Saturday, November 29, 2008

BRETT PRICE IS OUT OF THE COUNTRY,

somewhere in South America I bet, and this is THE TROUBLE WITH MAPPING--his new chapbook, which you should buy immediately for a mere $8 from Flying Guillotine Press.  It's beautifully bound with individual handmade map cutouts/collages on each cover.  And the poems are DYNAMITE--which will surprise no one who knows Brett and his work. Here's a sample poem from the chap:

ARRIVAL OF THE NEW CITY


The sudden fixedness of a once
Portable future
I accumulate

The useful clutter often
The toughest

Goings to bed before
Tired and wearing out
The comfort of positions
To rest in

And now
To avenue

To expedition by way
Of stride

If in a hurry the way
Blood hurries
The body when yelled at

Pat Steir you a-hole
How does one become you
Terrible

I will never catch
That line and ride even if hurried
So cheer up

And read how
The new city quiets

The young AM blotting
The overcast with its rust

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