SPD TODAY: The Small Press Distribution blog: August 2011

The Trees The Trees by Heather Christle (Octopus Books)
Up Jump the Boogie by John Murillo (Cypher Books)
Dayglo by James Meetze (Ahsahta Press)
Migritude by Shailja Patel (Kaya Press)
The Irrationalist by Suzanne Buffam (Canarium Books)
A Mouth in California by Graham Foust (Flood Editions)
Song for His Disappeared Love/Canto a Su Amor Desaparecido by Raúl Zurita (Action Books)
The Persians by Aeschylus by Brandon Brown (Displaced Press)
Ordinary Sun by Matthew Henriksen (Black Ocean)
Saint Erasure by Donna de la Perrière (Talisman House, Publishers)
Clamor by Elyse Fenton (Cleveland State University Poetry Center)
bird book by Laura Walker (Shearsman Books)
Lucky Fish by Aimee Nezhukumatathil (Tupelo Press)
Either Way I'm Celebrating by Sommer Browning (Birds, LLC)
Nick Demske by Nick Demske (Fence Books)
Yingelishi: Sinophonic English Poetry and Poetics by Jonathan Stalling (Counterpath Press)
On Wonderland & Waste by Sandy Florian (Sidebrow Books)
Had Slaves by Catherine Sasanov (Firewheel Editions)
Reliquary Fever: New and Selected Poems by Beckian Fritz Goldberg (New Issues Poetry & Prose)
100 Notes on Violence by Julie Carr (Ahsahta Press)
Selected Poems by Mary Ruefle (Wave Books)
Correct Animal by Rebecca Farivar (Octopus Books)
Stars of the Night Commute by Ana Božičević (Tarpaulin Sky Press)
Tamura Ryuichi: On the Life & Work of a 20th Century Master by Takako Lento and Wayne Miller, Editors (Pleiades Press)
Discipline by Dawn Lundy Martin (Nightboat Books)
One with Others: [a little book of her days] by C. D. Wright (Copper Canyon Press)
Our Name Be Witness by Marvin K. White (RedBone Press)
Helsinki by Peter Richards (Action Books)
As We Are Sung by Christina Mengert (Burning Deck)
The Incompossible by Carrie Hunter (Black Radish Books)

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Last Friday, Aug 12th, there was a great reading at SPD. I Facebooked a few shots of the organizers and the audience but neglected to post the lovely readers — but here they are. As people who know me know (this is Laura) when I am at a reading I often close my eyes in order to concentrate on hearing the words. This practice has the further advantage of allowing me to rest and daydream if the words are boring which, let's admit it, does occasionally happen. Last Friday at SPD was not such an occasion however. The readings were truly delightful. Below are Brandon Brown, Samantha Giles, Rob Halpern and Taylor Brady. Thank you readers for reading and thank you audience for showing up & buying a bunch of books. And thank you Displaced Press for publishing those books so elegantly!