5Y3Lq5LT_btLYYqgb-uk6GkXv8s2722GHygIksrLKYhZClg/s1754/r%20julius%20fildes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1754" data-original-width="1125" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWI-qzhLLJfp09Kpex7H44Ze-qM4cc-Dy4fz-c_vNNugMYWHC26TtnhQkvHsl1qJpc958gk7lQ4FppMjw2H0Jc705NOX8kq_m896nsPvMPhcBg7MVHivMdl2C4eIQ1e4a6acy0xhG5Y3Lq5LT_btLYYqgb-uk6GkXv8s2722GHygIksrLKYhZClg/s320/r%20julius%20fildes.jpg" width="205" /></a></div>playing with power tools at the alter of Venus<div>r. julius fildes</div><div>Screaming Ego Press</div><div>(c)1993</div><div><br /></div><div>A time piece of cyberpunk anarchist future. #10 of 200 printed. Drawing throughout by author as well. Interested bit of unexploded napalm. </div>stevenallenmayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932125917162881440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195933.post-42582286246746929442024-02-09T13:34:00.000-08:002024-02-09T13:34:04.235-08:00arcana by Ian Samuels (2002)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2EJANV_pWhTDNvJymSP6AKu9HwONeUOmuhlDlMG0zT9Y6jameSKuPxrPVE86kCE78H7cNaFmZN6-iW8R-EjV4prZNq-Gn2YZH-_JJ3bwniLep_9f7QKSC1BHTMIBqqC5DyBfK1ZTUWt-exk_chG-DBWXUaI5AGCuVcPufvFIj_vvNt8P8Tc_dGw/s1244/ian%20samuels.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1244" data-original-width="1102" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2EJANV_pWhTDNvJymSP6AKu9HwONeUOmuhlDlMG0zT9Y6jameSKuPxrPVE86kCE78H7cNaFmZN6-iW8R-EjV4prZNq-Gn2YZH-_JJ3bwniLep_9f7QKSC1BHTMIBqqC5DyBfK1ZTUWt-exk_chG-DBWXUaI5AGCuVcPufvFIj_vvNt8P8Tc_dGw/s320/ian%20samuels.jpg" width="283" /></a></div><br /> Arcana<p></p><p>Ian Samuels</p><p>housepress</p><p>Calgary, CA</p><p>(c)2002</p><p>This is a handsome little book. This one is #17 of 60 printed. What I find most fascinating and telling is how an author can "forget" a publication like this when only two years later they publish a bigger book, one entitled <u>The Ubiquitous Big</u> which came out in 2004 on Coach House Books. I am going to add the bio that was offered at that time (see if you can find what's missing) :</p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: SlatePro, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">"Ian Samuels is a former editor of </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: SlatePro, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">filling Station</i><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: SlatePro, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> magazine and currently works at WordFest: Banff-Calgary International Writers Festival. He is the author of one previous collection of poetry titled </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: SlatePro, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Cabra</i><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: SlatePro, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> (Red Deer Press, 2000). He lives in his hometown of Calgary, where he is currently working on a mythic history of once-famous blues venue the King Edward Hotel."</span></span></p><p>Yeah, pretty incredible. </p>stevenallenmayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932125917162881440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195933.post-74842889501579880052024-02-09T13:02:00.000-08:002024-02-09T13:05:11.231-08:00write a poem about a tomato (??)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwX0NNKaxSyBb_6hYN_3Ux-lJbOxDVHxNf5j_-f7SvlRlK_geANFDOZzBCV3wvRpSIOPDLaGnT4NfMNJ5gbdTJz6usgWUWM0HkTvaFp5gFuOLgDRVIniofG4Q0f1wAA-6IV-rSlDdyiXp_-le40YV_PON0uG-Apkpu-fhm8eoJWktZT_cI2sOvUg/s1719/tomato%20seeds%20of%20doom.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1719" data-original-width="1153" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwX0NNKaxSyBb_6hYN_3Ux-lJbOxDVHxNf5j_-f7SvlRlK_geANFDOZzBCV3wvRpSIOPDLaGnT4NfMNJ5gbdTJz6usgWUWM0HkTvaFp5gFuOLgDRVIniofG4Q0f1wAA-6IV-rSlDdyiXp_-le40YV_PON0uG-Apkpu-fhm8eoJWktZT_cI2sOvUg/s320/tomato%20seeds%20of%20doom.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><br /> write a poem about a tomato<div><br /></div><div>wrote the seller : "a tomato art zine from ARTspace Chatham. Cute little zine collecting poems, illustrations and more about tomatoes, contributed by Chatham citizens."<p>wrote me, upon receiving it : </p><p>I have not held a chapbook of such poor quality in a long time. JesusHChrist trees were killed to make this piece of trash. </p><p>The concept could have been - but wasn't. I have to pulp it. It's terrible. Just NO</p></div>stevenallenmayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932125917162881440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195933.post-63732324544657000312024-02-08T11:19:00.000-08:002024-02-08T11:21:32.272-08:00A Net to Catch My Body in its Weaving by Katie Farris (2021)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4S6uCfKc39UbLC2-7q9cqADrr1ZcLcAETO85u9hxla3a46EONvFimD81pn6Sl8Cjns9MxLlruxRjRtWxuFqqRBSfRwiXn84f5OZ2pKvIMr8USET_Wweh4ffac8UtbgvtQGnB2C8lgu1uq9CVO0GALUD3_snz561PXuvqqFT1FBXxivjiRfsKdeg/s1853/katie%20farris.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1853" data-original-width="1253" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4S6uCfKc39UbLC2-7q9cqADrr1ZcLcAETO85u9hxla3a46EONvFimD81pn6Sl8Cjns9MxLlruxRjRtWxuFqqRBSfRwiXn84f5OZ2pKvIMr8USET_Wweh4ffac8UtbgvtQGnB2C8lgu1uq9CVO0GALUD3_snz561PXuvqqFT1FBXxivjiRfsKdeg/s320/katie%20farris.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><br /> A Net to Catch My Body in its Weaving<p></p><p>Katie Farris</p><p>Winner of the 2021 Chad Walsh Chapbook Prize</p><p>Beloit Poetry Journal </p><p><a href="https://www.katiefarris.net/about">Katie Farris</a> is an award winning poet who attracted serious attention with her hybrid-form text <i>boygirls</i> which was released in 2011. 39 pages of pure brilliance. Not "joy" since the subject matter is not cotton candy sweetness but extremely good poetry here. <br /></p>stevenallenmayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932125917162881440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195933.post-39302278355918735492024-02-05T05:55:00.000-08:002024-02-08T05:56:35.802-08:00Famous Recipes by Famous People (2004)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZzlWIinkRVAe7tBtcu1Wm5gBUxSklKGiJvM1H9dDH1hOAw24R6NJi_xXo-v6fR7LMnVzTe2SpiKpUN_UDlYMloAaADp1OmjwU6SKj1FFziysP-N3T0hPUzVjx4EV2I7lH_JjsyeE72AN-nhn8ggVs4inZbfVzhyphenhyphen-Lz05leGxm_kbjF6VD5vUwBQ/s1546/hotel%20del-monte.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1546" data-original-width="1300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZzlWIinkRVAe7tBtcu1Wm5gBUxSklKGiJvM1H9dDH1hOAw24R6NJi_xXo-v6fR7LMnVzTe2SpiKpUN_UDlYMloAaADp1OmjwU6SKj1FFziysP-N3T0hPUzVjx4EV2I7lH_JjsyeE72AN-nhn8ggVs4inZbfVzhyphenhyphen-Lz05leGxm_kbjF6VD5vUwBQ/s320/hotel%20del-monte.jpg" width="269" /></a></div><br />Famous Recipes by Famous People<p></p><p>Hotel Del-Monte</p><p>American Association of Gourmets</p><p>(c)2004</p><p>This is a reprint of 1936 edition. Nice cover stock. It feels like something. </p>stevenallenmayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932125917162881440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195933.post-32671443999619267412024-02-03T11:18:00.000-08:002024-02-03T11:18:09.227-08:00Fridge Haikus by Sophia M. Giudici (unknown)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr2EdX0ud2rkHZ1qU40dXKNFJsGgO4pXD-4ZZvILS-OlPxG-oFWqLbqb139TBbKlpE9AY1vUJyN5dBeYONS6IXQ8jPnIII5EjtTh2NeG6om4F0-KqFKkCxP6kzxRfY9-5gA_FuJzfA0s_UPakyspS0HzWFYFuSUeONSs5_orPFOBN8Prfi5yzgtQ/s1166/fridge%20haikus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="983" data-original-width="1166" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr2EdX0ud2rkHZ1qU40dXKNFJsGgO4pXD-4ZZvILS-OlPxG-oFWqLbqb139TBbKlpE9AY1vUJyN5dBeYONS6IXQ8jPnIII5EjtTh2NeG6om4F0-KqFKkCxP6kzxRfY9-5gA_FuJzfA0s_UPakyspS0HzWFYFuSUeONSs5_orPFOBN8Prfi5yzgtQ/s320/fridge%20haikus.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> Fridge Haikus<p></p><p>Sophia M. Giudici</p><p>self published</p><p>(c) unknown</p><p>This hand sewn booklet is the physical representation of the author's time creating haiku and "publishing" them on Instagram. </p><p>However, there is none of that information in the book. I gleaned it from the Net. Not sure what the point of the book is since they were all posted virtually to begin with. The author is more a student of Insta-poets than of haiku. All the piece are surface - lacking depth. As a poet friend of mine said in the 1990s "it's just words". </p><p>Supposedly the haiku are meant to represent her live during the COVID years, which is fine and it's what countless others have also done - albeit not in haiku form, but</p><p><br /></p>stevenallenmayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932125917162881440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195933.post-19560695249651510252024-02-02T11:37:00.000-08:002024-02-02T11:37:16.293-08:00A history is not THE history<p> I am a big William S Burroughs fan and one of the manifestations of being a fan of his writings is also to note his words and his meanings, as best as one can, and one of the things he wrote, almost in passing, is how ridiculous Western Thinkers and in particular Americans are with their overuse of the word THE as though using THE something or another means the definitive. Burroughs saw this as lazy and near sighted self congratulatory nonsense when it came to a scientific or historical subject. THE meaning "the one and only" whereas, Burroughs argued, A is nearly always more appropriate to use in these scenarios. </p><p>So, I want to say that I am working on A history of poetry chapbooks and would never say I am working on THE history.... because the history of poetry chapbooks is as fluid and dare I say as plastic as the English language itself is. </p><p>This blog - moving forward - is now a template for the book since I have been, unintentionally and semiconsciously, writing it since 2006. </p><p>So many of the posting I have done have been thumbnail mentions instead of in-depth searches but with Carnglass and moving forward and backward simultaneously I will be fleshing out my subjects better so that I have a fuller appreciation of the subjects and so I might gauge what readers might gleam from my research. </p>stevenallenmayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932125917162881440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195933.post-77000542360691641062024-02-02T10:49:00.000-08:002024-02-02T10:52:17.027-08:00Carnglass Press = Jim Zimmermann of Newark, NJ<p> I am going to play this out detective style here - each of the gentlemen I have communicated with about Carnglass Press have mentioned a linchpin, a spider at the middle of the web, and that person was named Jim Zimmermann who ran the Press from the basement of this house. The mystery is a little less dense but still exists. </p>stevenallenmayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932125917162881440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195933.post-2756895707050320162024-02-02T05:53:00.000-08:002024-02-02T10:46:19.846-08:00Updating the Carnglass Press mystery<p> Indeed I have been blogging about chapbooks since 2006. </p><p>Somewhere along the way I have also been sketching elements within my subject matter for expansion because to paraphrase Rod Stewart <i>every chapbook tells a story</i>. So, I will start with the one I am in currently in an see where the ripples go. </p><p>Carnglass Press was a publishing concern in Newark, NJ at the beginning of the 1970s. Michael Redmond was one of the translators of the two chapbooks that I have. I got the chapbooks from an artist named Harry Bartnick. Bartnick did some cover illustration work for the Press and they paid him in chapbooks, these two. Neither of these gentlemen know each other. </p><p>It seems that the bubbling poetic activities from Greenwich Village had traveled the 12 miles (in this case) to Newark. Michael was at Rutgers/Newark and Harry was working at the Newark library. Apparently there was a guy who was so into printing that he had a printing operation in the basement of his house that that was the hub for all these young dudes to be creatively crazy. Both men believe that Carnglass was a short term project. Neither believed that it produced more than these two books, maybe others they weren't sure of ever having been printed, like the project that Harry's cover art was meant for - <i>A Single Shot to Kill a Bear</i> - reenforcing the reality that not every project does come to fruition. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi74XEV2WGfXoPopB0Q_SdqrSaD0QzU3uhCA0_-hClDYzv-N370EhecyhC3o3qIIt92UHPr5gHbRcjVBxpwqhuXJMHlMyGaaZdUjpVgTp9W1oYSK5mUOTEnZ_iLQbnjdhZVOQKL_xVDzwgFrZOZslTAEDT-T2423JnU0KENp_w4ZTozLm21E1xOJQ/s140/s-l140.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="107" data-original-width="140" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi74XEV2WGfXoPopB0Q_SdqrSaD0QzU3uhCA0_-hClDYzv-N370EhecyhC3o3qIIt92UHPr5gHbRcjVBxpwqhuXJMHlMyGaaZdUjpVgTp9W1oYSK5mUOTEnZ_iLQbnjdhZVOQKL_xVDzwgFrZOZslTAEDT-T2423JnU0KENp_w4ZTozLm21E1xOJQ/w152-h116/s-l140.jpg" width="152" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>stevenallenmayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932125917162881440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195933.post-62272834561923600712024-01-28T10:57:00.000-08:002024-01-28T10:57:19.484-08:00Hikes to Waterfalls - in the Shenandoah National Park (2011)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0S8hzjXP038jHMpBgxysWOc8YRuquW9GZO7CP6CcGdZHQQhKQgptB25vpzFjuVVjwaTckD3_APNpBWvmkGT0HP1lbYSpjM6BJKMcGMor1t9BEvDo0yMDGUZP5AUku63GmO6khzVkimxhxqCXzvNVSFQjILDML8u3ZknakmXxV3Vc56NnfxbjvmA/s1739/hikes%20to%20waterfalls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1739" data-original-width="1161" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0S8hzjXP038jHMpBgxysWOc8YRuquW9GZO7CP6CcGdZHQQhKQgptB25vpzFjuVVjwaTckD3_APNpBWvmkGT0HP1lbYSpjM6BJKMcGMor1t9BEvDo0yMDGUZP5AUku63GmO6khzVkimxhxqCXzvNVSFQjILDML8u3ZknakmXxV3Vc56NnfxbjvmA/s320/hikes%20to%20waterfalls.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br /> Hikes to Waterfalls (in Shenandoah National Park)<p></p><p>Shenandoah National Park Association</p><p>Text by Joanne Amberson, volunteer</p><p>Good Printers (Bridgewater, VA)</p><p>revised edition 2011</p><p>Little booklet full of directions and distances to the many waterfalls, top to bottom, of the Shenandoah National Park. Maps - the whole thing. Everything one would need to take on the elements and have a great hike to any one of these falls. </p>stevenallenmayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932125917162881440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195933.post-3468525851454531672024-01-28T06:52:00.000-08:002024-01-28T06:52:04.654-08:00a reminder : my info in case you have chapbooks you are willing to let me write about<p> stevenallenmay</p><p>2714 Jefferson Dr</p><p>Alexandria, VA 22303</p>stevenallenmayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932125917162881440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195933.post-52193412658573595932024-01-27T17:20:00.000-08:002024-01-29T07:07:44.996-08:00Harvest by Demetrios Kassolas (1971)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTHO8HLVArxwhsnUhxb1d8VIEacjOBrK9GPk6rV5U_dwGFMVttCnMt-DgW0LfDJgjeFE-015iqAPQFQ792rAyy5ETUeYaLenXhtrY9VVOB8tMJapMdY2jfZrV5q98-_c_3j_qSntAKuqr1xJ-RWv4bySMgBJw29PsGhn58doGuqDQFtYIpXYr4ug/s1949/harvest%20kassolos.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1949" data-original-width="1370" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTHO8HLVArxwhsnUhxb1d8VIEacjOBrK9GPk6rV5U_dwGFMVttCnMt-DgW0LfDJgjeFE-015iqAPQFQ792rAyy5ETUeYaLenXhtrY9VVOB8tMJapMdY2jfZrV5q98-_c_3j_qSntAKuqr1xJ-RWv4bySMgBJw29PsGhn58doGuqDQFtYIpXYr4ug/s320/harvest%20kassolos.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br />Harvest<p></p><div>Demetrios Kassolas </div><div><br /></div><div>Carnglass Press</div><div><br /></div><div>Newark, NJ</div><div><br /></div><div>(c)1971</div><div><br /></div><div>Continuing the mystery in hopes of it unspooling - one of the translators of both this and the previous book was Michael Redmond. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I am posting this in a very incomplete manner because I might have found this Michael Redmond person on Facebook. </div><div><br /></div><div>UPDATE #1</div><div><br /></div><div>I did in fact make contact with a Michael Redmond - and it's the right one! Hoping to have a more detailed interaction with him soon. </div><div><br /></div><div>UPDATE #2</div><div><br /></div><div>It is the same gentleman and I will share what I can since our conversation is mostly private. But Michael Redmond was the translator of book chapbooks. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>stevenallenmayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932125917162881440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195933.post-52729270137210809402024-01-27T10:56:00.000-08:002024-01-27T10:58:28.773-08:00Poems by Dan Mutascu (1970)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHu8k9UhYTT7MrTOpiif6Vwo_r5v25v0vwg62of4il3QUuZpSvU8jgUZJqBOsPZkmephHsnhEuZlXrlXzyS90Gdy7Z9VuFmAdyYcdofym3JxjcHBT5hxC-9rH5R7otZDHqNrUxkHgiq3SM5VJrpOwJjrHBgmSaFO-5ab1FY3RmDI_F65heEef-A/s1629/dan%20mutascu.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1629" data-original-width="1230" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHu8k9UhYTT7MrTOpiif6Vwo_r5v25v0vwg62of4il3QUuZpSvU8jgUZJqBOsPZkmephHsnhEuZlXrlXzyS90Gdy7Z9VuFmAdyYcdofym3JxjcHBT5hxC-9rH5R7otZDHqNrUxkHgiq3SM5VJrpOwJjrHBgmSaFO-5ab1FY3RmDI_F65heEef-A/s320/dan%20mutascu.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><br /> Poems<p></p><p>Dan Mutascu</p><p>Carnglass Press</p><p>Newark, NJ</p><p>(c)1970</p><p>Translated by Mircea Bucurescu and Michael Redmond</p><p>I love a good mystery, as any of you who have been following these postings can tell and in this case the seller of this chapbook actually knew more about the chapbook than the Net. In fact, the Net has almost nothing on this small press and the writer is Romanian. This collection itself is a trimmed down version of poems published in a larger edition by The Joycian Court Publishers. </p><p>I wrote to the person who sold me this (along with another chapbook from the same Press) one and he wrote back : </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1a1718; font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Hello,</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1a1718; font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1a1718; font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Back in the late 1960s, I had worked with someone at the Newark Public Library who ran (or was in some way connected to) the Carnglass Press in Newark. I was asked to do a cover illustration for another one of their chapbooks, and in return received the 2 that you have.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1a1718; font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1a1718; font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">All the Best,</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1a1718; font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div>XXXXX</div><div><br /></div><div>followed then by : </div><div><br /></div><div><p style="color: #1a1718; font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Hello,</p>
<p style="color: #1a1718; font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><br /></p>
<p style="color: #1a1718; font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The information that I included in the post for the 2 poetry chapbooks was all that I could find on the internet. I don't recall the website sources that it came from. There didn't seem to be anything in Wikipedia on them. I think that Carnglass Press was a small-scale, private effort, probably short-lived. A more thorough (and time-consuming!) internet search would likely turn up more information.</p>
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<p style="color: #1a1718; font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Cheers,</p><p style="color: #1a1718; font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="color: #1a1718; font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">XXXXXXX</p><p style="color: #1a1718; font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="color: #1a1718; font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Now, I have a multiple mystery on my hands. The writer is better known for books that we published later in the 1970s and the Press seems to have disappeared sometime in the 1970s. I will keep researching. It's something I like to so. </p><p style="color: #1a1718; font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="color: #1a1718; font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It's a staple bound chapbook. The drawing on the cover might be of the author. Or a random guy on a train, or in a coffee shop, who knows? (I don't) The person I dealt with got this - and the other - book from the publisher in exchange for cover illustration work. And had a connection to the Newark library in the late 1960s. </p></div><div><br /></div><div>That's my starting point - </div>stevenallenmayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932125917162881440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195933.post-2406117656478758462024-01-22T15:02:00.000-08:002024-01-22T15:02:41.822-08:004X4 Winner of the 2013 Furniture Press Chapbook Competition<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu9OzUoR6tKv9djlKe8Lho6awZod8S1WSyuiGca0tJxEtDSosz4dWbopozeS0hQFWJDRYOWTUDZU8y4JMnE2R4bfhYB8QxplUZF9xWEm5v8LQ3u0f6StVUI9ookTJVJbNAMEU4mPcxH92IQo9M9Pu-KH0_lgvQpvNHWQvZWWhDEUPtWkOGZjozrA/s1775/special%20collection%20back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1775" data-original-width="1146" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu9OzUoR6tKv9djlKe8Lho6awZod8S1WSyuiGca0tJxEtDSosz4dWbopozeS0hQFWJDRYOWTUDZU8y4JMnE2R4bfhYB8QxplUZF9xWEm5v8LQ3u0f6StVUI9ookTJVJbNAMEU4mPcxH92IQo9M9Pu-KH0_lgvQpvNHWQvZWWhDEUPtWkOGZjozrA/s320/special%20collection%20back.jpg" width="207" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhinEih6OE6OxsAjA2_ZFo8B_tBHCEJWVXCwbr9eX0oFkS_mecEQSjfbDd_diBlRg_r6joXk1m52fZGY6zbk9gO0pFC3SV9MRTIH2WQdnpKjBaj3DoZAvp828P80m7DgAOkPh34ns9dFI-5V2Mlnh6g_XIvk6RFkoMM7ZzwzGkDAYWI69gcIPSvmQ/s1773/special%20collection%20front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1773" data-original-width="1180" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhinEih6OE6OxsAjA2_ZFo8B_tBHCEJWVXCwbr9eX0oFkS_mecEQSjfbDd_diBlRg_r6joXk1m52fZGY6zbk9gO0pFC3SV9MRTIH2WQdnpKjBaj3DoZAvp828P80m7DgAOkPh34ns9dFI-5V2Mlnh6g_XIvk6RFkoMM7ZzwzGkDAYWI69gcIPSvmQ/s320/special%20collection%20front.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /></div><br /></div>Furniture Press 2013 Chapbook Competition<p></p><p>1/200 (I have the first of the lot!)</p><p>Furniture Press </p><p>Towson/Baltimore/Earth</p><p>Okay - I added "earth"</p><p>This is a packet of the 4 winners of the contest, apparently. </p><p><br /></p><p>They were : </p><p>1X4 - <i>The Caves of Ice</i> by Joseph Cooper. 18 pages plus preface - at the end of the text.</p><p>2X4 - <i>Clever Little Gang</i> by Nicole Steinberg. 18 pages</p><p>3X4 - <i>Your Stupid Fortune Gives Me Stupid Hope: A Horoscope </i>by Caroline Crew & Chris Emslie</p><p> Unpaginated.</p><p>4X4 - <i>: Part One : </i> by Lisa Tallin. Unpaginated. <br /> </p>stevenallenmayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932125917162881440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195933.post-79754217494856158732024-01-21T08:05:00.000-08:002024-01-21T08:05:56.352-08:00Whalehead & Bring Me Duck by Suzanne Tate (1987 & 1986)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn2AoVgPjtz5Dfbsy_tbp3ASwykD8Ls00bPCwrzMhEMjjk1KcZxaIX9oWSgbNTiBKeKVJ1axldBWPHRT9oua8RLRLzyHAtTj2TGKL5WfXSTzd_Ddx1fnrm0mOsytbzxiImCyr5kJbCy3B6AsjahHgJCboIfncTWexwuR986XGrIWltobR0Qy3daA/s1761/suzanne%20tate%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1761" data-original-width="1150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn2AoVgPjtz5Dfbsy_tbp3ASwykD8Ls00bPCwrzMhEMjjk1KcZxaIX9oWSgbNTiBKeKVJ1axldBWPHRT9oua8RLRLzyHAtTj2TGKL5WfXSTzd_Ddx1fnrm0mOsytbzxiImCyr5kJbCy3B6AsjahHgJCboIfncTWexwuR986XGrIWltobR0Qy3daA/s320/suzanne%20tate%2002.jpg" width="209" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis4BEhFgzTY9AtY5YOg9cpG1TQAkuW5vinWIVUdDYaB9JXTCCEDa7cR0mpC5VClI28W_9qgPm-FAm4-7SBNTuDVPNYnVde5MFzPXU58BvWsEn2megbQocyCKpYf50FS94QdaD7nZgDec6Q75jo_8toC8R7nIGGjiZtV2fCMwmTynIflTWdSmuOaA/s1767/suzanne%20tate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1767" data-original-width="1151" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis4BEhFgzTY9AtY5YOg9cpG1TQAkuW5vinWIVUdDYaB9JXTCCEDa7cR0mpC5VClI28W_9qgPm-FAm4-7SBNTuDVPNYnVde5MFzPXU58BvWsEn2megbQocyCKpYf50FS94QdaD7nZgDec6Q75jo_8toC8R7nIGGjiZtV2fCMwmTynIflTWdSmuOaA/s320/suzanne%20tate.jpg" width="208" /></a></div>Two historical topical and locational books by the same author about the same part of the country. Nicely done. B&W photos. Local historical references galore. <p></p>stevenallenmayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932125917162881440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195933.post-66430198671685278492024-01-19T08:32:00.000-08:002024-01-19T08:32:40.275-08:00Rush Mats by Hiroya Takagai translated by Eric Selland (1999)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjs9zvedl6FolZFfOtqbvE2PHXaCZpYkkuhi4afZwR3y0L3GJUzb5CWUAiNcX7dpVmJ1CUaCczJSDM3orjC-_-vfu8KJguz1jBI7Skvk-oR7n89S1PitD8HyOU6CX8JLXUrRolNOA-MEk1btwHwGx_9cEmWYZz5mv-o-j0cIRhZRsJ8_oWlUeUdw/s1740/rush%20mats.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="1150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjs9zvedl6FolZFfOtqbvE2PHXaCZpYkkuhi4afZwR3y0L3GJUzb5CWUAiNcX7dpVmJ1CUaCczJSDM3orjC-_-vfu8KJguz1jBI7Skvk-oR7n89S1PitD8HyOU6CX8JLXUrRolNOA-MEk1btwHwGx_9cEmWYZz5mv-o-j0cIRhZRsJ8_oWlUeUdw/s320/rush%20mats.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><br /> Rush Mats <p></p><p>Hiroya Takagai</p><p>translated by Eric Selland</p><p>Duration Press </p><p>(c) 1999</p><p>Interestingly, as I approach the end of the huge poetry chapbook and ephemera dump I received a number of years ago from a generous soul in Iowa, I find one that completely appeals to me. </p><p>Translated from the Japanese by Eric Selland, this thin collection has spacial distance that attracts me - long pauses in white space. And Mr. Selland has translated Mr. Takagai before. He had a book published by the University of Hawaii entitled <u>Then the Whole was Flooded with Light: Hiroya Takagai Translated</u> (2000) which was the year after this brief collection came out. It is possible and likely that some of the pieces here were also in the bigger book published the following year. </p>stevenallenmayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932125917162881440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195933.post-82836554097470313842024-01-10T06:05:00.000-08:002024-01-10T06:05:35.118-08:00Perfect Stranger by Earl McMurray (1998)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgZBJQPkgkndgOv_gCFk7LC5JWFZWtjiK2V8-ww07CY4yYCQKdCC3n27CTu7rN1ks9tUFyoHAkdVZ42Fi4a2PvFb8EQB6hwgNoLYvtQ3MKzPHIc8nNRbhDQB2nHivS9qZ_PcrFLC-LHjRydeQLsAhbWgXvojNXPY4xYCPgQ91rjXFOtc2SyxgYkA/s1765/earl%20mcmurray.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1765" data-original-width="1142" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgZBJQPkgkndgOv_gCFk7LC5JWFZWtjiK2V8-ww07CY4yYCQKdCC3n27CTu7rN1ks9tUFyoHAkdVZ42Fi4a2PvFb8EQB6hwgNoLYvtQ3MKzPHIc8nNRbhDQB2nHivS9qZ_PcrFLC-LHjRydeQLsAhbWgXvojNXPY4xYCPgQ91rjXFOtc2SyxgYkA/s320/earl%20mcmurray.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><br />Perfect Stranger<p></p><p>Earl McMurray</p><p>Winner of the Ledge 1997 Annual Poetry Chapbook Contest</p><p>The Ledge Press</p><p>Glendale, NY</p><p>(c)1998</p><p>Inherited from a book lot dump I received years ago now. Not 1998 "ago" but - it's a contest winner but it doesn't tickle my poetry bone. Acknowledgment only. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>stevenallenmayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932125917162881440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195933.post-22554659902562911372024-01-05T07:20:00.000-08:002024-01-05T07:30:59.483-08:00Of Their Ornate Eyes of Crystalline Sand by Coral Bracho (1999)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnuD-mVtdx4mVzG27Q3VYvnitnTVMdDwGwttxaYi3lF1Tr-94i-InEc3NSmNoNVwVZQHK43AcArwCf7ILy6hcDp7H9PXFIYirnBJcbK_rfUnOUo9PD6wtHbbdO1NTjFwnn9WraZUc7nwOx3CEtF-IjCShhp-o_Qg7ilprRZehxA8AQSoml3pZ-zg/s1731/coral%20bracho.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1731" data-original-width="1133" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnuD-mVtdx4mVzG27Q3VYvnitnTVMdDwGwttxaYi3lF1Tr-94i-InEc3NSmNoNVwVZQHK43AcArwCf7ILy6hcDp7H9PXFIYirnBJcbK_rfUnOUo9PD6wtHbbdO1NTjFwnn9WraZUc7nwOx3CEtF-IjCShhp-o_Qg7ilprRZehxA8AQSoml3pZ-zg/s320/coral%20bracho.jpg" width="209" /></a></div><br /> Of Their Ornate Eyes of Crystalline Sand<p></p><p>Coral Bracho</p><p>Translated from the Spanish of Forrest Gander</p><p>Duration 11</p><p>(c) 1999</p><p>Part of the series. Great poetry. </p><p>I happened across the series and these chapbooks, I believe, by someone in Iowa unloading a store of chapbooks they had accumulated over the years before they retired from their position at the literary hub there. </p><p>One of the fascinating things about this series is that the translator had the opportunity to talk about the author they were translating, giving personal histories and perceptions to readers who were as likely as not NOT familiar with the poet whose work was the focus of the chapbook itself. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>stevenallenmayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932125917162881440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195933.post-35550226538635001452024-01-05T05:18:00.000-08:002024-01-05T05:34:39.741-08:00Quiet Knives by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (2003)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivK2cLMv13uFIVTjGkPCjpO4NooY0vUB72VOXpFy0IVk2bzs3wgYPgOtkWKEBCvGY8XJFMzbOZUI5zAHH42MuDWzHAFusuP11TdnKyPrfCQ0cSx5NJ6Gq3qdbalPImSe5ICnDlB8RapQBSjFjcB0gCnQNXbKk6sQd0Nl80AHBauPWWrHh0KSaPrg/s1747/sharon%20lee:%20steve%20miller.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1747" data-original-width="1129" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivK2cLMv13uFIVTjGkPCjpO4NooY0vUB72VOXpFy0IVk2bzs3wgYPgOtkWKEBCvGY8XJFMzbOZUI5zAHH42MuDWzHAFusuP11TdnKyPrfCQ0cSx5NJ6Gq3qdbalPImSe5ICnDlB8RapQBSjFjcB0gCnQNXbKk6sQd0Nl80AHBauPWWrHh0KSaPrg/s320/sharon%20lee:%20steve%20miller.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><br /> Quiet Knives<p></p><p>Sharon Lee & Steve Miller</p><p>Adventures in the Liaden Universe #9</p><p>SRM Publisher, Ltd. </p><p>Unity, Maine</p><p>(c) 2003</p><p>No - it's not <i style="font-weight: bold;">THAT</i> Steve Miller. </p><p>It's a 62 page staple bound fantasy adventure book written by these two writers featuring two characters, etc; etc; etc.</p><p>Apparently they have been extremely successful writing together and this was a sampler more than a completed project. </p>stevenallenmayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932125917162881440noreply@blogger.com0