Show #11
This week on the IndieBookMan Show, we are talking about publishing poetry.
Who reads poetry? Who buys books of poetry? Who is crazy enough to write and sell books of poetry? Actually, you may be surprised. Hang out with us this week as we look at poetry, and different ways of [...]

… poetry & jazz from the Grizfork Studio,
in the shadow of the Absarokas, in the relfection of the Yellowstone River,
in the range of the redtail and raven …

This week’s Report features poetry by Turkish poet, translator, photographer & musician Yusuf Eradam, and music by the Sonny Clark Trio. Click here to read more and listen [...]

… poetry & jazz from the Grizfork Studio, in the shadow of the Absarokas, in the reflection of the Yellowstone River, in the range of the redtail and raven …

Episode #51 is a special memorial tribute to fallen Saginistas Bruce Crawley, Al Hellus and Buddy “Shabazz” Harris, featuring some unpublished poems by Al and music [...]

… Poetry & Jazz from the Grizfork Studio …
Episode # 50 is now online featuring the poem “The Illness of Windows (Junco Hyemalis)” and “Hymn to Freedom” from the Oscar Peterson Trio.

I don’t know what it is this year – maybe it happens every year and I just don’t notice… but it seems this year everyone in hating on the cupid. I’ve heard multiple NPR stories that were really anti-cherubim, and more facebook status slights on the chubby little fella than I care to [...]

Maryann Thomas, who “runs The Ginger Press in the heart of Owen Sound” in Ontario has just started a new blog called From My Corner.
I don’t know Maryann, and have never spoken with her. She is only 3 posts in as I write this. But I like what she’s done so far and [...]

Report from the Mountains, Episode #47 is now online, featuring the poem “Linguistics” by Marc Beaudin mixed with music by Mike Johnston of The Northwoods Improvisers. The featured track this episode is “Incident on South Street by the amazing Lounge Lizards from their debut album.
Click here to read about and listen to the full episode.

The Oped news blog recently dropped a nice post about a phone call I had with Deborah Emin, owner of Sullivan Street Press and inventor of the Itinerant Book Show.
Debora and I had a great phone conversation a bit ago, comparing notes on how we find the state of indie publishing, what our goals and [...]

Report from the Mountains – Poetry & Jazz from the Grizfork StudioEpisode #46 is now online, featuring poetry by David Blaine from his book Antisocial (OW Press, 2009) and music by the great Charlie Parker.
RFTM #46

Our last show was called “The Hustle,” and we had a great conversation about what it takes to get out there and get people to pay attention to your book. With our upcoming show, we could almost call it “The Extreme Hustle.” We are going to talk about taking the art of hand-selling your book [...]