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New from PGP: The Origin of Paranoia as a Heated Mole Suit
I have read The Origin of Paranoia as a Heated Mole Suit by Rupert Wondolowski. It is as good as the title would mandate being to warrant having such a bad ass title on the cover. The poems here are amazing and weird and funny, and for $9 you can’t really ask for much more. Get this quick.
If you don’t believe me just by believing, here is the first part of one of the poems in the book:
I wake up screaming.
I scream scratching the dog’s belly in bed,
scream seeing the third pillow has fallen to the dusty floor.
I scream during breakfast, wet bananas on lips.Shaving, I scream. I scream cleaning up the bloody mess.
Scream when the neighbors pound, when the police
come knocking.
I scream on the walk to work, yard ladies gyrate
gardening shorts,
Arabbers hurl eggplant torpedos at me, their horses stomp, dogs bark.I scream the news grotesque,
football game shooting in Anchorage,
Middle East imploding.I scream under Manhattan like undigested pork.
The previous day, screaming, I crossed
a small lake in the countryside on a rowboat.
Screaming, I ate a picnic lunch, ants
forming a moustache above my screamhole.I scream quietly during a polo-shirted
golf match, a drink umbrella catching
on my sore uvula.
The rest of the book is as fun and new as that. Adam at PGP just keeps poppin bottles. Check ‘er out.
Publishing Genius Press
December 2008
52 pages
5×7″
perfect bound
Cover design by Stephanie Barber, digitized by justin sirois.
Page design by Adam Robinson with thanks to Chris Toll.
Tags: Publishing Genius, rupert wondolowski
Good one, Blake. Actually, Rupert is sort of an old school small press dude. Back when small press publications were actually publications–with staples, paper, glue, photocopy ink. His poetry/prose mashup zine, The Shattered Wig Review, was one of the places I really wanted to land when I started sending stuff out 18 years ago (at the angsty age of 23). Rupert did eventually use some of my poems and that remains an early highlight for me in my writing life. So, let’s give it up for RW–one of the early weirdo champions of the small press world!
Good one, Blake. Actually, Rupert is sort of an old school small press dude. Back when small press publications were actually publications–with staples, paper, glue, photocopy ink. His poetry/prose mashup zine, The Shattered Wig Review, was one of the places I really wanted to land when I started sending stuff out 18 years ago (at the angsty age of 23). Rupert did eventually use some of my poems and that remains an early highlight for me in my writing life. So, let’s give it up for RW–one of the early weirdo champions of the small press world!
Thanks Blake!!!! Every damn time I see PGP backlit in HTMLG greenish I get a serious charge.
The line from that poem, “The previous day, screaming, I crossed” sealed the deal on accepting RW’s manuscript for publication.
And good looking out KevinS — you’ll be happy to know The Shattered Wig Review is still going strong, and still glued and stapled and hand colored with crayon. Everyone should get on this.
Thanks Blake!!!! Every damn time I see PGP backlit in HTMLG greenish I get a serious charge.
The line from that poem, “The previous day, screaming, I crossed” sealed the deal on accepting RW’s manuscript for publication.
And good looking out KevinS — you’ll be happy to know The Shattered Wig Review is still going strong, and still glued and stapled and hand colored with crayon. Everyone should get on this.
Rupert has been wearing heated mole suits and shattering wigs since before I could read. He’s an institution here in Baltimore. I wish more people knew about the great things he does. Thanks, Blake.
Rupert has been wearing heated mole suits and shattering wigs since before I could read. He’s an institution here in Baltimore. I wish more people knew about the great things he does. Thanks, Blake.
I liked this- nice Blake.
Wow, I am blushing so heatedly with happiness that my nurse is tightening the restraints and reaching for the syringe. I can’t tell you how happy I am to hear that there are some folks that know of Shattered Wig out there. And thanks for the plug, Blake. Are there any “No Colony”s left?
Wow, I am blushing so heatedly with happiness that my nurse is tightening the restraints and reaching for the syringe. I can’t tell you how happy I am to hear that there are some folks that know of Shattered Wig out there. And thanks for the plug, Blake. Are there any “No Colony”s left?
Informative and entertaining. I’ve added your blog to my “reading material.” Keep me updated!
Informative and entertaining. I’ve added your blog to my “reading material.” Keep me updated!
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