Updates - Lame House, BAP, etc.

- Kate Greenstreet's chapbook This is Why I Hurt You from Lame House Press has been available for pre-sale for many months. Today, it is finally officially for sale. After fulfilling all the pre-orders, there are very few copies still available for sale, so please act now by visiting the Lame House site here.

- Bruce Covey introduces Jeni Olin over at the Best American Poetry blog and gives me a shout-out in the process. I am a big fan of Olin's work and previously reviewed her first book, Blue Collar Holiday, for CutBank a few (several?) issues back.

- Reading all sorts of things: 19 Names for Our Band by Jibade-Khalil Huffman, The Alps by Brandon Shimoda, and Bob, or Man on a Boat by Pete Markus, amongst other things.

- Good news: Michael Kimball is coming to Michigan to do some readings in October. I'm planning on catching him at the Museum of Conteporary Art of Detroit on October 9th. More details coming to this blog soon.

- I am writing a piece on horror movies and have been watching some pretty horrible movies lately. I took my very old Blockbuster card into the store the other day to discover the credit card associated with the account had expired in 2004. It's been at least that long since the account had last been used! Anyhow, I re-watched the original Amityville Horror, which is the first horror movie I ever saw (sleepover at my grandma's house in St. Charles, MI. Staying up late with my brother and cousin. For many years only remembering the scene where James Brolin is pulling the bricks out of the wall). The beautifully bearded Brolin is magnificent in his decent into madness. On another note, whatever you do, do not rent 2004's Satan's Playground. Seriously. It is a huge waste of time. I also have little tolerance for 2007's The Mist.

- In honor of fall and the impending Halloween, my counterpart on the west coast who loves horror movies and poetry has begun blogging about horror movies. Check out Richard Lopez's post on Haute Tension.