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Posted at 12:00 on Aug 17th
By Duncan Barlow
Morning all. After a rather exhausting but enjoyable trip through these United States, I have returned to my desk. I've been wrapping up a few things before I begin teaching in the fall semester. The first thing I've done is approve the final changes on Keith Abbott's book. It will be available for order during the first week of September through our website and will be available through Small Press distribution.

Our titles will now be available through Small Press Distribution. If you'd like to order books for your classes or for personal use, SPD will be happy to assist you!

Finally, I've had to make a few changes with our first two releases. The first change is that Eric Olson's The Procession of Mollusks is now $15.95 instead of $15.00. We try to keep our books affordable for you, but this book was simply too inexpensive and we would lose money if we continued to sell it at its original price.

The second change is an oversight on my part. When generating the barcodes for the books, the barcode application created bad codes for both Eric's and David's books. I printed new ISBN numbers and placed stickers on the backs of the books. This will now be a clear indicator of the first pressing of our first two books. I've since upgraded software and rectified the problem for Keith Abbott's book and the next pressing of Eric's and David's books.

I hope you're enjoying your summer and that you're staying cool. As the autumn approaches, considering buying one of our books so that you'll have something to read on those lovely fall afternoons and evenings!

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Featured Books


Downstream from Trout Fishing in America: A Memoir of Richard Brautigan By Keith Abbott

In Downstream from Trout Fishing in America: A Memoir of Richard Brautigan, Keith Abbott paints a portrait of Richard Brautigan as a lovable and whimsical friend. Abbott explains the writer’s dedication to the art of fiction and his quest to break beyond the pop culture, hippie label that haunted him until his suicide in 1984. Brautigan’s tight prose inspired authors such as Haruki Murakami and his experimentation with the line won him accolades from authors like Ishmael Reed, Raymond Carver, and Michael McClure. His work is highly influential and Abbott draws a clear connection between Brautigan’s life and his writing. This book is essential for anyone who is interested in the work of Richard Brautigan. Raymond Carver writes, "Truly the best thing I've ever seen written of the man."


The Procession of Mollusks By Eric Olson

If Fletch took Lovecraft to see a movie and it turned out to be a double feature—'Slugs: muerte viscosa' and 'The Monster that Challenged the World'--this post-genre romp is what might have been extracted from their post-movie dreams. This is a smart, funny, and (most importantly) irreverently weird book.
—Brian Evenson, author of The Open Curtain and The Wavering Knife.


Sleepers' Republic By David Gruber

In David Gruber’s Sleepers’ Republic nature is dreaming, and we are its dreams. Time is slowed down or speeded up: “suddenly, the sun / gives way to stars.” And: “What we knew moves sudden / without warning / throwing us to the ground / an emptiness in the sea / The air above us filled with fruit.” It may be that love “offers the opposite of a kiss,” yet Gruber’s upended universe is nonetheless an exhilarating medium in which the reader can both swim and breathe.
— John Ashbery author of Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror and Notes from the Air




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