MIDNIGHT AT THE SNAKE MOTEL by Jon Tait

Midnight at the Snake Motel

Prose poetry by Jon Tait
$5 (plus shipping)


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A series of prose poems that reads like short stories or journalistic ramblings of world travels, Jon Tait's latest chapbook hops from place to place, stopping for a moment to catch a breath at this station or that port before flying off to meet old friends or sailing to new landscapes. The poetic prose is sans punctuation in a James Joyce style of storytelling that tumbles one word after another in a waterfall of motion, always rolling forward, with hardly a chance to breathe or think about the rapid moments before another one comes along. The stories are of youth; discovering yourself among friends and lovers; following connections to make the right feelings click at the right time; exploring different cultures and subcultures with new eyes; and recounting tales of all the strangers, blokes, and characters who've shared laughs, beers, hugs, tokes, and tears along the path.

Copies can now be purchased online; or through the mail for $5 (plus $2 US shipping; $4 out-of-US shipping) via cash, check, or money order made out to Alternating Current, PO Box 398058, Cambridge MA 02139 USA; or via PayPal with the email address alt.current@gmail.com. All authors on our press receive royalties for each copy sold, and each purchase comes with three free random books from the archives while we clean house.

This book includes:

Cover photo courtesy of Gina Adore:
Gina in Vegas

Prose poems by Jon Tait:
Call to prayers
See Naples & Die
Rotor Blades
Midnight at the Snake Motel
Granny Glasses
Broken Spectre
Sunday Morning South of France
Journey into Space
Bad Vibes in Genoa
Birthday Balloons
Night Shift
8 'til 8
Pigeon
Election time in Civitavecchia
The Devil
Have It
Flying Keys
Tartans Flapping
Boom of the Bass
The Sundance Kid
Pedal Power
Cold Steel Trigger
Two Steps Back
Playing with Snakes
March or Die
Dirty Jobs
15 Miles
Blood Kit
Regrets
Picket Line
Cosmic Gratitude
Border Reiver
The Egg Shack
Good Karma
Comparing Tattoos
One Big Win

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~~New book reviewed on Open A Real Book Reviews: Falling Up by Jeff Fleming HERE.

~~Reviews and mentions: Blurb about Stephanie Hiteshew's and Dave Church's Billy and Cindy by Keith Dersley HERE [scroll down under 12-1-10]; leah angstman and Alternating Current [although misspelled as Alternative Current] mentioned in Word Riot's interview of t. kilgore splake HERE.

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BILLY AND CINDY by Stephanie Hiteshew and Dave Church

Billy and Cindy

by Stephanie Hiteshew
and Dave Church
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On Thanksgiving day, 2008, the small press world lost one of the good ones, Dave Church, to a heart attack. Following the deluge of tributes and collections pouring out of the small press to honor him, here rises a collection truly worthy and far different from the rest: an entire story of desperation, crime, beauty, struggle, kindness, anger, and love, played out in a series of letters between two fictional characters, Billy and Cindy, held expertly in the hands of Dave Church and Stephanie Hiteshew, with eerily similar reflections of their own lives and struggles on multiple metaphorical levels. Two of the small press' greatest come together here to bring to life the last work of the late Dave Church and the continuing excellence of the talented Stephanie Hiteshew, in a tale that showcases their talents while also underlying the true spirit and depth of their personal relationship, their trust for one another's writing ideas, and the blind leap of improvised faith each took in the passing back and forth of an unfolding story in one another's hands. The characters are real and raw, biting and charming in the same breath, sarcastic and sincere, pretty and ugly, empty and full, searching and complete, kind and mean, hopeful and hopeless; each existing in a world of paradoxes as they stumble from problem to problem, losing themselves but finding each other, losing each other but finding themselves. With 100 pages of writing, this collection of letters is a beautiful final tribute to the character and depth of Dave Church and his writing, and a must-have for your small press collection.

Copies can now be purchased online; or through the mail for $6 (plus $2 US shipping; $4 out-of-US shipping) via cash, check, or money order made out to Alternating Current, PO Box 398058, Cambridge MA 02139 USA; or via PayPal with the email address alt.current@gmail.com. All authors on our press receive royalties for each copy sold, and each purchase comes with three free random books from the archives while we clean house.

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DIVERTIMIENTO by Julian Gallo

Divertimiento

Poetry by Julian Gallo
Pocket Protector book 10
$3

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Divertimiento, the latest book from Julian Gallo, is book 10 in the Pocket Protector series of mini-poetry-chaps. Don't get us wrong -- mini in size does not mean mini in poetry, as this chap weighs in at a hefty 33 poems packed into a 1/16th sized book. These poems weave music, past loves, present loves, life experiences, city tales, Sicilian heritage, and politics into an interesting varied life story. Full of emotion, sarcasm, questioning, and longing, Gallo's words are honest, story-like, easy to understand while remaining mysterious; comprehensible and relatable while staying poetic. Copies can now be purchased online; or through the mail for $3 (plus $2 US shipping; $3 out-of-US shipping) via cash, check, or money order made out to Alternating Current, PO Box 398058, Cambridge MA 02139 USA; or via PayPal with the email address alt.current@gmail.com. All authors on our press receive royalties for each copy sold, and each purchase comes with a free random book from the archives while we clean house.

This book includes:

Cover art by Julian Gallo:
3:30am

Poetry by Julian Gallo:
Repulsion
Dead Leaves
Gulag
Bound For Glory
Santa Ana
Cracks In The Paint
Leonard Cohen Missed
Pebbles And Bricks
Dogma
Hoboken Sunrise
Patterns
Salt
Auteur
The Joke
Footsteps
Horizon
Finger Puppets Suffering Under My Gaze
Barriers
One Late Night
Abstractions
Beautiful Cronopio
Saturday Afternoon
Illumination for the rare few
This Is How It Is
Your Voice
Humpty Dumpty Incident
Le Beaupre
A Sort Of Mirage
Armistice
Dark Windows
Venga qui!
Revolution
Pulling The Thread



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~~Our poetry clearance sale is still going on! Check out our sweet deals! HERE.

~~New book reviews on Open A Real Book Reviews: For Dave Church, Poet: A Tribute #3 In Memoriam HERE; R. Emolo Give-Out Sheets June 2009 HERE; From The Marrow #74 HERE.

~~New zines added to the Indie Zine Library Archive [View them in FULLSCREEN in the website's top left corner]: Revolution Calling #14 HERE; For Dave Church, Poet: A Tribute #3 In Memoriam HERE; R. Emolo Give-Out Sheets June 2009 HERE; From The Marrow #74 HERE.

~~A letter by leah angstman was included in the new broadside For Dave Church, Poet: A Tribute #3 In Memoriam HERE.



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TAXI CAB POET CONFESSIONS: A Small Press Tribute to Dave Church

Taxi Cab Poet Confessions
A Small Press Tribute to Dave Church
(1947-2008)
~various authors~
$6

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On Thanksgiving Day, 2008, the small press world lost one of its own -- the gruff, moody, sobering mind and voice of Dave Church. On these pages, writers, artists, and family members recount the memories, anecdotes, inspiration, and passion of this small press legend through poetry, tributes, photos, artwork, interviews, collaborative efforts with Church, and archives of old poems and letters dug up by friends and admirers over the decades. If you didn't know the work of Dave Church, this book will not only show you the impact he had on others, the inspiration and legacy he left behind in the small press world, but it will also give you an introduction to his work, with Church poems and collaborative pieces between Church and other authors scattered throughout the pages. This is a perfect blend of getting to know Church and getting to know Church better, bringing together new readers wishing to understand the man, while showcasing veteran writers in a platform where all writers can shine: honoring one of their own. Copies can now be purchased online; or through the mail for $6 (plus $2 US shipping; $3 out-of-US shipping) via cash, check, or money order made out to Alternating Current, PO Box 398058, Cambridge MA 02139 USA; or via PayPal with the email address alt.current@gmail.com. All authors on our press receive royalties for each copy sold, and each purchase comes with a free random book from the archives while we clean house.

This book includes:

Cover art:
Henry Denander

Poems:
DAVE: The Poet by B.Z. Niditch
A CONCEALED HOUR by B.Z. Niditch
TWO GUYS BUILDING A POEM by Rod Weston and Dave Church
COLD ISLAND by B.Z. Niditch
Good Times by Stephanie Hiteshew
when the pen is the needle and the paper is the spoon by Robert M. Zoschke
Churchman by Alan Catlin
THE STREETS CRY by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal
FOR DAVE CHURCH by R. Emolo
POEM FOR DAVE CHURCH by A.D. Winans
Indian Giver by Dave Church
Papa Dave by Kevin M. Hibshman
Poem by Glenn W. Cooper
The Truth by Nathan Graziano
UNDER STARS by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal
Editors: Wants And Needs Update 2009 by David S. Pointer
Remember the Time by Jonathan Church
Before You Let Go by Dave Church
GOD is in the CAB by steve dalachinsky
TO CONSTRUCT A BLUES by Herschel Silverman
And I'm The Star by Dave Church
Dave Church: A Providence Poet by B.Z. Niditch
Searching for Parts by Dave Church and steve dalachinsky
blizzard by t. kilgore splake
By Life by Stephanie Hiteshew
GIVING THANKS by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal
News That Burns On by David S. Pointer
I am Water by Dave Church and steve dalachinsky
Under a Dark Sky by Dave Church
GILBERT by Dave Church
god's lonely man by leah angstman

Photos/Art:
Michaela Pommells
Henry Denander

Short Stories/Anecdotes/Tributes:
The Barbaric Yawp Interview by John Berbrich and Dave Church
Tribute: by Jonathan Church
Dave Church, R.I.P. by Nathan Graziano
Dave Church (1947-2008) by George Held


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This Electrical Week: Ending January 17, 2009

Weekly Update for Alternating Current Arts Co-op

*All items can be purchased through our website at alt-current.com via credit / debit card / Paypal; via Paypal directly using the email alt.current@gmail.com; or via snail mail with cash, check, or money order made out to Alternating Current, and mailed to Alternating Current, PO Box 398058, Cambridge MA 02139 USA. All authors receive royalties on our press, and each purchase comes with a free random chapbook from the archives while we clean house.*



Pocket Protector News:

Political Prisoners by Raymond Sapienza, the January Pocket Protector is now available.

In the works: The Light of Fields by Michael Kriesel for February, and Short Shots by Alan Catlin for March. Both can be purchased now in advance for $3 (plus $1 US shipping, $2 world shipping) through the mail and will be shipped when available.



Chapbook News:

no one gains weight in the shoulders by leah angstman is now available.

Poiesis #2 is now available.

In the works: Staying Alive: Essays in living by Ed Galing and Body English by Joseph Verrilli.



Reviews/Exposure News:

Slice Of Life by Kevin M. Hibshman and Ice Age by David S. Pointer were reviewed on The Time Garden.

[untitled] by justin.barrett was reviewed on Nightwaves.

Sweet & Sour by Ed Galing was reviewed on Nightwaves.

These Poems Are Not Pink Clouds by Timothy Gager was reviewed on Nightwaves.

Portraits by B.Z. Niditch was reviewed on Nightwaves.

A Sound To Drive Away The Coming Darkness by Christopher Cunningham was reviewed on nibble.

Nowhere, Utah by justin.barrett and A Sound To Drive Away The Coming Darkness by Christopher Cunningham were listed in the Guerilla Poetics Project forum.

A Sound To Drive Away The Coming Darkness by Christopher Cunningham was listed on his Guerilla Poetics Project poet page.

Nowhere, Utah by justin.barrett was reviewed on Nightwaves.

A Sound To Drive Away The Coming Darkness by Christopher Cunningham was reviewed on Nightwaves.

Editor leah angstman will have a poem, "even cats slip on the ice," published in the upcoming West Coast journal nibble #5. Buy it in advance here and support the small press!

leah angstman was interviewed by poet Charles P. Ries for an essay he wrote on the small press that will appear in the next (and last with Linda Aschbrenner) issue of the Midwest journal Free Verse. Buy it in advance here.



Open Submissions/Poetry Opportunities News:

At this time, we are no longer accepting unsolicited chapbook manuscripts. We have a ton to get through for the first couple months, so please keep them for when we will be open again, or contact us, and we may add more on a case-by-case basis.

We are still accepting submissions for the Dave Church tribute book, Taxi Cab Poet Confessions, throughout the end of February. Please pass the word around and send in your tributes, poems, stories, anecdotes, etc.

And, just in case we didn't have enough other projects, we have teamed up with Jeff Fleming of nibble to create an annual poetry anthology of amazingness. We just want to find the best of the best, weed through all the "found poems" to find the ones that resonate with us. We chose Jeff as our cohort because his ability to find the perfect poems is unstoppable. ...But here's where you come in: if you find any poems you like, whether by friends, family, internet surfing, a website that just shimmers in brilliance, or even your own masterpieces, let us know; and we will check it/them out. Email the poem(s) or link(s) to us (yes! as many as you want!), or give us the contact info of the author(s), or whatever you can do to get those tiny bits of heavenly words into our paddies. We want to make this an awesome best-selling annual anthology, and kick off the new year by starting the search for the best poems of 2009! Send everything you find that strikes a chord to alt.current@gmail.com.

And as always, thanks for tuning in, and we'll catch you next week. Please send replies to alt.current@gmail.com.
-The Alternating Current cast & crew

This Electrical Week: Ending January 10, 2009

Weekly Update for Alternating Current Arts Co-op

*All items can be purchased through our website at alt-current.com via credit/debit card / Paypal; via Paypal directly using the email alt.current@gmail.com; or via snail mail with cash, check, or money order made out to Alternating Current, and mailed to Alternating Current, PO Box 398058, Cambridge MA 02139 USA. All authors receive royalties on our press, and each purchase comes with a free random chapbook from the archives while we clean house.*



Pocket Protector News:

The proof for January's Pocket Protector, Political Prisoners by Raymond Sapienza, has been mailed out. Copies will be available online once we receive the proof back. Advanced copies are available through the mail for $3 (plus $2 US shipping, $3 out-of-US shipping).

The February Pocket Protector, The Light Of Fields by Michael Kriesel is currently in the works, as well. Advanced copies of that are available through the mail for $3 (plus $2 shipping, $3 out-of-US shipping).

Subscriptions for 2009, starting with the January issue: $30 in the US for one year, $45 in the US for two years. $45 out-of-US for one year. Currently only available through the mail, but subscriptions will be available online soon.



Chapbook News:

no one gains weight in the shoulders, the new chapbook by leah angstman, is available now through the mail for $6 (plus $2 US shipping, $3 out-of-US shipping). Will be available online shortly.

Poiesis #2, the poetry litzine of various authors, is now available through the mail for $4 (plus $2 US shipping, $3 out-of-US shipping). Will be available online shortly. All authors in the litzine will receive one complimentary copy; no further discounts are available, as this zine barely breaks even in costs, considering there are 54 poets in this issue!

Our next chapbook in the works is Body English by Joseph Verrilli.

We are still accepting submissions for the Dave Church tribute book, Taxi Cab Poet Confessions, until the end of February. Please help out in spreading the word. Many of Dave's poet friends do not have computers and are not on this list. If you know of any of those people, please pass the word along to them and let them know to feel free to submit via snail mail.



Distro/Store/Library News:

Our books are now going to be carried through City Lights in San Francisco, with special thanks to Chris Robin, who took interest in our work and gave us the connection.

These Poems Are Not Pink Clouds, the latest chapbook by Timothy Gager, is currently available at Grolier Poetry Book Shop, Cambridge, MA; New England Mobile Book Fair, Newton Highlands, MA; and Porter Square Books, Cambridge, MA.



Reviews/Exposure News:

Poiesis #1 will be reviewed in (the final issue ever) issue #8 of Fight These Bastards. Purchase your advanced copy here and support the small press.

These Poems Are Not Pink Clouds was listed in the Somerville Authors Books of 2008 and on Timothy Gager's website.

We won a free subscription to the great nibble magazine and got listed on the website!

A Sound To Drive Away The Coming Darkness was listed on Christopher Cunningham's New York Quarterly Poets profile.

Poet Hound reviewed Ice Age by David S. Pointer.

I Want To Eat Chinese Food Off Your Ass was listed on Shane Allison's Vagabondage Press profile.

leah angstman is the featured poet in this week's Lyrical Somerville column of The Somerville News, Somerville, MA. Rush out and get a copy today. And if you can find last week's issue, grab that, too, for a stellar review of B.Z. Niditch's Portraits and Timothy Gager's These Poems Are Not Pink Clouds. Check the inside back page!



Open Submissions/Poetry Opportunities News:

We are currently accepting unsolicited manuscripts for 2009. Please note that they will be spaced out and printed in the order they are received, which may take several months, but please send them in for review at any time. 20-30 poems, and we look for cutting edge stuff. No frillies, no florals, no fufu. We respond immediately upon submission, and you don't have to be a previously published poet to participate (oooh! alliteration!)... just give us some good words.

The Dave Church tribute book, Taxi Cab Poet Confessions, will be accepting submissions until the end of February. Send them in. If you have poems of Dave's that you would like to see reprinted, photos, tribute items that you wrote, items reprinted from other magazines, etc., send them on in.

Poiesis #2 is complete. No more single submissions for a little while, please. Collect them together and send us a chapbook manuscript instead.



General News:

Somerville, MA, Poet Mike Amado passed away on January 2, 2009, at the tender age of 34, from a long-fought battle with kidney disease. He will be missed in our local poet community.



Thanks for tuning in. We'll be back next week,
-The Alternating Current crew