Narrow House - AWP benefit tonight

We have a table at the AWP benefit tonight and I'll be giving out tickets for a free gift. How fun is that? So, come on down and give some support. 1/2 of all Narrow House and Publishing Genius sales go to AWP.
Purchase literature liberally.
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Writers who double as musicians? Musicians who write and compose? Baltimore has it all! The Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) will host a Baltimore event celebrating the intersection of writing and music set for Friday, Feb. 27, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Fraziers on the Avenue in Hampden at 919 W. 36th St.

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Featuring performances by Madison Smartt Bell, Victoria Vox, Ron Kipling Williams, Todd Whaley, Linda Joy Burke, Michael Kimball, Jen Michalski, Rahne Alexander and more!

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Info:

tannertoys.com

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T. Richardson - B. Obama

Narrow House on HTML Giant

Thanks, Blake!

http://htmlgiant.com/?p=4853

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new Narrow House blog

launched:

http://narrow-house.blogspot.com/

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MICA tonight - Secondary Sound

I'm lecturing at MICA tonight. A poetry class is teaching Secondary Sound and the professor wants me to chat about the work. How can I explain that I tried my hardest NOT to write poetry when I created that book? I should just text my entire lecture to everyone in the room from a secret location (like the Mt. Royal Tavern).

GOSH, that's a pretty photograph of MICA.

I had to repost this Slate headline

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ie reader

I do believe this might be the ie reader book cover.

http://ieseries.wordpress.com/

Narrow House 2009

Elena Alexander, Bruce Andrews, Michael Ball, Sandra Beassley, Lauren Bender, Bill Berkson, Charles Bernstein, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Miles Champion, Norma Cole, CA Conrad, Bruce Covey, Tina Darragh, Ben Doller, Sandra Doller, Buck Downs, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, kari edwards, Cathy Eisenhower, Graham Foust, Heather Fuller, Peter Gizzi, Adam Good, Jamie Gaughran-Perez, K. Lorraine Graham, Jessica Grim, P. Inman, Lisa Jarnot, Bonnie Jones, Beth Joselow, Michael Kelleher, Amy King, Doug Lang, Katy Lederer, Reb Livingston, M. Magnus, Tom Mandel, Chris Mason, Kristi Mexwell, Megan McShea, Anna Moschovakis, Gina Myers , Chris Nealon, Mel Nichols, Aldon Nielsen, Tom Orange, Bob Perelman, Simon Pettet, Tom Raworth, Adam Robinson, Phyllis Rosenzweig, Ric Royer, Ken Rumble, Justin Sirois, Rod Smith, Cole Swensen, Maureen Thorson, Chris Toll, Edwin Torres, Les Wade, Rosemarie Waldrop, Ryan Walker, Mark Wallace, Terence Winch, Rupert Wondolowski, John Yau, Geoffrey Young

Adam Robison and other poems by Adam Robison

Strategic cross-posting:

http://publishinggenius.blogspot.com/2009/02/adam-robison-and-other-poems.html

Weekend Report

New cat (Salts!), thank you Patrice, revisions, Texas Hold’m, squadush!, Henkin kills it, Magic Acorn, Blake’s futuristic super-car, a massive boat of sushi, bad jokes on video, Salts sleep under the covers, hiking boots, work boots, bamboo cutting board, BMA audio tour, 5:10 (Shane Jones, Blake Butler), electrifried, I love making you food, I’ll never find it, tall boy, short shot, Jamie Gaughran-Perez: “I waste more than you/set to music/I noticed you stopped talking/I’m getting comfortable with the problems at the room”, Salts practice-dives under my covers all night LONG.

Robison

Tita and Jessica Henkin


Kimball and Jamie GP


Aaron Henkin


Michael Kimball


Rahne Alexander

Kyle Minor

Molly Gaudey and Robison

Kathleen Rooney


Shane Jones

Blake Bulter

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Poor Things

More poor here.

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Is Keita Takahashi the new Thomas Pynchon?

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poem for Adam Robinson

I am here* on the YEEEE scale.

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BOOKIES

BOOKIES.

Phu, PRESSURE FACE-Adam Robinson, Joe Young, Jamie GP, and Richard Gorelick (not featured). Keep an eye out for the next invite.

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Silver Standard (construction review)

I'm assuming my book was in the small press ebay auction Kevin Thurston and Ric Royer posted:

"This is a solid little handmade paperback book with a stiff brown paper cover. Both the front and the back covers are stapled multiple times, with the staples forming a grid of 84 squares. These covers are held onto the rest of the book, though only gently, by little strips of magnets glued to the covers of the separate inside book. Inside the book consists of two very distinct signatures, each with its own card cover, which is full on the outside covers but quarter on the inside ones..."

more:

http://dbqp.blogspot.com/2009/02/small-press-treasures.html

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(long) Weekend Report

Revisions, Emily’s new teeth feel real, finally reading Watchmen (incredible), Birra Moretti and mozzarella, distressing clothes for the Arbouretum video, new short story - deleted scene - from Falcons on the Floor: how a cigarette can save your life, damn you MSAC!, good brunch, good talks, my xBox died (red ring), Adam Robinson returns from AWP – new wife; bagless; deranged; spitting; mouth pissing, Phampersand button on my hat, you are so cozy, "where did you get that thing!?", I own a house and I frame my pictures, Planetarium!, more story (a cigarette really can save your life), Stephen Janis’ Orange - I took that cover photo in 2003, picked up revised pages from Lauren, BOOKIES tomorrow (it’s like a reading w/o reading and maybe some gambling) - and now... the Pirate Bay trials?

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The Blood of My Brother

"The Blood of My Brother tells a story of the war in Iraq from a perspective rarely seen. The primary point of view is Iraqi—a family grieving at the tragic death of its eldest son. After years of hard work, Ra’ad, an Iraqi portrait photographer, has saved enough money to open his own shop. On the night of the opening, while volunteering to guard the ancient mosque in Kadhimiya, Ra’ad is shot and killed by an American patrol."

I watched this documentary on a recommendation and was moved by the sincerity and openness of the film. It's a straight up cinema vérité, no tricks. Much of it is appropriately unrefined. Filming with sharp sensitivity, Andrew Berends captures this family's anguish during candid interviews and we understand the impossible grief of losing the oldest son in such a close knit unit. With no father, the family relies on the oldest son for nearly everything from financial security to spiritual guidance. Berends gains the trust of the local uprising and was allowed to film street demonstrations that few Westerners have the privilege of witnessing.

http://www.storytellerinc.com/Iraq-site/BOMB/bomb-pages/bomb-title.html

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JMWW cover

This is pretty close to the final design of JMWW 3.

Featuring:

Jessica Anya Blau, CM Burroughs, Jimmy Chen, Jon Morgan Davies, William R. Duell, Charmi Keranen, Julia LaSalle, Sean Lovelace, Lisa Markowitz, Pete Pazmino, Lynn L. Shattuck, Paul Silverman, Charles Talkoff, Bryan S. Wang, Martin Willitts, Jr., Joseph Young

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If you don't know, don't ask

Icepicking your book-face in the gift economy.

Blast from the past

2004? 2005? I remember being very nervous. There was a piece with blue M&Ms doubling as Blue Mass and a poem about Lincoln. I remember Kevin impressing me with his brilliantly composed rambling generated from a collage he was holding. I think. Maybe that was a different reading. Lauren had a fish bowl. Jamie made three people sing. This is all I really remember.

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breaking my heart

The fact that the Kennedy Center launched a crisis line for Arts Administrators is really breaking my heart. MSAC just put this recourse on their site for the same reasons. Luckily, Maryland is in the top 5 states for funding the creative community -- hopefully we can keep it that way.

Justification:

New[ish] study shows economic impact of the Arts tops $1.2 billion:
http://www.msac.org/news_detail.cfm?sec=News&id=181&nid=222

Weekend Report

Revisions, Los Solos, would you say endearingly vain?, the dexterous and sublime Susan Alcorn, sorry about the sorta drunk texts, revisions, pulled the trigger on a 20 x 22 foot natural stone patio with fire pit for the back of the house, 55 degrees in early February, DO NOT watch G.I. Jesus, ie series, Cathy’s Ass, Benjamin Franklin, and the cockroach, chocked at pool, Japanther’s drummer, estate sale: no good fiction or first editions, but a French presse and a massive mortar and pestle for $5, Narrow House meeting: amazing JGP brunch, pattle ball, Leigh is better, I am going to fist him with my cock, The Blood of My Brother (a must see), the HMM is back (*wink).

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