Happy Release Day!

Happy Release Day!

If you know us, you know we love ambitious projects here at the HQ! From 17 years writing PSALMS, to a decade+ plan to turn the massive THIRST/AUDIO into ANIMATED DRUNK POEMS — we whole-heartedly support oversized dreams and taking big swings. And this gorgeous anthology of NM POETRY is one such project.

In fact, Casa Urraca has put together one of the prettiest and most substantial NM-based projects in recent memory. The design is velvet-smooth and the words are weighty and rewarding. The suggested reading experience calls for a poem-a-day — though chances are good you’ll rip it through once before doing so. I’m glad to be part of the whole enchilada.

There’s a reading at the Santa Fe Library on Saturday, September 26th and I’ll be at Libros of Enchantment at the end of October — maybe elsewhere — and happy to sign my poem in your copy if you’d like!

Sometimes The Monsters Turn Into Flowers At The Machine...

Sometimes The Monsters Turn Into Flowers At The Machine...

Holy cow — this one snuck up on me!

I missed not only promoting this book (and the terrific reading hosted by Collapse Press in support of it) more widely…but I also missed that the book is already available! Amateur, bush-league stuff, McCreesh…c’mon now!

SOMETIMES THE MONSTERS TURN INTO SUNFLOWERS AT THE MACHINE is a weighty collaboration, with contributions spanning nearly the last couple decades. If you’ve been following the small press for a while, you’ll know-doubt recognize many a storied and familiar name in this sturdy collection celebrating all things Rusty Truck — the long-running online journal that is, at long last, adding some more printed projects to its cache! There are loads and loads of my favorites poets included here, and I am sure the book is going to be a tremendous read! Scot Young is the salt-of-the-earth, grounded, and big-hearted chauffeur, steering the TRUCK (and it’s many wayward, possibly drunken denizens) through the backroads of American Poetry, and this anthology beats with exactly that same heart.

And, if the talent amassed isn’t enough to sway you, all the proceeds go to the ACLU — and obviously in a time where we need all the brave and fearless folks we can get fighting on our behalf. I’m truly honored — not only to be part of the book, but to lend a few words to this wonderful project and to support Scot’s tireless work.

Long live the small press! Keep Books Dangerous!

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