NOW AVAILABLE - CHRIS TONELLI - NO THEATER

BRAVE MEN PRESS is excited to announce the release of our first book, NO THEATER by Chris Tonelli.

Considering the responsibilities of the social world with a disconnected eye, NO THEATER is a collection of meticulously crafted poems that perform outside of time, but remain intuitively familiar and profound. Chris Tonelli reveals the artificialities of the everyday self with a language stalked by loss yet driven by possibility. Here, these poems come prepared in an armature of many masks and invested with an insight sure to move around the mental furniture of any reader.

Chris Tonelli co-curates The So and So Series and is the author of four chapbooks, most recently For People Who Like Gravity and Other People (Rope-A-Dope Press, forthcoming). He teaches at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, where he lives with his wife Allison.

Read a sample poem here.

Cover is letterpressed with black ink on black paper.
Printed in a limited edition of 123.
25 pages.


Buy it.



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Rad Lines in the Sand

An excerpt from Sampson Starkweathers' mega poem LA LA LA up at Real Poetik

every poem should begin
I’m kinda of in a dunebuggy
it’s a fact
feelings of powelessness
lead to killing and shopping
sprees weeeeeeee
oh there’s more
where that came from
a growing demand
for designer vaginas



The hardest working woman in small press biz destroys his new book to death growls, proving once again he controls.

Scorch Atlas (destroyed) by Blake Butler from featherproof books on Vimeo.

SCORCH ATLAS is now available for preorder for only $10. You can order your copy "destroyed" if you like. I can't wait to read this beast.

Moderate Fools

This past weekends' DEEP MOAT was something to behold,and many people did. Who were all those people? I wish I knew. But the ones I did know I worship. I hope to see you all again soon. Brave Men sold enough copies of NO THEATER to buy some Slayer tickets. And if anyone saw the recent coinsides you'd know Emily's hard work deserves some sweet release. My one regret is not organizing the whiffle ball game I'd promised. NO THEATER will be for sale online in the next day or so. (Above photo by the crucial Paige T)



Today I have three poems up at The Raleigh Quarterly. These poems are from THE BLACK EYE. They're a bit wintery. A big thanks to Chris and Chris for letting me hang.


Mathias and Julia have some bitchin' poems at Dear Camera. I like the title Force, Proximity, Repulsion.



Emily and I were approved for this apartment in Northampton. 2 Bedroom, a private backyard w/ porch.

Watch this robot read Mark Leidner.

mmm

Last night Nicholas Cage's son's black metal band played a show in a shitty little club down the street from my house. I forgot about it. Word is Dad was there in full form punching air and banging heads. I really really regret not being there to see that.

New Coinsides are available a Brave Men Press.


(NAPOLEON) by Chris Tonelli:

$3.50

PINK JELLYBEANS by Jon Woodward:

$3.50

and XXIX by Sampson Starkweather:

$3.50

and as always, the set of three is available for a slight discount:

$9.50

Also we are happy to announce the Brave Men Press Coinside Accordion Book is now available again with full set of 5 Coinsides:


When you buy this package you will recieve:

1 Accordion Book

& CoinSides by:
Justin Marks
Julia Cohen
Chris Tonelli
Jon Woodward
Sampson Starkweather

$34

or buy the book alone!

CLOSED

I wanted to keep a year round open door, but I've had to close submissions at SIR! for a while. I received way more submissions than I ever expected to and I really need to catch up with things. My apologies to those who've been waiting for a response. You'll hopefully receive something soon. in the meantime, watch this incredible video taken from Mathias's blog -



The new issue is near complete and looking pretty rad. Wonder if we can get Pushead to do the "cover"

Deadinthewoods

Only 20 more days (or so) left to pre-order a hardcover copy of Zach Schomburg's Scary, No Scary and receive a limited edition coinside (above) designed and printed from Brave Men Press. The design is above, but it is only a small taste of what you'll actually receive.

Next Up at The Deep Moat Reading Series,
Saturday July 18th, 7:00 P.M.

located at the Pierre Menard Gallery, 10 Arrow st, Cambridge, MA 02138.

The Deep Moat Reading Series celebrates the release of Chris Tonelli's NO THEATER, the first chapbook available from new local publisher Brave Men Press. We are extremely excited about the release of this book, as it is some of the best poetry written this decade or any other, and hope you will join us for a night that will not soon be forgotten.


Chris Tonelli co-curates The So and So Series and is the author of four chapbooks, most recently For People Who Like Gravity and Other People (Rope-A-Dope Press, forthcoming). He teaches at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, where he lives with his wife Allison.


A poem from NO THEATER from Sixth Finch.
Another poem from NO THEATER in Sixth Finch.
Three poems from NO THEATER in SIR! Magazine.


Jon Woodward was born in Wichita, Kansas and grew up in Wichita and in Denver, Colorado. His two published books are Rain (Wave Books, 2006) and Mister Goodbye Easter Island (Alice James Books, 2003). He lives in Boston and works at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology.


A review of RAIN in The Believer.
Five Poems from La Petite Zine.
Two Poems in Octopus.


Sampson Starkweather is the author of three chapbooks, The Heart is Green from So Much Waiting forthcoming from Immaculate Disciples Press, City of Moths a Rope-a-Dope Press production, and The Photograph from horse less press. He dwells deep within da Qua.

A review of CITY OF MONTHS in Coldfront magazine
A poem from Typo Magazine
A poem from Sixth Finch

As always, limited edition coinsides (tiny broadsides) will be available at the reading and through the Brave Men Press website.

Porch Medal

I have four new poems in Front Porch 11.

Scary No Scary

Pre-order a hardcover copy of Zach Scomburg's new collection Scary, No Scary and receive a limited edition broadside by Brave Men Press!

Scary, No Scary (limited ed.)
by Zachary Schomburg
Hardcover / 80p. / Poetry / $30.00

Scary, No Scary, the follow-up to Zachary Schomburg’s acclaimed first collection of poems The Man Suit, is a book of skeleton gloves and skeleton keys—at once dark and playful. With loneliness and levity Schomburg takes the reader on a tour through a liminal world of dream-logic, informed by its own myth and folklore. Here there are new kinds of trees and new ways of naming the ages; jaguars and an abandoned hotel on the horizon. This book will crawl inside your chest and pump lava through your blood.

We are offering a very special foil-stamped hardcover publication of Scary, No Scary in a limited run of two hundred editions. The textless dust jacket will also feature different artwork from the softcover version. Each copy comes with a fine letter pressed miniature broadside as well, courtesy of Brave Men Press, containing the title poem from the book. These hardcover packages will only be available directly from Black Ocean, and are being offered for $30 with free shipping. All preorders will ship as soon as the books become available in August. These are sure to sell out, so order your copy soon! [Update 6/23 Copies Remaining: 170]

Sixth Finch

The newest issue of Sixth Finch is up. I have two poems in it - Deep Moat & Unwritten Books. Thanks to Rob MacDonald for including me in what I think is one of the best poetry magazines. Rob doesn't take submissions. He expects each writer to recommend another. I really like the continuity of this approach. So far the results have been amazing. Read these poems by Dara Cerv, Julia Cohen, Adam Day( who has a poem in the new Memorius that really cut me up), & Emily Kendal Frey.

This poem by Matthew Yeager demands a response.

Someone videotaped the last Deep Moat. Here are some clips, and more if you're inclined.

Heather Green

Julia Cohen

Justin Marks

The next Deep Moat will be on July 18th with Chris Tonelli, Sampson Starkweather, and Jon Woodward. On August 26th its Zach Schomburg, Emily Kendal Frey, and Mark Leidner. Bitchin'.

Puppy Kicker

Thanks to all who came to the Moat this weekend. It was easily the best one yet. Even my mom and dad were there, getting rowdy. Thanks to those who opened up their house to us, all who came from New York and afar, and those who took the night off. Heather, Julia, and Justin were superb and make it all worthwhile. We still have a few coinsides from the night, if you haven't yet picked them up.

Anti #4 is alive and spitting. 22 poems by Sara Tracey, Larissa Szporluk, Kevin Simmonds, Peter Schwartz, W. F. Roby, Joe Plicka, Laura McCullough, John Loughlin, Jason Koo, Rose Kelleher, Jason Fraley, Mark DeCarteret, Lisa Ciccarello, Travis Brown, Nicky Beer, and Brian Barker.I have a poem called "Changing Lightbulbs"

I've been listening to this, this, and this. You should too.

Carl has some sweet Corduroy Mtn pillows for sale.

My team won at trivia again last night. I got my first anagram (Gloria Estefan). We have a treasure chest of $300 in which to buy many buffalo wings and mozzarella sticks. If you would like to join in on our feast, it is happening soon.

Coinsides - Justin Marks & Julia Cohen

Now available from Brave Men Press- the third installment of the Coinside series in conjunction with the Deep Moat Reading Series. Each Coinside contains a lithographed image with a poem in hand-set 6 point type.

Julia Cohen:

$3.50

and Justin Marks:

$3.50

Also available as a pair for a slight discount:

$6.50

Don't forget to see the poets in person at the Pierre Menard Gallery in Harvard Square on Saturday June 13th. Coinsides and paraphernalia will be there in person also.

Each Coinside is printed in an edition of 21.

Also introducing our Brave Men Press accordion book specially made to store and display your collection of Coinsides. The accordion is double-sided with a total of 14 slots (enough for all the current Coinsides and room for future ones.)

It can fold up to be put on a book shelf or can spread out to be displayed.

Cover measures 3x4 1/4"

Buy the book alone for $18.95

or

Buy the book along with all the Coinsides to date (6) for $36

(shipping included)

Amherst

by Fairfield Porter

The presence in a painting," he once wrote,

is like the presence a child feels and recognizes in things and the way they relate, like a doorknob, the slant of a roof or its flatness, or the personality of a tool. Art does not succeed by compelling you to like it, but by making you feel this presence in it. Is someone there? This someone can be impersonal.

Deep Moat 3

Justin Marks and Julia Cohen will be the readers at the next Deep Moat Reading Series. Go to the Deep Moat webpage for all sorts of info, poems, etc. There is also a Facebook invite here if you're into that sort of thing.

Spread the word.

Justin Marks' first book is A Million in Prizes (New Issues Press). He is also the author of several chapbooks, the most recent being Voir Dire (Rope-a-Dope Press). New work can be found in Harp & Altar, Sink Review and Tusculum Review. He is the founder and editor of Kitchen Press Chapbooks and lives in New York City with his wife and their twin son and daughter.

Julia Cohen is the author of several chapbooks including (Dancing Girl Press), The History of a Lake Never DrownsWho Could Forget the First Sensational Evening of the Night (H_NG M_N Pres) & When We Broke the Microscope (with Mathias Svalina) (Small Firess Press) . Her poems have been published in Denver Quarterly, Copper Nickel, Bird Dog, Spinning Jenny, RealPoetik, Forklift, Ohio, MiPOesias, and GutCult amongst others. Her first collection Triggermoon, Triggermoon is forthcoming from Black Lawrence Press.

Jellyfish Reflector

Here is a new magazine with a pleasurable temperament. This poem by Anne C Holmes.

Here is a picture of one of my poems hanging on a pole somewhere in Baltimore.