This Electrical Week: Ending February 21, 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 Light Of Fields by Michael Kriesel, the February Pocket Protector, is now available. $3 (plus $2 US shipping, $3 out-of-US shipping).

The proofs have been completed and mailed out for the March Pocket Protector, Short Shots by Alan Catlin, and the April Pocket Protector by A.D. Winans. Both can be advanced-purchased for $3 each (plus $2 US shipping, $3 out-of-US shipping) and will be mailed out upon printing.

Subscriptions are available for the Pocket Protector series, a series of mini-chapbooks jam-packed with poetry from a different author each month, chosen by invitation-only. Starting with the February 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:


Proofs have been returned for A Symphony Of Olives by Julian Gallo and Body English by Joseph Verrilli. A Symphony Of Olives is available for advanced-purchase through the mail for $6 (plus $2 US shipping; $3 out-of-US shipping); more details to follow for both books.

We are currently working on the proofs for The Bones Of Saints Under Glass by Jeff Fleming (complete with an awesome cover by Hosho McCreesh!); Staying Alive: Essays on living by Ed Galing; and Poughkeepsie Icehouse by Anthony G. Herles. More details to follow.

no one gains weight in the shoulders by leah angstman is now available. $6 (plus $2 US shipping, $3 out-of-US shipping).

Poiesis #2 by various authors is now available. $4 (plus $2 US shipping, $3 out-of-US shipping).

We are still accepting submissions for the Dave Church tribute book, Taxi Cab Poet Confessions, through the end of February 2009. If you have a poem, anecdote, story, eulogy for Dave, send it this way.

We have also paired up with Marie Kazalia to begin work on the Clara Venus Rebirth project, piecing older submissions together into the next poetry collection. More information for that as it unfolds.



Distro/Store/Library News:


The Pocket Protector series of mini-chapbooks is now being carried through City Lights Books in San Francisco. Yum.



We Need Your Help:


Publishing Poiesis always sets us back a bit with funding. This last issue has 54 poets, and each poet gets a complimentary copy. While we love to do it, you can see that racks up quite a bill. So we are asking that, if you are in Poiesis #2, or if you have read it, please let people know about it. If each person in the issue can sell three copies, then we can make our money back. You can sell three copies, can't you? We are asking that, if you have a website, blog, zine, mailing list, or other sort of communication device, you send out a notice to everyone to let them know about Poiesis #2, whether you are in it, or whether you just love it. Any help is always appreciated. Link and images you can use are here: http://alt-current.com/pp/pp_item.html#poiesis_issue_2 .


We need reviewers for some of our publications. Looking for regular reviewers who would like to do ongoing reviews for each of our publications. What this entails: we send you a copy of each book that comes out with all its information, and you do a review somewhere, either on a blog or a website, in a magazine, etc. If you would like to do this, and you have a review outlet, let us know. In addition, we always look for people interested in reviewing just a single book that captures individual interests. If you have a review outlet and are interested in reviewing one or more of the following books, please drop us a line for consideration: an alien here by leah angstman; Sweet & Sour by Ed Galing; [untitled] by justin.barrett; Ice Age by David S. Pointer. All we ask is that you let us know when the review has taken place/been published either via a link or by sending us a copy of a printed review.

And last but not least, if you are able, please donate to the press to keep these great works of writing flowing: H E R E . [Click on the DONATE button. You do not need to have a Paypal account, any credit/debit card works fine.]



Technical:


Feedburner has moved all of its accounts over to Google, so there have been some changes in the email mailing list transfer. If you are having any problems receiving your weekly email, let us know. Everything should be smoothed out after all the transfers this week.



Reviews/Exposure News:


no one gains weight in the shoulders by leah angstman has been reviewed by Irene Koronas for Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene; and mentioned by Jeff Fleming of nibble.

Poiesis #2 was mentioned by Douglas Manson of Little Scratch Pad; mentioned by Jeff Fleming of nibble; reviewed by Doug Holder for Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene; and reviewed by Jeff Fleming of nibble.

These Poems Are Not Pink Clouds by Timothy Gager was reviewed by John Berbrich for the St. Lawrence Area Poets; and reviewed by Jeff Fleming of nibble.

Portraits by B.Z. Niditch was reviewed by John Berbrich for the St. Lawrence Area Poets.

A Sound To Drive Away The Coming Darkness by Christopher Cunningham was mentioned various times on Cunningham's blog.



Weekly Deal:


We are starting a new section of the mailing list, available only to people who are on the email list, with a weekly deal on material from the archives. We are hoping to have all of our archived material gone by the time we make our next big cross-country move in August, so we are discounting and pushing it. Sometimes free, sometimes for pennies, the weekly deal is only available to YOU. The only catch is you can't purchase it off the website, as the prices online are full-price. You can purchase through the mail or via Paypal directly using the email address alt.current@gmail.com.

This week's deal: Just Because I Didn't Leave The Driving To Us, I Got Jailed And Juiced Good by Paul Weinman for only $1.50 (plus $1 US shipping; $3 out-of-US shipping). Check it out online, and then purchase it through the mail or Paypal with your discount. Hurry! This offer only lasts for one week!



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

THE LIGHT OF FIELDS BY MICHAEL KRIESEL

The Light Of Fields
poetry by
Michael Kriesel
$3

~~BUY HERE~~

Book seven in our Pocket Protector mini-chapbook series, this book is a reprinted edition of Kriesel's second chapbook, originally published in 1982, by Jump River Press, Inc., out of Prentice, Wisconsin. The poetry book follows a young Michael, age 20, through a coming-of-age paralleled by images of growth in nature and the birth-to-death cycles of people, fields, trees, leaves, mountains surrounding him. Using cyclic visuals that repeat and resound in almost the same way nature does - traveling through seasons with age, time, observations - Kriesel captures an important and endearing part of youth, innocence, awareness, and knowledge in words far mature for their age. Copies can now be purchased online; through the mail for $3 (plus $2 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 by Michael Kriesel:
BREAKING SILENCES
OFFERING
YOU
SUNDAY
EVOLUTION OF FISH
RISING IN NIGHT
THE LIGHT OF FIELDS
PILGRIMAGE
WAKING
TO A WOMAN
TELLING THEM
WALKING FROM FUNERALS
SEED
PSALM BEFORE DARKNESS
OPENING
THE LEAN TREE
BENEDICTION
WORDS FOR A BIRTH
RETURNING TO THE EARTH
HARDENING
HYMN
THE GREAT LAKES
PREPARING
TRYST
REPETITIONS
MARRIAGE
THE HOUSE
TWENTIETH YEAR
THE STARS THAT COME DOWN FROM THE HILLS
WINTER HARVEST
THE GIVING
PROLOGUE TO A SEASON

~~BUY HERE~~

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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