The book has been out for a little while now. Once again I've been remiss in posting, here. Sorry. Anyway, you can get I Fall to Pieces: Poems Inspired by Lana Del Rey, here:

 http://www.lulu.com/shop/glenn-cooper/i-fall-to-pieces/paperback/product-23727200.html

I love these poems. If you like Lana Del Rey, you will, too!

I love what Greil Marcus has to say here about Lana Del Rey's ability to "wait out a song":

AB: Sometimes I feel I don’t quite get what you’re aiming at, but I know it’s something I want to understand better. Help me a little with this about Lana Del Rey’s “Ultraviolence”: “Lana Del Rey knows how to wait out a song, and this album may know how to wait out its time.”

GM: What I meant was this: As she writes and sings, she can wait for a song to reveal itself. That’s what her music sounds like: There’s almost always more there at the end of a song than at the beginning. And that while this music might seem light — all surface, all effects, all marketing, all persona, are certain to evaporate — it might be close to permanent, and make as much sense, communicate as fully, and retain or even deepen its suggestive power, far into the future.

Full interview, here: https://www.truthdig.com/articles/a-conversation-with-greil-marcus/

I bought my first chapbook in 2001 and have never stopped buying them ever since. There's just something alluring about these small, thin volumes with no spine. I have hundreds. Nothing like trawling through a second-hand bookstore and coming across these rare gems. Usually you can pick them up for next to nothing. There are heroes in the seaweed, to quote Leonard Cohen.

There's a nice little article, here, about the importance of the chapbook:

http://www.thethepoetry.com/2016/05/small-is-beautiful-the-importance-of-the-chapbook/

After a long hiatus, in the works from Blind Dog Press:

Michael Estabrook -- Selected Poems (late 2018). I have been a big fan of Estabrook's for many, many years. So proud to collect all his best work in one juicy volume.

Sleeping Together -- Harry Crosby (early 2019). This book has been out of print for 60 years. Not exactly sure of the copyright status, but it's not through lack of trying. One way or the other I will be bringing this superb collection of prose poems back into print. They can sue me for the $2 I have in the bank.

and very soon:

 

 

From the back cover: "Lana Del Rey was recently described by legendary rock critic Greil Marcus as “the most interesting artist working today, with the possible exception of Bob Dylan.” In this varied collection of poems, Cooper explores the many public (and private) personas of Lana Del Rey, as viewed through the unique prism of his own life."

 

I am so proud of this book. The 60 or so poems were written in an eight week frenzy between early May and late June. I believe they represent some of my best work.

 

Sample poem:

 

 

 

 

I will make the book available on here within a few days.

 

 

Blind Dog Press is seeking submissions of poetry and prose-poetry for a new anthology restricted to current and former residents of the New England and North West of New South Wales, Australia. Please send 2-5 poems in the body of an email, along with a short biography. Deadline is December 1st, 2017, for a February/March 2018 release. Payment is one contributor copy. There is no theme - just send your best work! Previously published is okay, but please specify where the piece first appeared. Submissions to newenglandanthology@gmail.com

EMANCIPATOR

Blind Dog Press is pleased to announce the publication of Glenn Cooper's new book of paratactic prose poems, Emancipator.

From the back cover:

In these multi-layered poems Glenn Cooper continues his exploration into the non-linear, mingling quotidian observation, social critique, word-play and off-kilter philosophy to produce a narrative at once non-existent, yet containing multitudes. These poems invite the reader to participate in the construction of meaning.

105 pages.

 

 

$20 U.S. postpaid to anywhere in the world.

Praise for Fierce Invalids:

"What a first-rate production and what a great line-up of authors. I am humbled and proud to be included." -- Corey Mesler

"Great cover.  Wonderful contributions between the pages. Honoured to be included. So pleased you put Rimbaud together!" 

- Lea Harper

"That cover is 'beautiful', simply beautiful - it speaks with an essence of Arthur - childlike in the plumpness of face and the innocent but 'knowing' expression. Amazing - a wonderful collaboration!!!"

- Valli Poole

BLIND DOG PRESS is excited to announce the April 4th, 2014 release of Fierce Invalids -- an anthology of poetry and prose honoring the life and work of Arthur Rimbaud.

List of contributors: Keith Abbott, David Barker, Ronald Baatz, Christopher Barnes, William S. Burroughs, Matt Borkowski, Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal, Glenn W. Cooper, Gregory Corso, Alan Catlin, Eric Dejaeger, Michael Dransfield, Aidan Andrew Dun, Michael Estabrook, Alexis Rhone Fancher, Howie Good, Karl Gallagher, Mark Hartenbach, Lea Harper, Kris Hemensley, Billy Jones, A.J. Kaufman, Samantha Lintern, Gerald Locklin, Ray Liversidge, Corey Mesler, Christopher Mulrooney, David McLean, Karla Linn Merrifield, Ann Menebroker, Catfish McDaris, Shane Neilson, John Olson, Dan Provost, Valli Poole, Heath Row, Jeremy Reed, Shazia Hafiz Ramji, David Roskos, Cam Scott, Barbara Scott-Emmett, Jack Shaw, Stephen Shea, Kevin Spenst, Chris Stroffolino, Robert Sweredo, Ken Trimble, Dana Wilde.

Front Cover Art: Kate Simpson

Back Cover Photograph: Ronald Baatz

114 pages

$22 U.S 
postpaid

Bird Standing

by Ronald Baatz

$17 postpaid

"The high art of the short poem has no master more accomplished than Ronald Baatz. The places found in these poems impart a metaphysical geography amazing in scope and imaginative dimension,a sense of how the continents of conscious thought and feeling must have been experienced and known before they drifted apart. This book is stunning. Its visions redeem a world and a language we may have thought were lost. Think again."

 --Michael McClintock President, United Haiku and Tanka Society.

Submissions for Fierce Invalids: A Tribute To Arthur Rimbaud will now close on January 31st, 2014, brought forward from May. This is due to the overwhelming number of submissions I have received. Better to just close them now and aim for a March release date. Apologies to anyone who was banking on the May deadline.

Another update on the Rimbaud anthology. I'm pleased to report that I have gained permission from the estate of William Burroughs to reprint the 1960 Burroughs/Corso collaboration "Everywhere March Your Head" -- based on Rimbaud's "To A Reason" -- in the anthology. Very exciting news! So if you want to share space with Bill Burroughs and Gregory Corso, send me your best stuff. Submissions to rimbaudsubs@gmail.com

I have had an overwhelming response to my call for submissions for poetry and prose about/to/inspired by Rimbaud. At this rate I might have to close submissions a little earlier than I had first anticipated. Maybe around March. But at this stage I'll leave it at May 30th.

Poets so far to have work accepted are: AJ Kaufman, Billy Jones, Mike Estabrook, Ken Trimble, Corey Mesler, Jeremy Reed, Howie Good, Alan Catlin, Karl Gallagher, Ann Menebroker, Jacques Higelin, David McLean, Valli Poole, Dan Provost, Keith Abbott, Catfish McDaris, Jack Shaw, Kris Hemensley, Heath Row, Matt Borkowski, Dave Roskos, Michael Dransfield, Rene Char, Lea Harper, Robert Sweredo, Dana Wilde and Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozabal.

Keep em' comin'!

In June, 2014 Blind Dog Press will publish an anthology of poems honouring the life and work of Arthur Rimbaud. The tentative title for this collection is "Fierce Invalids: A Small Press Tribute To Arthur Rimbaud".

If you have any Rimbaud themed or related work -- either poetry or prose -- submit it to rimbaudsubs@gmail.com Include your mailing address and a brief bio written in the third person. Previously published work is OK, just state where it first appeared.

Submissions will remain open until around May, 2014.

Devouring Birds: New & Selected Poems

by Ronald Baatz

$20 U.S postpaid

Ronald Baatz has been a small press regular for close to forty years. These are his new and selected poems, culled from the dozens of books and chapbooks that have appeared since his debut collection in 1974.

A mainstay of Marvin Malone's much-loved

Wormwood Review Baatz has continued to publish poems of a rare depth and beauty.