October 3rd, 2008 / 5:50 pm
 Presses & Web Hype

Lame House Press new release

Last week, Lame House Press officially released Kate Greenstreet’s chapbook This is Why I Hurt You. I got my copy last week and it’s a good looking piece. The writing is killer. Lame House mastermind Gina Myers, a fellow Saginaw native who earned her MFA from The New School, consistently publishes interesting and intelligent chapbooks (each copy of which she handcrafts, of course). Lame House is grouped in my mind with other independent presses like Greying Ghost and Publishing Genius, each publishing high quality chapbooks at ridiculously reasonable prices.

Chapbooks have been around forever (apparently Neanderthal Man’s hunched back is due to carrying around so many stone chapbooks ), but the chapbook has become a sort of art object in itself. Yes, the writing is excellent, of course, but the chaps themselves feel like something more than string, paper, and staples, thanks to the ambitious work of the many indie presses like Lame House, Greying Ghost, Publishing Genius, et al. Nice work, everyone.

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8 Comments

  1. October 3rd, 2008 / 9:59 pm pbr—

      Josh- on your blog youtalk of having sinus problems. I, too, had them. BAD. And now I do acupunture and take chinese herbs and I have not had them for 7 years. (I only take them when I feel a sinus problem coming on…goes away in a day then.) I knew a dude who had his sinus STAPLED. Don’t go there.

  2. October 3rd, 2008 / 5:59 pm pbr—

      Josh- on your blog youtalk of having sinus problems. I, too, had them. BAD. And now I do acupunture and take chinese herbs and I have not had them for 7 years. (I only take them when I feel a sinus problem coming on…goes away in a day then.) I knew a dude who had his sinus STAPLED. Don’t go there.

  3. October 3rd, 2008 / 11:23 pm Josh Maday—

      Yeah, the ol’ sinuses destroy me a few times a year. I could do chinese herbs and acupuncture. But even if it works, I won’t be having my sinuses stapled, I’m pretty sure. It sounds horrific, so I’ll probably google it though. Thanks for reading my blog, pbr.

  4. October 3rd, 2008 / 7:23 pm Josh Maday—

      Yeah, the ol’ sinuses destroy me a few times a year. I could do chinese herbs and acupuncture. But even if it works, I won’t be having my sinuses stapled, I’m pretty sure. It sounds horrific, so I’ll probably google it though. Thanks for reading my blog, pbr.

  5. October 4th, 2008 / 2:06 am pbr—

      Don’t get your sinus stapled. It is not necessary. Those chinese practioners- we are talking about 2000 yrs of knoweldge. Would I go there – Chinese Medical practicioners– for surgery? No. But believe me, there is no need for surgery for sinus shit. It’s called dampness and heat. Or, here, google it- the Mayo Clinic is doing sinus studies- yeast/mold in the head area/body. Take the herbs. Stapling- bad bad bad.

      I can’t post on your blog cause their is no anonymous posting there. I like your life story of Kimball’s thingy.

  6. October 3rd, 2008 / 10:06 pm pbr—

      Don’t get your sinus stapled. It is not necessary. Those chinese practioners- we are talking about 2000 yrs of knoweldge. Would I go there – Chinese Medical practicioners– for surgery? No. But believe me, there is no need for surgery for sinus shit. It’s called dampness and heat. Or, here, google it- the Mayo Clinic is doing sinus studies- yeast/mold in the head area/body. Take the herbs. Stapling- bad bad bad.

      I can’t post on your blog cause their is no anonymous posting there. I like your life story of Kimball’s thingy.

  7. October 7th, 2008 / 3:57 am peter b—

      thanks

  8. October 6th, 2008 / 11:57 pm peter b—

      thanks