Bloof in Buffalo

Come see us at the
Buffalo Small Press Book Fair

April 6 & 7

Shanna Compton
will be reading at this afterparty

with mIKEAL aND, Robin Brox,
Christopher Fritton, David Hadbawnik,
Michael Sikkema & Jen Tynes

In April, we will be posting fresh poem-drafts to the Bloof Blog every day, in the wild manner of Maureen Thorson's nutty contrivance known as NaPoWriMo.

Cast includes Danielle Pafunda, Sandra Simonds, Pattie McCarthy, Elisabeth Workman, Becca Klaver, and Shanna Compton...perhaps a few others TBD. Jennifer L. Knox may be posting at Ada Limón's blog, as is traditional? Peter Davis will be posting his efforts at his new blog. (We'll link to those.) And Catie Rosemurgy is joining us too!

Late-breaking update: Jared White & Kirsten Kaschock will be posting drafts too! Jared with us here and Kirsten at her blog.

Will any of us achieve 30/30?

Will we groan and gnash?

Shall we faint or pule?

Watch and see.

Our Current Catalog

 

New & Forthcoming in 2012-2013

Packing by Hailey Higdon (Dec 2012; limited-edition chapbook)

Brink by Shanna Compton (vol 1 of 2, Dec 2012; trade paper original)

This Is What It Is Like to Be Loved by Me by Jared White (Mar 2013; limited-edition chapbook)

TINA by Peter Davis (May 2013; trade paper original)

Nonstop Pop by Becca Klaver (Mar 2013; limited-edition chapbook)

Poems Are the Only Real Bodies by Jennifer Tamayo (Apr 2013; limited-edition chapbook)

Natural History Rape Museum by Danielle Pafunda (Oct 2013; trade paper original)

Windowboxing by Kirsten Kaschock (Sep 2013; limited-edition chapbook)

scenes from the lives of my parents by Pattie McCarthy (Oct, 2013; limited-edition chapbook)

The Seam by Shanna Compton (vol 2 of 2, Nov 2013; trade paper original)

Forthcoming in 2014

Ultramegaprairieland by Elisabeth Workman (Spring 2014; trade paper original)

House of Ions by Sandra Simonds (Fall 2014; trade paper original)

+ 6 chapbooks from our annual Open Reading Period (TBD; limited-edition chapbooks)

Photographic Evidence of Things That Happened

L to R: Peter Davis, Bruce Covey, Shanna Compton, Danielle Pafunda

If you are on Facebook, you can browse these beautiful photos taken by Hassen Saker, from our reading at the Beacon Tavern on Friday night, with Coconut Books & Switchback Books. It was as fun as it looks.

Here.

Post-AWP Recovery Special

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So much newness!

  

The first copies of Jared White's This Is What It Is Like to Be Loved by Me are now available via our store, here.

And very early preorder copies of Peter Davis's TINA are available via our store, here. The rest of the world must wait till official publication date in May. (How sad for them.)

We will have both books available at our AWP Bookfair table, J6, or will ship out orders as soon as we get back.

Bloof at AWP 2013 in Boston

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DAILY

BLOOF + COCONUT at the Bookfair
Thursday, March 7
Friday, March 8
Saturday, March 9
8:30 AM–5:00 PM

Come see us at J6 on the Plaza Level, right outside the Bookfair Lounge. Here is a floor plan.

Various Bloof and Coconut poets will be hanging out with us throughout the conference, including Danielle Pafunda, Peter Davis, Pattie McCarthy, Jared White, Jennifer Tamayo, Becca Klaver & Shanna Compton.

We will be bringing:

• very early copies of Peter Davis's forthcoming book Tina
• the very first copies of Jared White's chapbook This Is What It Is Like to Be Loved by Me
• the very last copies of Hailey Higdon's chapbook Packing
• Shanna Compton's recently released book Brink
• and all our backlist titles!

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THURSDAY

POETRY READINGS IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA 
Thursday, March 7
9:00 AM–10:15 AM 

An AWP Panel with Ben Mirov, Christie Ann Reynolds, Emily Kendal Frey, Jared White & Steven Karl (moderator).

Hynes Convention Center Room 109
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FRIDAY

BLOOF BOOKS, COCONUT BOOKS & SWITCHBACK BOOKS at the BEACON TAVERN
Friday, March 8
Doors at 6:30
Reading at 7:30

The Beacon Tavern's Nite Cap Lounge
1032 Beacon Street
Brookline

Readers:

CYNTHIA ARRIEU-KING
JENNIFER TAMAYO
MARISA CRAWFORD
DANIELLE PAFUNDA 
BECCA KLAVER 
PATTIE McCARTHY 
 PETER DAVIS 
 JARED WHITE 
 SHANNA COMPTON 
ELIZABETH TREADWELL
STEVEN KARL
 ALEXIS ORGERA
NICK STURM & WENDY XU
 MEGAN KAMINSKI
CHRISTIE ANN REYNOLDS
BRUCE COVEY

Directions: Take the Green Line T to St. Mary's Station. Map
This event is FREE and open to the public. No AWP badge is required.

Information on Accessibility Accommodations: Please email us at info [at] bloofbooks [dot] com. We are happy to reserve a seat/space to meet your needs.

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SATURDAY

Note that the Bookfair is free and open to the public on Saturday!



Some of So to Speak's Favorite Feminists
Saturday, March 9 3:00 PM–6:00 PM

Sonsie
327 Newbury Street

"To celebrate our 21st year, So to Speak is hosting a reading featuring some of our favorite feminist writers: Danielle Pafunda, Lara Glenum, Julie Marie Wade, and Moira Egan."