Weekly Chapbook Reading Log

Here is a list of all the chapbooks I’ve read this year. I’m not putting them in the order that I read them because I didn’t take a good record of that, & I’m not going to be posting notes about them because several of the authors are friends of mine & I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings by commenting on someone’s book but not someone else’s. If you have any questions about any of these titles let me know. I’m excluding the Omnidawn chapbooks (except for Susquehanna & The Middle)because there are so many of them & I can’t remember if I read them this year or last year, but I will star books I really-really-really recommend. & I’m also excluding online chapbooks from this list, however I have read several H_NGM_N & YesYes books that you should ask me about too.

What’s Personal is Being Here With All of You by Ari Banias, Portable Press @ YoYo Labs (2012)

Plant Poems by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, The Song Cave (2013)

The Hardest Part is Done* by Lucy Biederman, Grey Books Press (2013)

ZIA by Megan Breiseth, Mrs. Maybe (2012)

The Market is a Parasite that Looks Like a Nest* by Susan Briante, Dancing Girl Press (2011)

Bright Power, Dark Peace by Traci Brimhall & Brynn Saito, Diode Editions (2013)

Escapologies by Matthew Burnside, Red Bird Chapbooks (2013)

Small Colours Like Wild Tongues by Caroline Crew, Dancing Girl Press (2012)

Braiding The Storm by Laura E Davis, Finishing Line Press (2012)

The Hegemon Say by Thom Donovan, Compline (2012)

Cartography Askew* by Steffi Drewes, speCt! (2013)

American Lit* by Rebecca Farivrar, Dancing Girl Press (2011)

Let Her by Laura Goldstein, Dancing Girl Press (2011)

[Packing] by Hailey Higdon, Bloof Books (2012)

The Firecage* by Brenda Hillman, a+bend press (2000)

The Middle by Angela Hume, Omnidawn Publishing (2013)

Split by Liz Latty, Unthinkable Creatures Chapbook Press (2012)

Bad Opposites by David Lau, speCt! (2012)

Words on Edge by Michael Leong, Plan B Press (2012)

The Busy Life by Laura Neuman, Gazing Grain Press (2012)

Tangled Shadows by Elliot Nicely, Rosenberry Books, Etc. (2013)

The City of Poetry by Gregory Orr, Sarabande Books (2012)

Last Night Was Worth Talking About by Gregory Sherl, NAP (2012)

[Talking Doll] by J Hope Stein, Dancing Girl Press (2012)

Why I Am White by Mathias Svalina (2007)

Susquehanna* by G.C. Waldrep, Omnidawn Publishing (2013)

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michael’s spirit-animal(s)

michael’s spirit-animal(s)

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love sonnets at the MFA Mixer

Here’s a video of my reading at the SF Bay Area MFA/PHD Mixer. Note the part when I stop reading & start singing “Happy Birthday” to my brother Andy.

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omnidawn: The disinherited speaker in Zach Savich’s THE MAN WHO LOST HIS HEAD (2010) peers through an unending tunnel of synonymity toward “you.” -Pepper Luboff, Omnidawn feature writer The 2013 Omnidawn Chapbook Contest ends on Monday, April 22 Fantastic review of Zach Savich’s THE MAN WHO LOST HIS HEAD (2010) by Omnidawn’s new feature writer, Pepper Luboff. 

omnidawn:

The disinherited speaker in Zach Savich’s THE MAN WHO LOST HIS HEAD (2010) peers through an unending tunnel of synonymity toward “you.”

-Pepper Luboff, Omnidawn feature writer

The 2013 Omnidawn Chapbook Contest ends on Monday, April 22

Fantastic review of Zach Savich’s THE MAN WHO LOST HIS HEAD (2010) by Omnidawn’s new feature writer, Pepper Luboff. 

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omnidawn: Lyn Hejinian’s THE BOOK OF A THOUSAND EYES is a finalist for the 32nd Annual Northern California Book Awards The decision will be made at a free ceremony, 1pm, May 19th

omnidawn:

Lyn Hejinian’s THE BOOK OF A THOUSAND EYES is a finalist for the 32nd Annual Northern California Book Awards

The decision will be made at a free ceremony, 1pm, May 19th

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omnidawn: Gillian Conoley & her Omnidawn collection THE PLOT GENIE at Oakland’s Studio One Reading Series. Gillian Conoley will judge Omnidawn’s chapbook contest. Deadline to enter: 4/22

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Gillian Conoley & her Omnidawn collection THE PLOT GENIE at Oakland’s Studio One Reading Series.

Gillian Conoley will judge Omnidawn’s chapbook contest. Deadline to enter: 4/22

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A short review of Evan Harrison’s SHAM CITY

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OMNIDAWN STAFF PICK

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“Collective Punishment” from Sham City by Evan Harrison, winner of the 2011 chapbook prize. 

“I admire the sham of punishment in this poem, it’s as subjective to Evan Harrison as the the beauty of an unexpected bloom.”

-RJ Ingram, Social Media Editor

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i love chapbooks

i love sham city

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SONNETS FOR SALE

I’m gonna have to sell sonnets to get to North Carolina this winter. If you’re interested & I’m your facebook friend or you follow me on Twitter you get the discounted price of 2 for $20. One for you & one for someone else. Help me get to Greensboro to see my muse & our 3 legged cat Brenda. 

-RJ

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Button Poetry: Announcement: E.P. Chapbook Finalist!

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Announcing another magical finalist in the first annual Exploding Pinecone Chapbook Competition: RJ INGRAM!


Here’s a poem from his manuscript!

In the Bloody Arboretum


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I transformed into this thing, this beautiful
starship or train, & everything broke…

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