Friday, February 26, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Two pictures
I really like the new Narrow House banner.
Good job, Justin. I also like this self-portrait I drew while I was on the phone.
You can see I look different now. I have new glasses on, and a beardo.
Good job, Justin. I also like this self-portrait I drew while I was on the phone.
Monday, February 22, 2010
A CAKE APPEARED
I preordered Shane's new book from SCRAMBLER. It's called A CAKE APPEARED and it's pretty funny a lot. I used part of it as an epigraph for my blog. The other epigraph is from Louise Gluck -- that should give you an idea of what kind of writing Shane does.
Here's the trailer for the book. It's as short as a book trailer wants to be.
Here's the trailer for the book. It's as short as a book trailer wants to be.
Publishing Genius in Publishers Weekly
Andrew Albanese spotlighted PG in his Publishers Weekly article about indie publishing and how we're changing the nature of the industry. Read all about it.
The Expedition
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Joseph Young on my poems
My friend Joe said something really nice really well about Adam Robison and Other Poems:
He wrote that at Goodreads, where you can add my book to your shelf.
This book is a sure furthering of the American experiment of poetry. Pick whatever gigantor of colloquial you will and ARAOP is son, father, brother or cousin to him, her, and that.
He wrote that at Goodreads, where you can add my book to your shelf.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Catching Up On Some Blogging
I bin on the wick biz tip and all adig in't.
But, happy as I am, at the same time I feel like I have neglected some really important things, like setting up a reading tour in March. Like setting up a screening of 60 Writers/60 Places at AWP. Like sending doing the blog.
One thing I would have written about is the awesome Literary Death Match that Opium brought to Baltimore. Todd Zuniga is a really good hoster. He's formal in his tailor-made suit, but casual in his demeanor such that the audience gets laid back. So it was fun, and it was the right amount of impromptu in the impromptu snow.
Mike Young came to it. He read at it. Was it the best poetry reading I've ever seen done? I've seen a lot of them. I think it was the best. It passes my populist test, meaning I think even my ma woulda liked it. She wouldn'a know what was all up in it, but Mike was convincing as heckle.
Jen Michalski did a read before him. Hers was, as Anthony Burgess would write, "horror show," which is to say, great, evocative. It was about Heidegger's notion of what is a thing as he writes in his essay "The Thing" which can be found in the book POETRY, LANGUAGE, THOUGHT. He says, "A thing is a thing insofar as it things." Jen's piece was happy about how things get smaller and you put them places, like in a room.
Mike's piece cannot be capitulated so neatly. It was about love, though, and from the air pulled love sentiments that made love actually.
And if you want to know the whole truth in part, the impromptu part that I liked best was that one of the judges's moms got snowed in so the babies had to be sat motherwise, meaning that Carolyn Zaikowski, who came with Mike Young to the show, got to be the judge in the first part of the match. She wrote these poems on the spot that were really funny. Her name again, Baltimore, is Carolyn Zaikowski. She is okay. She goes to Naropa. Apparently she writes non-narrative novels. I'm not wicked sure that is accurate, but I'm sure her name is Carolyn Zaikowski and she is the drummer in my band, The Random Incident. She also plays keys in her own outfit, called Carolyn Conspiracy. She lives in Massachussetts or whatever it's spelled.
There's more to it than that, though. She and Mike kept asking if I was talking about "the Ipad, the new tablet computer from Apple." She and Mike kept singing about how everyone was going to die from STDs, so we should all make love. We hung up poems in the Hampden neighborhood of Baltimore. We did a professional photoshoot at the Safeway. At the vegan expo, we ate the food.
People are like, make every word count. I'm more like, make none of the words count.
I could hyperlink junk, and maybe I will, but maybe if you're interested you can just Google whatever.
***
FLASH: Submissions for books will open again soon.
FLASH: I'm going to migrate platforms to a submissions manager called submishmash. They seem like good people, dig?
FLASH: I gotta go to the doctor!
FLASH: I'm starting a cooking show and I'm either going to call it "Culinary Genius" or "Cooking with ARob." Cast your vote below. It's going to be on the Internet. The first episode will feature Kevin Sampsell. The second episode will feature Heather Christle.
FLASH: More announcements to come, but I gotta go to the doctor!
But, happy as I am, at the same time I feel like I have neglected some really important things, like setting up a reading tour in March. Like setting up a screening of 60 Writers/60 Places at AWP. Like sending doing the blog.
One thing I would have written about is the awesome Literary Death Match that Opium brought to Baltimore. Todd Zuniga is a really good hoster. He's formal in his tailor-made suit, but casual in his demeanor such that the audience gets laid back. So it was fun, and it was the right amount of impromptu in the impromptu snow.
Mike Young came to it. He read at it. Was it the best poetry reading I've ever seen done? I've seen a lot of them. I think it was the best. It passes my populist test, meaning I think even my ma woulda liked it. She wouldn'a know what was all up in it, but Mike was convincing as heckle.
Jen Michalski did a read before him. Hers was, as Anthony Burgess would write, "horror show," which is to say, great, evocative. It was about Heidegger's notion of what is a thing as he writes in his essay "The Thing" which can be found in the book POETRY, LANGUAGE, THOUGHT. He says, "A thing is a thing insofar as it things." Jen's piece was happy about how things get smaller and you put them places, like in a room.
Mike's piece cannot be capitulated so neatly. It was about love, though, and from the air pulled love sentiments that made love actually.
And if you want to know the whole truth in part, the impromptu part that I liked best was that one of the judges's moms got snowed in so the babies had to be sat motherwise, meaning that Carolyn Zaikowski, who came with Mike Young to the show, got to be the judge in the first part of the match. She wrote these poems on the spot that were really funny. Her name again, Baltimore, is Carolyn Zaikowski. She is okay. She goes to Naropa. Apparently she writes non-narrative novels. I'm not wicked sure that is accurate, but I'm sure her name is Carolyn Zaikowski and she is the drummer in my band, The Random Incident. She also plays keys in her own outfit, called Carolyn Conspiracy. She lives in Massachussetts or whatever it's spelled.
There's more to it than that, though. She and Mike kept asking if I was talking about "the Ipad, the new tablet computer from Apple." She and Mike kept singing about how everyone was going to die from STDs, so we should all make love. We hung up poems in the Hampden neighborhood of Baltimore. We did a professional photoshoot at the Safeway. At the vegan expo, we ate the food.
People are like, make every word count. I'm more like, make none of the words count.
I could hyperlink junk, and maybe I will, but maybe if you're interested you can just Google whatever.
***
FLASH: Submissions for books will open again soon.
FLASH: I'm going to migrate platforms to a submissions manager called submishmash. They seem like good people, dig?
FLASH: I gotta go to the doctor!
FLASH: I'm starting a cooking show and I'm either going to call it "Culinary Genius" or "Cooking with ARob." Cast your vote below. It's going to be on the Internet. The first episode will feature Kevin Sampsell. The second episode will feature Heather Christle.
FLASH: More announcements to come, but I gotta go to the doctor!
Thursday, February 04, 2010
ADAM ROBISON & OTHER POEMS
For everyone who preordered my book, Thank You. You are the man and womyn.
If you haven't preordered, here is some information.
It will be shipping in a few weeks.
Also, there has been a winner of the bloody shirt contest. I'll announce that soon.
I hope people order the book. I hope they like it. It's interesting to be on this side of the publishing equation.
Who is going to review the book? Questions like that are questions I think.
I'm pretty nervous about the snow tomorrow. It's so white and it melts.
There is going to be a Superbowl. Go!
Last night I made for dinner a pasta sauce that in it had: heavy cream, sun dried tomato pesto, artichoke hearts, capers, a bag of italian cheese, butter. Heat slowly.
Gonna go eat the leftovers.
If you haven't preordered, here is some information.
It will be shipping in a few weeks.
Also, there has been a winner of the bloody shirt contest. I'll announce that soon.
I hope people order the book. I hope they like it. It's interesting to be on this side of the publishing equation.
Who is going to review the book? Questions like that are questions I think.
I'm pretty nervous about the snow tomorrow. It's so white and it melts.
There is going to be a Superbowl. Go!
Last night I made for dinner a pasta sauce that in it had: heavy cream, sun dried tomato pesto, artichoke hearts, capers, a bag of italian cheese, butter. Heat slowly.
Gonna go eat the leftovers.
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Everyday Genius
First of all, congratulations to the four writers whose Everyday Genius stories were selected for inclusion in the 2010 Best of the Web, from Dzanc. I feel honoreder than words to have published them. Read their stories again:
The February editor is Fortunato Salazar. He impressed me with his sharp mind and considerate, professional correspondence. When he asked abuot the opportunity, he pointed out a typo in a piece that was recently published (I think it was an apostrophe). His great editorial eye reaches beyond copyediting, though, and there is a lot to look forward to in February.
The March editor is Laura Ellen Scott. Laura hosts VIPs on VSF, a great site that collects thoughts about flash fiction from leading flash writers. Here's an interesting interview with her from March 2009 that is worth a look. Submit 500-word stories, poems, pictures, or whatever, to editor at publishinggenius dot com and she will consider them.
Aaron BurchNow Lauren Bender has finished her tenure as the January editor for Everyday Genius. Some of my favorites from her selections include Dina Kelberman's drawings, Jackie Milad's drawings, Jesse Tangen-Mills's poem about 12 ways to die, and of course Mike Topp's funnies (in particular, the first sentence: "What famous actress is Larry King?"). Thanks to Lauren and everyone she published.
Peter Markus
David McClendon
Stephen Graham Jones
The February editor is Fortunato Salazar. He impressed me with his sharp mind and considerate, professional correspondence. When he asked abuot the opportunity, he pointed out a typo in a piece that was recently published (I think it was an apostrophe). His great editorial eye reaches beyond copyediting, though, and there is a lot to look forward to in February.
The March editor is Laura Ellen Scott. Laura hosts VIPs on VSF, a great site that collects thoughts about flash fiction from leading flash writers. Here's an interesting interview with her from March 2009 that is worth a look. Submit 500-word stories, poems, pictures, or whatever, to editor at publishinggenius dot com and she will consider them.
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