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Willison West

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Willison West

If you’re anywhere nearby, pop on in for my first-ever Santa Fe area event!

There will be readings and typewriters and poetic fun from a couple of fellow poets — and of course I’m bringing the DrunkSkull Sidewalk Cinema to show off some project-specific multimedia and celebrates just a little of what I adore about the small press! I’ll also have copies of at least a few books — and I’m happy to scribble a little something in it if you’d like!

And the space itself is filled with local art of all kinds, with a particular focus on recycled artwork — inventive reconfigurations of things abandoned or ignored — made new and gorgeous once more! If you’re after something unique and one-of-a-kind, well you’d be hard-pressed to find a better spot to shop! Here’s to hoping you pop in for something a little different in the City Different!

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Finalist..

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Finalist..

Well now, what d’ya know about that?!

We’re pretty darn jazzed around the HQ to have PSALMS make the cut in this year’s New Mexico Book Awards in Poetry! We think the book is about as pretty as you can get, and the poems ain’t too shabby either — so we’re chuffed and humbled to see some folks agree!

It’s the first time we’ve ever tried fr things like this because the book seemed to be right for trying! Our deepest thanks go out to everyone who judged and submitted and anyone who tries to make beautiful books in and about New Mexico!

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

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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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