February 7, 2010
Encyclopedia A-E
Anthology (Encyclomedia, 2006)
Essays and artwork by Morgan Adamson, Afua Kafi-Akua, Laylah Ali, Jess Arndt, Ron Athey, Kelli Auerbach, Chiara Barzini, Susan Bernstein, Louky Bersianik, Jorge Luis Borges, Ricardo Bracho, Popahna Brandes, Julianna Bright, Rebecca Brown, Tisa Bryant, Ak Burns, Mary Cappello, Jonathan Ceniceroz, Greg Chandler, Barbara Christian, Jaime Cortez, Brenda Coultas, Paula Cronan, Brent Cunningham, Samuel R. Delany, Matthew Derby, Bob Doto, Rikki Evenson, Thalia Field, Harrell Fletcher, Sandy Florian, Diana George, William Gillespie, Michael Gizzi, Robert Gluck, Billy Gomberg, Minal Hajratwala, Duriel Harris, Jordan Harrison, Katie Hays, Patrick Herbert, Tanya Hollis, Joanna Howard, Erika Howsare, Jibade-Khalil Huffman, Laird Hunt, Sara Jaffe, Xylor Jane, Jeff Johnson, John R. Keene, Jr., Miriam Klein-Stahl, Kate Kunath, Sarah Labrie, Ana M. Lara, Catherine Liu, Kenyetta Lovings, Sarah Madsen, Katherine Mann, Sara Marcus, Melissa Maristuen, Dawn Lundy Martin, Carole Maso, Andrew MacAleavey, Annie Medina, James Meetze, Bernadine Mellis, Miranda F. Mellis, Talan Memmott, EE Miller, K. Silem Mohammad, Eileen Myles, Christian Nagler, Kofi Natambu, Kirthi Nath, Cynthia Nelson, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Alice Notley, Wura-Natasha Ogunji, Akilah Oliver, Sally Oswald, Micah Perks, M. Nourbese Philip, Praba Pilar, Corinna Press, Frances Richard, Deborah Richards, Damien Riggs, Lisa Robertson, Jocelyn Saidenberg, Kate Schatz, Carolee Schneemann, Christine Schutt, Gail Scott, Sara Seinberg, Prageeta Sharma, Sun Yung Shin, Mahwash Shoaib, Zak Smith, Juliana Snapper, Anna Joy Springer, Christopher Stackhouse, Vincent Standley, Suzanne Stein, Chuleenan Svetvilas, Livia Tenzer, Padcha Tuntha-Obas, Deb Olin Unferth, Fred Wah, Keith Waldrop, Rosmarie Wadrop, Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Michelle Weinberg, Celia Wiley, Diane Williams, Ronaldo V. Wildon, and Matt Wolf. Damn.
$25
Nobody’s Home
by Dubravka Ugresic (Open Letter, 2008, English edition translated from the Croation by Ellen Elias-Bursac)
“We live in a new, visual era, but the global view of the world is more opaque than ever.”
$16.95
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
Portable Altamont
by Brian Joseph Davis (Coach House Books, 2005)
“Lee Harvey Oswald shot JFK to impress Jodie Foster. She was only two but she already held great power and influence over angry loners and aspiring poets. Sean Penn doesn’t cry anymore. The sun sets in Hilary Swank’s mouth. Careful, Hilary – you don’t know where it’s been.”
One Canadian writer’s liberties with celebrity profiling is a certain kind of reader’s tabloid news.
$11.95
Ex Machina
by Jonathan Ball (Book Thug, 2009)
“This book is a machine. It will use you to generate poems.”
$18