Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Now Available: Mike Sikkema's Futuring

Mike Sikkema has published his first book of poems. Mt. Pleasant School of Poetics represent! You may or may not know that I previously published Mike's chapbook Code Over Code way back when I first started Lame House. I've known Mike a long time and am happy to see this collection out, and also happy to brag that I have the original still of the image by Dietmar Krumrey that graces this cover. It is from the 2007 performance piece "Give and Take" which you can view on Dietmar's Perpetual Art Machine page.

I blurbed Futuring, thusly:

Michael Sikkema's Futuring rings as it arrives. With a careful eye for details, Sikkema takes it all in. From the violence of a television commercial to tender moments in a relationship, Sikkema recreates a world where "the concealed isn't."

You can buy it here.