random stuff
i seem to be over my cold, which is good! the weeks are getting busier, and i don't want to start into next week with its additional evening classes (english) feeling blah.
i have reached day 21 of 30/30. i'll somehow manage the other nine days too, i'm sure. vii.18 - myspace chat
lauren and sharon have finished their rounds (7 and 6 respectively) - congrats!
vii.19 - lester lewis takes inventory after the shipwreck
vii.20 - poetic collaboration
vii.21 - beryllium (be) - twelve signs of the approaching apocalypse
collaborations with driving miss arly and mr nathan "double entendre" mcclain are going rather well, i find.
i've stocked up on chapbooks (mine, apples for adam) and am swapping with frank matagrano, kristy bowen, and corey mesler, among others. yay!
work on new chapbook manuscripts takes place when i have nothing else to do, which is not very often. question for you out there: are there any chapbook publishers you can recommend? any you have had bad experiences with? i find some of them still refuse to work with writers from overseas, or don't correspond via email, etc which is a hassle.
james reidel's collection of translated thomas bernhard poems, in hora mortis, has arrived. so far, i have only read the translator's foreword but i cannot wait to dip in. i'll certainly have more to say about this. other than that, i am still reading haruki murakami's kafka on the shore. very strange, very intriguing, very good.
our indian summer has been incredibly beautiful. i love it.
election day tomorrow. i don't expect any nice surprises nor happy endings. sigh.
about 25 people are waiting for emails from me. i know. i know.
new summer travel entries posted below. enjoy.
song of the day: this side of the blue by joanna newsom
5 comments:
Hi Michi,
I've heard good things about Pudding House and Finishing Line press. I haven't worked with either, but I have friends who have and seemed happy.
Good luck getting your chapbook published! I, for one, will want a copy.
Cheers,
Lauren
My first chap was pubbed by Finishing Line. They make a nice product, offer a choice of papers and art. And they include a ribbon bookmark. I just did a reading with two other FLP poets, swapped books with them and liked theirs equally well.
thanks ladies!
last time i checked pudding house refused to work with overseas writers, but that may have changed.
i hesitate to send to publishers who charge reading fees, esp anything over 5 dollars.
i'll check out finishing line, thanks.
m
malinger, i tried with pudding house, too some years ago. the answer was they rarely accepted stuff from overseas... but i could send just the same and pay the reading fee. not very encouraging.
i sent a mss to rubicon press (http://www.rubiconpress.org/)... but still haven't heard from them. you can give 'em a try. at least they accept stuff via e-mail.
hee. 25 people is quite few. i've lost count of the people waiting for my reply. i think you are one of them. gaak.
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I , for one, can't wait for your next chapbook.
Glad you are feeling better.
You're doing great with 30:30...in no time you'll be done, and have 30 publishable poems. I can't believe I started another round. I'm not sure I'll see this one through. I'll decide before I get too far into it! I have send anything out for a loooong time.
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