hell strung and crooked
The new anthology from Uphook Press is published September, 2010.
Rhythm, risk, reach...
A sensitivity to words that sparkle on the page and in performance spark off it...
Uphook Press specializes in work by poets and spoken words artists who love both the ink and the mike. hell strung and crooked is their second anthology, taken from open submission, with the aim to promote a nationwide community of performing poets.
Featuring forty-one poets—from San Francisco, Atlanta, Green Bay, Boston, Seattle, Nashville, elsewhere, and New York—hell strung and crooked also includes interviews with Mark Doty and Claus Ankersen.
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.
Uphook Press specializes in work by poets and spoken word artists who love both the ink and the mike. you say. say. is their first anthology taken from open submission.
Twenty-nine poets—from
"...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