FUTURE TENSE NEWS

February 7th, 2013

Hey peoples! The Scout Books are officially rolling out soon. The Aaron Gilbreath book is printed and the other two, from Sommer Browning and Melody Owen, are going to the printer next week. Pre-order your copies of the books (one or all of them!) right now. We're going to have a book release party here in Portland soon after. Watch for that announcement (follow us on Facebook!).

In other news, the Gregory Sherl book is getting some good attention and he'll be making some appearances at AWP next month in Boston. Don't miss your chance to see this Mississippi boy. He doesn't get out of the south very often!

And guess what else is happening. We're planning our 2013 releases and we're excited to announce what our next book will be after the Scout Books. It's going to be an expanded edition of Gary Lutz's collection, Partial List of People to Bleach, which we released as a chapbook in 2009. The new deluxe version will have a couple of new stories as well as his now-classic essay, The Sentence Is a Lonely Place.

Watch for this book in late spring or early summer. It will have a redesigned cover by Bryan Coffelt and we'll be easier for bookstores to get (since we're working with Small Press Distribution these days). Gary Lutz is my favorite short story writer ever and Bryan and I are honored to be re-presenting this book later this year. Pre-ordering for this treasure will start in April.

In news of my own, I am very happy to say that I sold my novel, This Is Between Us, to Tin House Books recently. It will be out in November. In fact, I just sent in my final edits and revisions. If you're at Book Expo of America in late May (in New York) I will be there too and I might have review copies if you're interested in getting one for book reviewing, hyping, etc.

Thanks everyone! Good and exciting times are always happening here at Future Tense headquarters!
Kevin

August 22nd, 2012

Portland Publishers Team Up For New Book Series

Future Tense Books and Pinball Publishing to Release Three Books This Winter

In February, longtime Portland publisher Future Tense Books will work with the innovative printing team at Pinball Publishing to co-publish a new series of Scout Book chapbooks. Future Tense editors Kevin Sampsell and Bryan Coffelt have announced the first three titles in the partnership, with more to be announced later in 2013.

The Scout Books are 32 pages long and are 3.5" x 5" and will be printed in limited runs of 500 for each title.

Scout Books Production - Behind the Scenes at Pinball Publishing from Scout Books on Vimeo.

The following three books will be released simultaneously:

When I Was Nineteen, I Was an Old Man by Melody Owen
(a selection from Melody's actual dream journals mixed with atmospheric collages from the acclaimed Portland artist, who is represented nationally by Elizabeth Leach Gallery)
http://www.thistlepress.net/

A Secondary Landscape by Aaron Gilbreath
(a personal essay about the author's experiences with mind-altering drugs on a road trip when he was 20. Gilbreath is a Portland nonfiction writer whose work has appeared in the Paris Review, Oxford American, Tin House, and the New York Times.)
http://aarongilbreath.wordpress.com/about/

Presidents (And Other Jokes) by Sommer Browning
(a collection of jokes and cartoons that showcase the acerbic wit and an acute sense of the absurd from the Denver poet and author of Either Way I'm Celebrating [Birds, LLC])
http://asthmachronicles.com/@vagtalk

Author events will be scheduled. Review copies available to media upon release. PDF review copies available prior to release. Contact kevin@futuretensebooks.com for more info.

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June 22nd, 2012

Hey people! It's summer now and a lot of exciting stuff happening! First off, you have probably seen Chloe Caldwell's book blowing up everywhere. From Steve Almond talking it up on Boston radio to various reviews and interviews on Publishers Weekly (Starred Review!) and Rookie and L Magazine. She's also done a bunch of readings and is here in Portland for this reading next Tuesday. It'll be outdoors! It'll be with Diana Salier! Please come out and say hello to me and Bryan and our newest FT worker Becca Yenser! Here's some info on Facebook about it.

We're also really excited about other stuff coming up later this year. The new Gregory Sherl beauty, Monogamy Songs, will be out in September. This is a tough one to describe. It's like a memoir made up of linked (untitled) prose poems. It's pretty amazing, and is Greg's most revealing and personal book.

Plus, a new chapbook series that we'll be announcing soon that will probably start up in December. More details to come soon on that! Thanks!!

Kevin

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February 16th, 2012

Oh, man. We got a pretty sweet winter/spring going on here at Future Tense headquarters. Over at the Books page we have the info on our newest book, the fantastic I Remember by Shane Allison (it even has its own Facebook page), as well as the pre-order info on Chloe Caldwell's beautiful essay collection, Legs Get Led Astray. Shane's book is an homage to the great Joe Brainard classic, I Remember, and we're super excited to present it. This is not in the book, but if you want an idea of what it's like, check out this poem that Shane wrote for Joe a few years ago.

Chloe's book is getting superbuzz lately and has more pre-orders than any book we've published before. Most recently, she's been in The Rumpus, The Frisky, and in the new print issue of Hobart (where I also have a short essay on "Luck"). Both Shane and Chloe will be doing some readings later this spring. Stay tuned for info on those events. If you want to stay up-to-the-minute on these happenings though, it's probably best that you connect with our page on Facebook, which is updated more often than this news page.


In other news, we're going to be at AWP in Chicago. I'm doing a panel on Friday morning March 2nd about publishing fiction chapbooks and then also reading at the Ear Eater series on Saturday night, March 3rd. My FT partner and designer, Bryan Coffelt is unveiling the first release on his press, Mammoth Editions, too. Say hey if you see any of us there (a bunch of Future Tense alumni will be there--Jamie Iredell, Elizabeth Ellen--click this for her new book!, and Zachary Schomburg. Not to mention Chloe Caldwell, who will have some early copies of her book for a few lucky people).

In other exciting news, we are now officially working with Small Press Distribution. This will make it a lot easier to get our books into stores (shout-out to all you great booksellers!) and beyond.

Thank you again, everyone! Keep on reading.

Kevin

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November 14th, 2011

Today we put the upcoming Shane Allison release on our Books page. We're very excited about this and if it works out, time-wise, we may even have copies out before Christmas. How would that be for a stocking stuffer?
We're also still doing our Kickstarter campaign. There are only a few hours to go, so if you've ever wanted to show your support for us, now is the time! We did reach our goal of $3,500 pretty darn quick (in 8 days we did it!), but we can ALWAYS use more.

In other exciting news, we will be working with Small Press Distribution starting in early 2012. This will make it a lot easier to get our books into stores, schools, and libraries everywhere.

Thank you again, everyone! We appreciate your love and support.

Kevin Sampsell and Bryan Coffelt, editors

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October 21st, 2011

A couple of days ago, we launched our very first Kickstarter campaign. Our goal of raising $3,500 is looking good so far. If we reach it, we're just going to keep going though. For one thing, we have a ton of awesome prizes for people who donate. These incentives include rare books, cool records, sexy bookish t-shirts, tasty cakes, 1-on-1 hang-outs with authors, and more.
These dollars will go to various needs, such as the printing of our next year of releases, e-book development, computer needs, and more. Our first release after this fundraiser will be I Remember by Shane Allison. It should be out in December and we're very excited about it.

Thanks, everyone! We really appreciate your help and support.

Kevin Sampsell and Bryan Coffelt, editors

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September 2nd, 2011

It's been a pretty crazy summer around here at Future Tense HQ. I've been trying to finish my own book, editing the impending Shane Allison book, planning various events, and also contributing stories here and there.

But something else happened this summer. I fell in love...with a new writer. The dude's name is Gregory Sherl and I liked his book, I Have Touched You, so much that I went after him. I sent him flowers and chocolates and oranges and designer shorts. Then I found out that he lives in Florida and has plenty of that stuff already. Crap. So I decided to impress him with clever Facebook wall posts and random factoids about the Miami Dolphins. I think that did the trick. So...in late summer of 2012 (we'll say August) Future Tense will publish his book of Stoems (they're kinda like a series of flash fiction/prose poems)--okay we're not gonna really call them "stoems" but we are naming the book, Monogamy Songs. We are super excited about this book and can't wait to share it with you. In the meantime though, the young Sherl also has books coming out from Yes Yes Books and Mud Luscious Press before that. The guy is a machine!

And hey--stay tuned, because in October we're going to be doing a Kickstarter fundraiser campaign to help pay for his book and Chloe Caldwell's book and Shane Allison's book and some other stuff. More details to come on that.
Thanks for reading,
KS

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May 13th, 2011

Today, we're happy to announce our first book of our 2012 releases. Next April, we are publishing Legs Get Led Astray by Chloe Caldwell, a book of personal essays that is sure to break your heart and make you breathe heavy. It's a collection so personal and so brave and so good, we feel extremely lucky to publish it. Chloe is a 25-year-old writer who lives outside of New York City and her work has already appeared in awesome places like Pank, The Rumpus, and The Sun. Welcome to the family, Chloe! Make sure to check out her personal website (just launched today!) to read more about her. We are so excited about this book we wish we could publish it next month, but you know, we have to abide to a schedule (and our bank account) and we have Shane Allison's I Remember to publish first (this October).

Chloe's book will be a full length paperback coming out in April, though we hope to have some review copies for people to see by the time AWP rolls around again (Chloe and I will both be there). And we'll be taking pre-orders for it in December or January.
Have a great weekend!!
KS

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March 16th, 2011

Surprise!! We got a beautiful new chapbook by Myriam Gurba!

And I really do mean SURPRISE, because Wish You Were Me is full of funny and strange surprises. We made a special effort to get this book designed and out quickly, so that Myriam would have some when she goes on tour with Sister Spit. See the dates here! Make sure to catch her on this tour. She doesn't get to escape from Long Beach very often (and besides seeing her, she's also joined by other awesome writer friends of ours like Michelle Tea, Blake Nelson, Nicole J. Georges, and more).

Special thanks to Bryan Coffelt (interior), Brian David Smith (cover) and Amy Temple Harper (proofreading) for the awesome hustle on this wonderous beast.

Besides that bit of hot news, Jamie Iredell's book is also fresh out of the box and doing real nicely. Read more about it here and here and here! Alrighty folks--Thanks for reading and we'll be talking to you soon.
Come on, Spring! KS

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March 1st, 2011

The Book of Freaks Tour!

Hey, folks... Jamie Iredell's amazing new tome, The Book of Freaks, is out this month and he's doing a big tour with the great Mike Young (Look! Look! Feathers). Be sure to check out his tour dates on his web site. And if you haven't seen the awesome book trailer for it, don't wait a second longer to get your mind blown!

More updates later. Remember we have a Facebook page, where we update in real time! Thanks for stopping by. KS

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November 20th, 2010

T-SHIRTS!

Hey, everyone. We got T-shirts now. Go to the books page and get one. Make sure to tell us what size and color you want.

In other news, we're currently working on Jamie Iredell's The Book of Freaks and getting it ready for an early 2011 release. Pre-ordering will be ready for this book soon. Stay tuned! After that, we're releasing a crazy cool new chapbook by Myriam Gurba (Wish You Were Me, spring 2011)--catch her on tour with Sister Spit in the spring. Her book will be followed in the summer hot months with a collection of poetry by Shane Allison.

I've been keeping busy myself. Check out my web site to see various links and fun. Thanks for checking in. KS

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September 22nd, 2010

FUTURE TENSE PARTY!

This Friday night at Disjecta.

This event will have tons of awesome writers and people hanging out (like Portlanders Zach Schomburg & Emily Kendal Frey, Richard Meltzer, Riley Michael Parker, Ritah Parrish, Kurt Eisenlohr, and Zoe Trope, but also some out-of-town guests like Elizabeth Ellen, Suzanne Burns, and Chelsea Martin!) plus music from Viva Las Legas and Mike Daily (MD is also doing a bike trick called "The Decade" as part of his toast to the press's 20 years). Plus, there will be drinks, lots of books, old historical documents, and sexy new Future Tense t-shirts! We sure hope to see you there.

And of course, I should also mention that the Prathna Lor book is now out and it is a beauty. Go to the books page and snag a copy now.



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July 29th, 2010

Okay, okay. I know I've been a little sidetracked this year. My own book came out in January, I got engaged, I did a ton of readings, and just got back from a Southern road trip (read the travel diaries on my site). But I promise--the Future Tense action will keep flowing and it will always be top notch quality.

In fact, right now, we're just days away from our next release. Prathna Lor's Ventriloquism is now available for pre-ordering. And I'm telling you--if you're into weird, beautiful, funny, high-wire flash fiction, this 40 page beauty is going to be your favorite thing to read aloud from this whole summer. Your beach volleyball tournaments and backyard BBQs will never be the same.

In other news, I'm trying to put the finishing touches on a big Future Tense bash in September. Technically, I've been doing this publishing thing for 20 years now, so I figure I have to celebrate somehow. This event will happen in Portland and will probably include appearances by local FT authors like Zach Schomburg & Emily Kendal Frey, Richard Meltzer, Riley Michael Parker, and Zoe Trope, not to mention out-of-town special guests like Elizabeth Ellen and Chelsea Martin! Details to come.

That's it for now! Go order that Prathna book and marvel at that beautiful cover while you're there.

Happy summer, Kevin

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April 2nd, 2010

Helloooo everyone! It's been a busy and exciting time so far this year. It seems like something exciting and new is happening every day. The freshest news is the arrival of the Emily Kendal Frey & Zachary Schomburg collaboration book. OK, Goodnight is a 32-page joyride of unpredictable hairpin turns and trap doors. Imagine two awesome poets taking turns playing good cop/bad cop with your heart. It's on the BOOKS page.

Zachary is touring a lot the next few months. Check out his list of destinations on his web site (on the right side column).

In other Future Tense related news, I am happy to announce the next two Future Tense releases! In June or July, we will release a chapbook called Ventriloquism by Prathna Lor. I've been buttering up this hot young Canadian for a while now. I've sent him knitted hats and coffee-flavoured chocolates. I've spelled words like colour and favourite with the extra u in it. Finally, he sent a batch of story-type things. Ventriloquism features works that do that wondrous thing I love so much when a piece of writing feels so fresh and original that you're not sure if it's prose poetry or flash fiction. It's beautifully uncategorizable, with body parts flitting their way through deeper emotions that Lor's language tries to dissect with grace and force and unexpected humour. It reminds me a little bit of my all-time favorite story writer, Gary Lutz. Prathna Lor lives in Toronto, Ontario. He also wrote this beauty.

In December or January, we will release a paperback book tentatively titled The Book of Freaks by Jamie Iredell. This is another book that seems so fresh and weird and laugh-out-loud funny, I'm tempted to compare it to modern cult classics like Letters to Wendy's and The Age of Wire and String. The story about discovering this book is a recent and happy accident. While in Seattle recently, I saw that Blake Butler and Jamie Iredell were reading at a place called Neptune Coffee. I was excited to meet Blake for the first time and hear him read. I was not familiar with this Iredell dude. At the reading, Jamie read a few parts from his great new book, Prose. Poems. A Novel. And then he read parts of this Freaks project. There was unexpected laughter. There was surprise. There was sheer uncut artistry at work. A few days later, he sent me the manuscript. A few days later, I wallpapered my bathroom with it so that I could always have it near. Sometimes, magic happens fast when true talent is involved. Jamie Iredell lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

We're thrilled to be publishing these two brilliant writers later this year. Both of their books display an effortless and immense kind of entertainment value that we feel is both accessible and revolutionary.

I also want to take this moment to thank everyone who came out to say hello and see me on my touring for my own website. Stuff still to come--I'm reading at AWP's Vermin on the Mount event on April 8th and at the Get Lit festival in Spokane on April 17th. I have one last reading and slide show planned for Portland on Friday, April 30th at the Templeton Building, brought to you by Disjecta. This will be a full night of fun, with opening performances by Frayn Masters and Nathaniel Boggess.

Here's some more links o' fun!

Chelsea Martin has a new little masterpiece.
Gary Lutz was interviewed.
Frayn Masters is producing the Portland debut of Lauren Weedman's Bust.
I'm teaching at the Attic starting this summer.
ACP got a 5-star review in Time Out New York.
Claudia Smith, who will also be at AWP, has a new story at Ekleksographia.
Riley Michael Parker has a new mini-chap from Mud Luscious. Plus he's making a movie and needs your help!


Thank you, friends.
Kevin

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February 1st, 2010

Hi Friends, It's a new year and I promise some cool Future Tense stuff heading your way this year--including the very soon-to-be-released collection by Zachary Schomburg and Emily Kendal Frey. You can even pre-order it now on the books page!

Ever since I discovered Zach's poems via The Man Suit a couple years back, he has been my favorite poet, and his collaborations with the great Emily Kendal Frey add a whole other level of poetic power and mystique. We're excited to unveil OK, Goodnight later this month. In fact, we're hoping to have finished copies before they read together in the bay area (see those dates & details on Zach's website, linked above). They also have this book, Team Sad, together!

As many of you know, I've been busy with my own book these days. A Common Pornography was just released by Harper Perennial and I've launched my own separate website for the occasion. Please go there if you want to see where I will be reading (San Fran, LA, Seattle, Boston, NY, Baltimore, Ann Arbor, Chicago, Spokane, Denver/AWP) and to also read news updates and some of the killer reviews coming in (Harper's! Penthouse!). There are also some really fun videos to watch.


In other Future Tense news, the Claudia Smith chapbook continues to wow people. And Riley Michael Parker keeps getting attention. He has a mini-chapbook out with Mud Luscious Press now.


That's it for now! Off on my book tour. Please come out and say hello if I'm coming to your town. It's very rare for me to get out of Portland. ;)
xo Kevin

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November 9th, 2009

Hi Everyone, Just a quick update to say that the Claudia Smith chapbook is heating up the small press scene and getting great reviews already. Get your copy now!

And I'm currently working out some tour dates for my book, A Common Pornography, which hits stores on 1/19/2010 (from Harper Perennial!). Here are the dates so far:
2/4: Books Inc in SF
2/8: Rumpus Reading Series in SF
2/9: Skylight in LA
2/17: Harvard Books in Boston
2/18: In the Flesh in NY
2/19 or 2/20: TBA in NY (w/ Justin Taylor)
2/26: Book Cellar in Chicago
2/27: Great Lakes, Great Times in Ann Arbor (w/ Blake Nelson and Chelsea Martin, hosted by Elizabeth Ellen)


Then in April:
AWP in Denver! April 8-10
The Get Lit festival in Spokane April 15-16
Also--this Thursday night (Nov 12th), Riley Michael Parker, is competing in the Literary Death Match. Come on out and cheer on my guy!

Also also--please welcome my new intern, Bryan Coffelt!
Alright gang. Talk to you later. Kevin

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September 30th, 2009

Hey Readers! After a bit of a delay--embarassingly, the Future Tense car was towed a few days ago and that cost us a pretty penny--I am happy to announce that Claudia Smith's chapbook is now available (go to the Books page)! For those of you who pre-ordered, your copy will go out this Friday (10/2) in the mail. There are a few Suzanne Burns chapbooks available as a bonus gift to most of you who pre-ordered. And buttons too! Thank you!!

In other news--I'll be at Wordstock! First, we're having a Portland Noir reading and party to benefit p:ear on Wednesday, October 7th (other readers are Jess Walter, Dan DeWeese, and Zoe Trope). And then I'll be part of a DIY panel on Sunday, October 11th at noon (moderated by the IPRC's Justin Hocking). I hope to see y'all there.

Welcome back to school!
Kevin



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August 25th, 2009

Hey Readers! Claudia Smith's chapbook is now available to pre-order on the Books page! Buy it now and you'll get it by the end of September. If you live in the Southern part of the U.S. and want Claudia to read near you or if you want to review her book for your blog, journal, or magazine, just let us know. We're very proud of this fine book (and check out that awesome cover art by Hayley Barker).

In other news--I'm now on Twitter! Come follow me @kevinsampsell

Until next month, happy reading!
Kevin



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August 18th, 2009

Hi Everyone, I just wanted to let you know that the next Future Tense release, Put Your Head in My Lap by Claudia Smith is still due out in September. We had some tinkering to do with the front cover art that delayed getting the book on our site for pre-orders but that problem will be fixed soon. Before September 1st, I promise! It's going to be a beautiful little chapbook.

Other quick notes: If you're in NY, go see Gary Lutz this Thursday night at the St. Mark's reading series at Sola's. He's reading with Jim Krusoe and my favorite poet, Zachary Schomburg. I also wanted to announce that the next Future Tense book after Claudia's will be a collaboration between the aforementioned Schomburg and Emily Kendal Frey. It will be out in early 2010. More info to come on that one. Riley Michael Parker is getting his small press and web site ready to launch full throttle. Here's a nice write-up of his little book, Boys, as well as the info about submitting your work to him! Oh--and I almost forgot: I will be at Bumbershoot this year in Seattle, doing a talk (and reading) with some other northwest greats on Saturday, September 5th at 3pm. I should also mention that I'm judging a flash fiction noir contest for this year's Wordstock in Portland (which happens on Oct. 8-11). The contest is a benefit for p:ear. Please submit something if you're so inclined. I look forward to reading all the entries. The winners will be announced at a reading for Portland Noir, which seems to be the hot-selling book in Portland this summer. Crazy.

That's all for now. So... Look for Claudia's book to pre-order on our books page by 9/1. And we have some new colorful pins for people who order books from us. Hot pink anyone? Purple? Yellow? Thanks for reading.
KS

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July 27th, 2009

I've been a little sidetracked with promoting Portland Noir lately but I am hoping to have Claudia Smith's book up for pre-order on the FT site soon. It's looking really great though and should be ready for a September release. Book reviewers: let me know if you want a copy.

There are a lot of really cool events happening soon in Portland. First off, Riley Michael Parker and Suzanne Burns read with G. Xavier Robillard at Voodoo Doughnut Too (the Sandy BLVD one) on Saturday, August 1st. Then Suzanne reads with Amelia Gray at Powell's on Monday, August 3rd. In case you didn't know, Suzanne Burns has a new book out from Dzanc and it's getting a lot of attention. Her new book, Misfits and Other Heroes, features the two stories we published in Double Header last year as well as a bunch more show stoppers. We want to help spread the word about her great work, so if anyone orders a book from the FT site before Labor Day, we'll gladly throw in a free copy of Double Header. It's sort of a gateway drug to her new collection. Also--we have new summer color buttons to throw in with your book orders right now. These are made by one of our favorite multi-tasking zinesters, Alex Wrekk. Fun!

On Thursday, August 6th, our friend Aaron Burch is in town to introduce the newest Hobart author, Mary Miller at the Powell's on Hawthorne. She's joined by Kevin Canty. Both Kevin and Mary are among our current favorite authors.

In other news--Elizabeth Ellen fans will be happy to know that she has a new little booklet as part of the Mud Luscious Press series. The whole series is really interesting. You should look them up.

And an update--we're out of signed copies of Chelsea Martin's book, but you can see her at Modern Times Books in San Francisco on September 9th and at the Rumpus Reading Series in San Francisco on Nov 9th. She can sign your copy there!

That's it for now. Stay cool. KS

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June 27th, 2009

Some quick announcements! First off, our next book will be Put Your Head in My Lap, a collection of flash fiction by Claudia Smith, a wonderful writer I've loved ever since reading her award-winning chapbook, The Sky is a Well (Rose Metal Press). This new collection is full of emotionally taut and sweetly melancholic stories that evoke the pain of lost love and broken families. Cover art will be by the awesome Hayley Barker. Look for it in September.

Also, Chelsea Martin is touring. Check her web site for further details on upcoming dates. I know that she's in NY for a July 3rd reading at the PPOW Gallery.

And for those of you who didn't know, I recently edited the Portland Noir anthology that was just published by the great Akashic Books. It's been a surprise bestseller here in Portland and we (me and some contributors) have been doing some fun events for the book. Our next one is this Thursday, July 2nd at the Blue Monk.

In other event news, Haiku Inferno will do their first show in nearly a year, on July 25th, at the JAW Playwrights festival. More info here.

Also--look around the links page. I finally updated with a few new places. Thanks, everyone!

Kevin

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March 31st, 2009

The Chelsea Martin book is here! And holy baby, it's a beauty. Maybe our best thing yet. Order it now on the books page and we will send it right away. And don't forget her readings in Portland on Tuesday, April 7th at The Maiden (8pm, with Matthew Simmons and Brandon Scott Gorrell) and in Seattle on April 8th at Neptune Coffee (7pm, with BSG and Frayn Masters, and more).

If you work at a bookstore, you can order directly from us or Ingram (and we're also trying to work out a new deal with Small Press Distribution). That's it for now. Happy April Fools Day.

Kevin

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February 25th, 2009

The Chelsea Martin book is shaping up real nice and it'll be here by mid-March. You can pre-order your copy now. Just go to the books page. Those doing the pre-order action will get a special surprise gift. You can see some more fun stuff about her book on her web site. And you can look forward to possibly seeing Chelsea in your town this spring. She's already scheduled for Portland on Tuesday, April 7th at The Maiden (with Matthew Simmons and Brandon Scott Gorrell) and in Seattle the next night at Neptune Coffee (with BSG, Zachary Schomburg, Emily Kendal Frey, Frayn Masters, and more).

In other event news, I'll be hosting the 2nd Smallpressapalooza at Powell's on Monday, March 16th from 5pm-10pm. I hand-picked a bunch of great small press writers for this fun marathon of readings. Check out the schedule. Haiku Inferno's Frayn Masters is reading at the fun "Favorite Show" multimedia show this Saturday, February 28th. It's a cool event with lots of stuff happening. Check it out and support another cool Portland series. Bob Gaulke's Embrace Your Insignificance is getting some nice attention. Recent reviews were in the Portland Mercury and PDX Magazine. That's your quick update. More soon!

Kevin

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January 10th, 2009

Happy New Year!
We still have our two-for-one bonus going on for anyone who wants to order Embrace Your Insignificance from us. If you go to our ordering page, and put one of those beauties in your shopping cart, leave a message in the Notes box and let us know which of our other 2008 books you'd like for free--that's your choice of Riley Michael Parker's brutal office comedy Our Beloved 26th (which made this fun year-end list) or Suzanne Burns's magical and strange flipbook, Double Header. Thank you so much for your continued support.
Bob will be in Portland for a book release party on Saturday, January 17th. It's at The Press Club (2621 SE Clinton) at 7:30pm. He'll be joined by Chuck Thompson, the very funny travel writer and author of "Smile When You're Lying." It's a free event so come on down and get a signed book.
Gary Lutz (author of my favorite chapbook ever, Partial List of People to Bleach) has been the talk of fiction geeks everywhere with his awesome new essay in The Believer.
Elizabeth Ellen has a new story up at Lamination Colony. She's also in the new, stupendously good issue of Keyhole Magazine (I have a weird thing in that issue too).
My story, "Swimsuit Issue" is included in the cool new anthology Noise: Fiction Inspired by Sonic Youth. I'll be reading with contributors Jess Walter, Samuel Ligon, and the legendary Katherine Dunn (Geek Love) at Powell's on March 25th.
Thanks for checking in. Watch out for our next book, Everything Was Fine Until Whatever by Chelsea Martin in the very near future. This will also be a paperback release and it will be pure joyful madness!

Until later,
Kevin

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