BODY ENGLISH by Joseph Verrilli

Body English
Poetry and prose
by Joseph Verrilli
$5

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The third in a series of chapbooks largely dedicated to the author's deceased wife, Body English is about journeys, momentum, movement, questioning all that exists around you and moving with that into a new direction. The story toys with the idea of reincarnation, spirituality, spirits moving from one body into another, childhoods relived through the souls of other children. Joseph Verrilli's late wife, Janet, was fascinated with her own childhood, revealing it to her husband as she was 19 years his senior, trying to convey and share the differences of the time, growing up just after the turn of the century, how contrasting their childhoods were, almost 20 years apart. This book brings to life Janet's story of growing up, almost as a poetic commentary of Betty Smith's A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, a book Janet often said described her life as a child. In Body English, Joseph, working as a teacher's aide, observes, follows, and becomes entwined with the lives of some of the young girls whose spirits and childish freedoms match Janet's, questioning the possibility of Janet breathing life into them, contemplating fate, what's meant to be, who's to say, and how do we know? This book, containing both poetry and prose, is an excellent emotional journey and a must-have for your collection. Copies can now be purchased online; or through the mail for $5 (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:

Poems and prose by Joseph Verrilli:
Story
Portrait of Two Young Women (Certainties)
One Child in Particular
The Rhythm of a Saturday
TALL TALES and wind chimes
ENIGMATIC CHILD
Innocuous
BEFORE THE DANCE (for Francoise)
The Young Girl As Protagonist
ADAGIO
MEMORY AS QUICKSAND for Mrs. Lucille Overby
MALAISE: MELANCHOLY for Marie Kazalia
Woman in Various Stages of Redress
Pre-Conceived Notion
CHOREOGRAPHY
LEGACY
A Face Almost Forgotten


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Just Because I Didn't Leave The Driving To Us I Got Jailed And Juiced Good by Paul Weinman (only 6 left) $1.50

Words Of Wisdom by Ed Galing (only 5 left) $2.75

Crackrock #1 by Various Authors (only 24 left) $1.50

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Seeds by Various Authors (only 14 left) $1

Diner by Ed Galing (only 18 left) $2.75

Loose Ends by Ed Galing (only 17 left) $3.75

Real-Life Poet by Various Authors (only 6 left) $2

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Beer & Cookies... And Other Morbid Tales by Michael J. McCallum (only 8 left) $4

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Punctuation by Various Authors (only 85 left) $1.50

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bonnie and clyde by leah angstman (only 63 left) $1.75

reviving ophelia by leah angstman - SOLD OUT!

temperance in moderation by leah angstman - SOLD OUT!

The History of Candles by Joseph Verrilli (only 5 left) $2.75

Privilege of Place by K. Carlton Johnson - SOLD OUT!

Shadows on the Wall by Ed Galing (only 17 left) $2

Confessions of a White Hat by Ed Galing (only 16 left) $2.75

Chasing The World Never Catching Up by Ed Galing (only 17 left) $2

Lower East Side Poems by Ed Galing (only 17 left) $2.75

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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