February 21, 2010
The Difficult Farm
by Heather Christle (Octopus, 2009)
When is too much honesty not enough?
$12
February 7, 2010
Bicycle
by Paul Fattaruso (Hotel St. George, 2007)
A series of delicately balanced sentences and sketches.
“If the bicycle squeaks, that means something is trying to kill it, however patiently.”
$12.95
Ex Machina
by Jonathan Ball (Book Thug, 2009)
“This book is a machine. It will use you to generate poems.”
$18
Boris by the Sea
by Matvei Yankelevich (Octopus Books, 2009)
The book begins, “Boris was thirsty so he watered his plants. When the plants died from being over-watered Boris was still thirsty.”
The book ends, “Boris had an idea. Then he sat down and wept. It is hard to say what it was that Boris had been thinking about before he stopped thinking about it. He closed the window.”
$14
Aim Straight at the Fountain and Press Vaporize
by Elizabeth Marie Young (Flood Editions, 2009)
Such language favorites as:
Ballad of a Disembodied Escapologist
Don’t Get Me Started, Pink Eye, It’s Just Part of the Decor
I Was Just Killing Several Birds with My Impressionistic Pose
Instructions for Inhabiting a Miniature World
No One Hears You Laughing at Yourself Inside That Marble Cube
and
Here’s a Stone – How Will You Power It?
$15