[New-Poetry] Re: Ultra-Talk

[Anny Ballardini]

>> Actually, Bob, that's found visual poetry, copied
>> from the marquee of the 6th Ave. Waverly Theater,
>> now the IFC multiplex.
>>
>> Hal, insisting on the right category for a change
>>
> That might be worse.  I'll have to check with my colleagues.  That it's 
> "found visual poetry."  Your insisting on the right category passeth the 
> bounds of possible classification.
> 
> --Bob 

you people with so much time on your hands... read a bit:

Meritage Press Announcement
www.meritagepress.com
For more information: MeritagePress at aol.com

POETRY FEEDS THE WORLD

Meritage Press (MP) is pleased to inaugurate a new series of Tiny
Books that aligns poetry with fair trade and economic development
issues affecting Third World countries.

MP's Tiny Books initially will utilize small books ( 1 3/4 x 1 3/4")
made in Guatemala by artisans paid fair wages, as sourced by
Baksheesh, a fair trade retailer.  All profits from book sales then
will be donated to Heifer International, an organization devoted to
reducing world hunger by promoting sustainable sources of food and
income.

We are delighted to announce that MP's first Tiny Book is

all alone again
by Dan Waber

Dan Waber is a visual poet, concrete poet, sound poet, performance
poet, publisher, editor, playwright and multimedia artist whose work
has appeared in all sorts of delicious places, from digital to print,
from stage to classroom, from mailboxes to puppet theaters. He is
currently working on "and everywhere in between". He makes his online
home at logolalia.com.

Meritage Press tapped Mr. Waber to inaugurate the series partly for
his work in minimalist poetry.  Tiny Book #2 will feature Tom
Beckett's first hay(na)ku poetry collection, Steps: A Notebook.  The
hay(na)ku also is a form that lends itself to minimalism.

With Tiny Books, MP also offers a new DIY, or Do-It-Yourself Model of
publishing.  You've heard of POD or print-on-demand?  Well, these
books' print runs will be based on HOD or Handwritten-on-Demand.  MP's
publisher, Eileen Tabios, will handwrite all texts into the Tiny
Books' pages and books will be released to meet demand for as long as
MP is able to source tiny books -- or until the publisher gets
arthritis.

This project reflects Meritage Press' belief that "Poetry feeds the
world" in non-metaphorical ways.

Each Tiny Book will cost $10 plus $1.00 shipping/handling. To purchase
Dan Waber's all alone again and donate to Heifer International, send a
check for $11.00 made out to "Meritage Press" to

Eileen Tabios
Meritage Press
256 North Fork Crystal Springs Rd.
St. Helena, CA 94574
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