-gape-seed-
The latest anthology from Uphook Press
Uphook Press specializes in work by poets and spoken word artists who love both the ink and the mic. -gape-seed- is our third anthology, taken from open submission, with the aim to promote a nationwide community of performing poets.
Whoever you are, wherever you are, whoever you are with...
May poetry plant something in you...
Featuring fifty-two poets (from Seattle, Miami, Nashville, Sante Fe, New York City, and elsewhere), -gape-seed- also includes an interview with award-winning spoken word pioneer Regie Cabico.
"Punch and power"
"Poetry should make you appreciate the art of experience. Spoken word allows a reader to sit back and be transported to another world. It is truly impressive when spoken word translates to paper just as powerfully, as the writers in this anthology have accomplished."
- Aimee Nicole, NewPages.com
Full review here
"The impossible seems to be the specialty of the poets in this sharp and elegantly-designed collection..."
- Mark Fogarty, Polarity eMagazine
Full review here
Featuring Eric Alter, Todd Anderson, Seraphime Angelis, Judith Arcana, Maggie Balistreri, Greg Bem, Andrew Boston, Ryan Buynak, Lauren Marie Cappello, Peter Carlaftes, J. Crouse, Peg Duthrie, Rich Ferguson, Maureen Flannery, Joseph Fritsch, Brad Garber, Joan Gelfand, Sheila hageman, Deborah Hauser, Karen Hildebrand, R. Nemo Hill, Matthew Hupert, Jen Karetnick, Molly Kat, David Lawton, Wayne Lee, Laura LeHew, Eliel Lucero, Christopher Luna, Victoria Lynne McCoy, Sharon Mesmer, Nancy Carol Moody, Rick Mullin, Puma Perl, G. L. Pettigrew, Kelly Powell, Gabriella Radujko, Francis Raven, C. Marie Runyan, Ken Saffran, Roberto F. Santiago, Mary Slocum, Elliott D. Smith, Charlene Monahan Spearen, Truth Thomas, John J. Trause, Emily Kagan Trenchard, Jacob Victorine, George Wallace, Mark Wisniewski, Liza Wolsky, R. Yurman
Uphook Press is pleased to announce the following poets from the anthology are nominated for the 2012 Pushcart Prize: Eric Alter (Songs Called Memories That You Won't Stop Me From Consuming), Rich Ferguson (8th & Agony), Elliott D. Smith (Open Heart Surgery in Gas Station Bathrooms).
hell strung and crooked
Poetry taken to the edge and back round again...
hell strung and crooked also includes interviews with Mark Doty and Claus Ankersen.
"this stellar collection"
"Kit Kennedy's piece...is a real hidden jewel"
One of the most dramatic offerings comes from Elliott D. Smith...It alone is probably worth buying the book for."
- David Blaine, Outsider Writers
Full review here
Featuring: Lenore Balliro, Samantha Barrow, Paul M. L. Belanger, Alex O. Bleecker, Meredith Devney, Malaika Favorite, Joseph Fritsch, Christian Georgescu, Robert Gibbons, Thomas Gibney, Deborah Hauser, Suzanne Heagy, Aimee Herman, R. Nemo Hill, Vicki Iorio, Kit Kennedy, Stephen Kopel, David Lawton, Richard Loranger, E. K. Mortenson, Nancy Carol Moody, Puma Perl, John Marcus Powell, Bob Quatrone, Seraphime Rhyianir, Lynn Samsel, Jackie Sheeler, Mary McLaughlin Slechta, Elliot D. Smith, Laura L. Snyder, Francesca Sphynx, Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino, Charles F. Thielman, Andrew Topel, John J. Trause, Geoffrey Kagan Trenchard, Stephanie Valente, Jacob Victorine, Ocean Vuong, Bruce Weber, and Laura Madeline Wiseman.
ISBN: 978-0-9799792-2-4
Published September 1, 2010
$15.00
you say. say.
Rhythm, risk, reach...
A sensitivity to words that sparkle on the page and in performance spark off it...
Twenty-nine poets write the gamut from Starbucks to whale walkers, chalk outlines to honeymooning, cranky operettas to the ping of a microwave signaling the end.
"...you say. say. offers a world of infinite possibilities–for the eye, for the ear, and, most significantly, the mind."
- Marc Schuster, Small Press Review
Full review here
Judith Arcana, Samantha Barrow, Paul Belanger, Alex O. Bleecker, Tony Burfield, Patrick Cahill, Malaika Favorite, Thomas Fucaloro, Christian Georgescu, Thomas Gibney, Gary Hanna, Robert Harris, Suzanne Heagy, Aimee Herman, Kit Kennedy, Joan Payne Kincaid, Laura LeHew, Richard Loranger, G.L. Pettigrew, Sarah Sarai, Thandiwe Shiphrah, Michael Shorb, Mary McLaughlin Slechta, Karin Spitfire, Charles F. Thielman, Geoffrey Jason Kagan Trenchard, Joanna Valente, Stefanie Wielkopolan, Laura Madeline Wiseman.
you say. say. also includes an interview with Matthew Zapruder.
ISBN: 978-0-9799792-1-7 $15.00
Published Oct 2009
A Cautionary Tale: Seven New York Performing Poets
Introducing the first book from Uphook Press.
"For those of us who have already heard the word, Cautionary Tale is a welcome opportunity to see the sound of the voice on the page. From open mike to opened book is a route full of surprises."
R. Nemo Hill, author of The Strange Music of Eric Zann
"Reading these personal, sharply observed, and sometimes revolutionary poems is like seeing a live performance in New York City's poetry scene. Their impact is heightened by accompanying artwork and poet-to-poet introductions. By their diverse voices the reader is transported to an icy street, an imaginary forest, a bowling green, modern Egypt."
Thad Rutkowski, author of Tetched
"An invitation to share in the interactive lives and poetry of a community of artists who have voiced their experiences from the stage. Off-stage, these poems still recreate the vitality of live performance on the page."
Barry Wallenstein, author of Europa Ripens
ISBN: 978-0-9799792-0-0 $10