Why not just turn publishing on its head and try to change the world right off the bat?Welcome to Sharp Stuff a new publisher born from the confines of one of the great ad agencies on the planet, Wieden+Kennedy. Their mission: to explore "the boundaries of story building" by being a "rapid release content shop that hacks current formats to create new forms.""The book as the starting point, not the end game" is our approach says Jake Dockter, Director of Communications and Content.Their first project wastes no time in pushing the boundaries. Created in three months, American Dreamers "mixes the fluidity and dynamism...
Among His Books by Edith Nesbit
Though best known for her series The Railway Children E. Nesbit also wrote 21 collections of poetry as well as numerous adult novels and story collections. She was also a founding member of the Fabian Society.The poem 'Among His Books' appeared in the collection Leaves of Life which was published in 1888. It is the Poem of the Week at the Guardian where it is read closely by Carol Rumens who calls it "a wry, novelistic tale of a jilted bachelor."Enjoy.Among His BooksA silent room – grey with a dusty blightOf loneliness;A room with not enough of lightIts form to dress.Books enough though!...
Bookseller, Bookseller, why do you weep?
The BooksellerBookseller, Bookseller, why do you weep?Because I must sell my books far too cheap.Bookseller, Bookseller, why do you grin?Because an old lady is just coming in.Bookseller, Bookseller, why all this joy?Because she requires a nice book for a boy.Bookseller, Bookseller, why do you cough?Ahem! Well, the discount forgot to come off.Bookseller, Bookseller, why are you gay?Beause it's my best of business to-day.Bookseller, Bookseller, why are you mad?Because the half-sovereign I changed her is bad.from Jack of All Trades a children's book first published in London in 1900. Text by JJ Bell. Illustrations by C Robinson.Courtesy of BibliOdyssey who features...
A Trip Across America with the Dickman’s
With Memorial Day around the corner and summer ahead this is the time of year when many of us start thinking road trip. Regardless of our mode; car, bike, plane, train or ..., the goal is to get out there and have some fun. One item you might want to consider bringing along with you is the latest book from poetry's rising dynamic duo, Matthew & Michael Dickman. 50 American Plays (Poems) is a 52 act (don't forget Guam and Puerto Rico) fun-filled parade through America. From the singing jews and dancing blacks of Walt Disney Doesn't Give a Shit...
30 Ways to Celebrate National Poetry Month
The 2012 National Poetry Month poster, designed by Chin-Yee LaiThe 16th installment of National Poetry Month is upon us and it's the time for all of us to "celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture."Here are 30 ways courtesy of Poets.org for you and your loved ones to participate, engage and honor language and the magic of words. There is something here for everyone, regardless of your background and poetic experience. As poet and businessman Wallace Stevens profoundly put it; poetry is "a response to the daily necessity of getting the world right."And in a world that feels...