Poetry. "A BELLYFUL OF ANARCHY is a tour de force dissection of a world gone rotten"--RD Armstrong, Lummox Press. In this 300-page volume a wide selection from the works of one of the most popular figures in the modern poetry revival is given for the first time. It will undoubtedly become the definitive anthology of Plath's best poetry and has already garnered some outstanding reviews. It contains works that speak of contemporary life in terms that the average reader will understand. As American author John Yamrus put it, "If Charles Bukowski had a wired, weird bastard child, Rob Plath would be it. A BELLYFUL OF ANARCHY crackles and hisses with a life of its own. This poetry doesn't take you for a walk down the mean streets. It grabs you by the hair and drags you there."

A Bellyful of Anarchy

Literature & Fiction

Rob Plath

Poetry

Epic Rites Press

Poetry. THE BROKEN AND THE DAMNED by popular American poet Jason Hardung is a harrowing journey through the dangerous underbelly of the American underground - where drug abuse, violence, death and jail are part of the everyday landscape. Written in an unflinching style that weds the modern idiom to the more reflexive voice of poetry, this book does not avoid the realities of life, but confronts them head-on in a way that does not forget what makes a poem a poem.

The Broken and the Damned

Jason Hardung

Poetry. "Once again David McLean has captured the voice of the disaffected and disaffection itself in a finely nuanced collection of poetry, LAUGHING AT FUNERALS. In this volume, McLean's most accessible, the reader is thrust into the surrealistic reality of existence and painful refractory ennui. McLean is at once melancholy and profound, an extraordinary writer with endless elegance, grace and talent, and a style quite his own. This is your first mandatory literary purchase of 2010. And if it is your only one, count yourself lucky"--Jack Henry.

Laughing at Funerals

McLean, David

Poetry. "Wolfgang Carstens debuts here with a rock solid collection of poems where you can sense the presence of the viscera under the blood-coated muscle that is the text. And yet the poems are surprisingly gentle and nostalgic sometimes, sometimes angry, sometimes philosophical, sometimes funny. Not so much a traditional anthology of poems as a manifesto and statement of intent combined with a dissertation on life and the sort of things that are deserving in it, love, loyalty, and the forgotten child inside. Poems to read in all seasons, but especially when winter storms howl outside"--David McLean.

Crudely Mistaken for Life

Carstens, Wolfgang

Poetry. "The words in the poems in DEAD RECKONING by Todd Moore are not just written words, they are also like primal relics unearthed from an archaeological dig. Every word, every line, every poem is stitched together perfectly, seamlessly--with not a single thread out of place. These poems go much deeper than bone, they speak to the blood in us. Todd Moore delivers yet another amazing collection of poetry that demonstrates beyond a shadow of a doubt what everyone has been whispering for decades: Todd Moore is one of America's most important and influential poets, and he should be read by all"--Lawrence Welsh.

Dead Reckoning

Moore, Todd

Poetry. Todd Moore, in his review of DOING CARTWHEELS ON DOOMSDAY AFTERNOON, writes that "Yamrus's doomsday isn't the big one with all the fires and the quakes and the tsunamis and the wind. Instead, his doomsday is all about the little apocalypses of life. The day to day failures that mark us as mortal." Rob Plath, in the introduction to DOOMSDAY, writes that "one recurrent subject in John's poems, subtle or obvious, is endurance." Both Moore and Plath hit the nail squarely upon its head. DOOMSDAY is as much about the day to day turmoil that breaks us down, as it is about the human spirit to endure. The pairing of "cartwheels" with "doomsday" is pure Yamrus gold, a testament to the abundance of laughter in which John approaches his own "little apocalypses of life."

Doing Cartwheels on Doomsday Afternoon

Yamrus, John

The Epic Rites Journal Issue No. 1: Building a Better Bomb

Carstens, Editor Wolfgang

History & Criticism

Fiction. AN AGE OF MONSTERS is the first prose collection by William Taylor Jr. The book features fifteen short stories by Taylor, plus photography by Julie Michelle. "William Taylor Jr: What would you do if you were trapped in a cage? Hiss at the monsters outside, stained in your own piss and stink? And what would you dream about, should you get out? Maybe plot revenge on a lover. Maybe kill a man over $400 and a stupid insult. And what about all those other people on the outside: drunken clowns and murderous four year olds; wannabe artists and crazies in trains? Maybe, just maybe, when someone finally did open that door to let you out, you would just sniff the air, shake, then cower back into the farthest corner of your cell, listening to all the other prisoners, wailing and crying in theirs."—R L Raymond

An Age of Monsters

Taylor Jr., William

Iron

Zarina Zabrisky

"In Half Myths & Quarter Legends, R L Raymond draws upon all five senses to explore unsettling situations, real and imagined, to create an atmosphere of horror–where the threat of being ripped asunder by sharp teeth becomes as terrifying as the act itself..."–Wolfgang Carstens"R L Raymond's Half Myths & Quarter Legends is a collection of poems that will destroy your preconceptions of how stories are told and redefine what visceral literature is. Raymond wields words like brass knuckles and comes out swinging; aiming to drop jaws, steal heartbeats, and leave you gasping for more."–Lawrence Gladeview

Half Myths & Quarter Legends

R L Raymond

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