Poetry
By
Ryan J. Davidson
Poetry
By
J. Bradley
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Do Something!
Do Something!
Do Something!
Under What Stars
Dodging Traffic
A Novel
By
Joseph Riippi
This debut novel from Joseph Riippi, an MFA student at the City College of New York, is "a work of great literary power."  In this fragmented, nontraditional narrative, Riippi explores the aftermath of stories, rather than simply telling them: A Critic chanting Susan Sontag quotes in a mental institution, The Girl with the Starfish Tattoo searching for a home, an acoholic Playwright fleeing divorce and human shrapnel.  Do Something is the story of uncertainty in a new America, of three young people looking for definitiveness in an increasingly shaky and volatile homeland. 
Poetry
By
Ryan Davidson
Ryan Davidson writes the poetry of homelessness, the hopeful poetry of a person searching for love and a home which may not actually exist.  These poems move around the globe. Vermont, New York, Japan, Austria, Italy, Serbia, Russia, England, Scotland, France, The Netherlands the world, in the fullest sense of that word, is wandered. Tangential and elegant as Hoagland, with the ramble of Gilbert and the Beats this poetry eludes being derivative by being reverential
Poetry
By
J. Bradley
J. Bradley's original style has earned him over 40 publication credits in 2009 alone.  His debut poetry collection is long overdue. 
Celebrated far and wide for raucous subject matter and cartoonish imagery, J. Bradley's poetry presents a world brighter, dirtier, and more fun - a child's world through adult eyes.  This collection is unapologetically fun, sweet, and profound, written for people, not poets.
Coming Soon!
When You Say One Thing But Mean Your Mother
Poetry
By
Melissa Broder
Who's the queen of kundalini bloopers, Emily Dickinson s attitude problem (that bitch) and California dreams? It's Melissa Broder, who will charm your pants off and show you a little tough love in this vivid, witty first collection of poems.   You'll be absorbed in the flip side of Bat Mitzvah stress-syndrome, Aunt Sheila's in Taos, vampires in absentia, and brand names, brand names, brand names. From junkie fetishism to a housewife with a special thing for laundry, Broder does dark with magnetic charisma and enchanting humor. (Feb. 2010)
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starting with
Preacher's Blues by Benjamin Lowenkron
Winter 2010