oooo not that one

So as many of you know, yesterday was Brant Lyon's birthday.  He was one of the founding editors of our little press and he was also a presence that has remained long after his passing.  While reading new submissions for our next anthology I can't get Brant out of my head.  I hear him in my head saying, "ooo not that one" or "I like how this poem feels".  He will continue to be a part of this press and its ideology of only printing the best.  Thank you Brant, we all love you and like you said in your poem "Unlearning": Learning to unlearn what I've learned without forgetting.  Thanks Brant.  I finally understand.  

The poem Unlearning is from Brant's book you are white inside from three rooms press.

great weather for MEDIA Pushcart Prize Nominations

great weather for MEDIA is delighted to announce the following nominations for the 2014 Pushcart Prize - Best of the Small Presses Series   

From It's Animal but Merciful: 

Hala Alyan - Poppy Seeds   

Priscilla Atkins - Marmalade

Billy Cancel - soft glitter cosmos needs a pig war

Janet Hamill - Wanderer. 1

Lynette Reini-Grandell - Radio Girls

David Winter - Parole

Want a taster? Here are the first few lines...

You will bring me / firewater  / the way the Romans / brought alms  (Poppy Seeds)

Look—there's a tree  (Marmalade)

soft glitter cosmos needs a pig war flaming / speeds good claret reversible surfaces cold  (soft glitter cosmos needs a pig war)

Because I cast myself off as a brave heart built of the straw of a sparrow's / nest  (Wanderer. 1)

Radio Girls want to fall asleep with someone singing in their ears  (Radio Girls)

The Correctors have allowed you / to try living in your name again  (Parole)

Congratulations and good luck!

It’s Animal but Merciful, great weather for MEDIA 2012

ISBN: 978-0-9857317-0-0

$15.00

7.5" x 9.25"

162 pages.

the unquestioned subtleties of the face

Today we will be looking at a poem by Christian Georgescu called "imMobile" from the anthology, "It's Animal but Merciful". This poem hit home especially after the hurricane of Sandy hit because of the immobility of people without their gas.  Christian has some great wordplay in this piece that sends the reader spinning like a top with excitement such as "My face is not a Book, it is a look that can't be read, an expression that says nothing." What a magical way of saying that facebook is not the be all and end all of expression and neither are the unquestioned subtleties of the face. There is great tongue in cheek going on throughout this whole piece but it still resonates a profoundness only found in the bowels of a well written poem slipped out by the tongue. All cheeks fill with laughter.  

It's Animal but Merciful

sunlight washes upon the face like the wind

Hello friends, I know it has been a rough week for all and we wish nothing but light and hope for you.  We know these are pressing times we just wanted to remind you of 2 things.....our open mic now at the Jujo on Sundays is from 4pm to 6pm.  Please keep that in mind.  We have 2 great features for you this week, Ryan Bynak and Hala Alyan.  Next our submission period opened on November 1st......so please check our website for submission deadlines and criteria.  that is all for now from us, but again, we hope that you make it through these trying times and sunlight washes upon your face like the wind.  

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