SPD TODAY: The Small Press Distribution blog

SPD at the MLA

2012-01-19T14:52:00.000-08:00

Some photos from SPD's recent trip to Seattle for the MLA....

(Above, the scene after the CLMP- & SPD-sponsored panel,

Provocative Feminisms. L to R: Juliana Spahr, presiding; Danielle Pafunda, panelist;

and Erica Kaufman, panelist. Vanessa Place, the third panelist,

is just out of the photo to left.)

(Above, l to r, Timothy Yu, Craig Santos Perez,

and Brandy Nalani McDougall stop by the booth)

(Stephen Cope and Catherine Wagner)

More photos coming soon....

Chapbook Festival March 28-30

2012-01-19T14:22:00.000-08:00

Mark your calendars for the NYC Chapbook Festival, March 28-30. SPD won't be there officially, but we're there in spirit...

SPD Books at the BAM

2012-01-09T12:29:00.000-08:00

Starting January 15th, SPD and some key Bay Area SPD publishers are collaborating with the Berekely Art Museum on their new project, The Reading Room. The Reading Room will feature a Take A Book / Leave A Book library which will be initially seeded by Kelsey Street, Atelos and Tuumba overstock. So bring a book from your collection and pick up one of the terrific titles that will be on hand! You can also listen to recordings of selected poets published by these presses, and view silk-screen prints and original works on paper created by George Schneeman in collaboration with poets Ron Padgett, Bill Berkson, and Lewis MacAdams. A schedule of related readings and events will be announced soon. If you are in Berkeley, don't miss it!!!

FICTION BEST-SELLERS NOV-DEC 2011

2012-01-04T13:45:00.000-08:00

POETRY BEST-SELLERS DECEMBER 2011

2012-01-04T12:32:00.000-08:00

SPD Red-a-riffic Open House

2011-12-29T14:35:00.000-08:00

By any measure, SPD's red-themed Open House

on December 4, 2011 was a smashing success!

Below are some photos from the day....

our "well-red" readers: Pamela Lu, Jai Arun Ravine, Judith Goldman, & Marvin K. White

Julia and Zack present the red delectables

our "red" judge, super-intern Estee Schwartz,

was in charge of determing if a book had enough red in the cover

to earn a 40% discount

disturbingly red candy

audience (occasionally dressed in red)

velvet cupcakes of redness

red books

more red books

bride of red books

Record Day for SPD Shipments!!

2011-12-21T15:12:00.000-08:00

Record day for SPD shipments today!

84 boxes on the way out...12/21/2011...

Clark Coolidge Reads at SPD, 2009

2011-12-13T16:38:00.000-08:00

Here's a nice blast from the very recent past...

2011-12-13T16:13:00.000-08:00

SPD's POETRY BEST-SELLERS NOVEMBER 2011

2011-12-05T14:27:00.000-08:00

SPD's Open House this Sunday 1-4! 40% off selected red titles!

2011-11-30T12:36:00.000-08:00

SPD's POETRY BEST-SELLERS OCTOBER 2011

2011-11-04T14:20:00.000-07:00

Milk and Honey: A Celebration of Jewish Lesbian Poetry by Julie R. Enszer, Editor (A Midsummer Night's Press)
Drive-By Vigils by R. Zamora Linmark (Hanging Loose Press)
Beauty Was the Case that They Gave Me by Mark Leidner (Factory Hollow Press)
The Glass Crib by Amanda Auchter (Zone 3 Press)
Love Cake by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (TSAR Publications)
Collective Brightness: LGBTIQ Poets on Faith, Religion & Spirituality by Kevin Simmonds, Editor (Sibling Rivalry Press)
SABORAMI by Cecilia Vicuña (ChainLinks)
Gully by Roger Bonair-Agard (Cypher Books)
The Wide Road by Carla Harryman and Lyn Hejinian (Belladonna*)
The Poems of Gaius Valerius Catullus by Brandon Brown (Krupskaya)
Schizophrene by Bhanu Kapil (Nightboat Books)
Cœur de Lion by Ariana Reines (Fence Books)
Lucky Fish by Aimee Nezhukumatathil (Tupelo Press)
to refrain from embracing by Monika Rinck (Burning Deck)
Re- by Kristi Maxwell (Ahsahta Press)
Both Poems by Anne Tardos (Roof Books)
The Body, The Rooms by Andy Frazee (Subito Press)
The Nineteenth Century and Other Poems by Chris Glomski (The Cultural Society)
Waveform by Amber DiPietra and Denise Leto (Kenning Editions)
Dayglo by James Meetze (Ahsahta Press)
The Irrationalist by Suzanne Buffam (Canarium Books)
Ghosts! by Martine Bellen (Spuyten Duyvil)
At Element by Leonard Schwartz (Talisman House, Publishers)
Counterpoint by Jean Hollander (Bright Hill Press)
Negro marfil / Ivory Black by Myriam Moscona (Les Figues Press)
The Trees The Trees by Heather Christle (Octopus Books)
l.b.; or, catenaries by Judith Goldman (Krupskaya)
Tomas Tranströmer Broadside of His Poem "Vermeer" by Tomas Tranströmer (John McBride for OYEZ, April 1988)
One Sleeps The Other Doesn't by Jacqueline Waters (Ugly Duckling Presse)
A Map Predetermined and Chance by Laura Wetherington (Fence Books)

CELEBRATE FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH! 40% OFF SELECT TITLES!

2011-10-19T12:29:00.000-07:00

Interview with Marty Riker (of Dalkey Archive)

2011-10-13T14:03:00.000-07:00

Marty Riker of Dalkey Archive includes a shout out to SPD in

>> this interview <<

(& recommended reading for the rest of the things Marty has to say too!)

SPD NONFICTION BEST-SELLERS JULY THRU SEPTEMBER 2011

2011-10-06T12:51:00.000-07:00

SPD POETRY BEST-SELLERS SEPTEMBER 2011

2011-10-04T13:45:00.000-07:00

Up Jump the Boogie by John Murillo (Cypher Books)
The Trees The Trees by Heather Christle (Octopus Books)
Song for His Disappeared Love/Canto a Su Amor Desaparecido by Raúl Zurita (Action Books)
Book of the Given by Rusty Morrison (Noemi Press)
Woodnote by Christine Deavel (Bear Star Press)
Gully by Roger Bonair-Agard (Cypher Books)
FLOWER CART by Lisa Fishman (Ahsahta Press)
Beauty Was the Case that They Gave Me by Mark Leidner (Factory Hollow Press)
Snow Sensitive Skin by Taylor Brady and Rob Halpern (Displaced Press)
Negro marfil / Ivory Black by Myriam Moscona (Les Figues Press)
Say So by Dora Malech (Cleveland State University Poetry Center)
Schizophrene by Bhanu Kapil (Nightboat Books)
Herso by Susana Gardner (Black Radish Books)
This Isa Nice Neighborhood by Farid Matuk (Letter Machine Editions)
Home/Birth: A Poemic by Arielle Greenberg and Rachel Zucker (1913 Press)
Remember to Wave by Kaia Sand (Tinfish Press)
Collective Brightness: LGBTIQ Poets on Faith, Religion & Spirituality by Kevin Simmonds, Editor (Sibling Rivalry Press)
Milk and Honey: A Celebration of Jewish Lesbian Poetry by Julie R. Enszer, Editor (A Midsummer Night's Press)
The Larger Nature by Pam Rehm (Flood Editions)
The Persians by Aeschylus by Brandon Brown (Displaced Press)
Testify by Joseph Lease (Coffee House Press)
Clamor by Elyse Fenton (Cleveland State University Poetry Center)
SABORAMI by Cecilia Vicuña (ChainLinks)
Some Math by Bill Luoma (Kenning Editions)
The Bled by Frances McCue (Factory Hollow Press)
Six Rivers by Jenna Le (NYQ Books)
Both Poems by Anne Tardos (Roof Books)
neither wit nor gold by Ammiel Alcalay (Ugly Duckling Presse)
Already It Is Dusk by Joe Fletcher (Brooklyn Arts Press)
Hurdis Addo by Samantha Giles (Displaced Press)

SPD FICTION BEST-SELLERS JULY/AUGUST 2011

2011-10-04T12:22:00.000-07:00

By Kelman Out of Pessoa by Doug Nufer (Les Figues Press)
They Could No Longer Contain Themselves: A Collection of Five Flash Chapbooks by Elizabeth J. Colen, John Jodzio, Tim Jones-Yelvington, Sean Lovelace, and Mary Miller (Rose Metal Press)
Ambient Parking Lot by Pamela Lu (Kenning Editions)
Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead by Barbara Comyns (Dorothy, a publishing project)
Simply Separate People, Two by Lynn Crawford (The Brooklyn Rail/Black Square Editions)
Event Factory by Renee Gladman (Dorothy, a publishing project)
Pee on Water by Rachel B. Glaser (Publishing Genius Press)
I Am a Very Productive Entrepreneur by Mathias Svalina (Mud Luscious Press)
not merely because of the unknown that was stalking toward them by Jenny Boully (Tarpaulin Sky Press)
Insomnia and the Aunt by Tan Lin (Kenning Editions)
Words by Andy Devine (Publishing Genius Press)
Barrio Bushido by Benjamin Bac Sierra (El León Literary Arts)
Us by Michael Kimball (Tyrant Books)
Hunters & Gamblers by Ryan Ridge (Dark Sky Books)
Memory Sickness by Phong Nguyen (Elixir Press)
An Old Junker: a senior represents by Howard Junker (IF SF Publishing)
Fables by Sarah Goldstein (Tarpaulin Sky Press)
A Mortal Affect by Vincent Standley (Calamari Press)
The Quarry and The Lot by Mark Wallace (BlazeVOX [books])
Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner (Coffee House Press)

Raúl Zurita Visits SPD

2011-10-03T11:48:00.000-07:00

SPD was deeply honored today with a visit from the great Chilean poet Raúl Zurita....

(above, l to r, Anna Deeny, Raúl Zurita, Francine Masiello)

(above, l to r, Brent Cunningham, Zurita, Laura Moriarty)

He reads tonight at UC Berkeley, don't miss it if you are in town....

SPD POETRY BEST-SELLERS AUGUST 2011

2011-08-31T15:04:00.000-07:00

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)

2011-08-16T10:58:00.000-07:00

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!

SPD's SIDEWALK SALE AUG 27!

2011-08-08T14:33:00.000-07:00

SPD's NOW-ANNUAL SIDEWALK SALE!

SATURDAY, AUGUST 27

In conjunction with bookseller Jeff Maser

SPD is holding its largest sale EVER*

of mildly hurt and lovable must-go books

10AM to 2PM

BOOKS FOR $1 ● BOOKS FOR $3 ● NOTHING OVER $10

THIS IS NOT ONLINE. THIS IS ONE DAY ONLY. THIS IS ONLY SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 10AM-2PM @ SPD's BACK LOT.

Around the corner from SPD's front door, next to Jeff Maser

PLEASE COME! AND PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!

THIS IS NOT ONLINE. THIS IS ONE DAY ONLY. THIS IS ONLY SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 10AM-2PM @ SPD's BACK LOT.

* Since our last largest sale ever.

2011-08-03T13:58:00.000-07:00

SPD's POETRY BEST-SELLERS JULY 2011

The Trees The Trees by Heather Christle (Octopus Books)
Clamor by Elyse Fenton (Cleveland State University Poetry Center)
Up Jump the Boogie by John Murillo (Cypher Books)
Ordinary Sun by Matthew Henriksen (Black Ocean)
bird book by Laura Walker (Shearsman Books)
FLOWER CART by Lisa Fishman (Ahsahta Press)
Falling Out of Bed in a Room with No Floor by Terence Winch (Hanging Loose Press)
The Waste Land and Other Poems by John Beer (Canarium Books)
Homage to Homage to Homage to Creeley by Joshua Ware (Furniture Press Books)
Beyond the Court Gate: Selected Poems of Nguyen Trai by Nguyen Trai (trans. Nguyen Do & Paul Hoover) (Counterpath Press)
One with Others: [a little book of her days] by C. D. Wright (Copper Canyon Press)
Selected Poems by Roy Fisher (Flood Editions)
Buffet World by Donato Mancini (New Star Books)
The Persians by Aeschylus by Brandon Brown (Displaced Press)
My rice tastes like the lake by Tsering Wangmo Dhompa (Apogee Press)
Geometries by Guillevic (Ugly Duckling Presse)
At the Point by Joseph Massey (Shearsman Books)
Caribbean African upon Awakening/Caribe Africano en Despertar by Blas Jiménez (Mango Publishing)
Found Poems by Bern Porter (Nightboat Books)
Negro League Baseball by Harmony Holiday (Fence Books)
The Alps by Brandon Shimoda (Flim Forum Press)
Sorites by Lawrence Giffin (Tea Party Republicans Press)
Universal Beach by Vivek Narayanan (In Girum Imus Nocte et Consumimur Igni)
Makeshift Instructions for Vigilant Girls by Erika Meitner (Anhinga Press)
Negro marfil / Ivory Black by Myriam Moscona (Les Figues Press)
The French Exit by Elisa Gabbert (Birds, LLC)
To Be Human Is to Be a Conversation by Andrea Rexilius (Rescue Press)
Motion Studies by Brad Richard (The Word Works)
equinox by Edward Smallfield (Apogee Press)
Rumored Islands by Robert Farnsworth (Harbor Mountain Press)

NEW ARRIVALS

THE FUTURE

Revive Yourself! You're Missing Your Last Chance to Save Big!

2011-07-29T08:01:00.000-07:00

SUMMER WHITE SALE | NEW POETRY | NEW FICTION | SPD RECOMMENDS

SPD's SUMMER WHITE SALE ENDS JULY 31!

40% OFF 100 or 101 SELECT TITLES!

LAST DAYS! DON'T GET CAUGHT EMPTY-HANDED OR UNHANDED! SHOP NOW!

SPD's SUMMER WHITE SALE!
40% off 100 select titles click for details!

INCLUDES RECENTLY RECEIVED TITLES LIKE:

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IF WE'RE KIDDING WE DON'T SOUND LIKE WE'RE KIDDING.

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SUMMER WHITE SALE | NEW POETRY | NEW FICTION | SPD RECOMMENDS

2011-07-26T16:19:00.000-07:00

SPD RECOMMENDS! New Titles July 7–27

LAST DAYS! SPD's SUMMER WHITE SALE! CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS!

New Poetry from Apogee Press

My rice tastes like the lake
Tsering Wangmo Dhompa
$15.95 | paper | 88 pp.
Apogee Press
ISBN: 9780978766702

Poetry. Asian American Studies. "Tsering Wangmo Dhompa's MY RICE TASTES LIKE THE LAKE echoes in the mind, mouth, and heart as its strangely calm English phrases settle into measured lines and stanzas. This is serious, beautiful, haunting work—a unique expression, in post-modern writing, of a contemporary Buddhist woman in exile, searching for a language capable of spanning her own past, present, and future. 'It is not enough to have one tongue./It cannot point to everything/and in every direction'"—Norman Fischer.

SPD TODAY: The Small Press Distribution blog

SPD at the MLA

Chapbook Festival March 28-30

SPD Books at the BAM

FICTION BEST-SELLERS NOV-DEC 2011

POETRY BEST-SELLERS DECEMBER 2011

SPD Red-a-riffic Open House

Record Day for SPD Shipments!!

Clark Coolidge Reads at SPD, 2009

SPD's POETRY BEST-SELLERS NOVEMBER 2011

SPD's Open House this Sunday 1-4! 40% off selected red titles!

SPD's POETRY BEST-SELLERS OCTOBER 2011

CELEBRATE FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH! 40% OFF SELECT TITLES!

Interview with Marty Riker (of Dalkey Archive)

SPD NONFICTION BEST-SELLERS JULY THRU SEPTEMBER 2011

SPD POETRY BEST-SELLERS SEPTEMBER 2011

SPD FICTION BEST-SELLERS JULY/AUGUST 2011

Raúl Zurita Visits SPD

SPD POETRY BEST-SELLERS AUGUST 2011

SPD's SIDEWALK SALE AUG 27!

Revive Yourself! You're Missing Your Last Chance to Save Big!

SPD's FICTION BEST-SELLERS MAY & JUNE 2011

SPD's POETRY BEST-SELLERS JUNE 2011