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Friday January 15th, 2010:  
Who's on the site?

This page:  News blurb, Poetry by David S. Pointer, Joe
Speer, Wolf Carstens

Page 1:  Essay by Todd Moore:  Instructions for
Reading "Dead Reckoning"

Page 2:  Essay by Todd Moore:  Dillinger, Death, and
the High Mountain Air

Page 3:  Essay by Todd Moore:  Sign of the Outlaw

Page 4:  Essay By Todd Moore:  Working the Outlaw
Wind

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Poetry News:

Bottle of Smoke Press is proud to announce the release of:


Damian Michaels - Echoes from the Tortured Calm


Art; 48 pages. Book measures 5.75" square.  Contains 20 color and B&W plates.
Illustrated endleaves. Introduction by Alan Martin Sisley.  Published in an
edition of 50 hand bound hardcover copies, each signed and numbered by the
artist.  The books will ship on Thursday 1/14/10.
$50.00 + Shipping.


Damian Michaels' art has been shown in group exhibitions throughout the US,
Europe and Australia as well as solo shows in Germany and France. Most of his
artwork is in miniature which makes the detail that much more amazing. The book
features twenty remarkable images and is available in an extremely limited hand
bound hardcover edition of fifty copies, each signed and numbered by the artist.
At this time there are no plans for a paperback edition of this title.  We
expect this to sell out quickly.  At the time of this announcement, we have less
than 10 copies left.  

Hardcover, signed edition - 50 Numbered copies $50 (+ Shipping)

To order, please pay with Paypal, or mail a check along with postage to:

Bill Roberts
Bottle of Smoke Press
902 Wilson Drive
Dover, DE 19904

I accept paypal under the paypal id orders@bospress.net. As with most of our
hardback releases, most copies are reserved through pre-orders. We have very few
left.


Please visit our website at http://www.bospress.net/ to see photos as well as
find information on other great releases.


Recent Releases:

Soheyl Dahi – Stories from a Room. Short Stories
112 pp. Limited to 150 copies: 100 perfect bound with letterpress
printed dustwrapper and 50 numbered hardcover copies each containing an
original acrylic painting by the author. All hardbacks include a 3-poem chapbook
by
Dahi with a cyanotype cover. Prices are: $35 for the hardback and $12 for the
paperback.

David Barker - the form appears: bukowski watercolors by david barker
Set of 10 professionally printed full color postcards housed in a light blue
envelope. Limited to an edition of 1000 copies. $10, plus shipping.

Bottle No.6 - Broadsides
Poetry (2009), 20 broadsides, Letterpressed. Regular Edition. $25, plus
shipping.

Aggressivebehaviour anthologytwo
(2009) 40pp, Designed and printed by Owen Roberts and published by
Bottle of Smoke Press & Compulsive Press in an edition of 75 numbered copies
and 26 signed & lettered copies. Regular edition $8, plus shipping and the
signed lettered edition is $25, plus shipping.


Upcoming Releases:

Richard Krech - PIGALLE.  Small broadside of this previously unpublished poem.   
Limited to an edition of 126 copies.  Free to friends of the press.   Please
e-mail me your address and I will send you one.

S.A. Griffin - They swear we don't exist.  12pp.  Three previously unpublished
poems with a common theme.  The cover is a collage by S.A. Griffin.  Limited to
an edition of 26 hand bound hardcover copies ($15 + shipping) and 50 paperback
copies ($3 + Shipping).  Please e-mail to reserve a copy.

Jason Davis - A Bibliography of Works by Richard Krech; 1965-2009.  A complete
bibliography that details every known printed appearance including books,
magazines, anthologies and ephemera. Also includes bibliographic details on
publications that Krech published under his Undermine Press imprint as well as
Noh Directions Press.  An exhaustively researched book.  We are proud to offer
it.  Price has not yet been announced.  Please e-mail to reserve a copy.


Shipping gladly combined. Please e-mail with any questions.


Distributor discounts available. Please inquire.
new crime poems in the
haiku/senryu style by
David S. Pointer

***
known kneecapper
loses his leg
to diabetes

***

local K-9 Corps
joins the Marines
and the Army too

***

pills kick-in
just as bodyguard
kicks in his door

***

needle exchange site
where night shift teens
mainline towards love

Wolfgang Carstens (pictured above) lives in
Mittinhed, Alberta, with his wife, five children
and two cats. Mittinhed is a small village
(population 37) situated on the Canadian
Prairies. It does not exist on any map, is one
of the earliest immigrant communities, and
was named for "touque", which is for all
intents and purposes, a mitten for one's
head.

The village is primarily a farming community
and consists of a community center, a
general store and gas station.

Mittinhed received international news
coverage in the 1980's when John Walsh
(from America's Most Wanted) tracked Sean
O'Grady, the infamous "Butcher Of Boston"
to a small trailer on the outskirts of the
community. By the time Walsh and the
authorities arrived, however, O'Grady's
trailer was nothing more than a burned out,
twisted, melted husk of metal. Nobody
knows for certain how the fire started or
what happened to Sean O'Grady. He
remains, until this very day, still at large.

epic rites press was established in 2008. i
ordered a copy of Rob Plath's tapping
ashes in the dark (Lummox Press, 2008)
and by the time i was finished reading i
wanted to publish a full-length feature of
Rob's poetry. i contacted Rob and he was
into the idea so epic rites press was born.
(a bellyful of anarchy was released 9
months later). since it's accidental birth in
2008 epic rites press has published 4
books and numerous netzines - the website
has received almost 20, 000 hits! with epic
rites press publications available in
bookstores worldwide and through Small
Press Distribution, the idea and energy
behind epic rites has become tangible  -
something you can reach out and touch,
grab and carry it with you into your hangover.
Reprinted courtesy Epic Rites Press Web
Site --
click here to go to Epic Rites Press Web Site
Vince’s dad
By  Wolf Carstens

was a
failed stock
car driver

he raced
a green 1972
Ford Mustang
with plenty of
muscle & teeth
he drove us
home from
the track
one night
stopped
at a red
light
said let’s
see what
she’s got
& punched
the gas
burning
the tires
up

it cost him
a few
hundred bucks
to
do that

some
times great
ness
is
nothing
more than
smoke
& rubber
& the sound
of peel
ing tires
on
pavement
Forgiveness in Advance
By Joe Speer

with so many
public infidelities
and embarrassable
admissions of hanky-panky
perhaps it is time to initiate
a forgive me in advance clause
into the marriage license
like a prenuptial addendum
this legal document
will pardon a one time
sexual excursion
with a member
of either sex
and cover acts of pedophilia
for an extra fee
protection for
multiple acts of
wayward concupiscence
is available
for a top dollar investment
one can secure
a lifetime of protection
like a handgun
loaded against home invasion
this forgiving insurance
will hopefully never
be needed but
if the opportunity pops up
one can enjoy a fling
guilt free and prepaid