you say. say.

The new anthology from Uphook Press is published fall, 2009.

you say. say.

 

Uphook Press specializes in work by poets and spoken word artists who love both the ink and the mike. you say. say. is the first of an annual anthology taken from open submission.

Twenty-nine poets—from San Francisco, Nashville, Denver, Dagsboro, Portlands Maine and Oregon, elsewhere, and New York—write the gamut from Starbucks to whale walkers, chalk outlines to honeymooning, cranky operettas to the ping of a microwave signaling the end.

 

 

Rhythm, risk, reach.

A sensitivity to words that sparkle on the page and in performance spark off it.

We say, say, welcome.

 

"...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

 

 

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