That's right. Imaginary Friend Press is heading to Chicago to meet as many of you beautiful writers as possible. If you happen to be heading in our direction stop by table 416. We're squatting with New Sins Press, Winged City Chapbooks, and Low Brow Press.
Once we return from this excursion we will start offering Patty Paine's Feral and Tom C. Hunley's Annoyed Grunt. Check back soon!
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Don't Call it a Comeback!
Because we never really left. We just are new and haven't had many people hear about our wonderful selves. We also didn't have a whole lot of new news happening either.
We do now though! Imaginary Friend Press is thrilled, nay, ecstatic to announce three forthcoming books by three incredible authors. (The adjective button was stuck, we think.) We are very proud to have Tom C. Hunley, Keith S. Wilson, and Patty Paine joining the Imaginary Friend Press family. There will be more as these stories develop.
We do now though! Imaginary Friend Press is thrilled, nay, ecstatic to announce three forthcoming books by three incredible authors. (The adjective button was stuck, we think.) We are very proud to have Tom C. Hunley, Keith S. Wilson, and Patty Paine joining the Imaginary Friend Press family. There will be more as these stories develop.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Third review of Paper Guillotines!
Adam Tavel at Emprise Review talks about Paper Guillotines, by Anthony Frame:
"[Paper Guillotines] is a volume that not only sustains its stoic anti-war theme, but develops it with nuance and perspective, and resists the temptation to devolve into haughty moralizing or clichés." (Read the full review here)
Congrats on another great review, Tony!
Have you bought your copy of Paper Guillotines yet? Do it to it right here.
"[Paper Guillotines] is a volume that not only sustains its stoic anti-war theme, but develops it with nuance and perspective, and resists the temptation to devolve into haughty moralizing or clichés." (Read the full review here)
Congrats on another great review, Tony!
Have you bought your copy of Paper Guillotines yet? Do it to it right here.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Review of Orpheus on Toast, by Ryder Collins!
Congratulations to Ryder Collins for this stellar review of her chapbook, Orpheus on Toast (on sale here)! And thanks to Sheldon Lee Compton for blogging it over at Bent Country. Compton calls Orpheus on Toast "finely crafted...[a] flight of risk and beauty and grit":
"Above most everything else, Collins writes in odd angles, taking a phrase and turning it in just the right way in a shaft of mellow light so that it’s as if you’re seeing this image for the first time. And she juggles these angles in a perfectly-timed rush so that you’re seeing the whole performance but can also appreciate the blur of the words on the page and inside your head or from your own lips (I highly recommend reading this chapbook both aloud and within the privacy of your mind by the way)."
Yep. What he said. Totally. Also a nice mention by Compton of the IFP trend of listing imaginary friends/real influences on our back covers. We aim to please!
Last but not least, congrats to Ryder on the recent acceptance of her novel Homegirl! by Honest Publishing ("Publishing uncompromising raw voices"). Keep kicking ass, Ryder!
"Above most everything else, Collins writes in odd angles, taking a phrase and turning it in just the right way in a shaft of mellow light so that it’s as if you’re seeing this image for the first time. And she juggles these angles in a perfectly-timed rush so that you’re seeing the whole performance but can also appreciate the blur of the words on the page and inside your head or from your own lips (I highly recommend reading this chapbook both aloud and within the privacy of your mind by the way)."
Yep. What he said. Totally. Also a nice mention by Compton of the IFP trend of listing imaginary friends/real influences on our back covers. We aim to please!
Last but not least, congrats to Ryder on the recent acceptance of her novel Homegirl! by Honest Publishing ("Publishing uncompromising raw voices"). Keep kicking ass, Ryder!
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Another review of Paper Guillotines!
Christopher Frost at Neon reviews Paper Guillotines by Anthony Frame here. Excerpt from the review:
"...these poems have messages, but they're not message-poems. They stand up for themselves. They are artworks in their own right. And that, more than anything else, is a testament to Frame's ability with verse. He resists the temptation to be carried away by rage and indignation and instead remains measured, meticulous, honest."
We completely agree. Congrats on another great review, Tony! Buy your own copy (or two!) of Paper Guillotines today!
"...these poems have messages, but they're not message-poems. They stand up for themselves. They are artworks in their own right. And that, more than anything else, is a testament to Frame's ability with verse. He resists the temptation to be carried away by rage and indignation and instead remains measured, meticulous, honest."
We completely agree. Congrats on another great review, Tony! Buy your own copy (or two!) of Paper Guillotines today!
Friday, December 3, 2010
Review of Paper Guillotines
Thanks to reviewer Ryder Collins, and to Gloria Mindock at Cervena Barva Press for including a stellar review of Paper Guillotines, by Anthony Frame, in the December 2010 issue of their newsletter. Here's an excerpt:
"In a world where jaded apoliticality is lauded as hip and cool, political poems like Frame's 'Postmodern Guernica,' 'The Country I Come From,' and 'Thirteen Things My Military Students Tell Me that They Can't Tell Their Parents' are necessary. Not only are they necessary but they are good. & by good I mean they will kick your ass into caring about something. Best of all, they'll do it not stridently but lyrically. & that's a mean feat to pull off."
Check out the full review and find even more reasons to buy a copy of your very own!
"In a world where jaded apoliticality is lauded as hip and cool, political poems like Frame's 'Postmodern Guernica,' 'The Country I Come From,' and 'Thirteen Things My Military Students Tell Me that They Can't Tell Their Parents' are necessary. Not only are they necessary but they are good. & by good I mean they will kick your ass into caring about something. Best of all, they'll do it not stridently but lyrically. & that's a mean feat to pull off."
Check out the full review and find even more reasons to buy a copy of your very own!
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Orpheus on Toast, by Ryder Collins
Orpheus on Toast, by Ryder Collins, is now available for purchase! Includes an outro--an interview of the author by poet and blogger Sam Pink--plus 20 pages of really, really good writing: lyrics about the quirks of food service, bar culture, and relationships dedicated to "drunks, lovers, hipsters, and wannabes." Here's an excerpt from the outro:
(Pink) Q. Can you describe your emotions while writing.
(Collins) A. My emotions are: i am more authentic than this blank screen, maybe.
and from HOW TO APOLOGIZE TO ------, A MANUAL IN PROGRESS
"One by one, break off your
fake fingernails. Label them emotions.
Seal them in an envelope.
Cyber-stalk ------. Note how many hits
his name gets. Eat that many single
edamame while drinking cheap, refrigerated sake."
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