long live bookstores

Why yes those would be my books on display at an actual living breathing independent bookstore near Pittsburgh. The Penguin Bookshop in Sewickley to be precise.

If you are in Sewickley, or near Sewickley, or passing through Sewickley or thinking 'hey today is a nice sunny day for a drive ... where should we go ... oh I read on a blog about this great bookstore in Sewickley why don't we go there', go in and buy something from the bookseller peoples there. And yes I do follow my own advice. I've already spent half the money I made in sales to them by buying new books there.

Oh and maybe mention I sent you. Then perhaps they will buy more of my books and I can buy more of theirs and so on and so forth.

Radio Interview

my radio interview/poetry reading from a few months back on WYEP 91.3 here in Pittsburgh is finally in the Itunes Store. you can download it for free over there if you do a search for Prosody and look in the Podcast area.

direct link will get you to a place where you can click on "view in Itunes"

scenes from a small press expo

today was the first day of the small press expo at which i was an exhibitor/vendor. we had large crowds moving through off and on during the day, and i received loads of compliments on my work and translating skills. i'll be back there tomorrow as well so stop on by if you can make it. it's at the AIR (artist image resource) facility over on the northside.

this is my table at the show, displaying my wares.

these are some images of other sights to be seen

upcoming small press expos

well looks like i will be exhibiting my books (the AAN Press ones as well as my own artist books, many of which you can find images of on this blog) at two upcoming small press expos here in the city. click on the links below for more info and be sure to stop by and see me. in fact, mention you saw this blog entry and i'll give you 20% anything you buy from me.

The Small Press Festival takes place September 25th and 26th.

The Pittsburgh Indy Comics Expo takes place October 16th and 17th

unboxing day

canada has boxing day, here i have unboxing day. the day my new book arrives and i see the finished product. very very happy with these, a small, cosy, intimate book. i have not done a collection of my own poetry for ten years and friends have been clamoring as of late for something new from me. so here it is. you can buy them over here.

second broadside

this continues to be one of my most favorite poems of those i have translated by robert desnos. you can find the broadside and the book over here. i am very pleased with the progress i have been making these last few weeks. i think next i will work with a poem by rene guy cadou.

broadsides

with my new large format printer i am finally able to do some broadside editions of my poetry and translating work and add in some hand-printed elements (the above photo shows the print run drying). this first broadside is a translation of a robert desnos poem that appears in my book mythmaking and i will be listing them for sale soon over on the press web site. a modest first design, but i am hoping to do more complex work as i get better at printmaking.

voyage in burgundy book

they arrived today and look very good i think. pleased with the quality from the new printer.

will try and take better photos when its sunnier out.

if you'd like to purchase one go to the air and nothningness press website.

voyage in burgundy book - update

i received the belts today that will slip around the front cover of the books and okayed the galley proof. the printer says 15 business days til they are shipped.

poster design

the last stage of publishing one of my books of translation is designing a poster. these are given to special people who meant something during the book's creation. 

this seems to be the sketch most people like of those i had posted earlier.

kitchen and library

i thought i would share with everyone some composite photos of my kitchen and library in their current states. i completely renovated the kitchen last year and as always the library is a work in progress, mostly trying to find places to put more books than i have shelves for.

click on either for a larger version

new book from the air and nothingness press - 'voyage in burgundy'

in the summer of 1930, robert desnos, his future wife youki and her then husband, the japanese painter tsuguharu foujita, along with his cousin, set out on a walking tour of the burgundy region of france.


this book - 'Voyage in Burgundy", is the latest from my publishing efforts - the air and nothingness press and is a memoir of that time. editing has finally been finished and the book will go into production soon.


above is the set of postcards that will be added in an envelope in the back of the copies of the book and will functions as the illustrations.


i've been looking forward to having this book done because it is the first prose piece of his that i have translated. the original text was unpublished and contains false starts, spelling errors of names and some general early draft mayhem. my translating partner, oonagh taeger, and i have added a series of annotated notes to the text to correct some of these issues and provide some context for the people and places mentioned. i am looking to have this book published by the fall. please let me know if you are interested in buying a copy when it comes out.