Dear friends and family,

My new book The Islands has just arrived from the printer, published by
dream publisher Nightboat Books, with an amazing cover (and backcover) by
Pablo Guardiola, I'm thrilled to be on the Nightboat roster and stoked to
announce that the book is available for order.

I started this book in Greece and finished it in Oakland, with stops along
the way in Boulder, CO, SF and Concord, CA.

Here's what Norma Cole has to say

"THE ISLANDS is melos, music in 5-part harmonic sequences, beginning with
the once-upon-a-time of 'one night, after the happily of dinner.' So it's
the sound of story in lyric concretion, rhythmic concision, the atmosphere
of film, the senses migrating from one section to another, punning 'knot
exactly.' This book is a nostos, a welcome home event, and will be your
favorite memory palace."—Norma Cole

You can order from the main distributor University Press New England (UPNE)
at
http://www.upne.com/1937658267.html

or direct from Nightboat Books at
http://www.nightboat.org/title/islands

or if you prefer, Small Press Distribution (SPD) is also carrying the book
at
http://www.spdbooks.org/Producte/9781937658267/the-islands.aspx?rf=1

As always, thank you so much for supporting my work, for supporting small
press poetry and presses, and for your love and generosity, see you sooner
than later I hope,
Yours truly,
John

Silver Apples - Silver Apples (1968)

upcoming events

 

I'm reading at E.M. Wolfman (410 13th St, Oakland) Wednesday 1/21 at 7PM with Brent Cunningham, Laura Moriarty, Nicole Trigg and Johnny Hernandez
 
E.M. Wolfman's General Interest Small Bookstore and The Other Fabulous Reading Series present: THE HUNDY

a 15 day poetry extravaganza with 100 poets (give or take). events every day* at E.M. Wolfman's General Interest Small Bookstore. 7 pm mondays through saturdays. 4 pm on sundays. starting saturday january 17th and ending saturday january 31st.

Books Read 2014

1. Locas II- Jaime Hernandez

2. Child-And-Rose- Gennady Aygi, translated by Peter France

3. The X-Files/ 30 Days Of Night- Steve Niles, Adam Jones, Tom Mandrake

4. Pell Mell- Robin Blaser

5. Elderly #1

6. Crossed Volume 1- Garth Ennis, Jacen Burrows

7. The Novel: A Poem- Paul Hoover

8. Shogun- James Clavell

9. Prawn State Byways- Julien Poirier

10. Salute-To Singing- Gennady Aygi, translated by Peter France

11. Crossed Volume 2: Family Values- David Lapham, Javier Barreno

12. By Hearts Apparatus- Phoebe Giannisi, translated by Andrew Maxwell, Joseph Mosconi, Konstantinos Matsoukas, Angelos Sakkis

13. Prick Queasy Chapter Nine- Ronald Palmer

14. Waifs And Strays- Micah Ballard

15. Bending At The Elbow- Matvei Yankelevich

16. Journey To The Sun- Brent Cunningham

17. Neonomicon- Alan Moore, Jacen Burrows

18. The Katechon Lines 101-200- Michael Cross

19. Crossed Volume 3: Psychopath- David Lapham, Raulo Caceres

20. From The Livid Country- Jose Antonio Ramos Sucre, translated by Guillermo Parra

21. Temblor #8

22. Beyond Palomar- Gilbert Hernandez

23. Crossed 3D- David Lapham, Gianluca Pagliarani

24. Translating The Unspeakable: Poetry And The Innovative Necessity- Kathleen Fraser

25. Poems 1923-1941- Carl Rakosi

26. The Materials- George Oppen

27. The Dirty Shame Hotel- Ron Block

28. Of Being Numerous- George Oppen

29. Some Thing Black- Jacques Roubaud

30. Love Poems- Rene Ricard

31. Valley- Mike Daily

32. Saginaw #3

33. Fictional Character- Angelos Sakkis

34. The Death And Life Of American Cities #5

35. The Last Of The Mohicans- James Fenimore Cooper

36. Each Next Narratives- Kathleen Fraser

37. High Soft Lisp- Gilbert Hernandez

38. The Road To Darkness- Paul Leppin

39. Memory-of- Angelos Sakkis

40. Amerarcana #5

41. When New Time Folds Up- Kathleen Fraser

42. As Water Sounds- Sunnylyn Thibodeaux

43. Another You- Paul Vangelisti

44. The Pelt- Doseone

45. Nest- Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge

46. Pioneer Of Inner Space: The Life Of Fitz Hugh Ludlow, Hasheesh Eater- Donald P. Dulchinos

47. Post Pink- Kari Edwards

48. Iterature- Eugene Ostashevsky

49. Cold Mountain Mirror Displacement- Jeremy Hoevenaar

50. Soldados: Chicanos In Vietnam- Charley Trujillo

51. A Map Predetermined And Change- Laura Werthington

52. Sex Criminals Volume 1- Matt Fraction, Chip Zdarsky

53. Prize Article 1954- edited by Llewellyn Miller

54. Saga Volume 1- Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples

55. Even On Sunday: Essays, Readings, And Archival Materials On The Poetry And Poetics Of Robin Blaser- edited by Miriam Nichols

56. Clive Barker’s Hellraiser Volume 1: Pursuit Of The Flesh- Clive Barker, Christopher Monfetter

57. Clive Barker’s Hellraiser Volume 2: Requiem- Clive Barker, Christopher Monfetter

58. Saga Volume Two- Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples

59. It Did Happen Here: Recollections Of Political Repression In America- edited by Bud Schultz, Ruth Schultz

60. Clive Barker’s Hellraiser Volume 3: Heaven’s Reply- Clive Barker, Christopher Monfetter

61. Saga Volume Three- Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples

62. A Man In Full- Tom Wolfe

63. Clive Barker’s Hellraiser Volume 4: Hell Hath No Fury- Clive Barker, Christopher Monfetter

64. The Handmaid’s Tale- Margaret Atwood

65. Thing Of Beauty: New And Selected Works- Jackson Mac Low

66. Haunt- Keith Waldrop

67. Orlando- Virginia Woolf

68. Acts 8/9: Translating Tradition: Paul Celan In France- edited by Benjamin Hollander

69. True News- Craig Watson

70. The Catcher In The Rye- J.D. Salinger

71. Speculative Primitive- Chris Stroffolino

72. Empty Mile- Matthew Stokoe

73. Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories- Gilbert Hernandez

74. Alan Moore’s Writing For Comics- Alan Moore

75. Another Future: Poetry And Art In A Postmodern Twilight- Alan Gilbert

76. Batman: The Killing Joke- Alan Moore, Brian Bolland

77. The Frequencies A Poem- Noah Eli Gordon

78. The Buddhist- Dodie Bellamy

79. The Coming Community- Giorgio Agamben, translated by Michael Hardt

80. Meat Air: Poems 1957-1969- Ron Loewinsohn

81. Sin City: The Hard Goodbye- Frank Miller

82. The Area Of Sound Called The Subtone- Noah Eli Gordon

83. Jack Of Diamonds And The Queen Of Spades- Jackson Meazle

84. The Fugitive Notebook- Laura Moriarty

85. Vesper Chimes- Micah Ballard

86. Fright Catalog- Joseph Mosconi

87. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban- JK Rowling

88. Coming Events (Collected Writings)- Susan Gevirtz

89. The New Sentence- Ron Silliman

90. Batman: Arkham Asylum A Serious House On Serious Earth- Grant Morrison, Dave Mckean

91. Some Deer Left The Yard Moving Day- Andrew K. Peterson