"Authors, Publishers and Readers of Independent Literature" March 22-31, 2012The seeds of APRIL can be found in the 2010 Small Press Bookfest, an ambitious project of the late Pilot Books. APRIL aims to harness the spirit that made Pilot Books a community space and locus for daring and innovative writing.The goal of the festival is to connect readers with independent literature and the authors and publishers of this relevant and vitalizing work. The festival aims to celebrate independent writing and publishing and to foster community amongst the artists and appreciators who help make it thrive.With a successful Kickstarter campaign behind...
Book App Review: The Waste Land
Welcome to Book Patrol's inaugural Book App Review. Here we will sample and review apps created exclusively for books or book-related themes.We kick off the series with a look at T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land for the iPad, a joint production of Faber & Faber and Touch Press.What is arguably the greatest poem of the 20th Century is now infused with the bells and whistles of what will or already has become one of the greatest technologies of the young 21st Century.Think of it as a Wikipedia entry on interactive steroids and then some. Not only do you get the...
Just in Case
With less than 3 hours left until the Rapture begins this book moves up the To Be Read (TBR) list to a Must Read Now!Harvey Gross's Plans for an Orderly Apocalypse and other poems. Published by the University of Michigan Press, 1968
Obama on Poetry
Here are the President's opening remarks for the celebration of poetry and prose hosted by the President, the first lady and the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities that took place at the White House on Wednesday night. Clearly, the President understands the cultural importance and value of poetry and it is a partisan shame that it is all overshadowed by the ridiculous controversy stirred up by his opponents.Gerri Willis, a host on the FOX Business Network had this to say of the event "Of all the pressing issues right now, I don't think poetry should be one of...
Target brings haiku to the masses
Welcome to Haiku-pons, the latest direct mailing for the Target Corporation.The booklet features coupons from select departments; each adorned with a corresponding haiku.Now for the fun part. As you clip your way through the booklet new haikus are formed. Above is a complete page, below is the page with the middle coupon excisedWhat a great idea though the timing could've been a bit better. Why are these showing up in peoples mailboxes the first week of May when April was National Poetry Month?