At a Library Near You
Okay, so hardly anybody bought my book. What, you can’t pull together $13.95, plus shipping and handling, to help a brother out?
I’m not bitter, you cheap and illiterate bastards. That’s cool, you know, whatever.
If you're even slightly interested in reading my poems, you can always find my book at one of these university libraries:
Arizona State University: Tempe, AZ 85287
Bowling Green State University: Bowling Green, OH 43403
Brigham Young University Library: Provo, UT 84602
Brown University: Providence, RI 02912
California State University, Fullerton: Fullerton, CA 92834
California University of Pennsylvania: California, PA 15419
Carnegie Mellon University: Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Chapman University, Leatherby Library: Orange, CA 92866
Clemson University Libraries: Clemson, SC 29634
Colgate University: Hamilton, NY 13346
Colorado State University: Ft. Collins, CO 80523
Columbia University Libraries: New York, NY 10027
Cornell University: Ithaca, NY 14850
Dartmouth College Library: Hanover, NH 03755
Emory University: Atlanta, GA 30322
Florida A&M University: Tallahassee, FL 32307
Harvard University: Cambridge, MA 02138
Illinois State University: Normal, IL 61761
Indiana University: Bloomington, IN 47405
Iowa State University: Ames, IA 50011
Johns Hopkins University Libraries: Baltimore, MD 21218
Kenyon College Library: Gambier, OH 43022
Library of Congress: Washington, DC 20540
Long Island University: Brooklyn, NY 11201
Miami University Libraries: Oxford, OH 45056
Michigan State University Libraries: East Lansing, MI 48824
New York Public Library Res Library: New York, NY 10018
New York University: New York, NY 10012
Northeastern University: Boston, MA 02115
Ohio State University: Columbus, OH 43210
Princeton University: Princeton, NJ 08544
Rice University, Fondren Library: Houston, TX 77005
Stanford University Library: Stanford, CA 94305
SUNY at Buffalo: Buffalo, NY 14260
SUNY, Binghamton Library: Binghamton, NY 13901
Syracuse University: Syracuse, NY 13244
Temple University Libraries: Philadelphia, PA 19122
Texas A&M University: College Station, TX 77843
Texas Tech University: Lubbock, TX 79409
Tulane University: New Orleans, LA 70118
UCLA Library: Los Angeles, CA 90024
University of Arizona: Tucson, AZ 85720
University of California Berkeley: Berkeley, CA 94720
University of California, Davis, Shields Library: Davis, CA 95616
University of California, Irvine: Irvine, CA 92623
University of California, San Diego: La Jolla, CA 92093
University of California, Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara, CA 93106
University of California, Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz, CA 95064
University of Cent Florida: Orlando, FL 32816
University of Chicago: Chicago, IL 60637
University of Colorado at Boulder: Boulder, CO 80309
University of Delaware: Newark, DE 19717
University of Georgia: Athens, GA 30606
University of Houston: Houston, TX 77204
University Of Illinois-Chicago Library: Chicago, IL 60680
University of Iowa Library: Iowa City, IA 52242
University of Kansas: Lawrence, KS 66045
University of Louisville: Louisville, KY 40292
University of Maryland, College Park: College Park, MD 20742
University of Massachusetts Amherst: Amherst, MA 01003
University of Miami: Coral Gables, FL 33124
University of Michigan Library: Ann Arbor, MI 48109
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis: Minneapolis, MN 55455
University of New Mexico: Albuquerque, NM 87131
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: Chapel Hill, NC 27514
University of North Carolina, Charlotte: Charlotte, NC 28223
University of Pennsylvania (Penn): Philadelphia, PA 19104
University of Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh, PA 15260
University of Southern California: Los Angeles, CA 90089
University of Tennessee: Knoxville, TN 37996
University of Texas at San Antonio: San Antonio, TX 78285
University of Utah: Salt Lake City, UT 84112
University of Virginia Libraries: Charlottesville, VA 22904
University of Washington Libraries: Seattle, WA 98195
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee: Milwaukee, WI 53211
University of Wisconsin-Madison: Madison, WI 53706
Vanderbilt University Library: Nashville, TN 37240
Virginia Tech: Blacksburg, VA 24062
Washington University: St Louis, MO 63130
Wesleyan University: Middletown, CT 06459
Western Michigan University: Kalamazoo, MI 49008
Wright State University: Dayton, OH 45435
Yale University Library: New Haven, CT 06520
I’m not bitter, you cheap and illiterate bastards. That’s cool, you know, whatever.
If you're even slightly interested in reading my poems, you can always find my book at one of these university libraries:
Arizona State University: Tempe, AZ 85287
Bowling Green State University: Bowling Green, OH 43403
Brigham Young University Library: Provo, UT 84602
Brown University: Providence, RI 02912
California State University, Fullerton: Fullerton, CA 92834
California University of Pennsylvania: California, PA 15419
Carnegie Mellon University: Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Chapman University, Leatherby Library: Orange, CA 92866
Clemson University Libraries: Clemson, SC 29634
Colgate University: Hamilton, NY 13346
Colorado State University: Ft. Collins, CO 80523
Columbia University Libraries: New York, NY 10027
Cornell University: Ithaca, NY 14850
Dartmouth College Library: Hanover, NH 03755
Emory University: Atlanta, GA 30322
Florida A&M University: Tallahassee, FL 32307
Harvard University: Cambridge, MA 02138
Illinois State University: Normal, IL 61761
Indiana University: Bloomington, IN 47405
Iowa State University: Ames, IA 50011
Johns Hopkins University Libraries: Baltimore, MD 21218
Kenyon College Library: Gambier, OH 43022
Library of Congress: Washington, DC 20540
Long Island University: Brooklyn, NY 11201
Miami University Libraries: Oxford, OH 45056
Michigan State University Libraries: East Lansing, MI 48824
New York Public Library Res Library: New York, NY 10018
New York University: New York, NY 10012
Northeastern University: Boston, MA 02115
Ohio State University: Columbus, OH 43210
Princeton University: Princeton, NJ 08544
Rice University, Fondren Library: Houston, TX 77005
Stanford University Library: Stanford, CA 94305
SUNY at Buffalo: Buffalo, NY 14260
SUNY, Binghamton Library: Binghamton, NY 13901
Syracuse University: Syracuse, NY 13244
Temple University Libraries: Philadelphia, PA 19122
Texas A&M University: College Station, TX 77843
Texas Tech University: Lubbock, TX 79409
Tulane University: New Orleans, LA 70118
UCLA Library: Los Angeles, CA 90024
University of Arizona: Tucson, AZ 85720
University of California Berkeley: Berkeley, CA 94720
University of California, Davis, Shields Library: Davis, CA 95616
University of California, Irvine: Irvine, CA 92623
University of California, San Diego: La Jolla, CA 92093
University of California, Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara, CA 93106
University of California, Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz, CA 95064
University of Cent Florida: Orlando, FL 32816
University of Chicago: Chicago, IL 60637
University of Colorado at Boulder: Boulder, CO 80309
University of Delaware: Newark, DE 19717
University of Georgia: Athens, GA 30606
University of Houston: Houston, TX 77204
University Of Illinois-Chicago Library: Chicago, IL 60680
University of Iowa Library: Iowa City, IA 52242
University of Kansas: Lawrence, KS 66045
University of Louisville: Louisville, KY 40292
University of Maryland, College Park: College Park, MD 20742
University of Massachusetts Amherst: Amherst, MA 01003
University of Miami: Coral Gables, FL 33124
University of Michigan Library: Ann Arbor, MI 48109
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis: Minneapolis, MN 55455
University of New Mexico: Albuquerque, NM 87131
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: Chapel Hill, NC 27514
University of North Carolina, Charlotte: Charlotte, NC 28223
University of Pennsylvania (Penn): Philadelphia, PA 19104
University of Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh, PA 15260
University of Southern California: Los Angeles, CA 90089
University of Tennessee: Knoxville, TN 37996
University of Texas at San Antonio: San Antonio, TX 78285
University of Utah: Salt Lake City, UT 84112
University of Virginia Libraries: Charlottesville, VA 22904
University of Washington Libraries: Seattle, WA 98195
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee: Milwaukee, WI 53211
University of Wisconsin-Madison: Madison, WI 53706
Vanderbilt University Library: Nashville, TN 37240
Virginia Tech: Blacksburg, VA 24062
Washington University: St Louis, MO 63130
Wesleyan University: Middletown, CT 06459
Western Michigan University: Kalamazoo, MI 49008
Wright State University: Dayton, OH 45435
Yale University Library: New Haven, CT 06520
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You don't know me, but I went to Border's today to buy your book. They didn't carry it. So I bought Tim Hernandez's book, Skin Tax. Hopefully I could find your book somewhere else. Yeah, I don't mind dishing out $13.95, but fuck shipping and handling. Tax is already a bitch to begin with. So your tome isn't selling? What do you expect? It's poetry. Nobody gives a fuck about it. I'm starting not to give a fuck about it and I'm a poet. This is how much poetry is (dis)respected at a bookstore: you know how some bookstores, like say Border's, have those movable ladders for those hard-to-reach books? Well, those ladders have to be located somewhere and the employees like to stick them in the poetry section because they know no one treks in that realm. Are you even doing readings to promote your book? Well, congrats on your NBCC nomination. Best of luck.
Moving Product
As far as I know, my book wasn't in very many bookstores. Probably the best way to get a hold of my book is online, though Barnes & Noble sold out days ago and it's a weeks-long wait at Amazon.
There are, by the way, people who still care about poetry. According to the last count, we've got 1,837 who still care, though most of those are just guys who are trying to impress a girl.
And, yeah, through the end of March, I am going to be doing a few readings. As soon as I can figure out how to use the "Upcoming events" function of my website, I'll posty them there.
For the love of poetry
I read Tim's book this morning. It was the first book of poems I've read in months. Have you read it? I liked it for the most part. His themes on masculinity piqued my interest and made the read worthwhile. I'm very much into gender issues. I wasn't crazy about some of his lines, or some of his language, but overlooking that, it's a good book.
I'm intrigued with your work now. I remember reading some of your lines in a review. I just may go ahead and order it on Amazon, perhaps with someone else's book. Perhaps Sheryl Luna's Pity the Drowned Horses.
It comes to a suprise to me that there are over a thousand people still interested in poetry. And if most of those guys do it to impress girls, they're in for some disappointment. I impressed one girl with my poetry outside my MFA program. Okay, maybe more than one, but I fucked that one girl. The girl that I'm seeing now supports me in my endeavors, but she could give a rat's ass about what I write about (which is, from what I gather, themes similar to yours).
Something happened to me the other day that has re-kindled my passion for poetry. I read stuff like Tim's and say, "Now this is why I read and write poetry." So include me in that thousand eight-hundredsome. Perhaps, for the most part, I'm disgruntled with this so called community and the business. I believe the community consists of 45% whiners, 50% egocentrics, and 5% ass-kissers and cock suckers. And I get to meet them all again at AWP Austin. What it really is, is that my perception of what a poetry community should be doesn't match the outside world and I should just deal with it. (But my way of dealing with it was to withdraw from the poetry world).
Bottomline, because of our capitalist culture, poetry gets pushed to the wayside. Poetry should then be nutured. But that all goes to shit when you have a bunch of twenty-some MFAers running around trying to be famous and shit, even when all the big prizes go to the same old people.
It seems that you're just artistically prone and have a life outside of poetry. That's great. You like poker. Good. So do I. Though I don't play as often as you do (and I can't tell if you're good or not). I remember reading a blog of yours way back when where you said your poker buddies don't give a crap about your poetry life. Yeah, your buddies are symbolic of this nation.
Okay, I really shouldn't bash on poetry anymore. I do love it (but not 4/5ths of the stuff published in POETRY magazine and yet, I still have a year to go on my subscription). I'm just disgruntled because it and we as poets, don't get our just desserts. I wonder what percentage of poets actually make a career out of writing poetry?