Metroland

The month-long small press show @ UAG has come to a close. Many thanks to the gallery, and many thanks to all the presses, performers, listeners, and purchasers!

In this week's Metroland, Josh Potter profiles Albany's small press scene, using our January events as brackets, and it's replete w/ comment from the editors. Check it out!

And here are some photos from the event on Saturday, January 17th, taken by Pierre Joris.



Dan Wilcox




Eric Gelsinger

Oh so very much

Let me draw y'r attention to two publications of note and of interest:

Torpedo 4 & Open Letters (Jan. 2009)----

Torpedo, from Melbourne, Australia, has this to say about itself:

"Commemorating the 25th anniversary of his untimely death, Volume 4 is a tribute issue to Richard Brautigan. Fiction from 40 writers, a nifty envelope containing 8 full colour double-sided pieces of art based on Brautigan's novels, an intro by Brautigan's daughter Ianthe, an outro by Radiohead illustrator Stanley Donwood and a cover by L.A.'s Kristian Olson."

the Jan. Open Letters is devoted to poetry, and there are a few essays of note, but I also want to point out that there's some terrific original art in this issue, especially the charcoal of Jack Spicer----

(+ there's poetry, too, in abundance, including translation by friends of flim Elisa Gabbert & Kathleen Rooney...)

Small Press Poetry @ UAG

SMALL PRESS POETRY @ UAG
Saturday, January 17th

UAG Gallery
247 Lark Street
2-5pm

The January show "New Beginnings" continues at the Upstate Artists Guild (UAG) Gallery with a poetry reading featuring poets of the Albany Small Press.

Across poetics, aesthetics, and institutional status, contributing presses will include: Flim Forum Press, Fence Books, A.P.D. Press, Anchorite Press, and Albany Poets.

w/ featured readers: Pierre Joris, Rebecca Wolff, Anthony Bernini, Eric Gelsinger, Colie Collen, Thom Francis, and more.

Free to the public. For more information, call (518) 426-3501, or email: klane@flimforum.com.

The Alps

by Brandon Shimoda




ISBN 978-0-9790888-2-7
144 pages, 7x9
$14 (+ $2 shipping & handling)

or:

Send a check for $16 to:

Flim Forum Press
PO Box 549
Slingerlands, NY 12159

Query: klane at flimforum dot com

Browse: flimforum.com




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