Monday, November 29, 2010

Godbey Publishes New Book


Terry Godbey, 2006 winner of Slipstream's poetry chapbook contest, has just had a new book of poems, "Beauty Lessons," published by Quercus Review. It's available at Amazon.com.


Here follows what some are saying about Godbey and BEAUTY LESSONS:

“Terry Godbey's Beauty Lessons are dynamic narratives of loss and recovery that wrestle with motherhood, domesticity, the body's frailties, and the unleashed wilderness of desire sucked on ‘like peppermints.’ There is plenty of regret here, and yet, ultimately, this is a book about triumph and redemption: ‘Hurry and pick yourself up/ it is enough right now/ to eat and drink/ and save your own life.’”
-- Dorianne Laux

“Terry Godbey's poems are carefully deployed, personally revealing, and shamelessly boy-crazy. In the best of them, she leads the reader through the doors of adolescence and into the house of poetry.”
-- Billy Collins

“Terry Godbey’s Beauty Lessons is a poetic homage to the fearlessness of women and girls, beginning with learning to ride a bicycle in a dream and ending in triumph over fears and betrayals. … Most dazzling are her apostrophic meditations, and a metonymic range that dances among cereal and war games, test pilots, earthquakes and sonic booms. These poems open onto a journey through the whole of a life thus far, and throughout the reader feels buoyed on the fountain of air that held up the rider in the dream.”
-- Carolyn Forché

“Honest, gritty, blunt at times – always brave, her work is reminiscent of Sharon Olds and Kim Addonizio, but most of all, reminds me of the songwriting of Lucinda Williams.”
-- Nancy A. Henry


To order a copy, go here: http://www.amazon.com/Beauty-Lessons-Terry-Godbey/dp/0974307092/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1290528173&sr=1-2

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Deadline for our Poetry Chapbook Contest Nears.

Submissions for our Annual Poetry Chapbook Competition will be accepted until the December 1, 2010 deadline. Remember that you have the choice of submitting either by U.S. Mail or electronically through our web site.

We offer a $1,000.00 prize plus 50 copies of the published chapbook. You may send up to 40 pages of poetry along with a $20.00 reading fee. All entrants will receive a copy of the winning book plus a one-issue subscription to Slipstream.

Visit our site for further details at:

www.slipstreampress.org

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Release Party for Issue #30


On Saturday, September 25th at 7PM in The Loft at The Book Corner (1801 Main Street, Niagara Falls, NY), Slipstream will celebrate its 30th anniversary with the release of its 30th issue. The event will feature a marathon poetry reading featuring E.R. Baxter III, Michael Basinski, John Marvin, Gary Earl Ross, Ed Taylor, Jane Adam, Karen Lewis, Alex Mead, Amy Upton, Ken Feltges, Sophia Roberts, Michelle Kratts, Mike Fanelli, Livio Farallo, Bob Borgatti, and Dan Sicoli.

This free event is open to the public. Refreshments will be available. Plenty of parking in rear lot.

Visit www.slipstreampress.org to order the latest issue.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

New Slipstream Issue Due Out Soon

Our 30th anniversary issue will be released this summer. It will include new poetry by Jenna Rindo, Carl Mayfield, Patricia Whiting, John Calvin Hughes, Mather Schneider, Robert Cooperman, Kathryn Howd Machan, Ed Taylor, James Valvis, Terry Godbey, Keith Alexander, John Marvin, Larry Crist, Lee Rossi, Mike Jurkovic, Chuck Teixeira, Eric Lee, Barbara Benoit, Sean Lause, Phil Gruis, Chris Vogt-Hennessy, E.R. Baxter, Daniel Hyndman, David Chorlton, Michael Basinski, Matthew Snyder, Harold Whit Williams, Eric Roy, Jonathan Greenhause, Laura Madeline Wiseman, Greg McBride, Heather Cousins, Gloria Parker, M. LaVigne, Greg Moglia, Cathyn Cofell, and Michael Kriesel. The issue also includes cover art by Lauren Simonutti and photography inside by both Simonutti and David J. Thompson.

More info on Slipstream can be found here: http://www.slipstreampress.org

Sunday, July 11, 2010

New Uploader Up and Running

You may not have noticed, but we now have a new uploader to submit manuscripts to our annual poetry chapbook contest. We can accept documents in a variety of formats including Word (.doc and .docx), Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) and both rich text (.rtf) and plain text (.txt) formats. The uploader works on all browser platforms for both Windows and Mac.

To submit to the contest visit:
http://www.slipstreampress.org

Monday, April 12, 2010

From the Age of Miracles is reviewed by Seven Circle Press


David Chorlton's awarding winning chapbook From the Age of Miracles (Slipstream, 2009) has just been reviewed by Seth Jani of Seven Circle Press. Jani writes: "But be assured the slow, quiet protest infused throughout [From the Age of Miracles] is also not a product of apathy, or neglected conscience, but rather the result of a life that has, at one point or another, passed through the hard fire of political activism and seeing through it, prefers to no longer fuel that fire. David Chorlton’s poetry is the record of a man who has reached the apex of the pyramid, and is looking fearfully upon the two sides as they relentlessly battle, threatening to bring the whole creation down. It is poetry that serves as a tough though not proselytizing “No” to our world’s deranged politics, while simultaneously reaching out as a resounding “Yes” to the forces of life that continue to infuse the natural world despite our endless attempts to smother them."

Click here to read the entire review: http://www.sevencirclepress.com/fromtheageofmiracles.htm

Click here to purchase a copy: http://www.slipstreampress.org/miracles.html

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Recognizing the Local as the Universal

On April 8, 2010, the Poetry Collection, University at Buffalo, will host a celebration of poetry saluting three of Western New York's most active poets:

Bernhard Frank
Former editor/publisher of the Buffalo-based poetry journal Buckle" (1977-1982) and Buckle & (1998-2006), editor/translator of Modern Hebrew Poetry (University of Iowa Press, 1980). He taught creative writing at Buffalo State College from 1965 until his retirement in 2000. A prolific poet, he has written and published a large number of poems, as well as short stories and two novels.

Dan Sicoli
A citizen of the Western New York poetry world since the early 1980s, Dan is widely published in literary magazines and is co-founder and co-editor of Slipstream magazine and press. He has published two books of poetry with Pudding House Publications, Pagan Supper (2002) and the allegories (2004).

ryki zuckerman
A long-time member of Earth's Daughters, ryki is the author of the chapbook body of the work (Textile Bridge Press, 1984). She created The Gray Hair Series for Earth's Daughters, which she curated for two and a half seasons and now co-curates with Jennifer Campbell. She also curates the Wordflight Series at the Crane Branch of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. A poetry advocate extraordinaire, zuckerman has been an active member of Buffalo's literary community since the 1970s.

April 8, 2010
7:00 p.m.
Reception immediately to follow

Jacobs Executive Development Center
672 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, NY
(Butler Mansion on the corner of Delaware and North)

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Giannetti to read at UB Poetry Collection

Slipstream Press and the University at Buffalo Poetry Collection are pleased to announce that Robert M. Giannetti, Lewiston author and rare book dealer, will give a reading of his work at the Capen Library, room 420, on Monday Feb.15 at 7:00 p.m.

Recently translated into Polish and honored at an International Poetry Festival in Poznan, Poland, Giannetti frequently features themes related to books in his poetry. This aspect of his work will be complemented by a book arts exhibit of fine and rare volumes from the Special Collections of the Capen Library. The program is free and open to the public. Ample parking is available on the U.B. North Campus.

For more information call: Bob’s Olde Books at 861-9741.