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!