I'm on the radio

When I was in Bloomington-Normal, IL in November, I stopped by their local NPR affiliate WGLT to record some more poems for their show Poetry Radio.

Yesterday my poem "Panoramic View" from Brink was the poem of the week.

Panoramic View (mp3)
Publish Date: 03/20/2014 03:37 PM
Run Time: 2:22
written and read by Shanna Compton; music by Harpeth Rising (Eris from Tales From Jackson Bridge)

Here's another poem from the same session:

Back in Seaside (mp3)
Publish Date: 02/06/2014 01:30 AM
Run Time: 2:36
written and read by Shanna Compton; music by Patrick Williams, played by Quartet San Francisco (The Bay is Deep Blue from Pacific Premieres)

I don't know how many more they will run, but I think I did ten this time.

There are a few older poems from the first time I recorded for the show (in 2006) in the archives too. (They recently played "Fusion Lingo" again, from Down Spooky.)

Next month: CUNY Chapbook Festival & the Buffalo Small Press Bookfair!

APRIL 1–3: NYC/CUNY Chapbook Festival

I'll be at the Bloof Books table during the book fair on April 3, and also participating on this panel:

Nuts, Bolts, & Beyond: How to Get Your Work into Print 1:30 PM, The Graduate Center, CUNY (C-Level), 365 Fifth Avenue, New York NY (map) 

Four independent publishers discuss both traditional and innovative forms of chapbook publishing, including digital and PDF formats, alternative and mixed media, and expanding the idea of the chapbook to include fiction, nonfiction, and cross-genre work. Publishers will also offer advice on how to prepare and submit your work for print, resources for publication, and how to do it yourself. Featuring MC Hyland, Shanna Compton, Adam Robinson, and Bianca Stone with Melissa Faliveno as moderator.

The panel has an event page on Facebook. The full festival schedule is here.

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APRIL 5–6: Buffalo Small Press Book Fair

I'm excited to be going back for this great book fair in Buffalo too, which I really enjoyed last year. You'll find me at the Bloof Books table Saturday and Sunday, of course, but also participating in this reading on Saturday night.

This reading has an event page at Facebook.

Read more about the BSPBF (and find a full schedule of events) here. The book fair is Saturday and Sunday, but there are other events on Thursday and Friday. This book fair is much less intense (in a good way) than something like AWP, and also includes a few short book arts workshops. I picked up a few hand-printed tee shirts, letterpress stationery, and other DIY goodies last year, in addition to the books and chapbooks I bought and swapped for. The BSPBF is free to attend, so I highly recommend making the trip if you can!

We'll have new books, chapbooks, and broadsides for both of these too. Can't wait.

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More Upcoming Readings & Events

SUNDAY APRIL 13, 5:00 PM

Jubilant Thicket Reading Series

PHILADELPHIA PA

Details | RSVP at FB

WEDNESDAY APRIL 23, Time TBD

60 Morning Talks w/ Andy Fitch

Reading & Live Interview

The Kitchen, New York NY

Details to come.

SUNDAY MAY 18, 3:00 PM

In Your Ear Reading Series

WASHINGTON DC

Details to come.

Friday night during AWP: Bloof + Saturnalia

I'm pleased to be co-hosting this one, with Saturnalia Books publisher Henry Israeli. We asked Rebecca Loudon to join us, so she's bringing her violin and some poems too. The Jewelbox Theater is a gorgeously restored 1927 screening room attached to an underground speakeasy, in Belltown. (Read about its history—from Jimmy Stewart to contemporary burlesque—here.) It's an easy walk from the conference. Hope to see you there (or somewhere).

FB event page

*Please note: Rendezvous is a multispace venue. We are in the Jewelbox Theater, not the Grotto, not the Red Velvet Lounge. All share the same address, and other events are happening simultaneously.*

Saturday night, March 1, at AWP in Seattle

Facebook Event Page

Poetry performances by Tyler Brewington, Jackie Clark, Shanna Compton, Mel Coyle, Bruce Covey, Ben Fama, Hailey Higdon, Megan Kaminski, Jiyoon Lee, Joseph Mains, Pattie McCarthy, Amanda Montei, Amber Nelson, Jenn Marie Nunes, Alexis Pope, Dawn Sueoka, Jennifer Tamayo, Ellen Welcker, Joseph P Wood, and Wendy Xu + Nick Sturm. Hosted by Shanna Compton, Bruce Covey & Amber Nelson. 

The Pine Box is a lofty, renovated former funeral parlor, with an incredible beer selection on 33 taps, making it one of Seattle's top bars. Dinner menu also available. 

Meet the Press: Nin Andrews interviewed me for the Best American Poetry blog

Nin Andrews conducts an ongoing series of small press publisher/editor interviews for the Best American Poetry blog and she kindly invited me to participate.

She and I talked about how I came to be an editor and poet, how Bloof Books came to be, and what I really love about working with poets, making books together. I also chose a couple of poems from Bloof poets Jennifer L. Knox and Elisabeth Workman.

Read the interview here.

Check the archives here, for other interviews in the series, including Matthew Zapruder of Wave, Janet Holmes of Ahsahta, Gabriel Fried of Persea, Ed Ochester of the Pitt Poetry Series, and others. (I'm not through reading them all yet.)

On her blog (where she often posts great single-panel comix!), Nin also posted this drawing of me. I like it better than the photo.

Recently appearing

"Rethinking Monster Island" at Map Literary. 

Women Poets Wearing Sweatpants

Oh, and there was this, the other day. (Peek at the archive, too. My favorite poetry meme, with so many new-to-me women poets. All fierce!)

Broadside from the Center for Book Arts reading

I did a reading at the Center for Book Arts with Harmony Holiday on December 6. This gorgeous broadside was designed and printed by Ana Paula Cordeira. Hand-set Grotesque type, monoprint on Bertini paper. Signed in metallic gold. Edition of 100. I have gifted my copies, but I think they will eventually be for sale here.

Broadside from Columbia College

In November, I spent a week in Illinois, doing readings at Columbia College in Chicago (with Nick Twemlow), Illinois State University in Bloomington-Normal (with Peter Davis), and the Dollhouse Series in Chicago (with David Trinidad, Sarah Meltzer Allen, and Srikanth Reddy). This broadside was designed by Clifton Meador and letterpress printed by April Sheriden. The tab moves the poem! They also did a great broadside with one of Nick Twemlow's poems. I'm not sure if these are for sale, but you can read more about the printing and book arts program at Columbia College here. 

600 chapbooks & counting

This first year doing the chapbook series for Bloof Books has been a lot of fun. I've edited, designed, printed, trimmed & sewn more than six hundred chapbooks! 

The last two in this year's series are Kirsten Kaschock's Windowboxing (shown above) and Pattie McCarthy's scenes from the lives of my parents. 

I feel so lucky to get to work with all these terrific poets, and despite my many paper cuts, I'm looking foward to the 2014 series.

Announcing the Bloof Books 2014 Chapbook Series

Alberto Seveso, "Dropping" (via Colossal)

List here.

I'm really looking forward to working on these handmade chapbooks with these amazing poets.

Currently, Upcoming & Forthcoming

I've been very busy, too busy really. I'm working on that. One of the things that tends to drop off my list is updating here. (I do try to keep up a little better at the Bloof blog, but Facebook is generally handiest.)

This poor old site could use a complete overhaul. I'll get to that.

In the meantime, here are some updates…

• I recently did an interview with Tony Trigilio, for Radio Free Albion. Listen here.

• I wrote a review of Dara Wier's You Good Thing, for Coldfront. Read it here.

• I wrote a long poem, an homage to James Schuyler. It will appear in the next issue of Court Green. (January) I also have work forthcoming in the next issue of Map Literary.

• Publishers Weekly recently reviewed Brink: "[T]his third volume is all sorts of breakthrough: in two restrained sequences and two sets of wild, outré, funny stand-alone lyrics, Compton does as much as anyone yet to represent the way her youngish people live now, the alterable, friable, quizzical, digital, comical voice of a plugged-in, sexed-out, and reluctantly but unmistakably political cohort."

• I have several events on the calendar, including a panel next Saturday, September 28, at the Conversations & Connections writing conference in Philadelphia. Our topic is how to deal with obstacles to your writing practice, and the other panelists are Catie Rosemurgy, Michael Loughran & Sarah Blake (moderator). The conference is offered by Barrelhouse Magazine.

• In November, I have three readings in and around Chicago:
• Wednesday, November 13 at Columbia College with Nick Twemlow
• Thursday, November 14 at Illinois State University with Peter Davis (Bloomington-Normal)
• Saturday, November 16 at the Dollhouse Series with David Trinidad, Gregory Sherl & Srikanth Reddy 

• I will be reading at the Center for Book Arts in New York City on December 6 for the Center Broadside Reading Series

• Oh, and this poem at Ink Node.

Reading for the HOWL Festival tomorrow in NYC

I am very excited to be reading as part of the St. Mark's Poetry Project reading during the 10th annual HOWL Festival tomorrow, June 1. Find us on the North Stage (Beatification Station) at Tompkins Square Park, Avenue B & E. 9th Street. Reading starts at 1:00 PM. Details here. Full festival schedule here.

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