Events
February 2010
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Release party for Buzz Poole's I Like to Keep My Troubles on the Windy Side of Things
Saturday, February 27, 2010, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
KGB Bar
85 East 4th Street
New York, NYCome celebrate the release of Buzz Poole's I Like to Keep My Troubles on the Windy Side of Things on Fractious Press. He'll be reading along with Alex Rose, of Hotel St. George Press, and Abby Walthausen, whose poetry book The Internet will be released by Fractious Press later this year. More readers and musical guests may be announced soon. Check back for updated info!
Buzz Poole is the author of Madonna of the Toast, a look at surprising iconography, named by the New Statesman as one of 2007’s Best Underground Books. His writing on books, music, art, and design has appeared in numerous publications, including the Village Voice, Print, the Believer, the Millions, Washington Square, and Spork. I Like to Keep My Troubles on the Windy Side of Things is his first collection of fiction.
Alex Rose has published stories and essays in the New York Times, the Believer, Fantasy Magazine, the American Scholar, the North American Review, the Providence Journal, the Forward, Ploughshares, Obit-Mag, and DIAGRAM, as well as on many popular blogs such as the Millions and PopMatters. His hypertext novel, Synapse: the Weblog of Catherine Bloom, was serialized on the Hotel St. George website. His debut collection, The Musical Illusionist and Other Tales, was described by Library Journal as “a potential cult classic” and an “utterly original work of fiction.” His short story, “Ostracon,” was recently included in the 2009 edition of The Best American Short Stories edited by Alice Sebold, and his essay, “Stranger in a Strange Land” is set to appear in New York Stories, an anthology of New York Times features.
Abby Walthausen likes to write what could be considered the "historical fiction" of poetry. She spends her time taking all the fun out of poetry for high school students. -
An Evening of Indie Readings and Music - Hosted by Fractious and Ugly Duckling Presses
Monday, February 1, 2010, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Housing Works Bookstore Café
126 Crosby Street
New York, New YorkFREE ADMISSION
Today, as traditional publishers reassess how they do business, independent presses soldier on, promoting writers they believe in by making their work available in attractive and affordable volumes. Ugly Duckling Presse and Fractious Press are two such publishers and tonight their authors Rachel Levitsky, Kevin Varrone, John Cotrona, and Buzz Poole will read from works of poetry and fiction. Indie singer-songwriter stalwart Franklin Bruno will also perform a solo set of music.
Rachel Levitsky is the author of two full-length volumes, Neighbor (Ugly Duckling Presse) and Under the Sun (Futurepoem Books). She’s released five chapbooks of poetry, Dearly (a+bend), Dearly 356, Cartographies of Error (Leroy), The Adventures of Yaya and Grace (PotesPoets) and 2(1x1)Portraits (Baksun). Levitsky’s poetry plays have been performed in New York and San Francisco. In 1999, Levitsky founded Belladonna Series as a means to amplify the hushed existence of the feminist avant garde practice of writing.
Kevin Varrone is the author of the chapbooks g-point almanac (6.21-9.21) (ixnay press) and the collections, g-point almanac: id est (9.22-12.21) (Instance Press) and g-point almanac: passyunk lost (12.21-3.21) (Ugly Duckling Presse). He lives and works in Philadelphia.
Franklin Bruno has released a dozen albums on independent labels (Scat, Shrimper, Simple Machines) since the early 1990s, as frontman for Nothing Painted Blue and as a solo artist. His most recent recordings are Local Currency (Fayettenam), a reissue of seven-inches and compilation tracks, and Civics (Tight Ship), the debut CD by his current band the Human Hearts. He is a frequent collaborator with the Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle, appearing on the 4AD albums The Sunset Tree and Get Lonely, and in the occasional duo the Extra Lens. He is the author of a book on Elvis Costello’s Armed Forces (in Continuum’s 33 1/3 series), and the poetry chapbook Policy Instrument (Lame House). His essays and criticism have appeared in the Nation, the Believer, Oxford American, and Da Capo’s Best Music Writing series. A native of Southern California’s Inland Empire, he lives and writes in Jackson Heights, Queens.
John Cotrona is the author of the story collection Lost Positives, which was named the Village Voice Best of New York 2005 and Broken Pencil's Fiction Book of the Issue. His short stories and poems have appeared in Cometbus and No Duh, and in a smattering of other zines. A spoken-word edition of his story "Manual" was released as a vinyl record as Cometbus 45 1/2. John's latest collection of stories and essays, The Scapegoat's Agony, is forthcoming from Fractious Press.
Buzz Poole’s writing has appeared in numerous publications, including the Village Voice, Print, the Believer, the Millions, Washington Square, and Spork. He is the author of Madonna of the Toast, a look at surprising iconography, named by the New Statesman as one of 2007’s Best Underground Books. I Like to Keep My Troubles on the Windy Side of Things is his first collection of fiction.
June 2009
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Zine and Small Press Shindig
Sunday, June 21, 2009, 1:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Ding Dong Lounge
929 Columbus Avenue
New York, NY~ an exchange of goods and gaiety ~
VENDOR FAIR:* zines + comix + books + records + tapes + cds + posters
PERFORMANCES: screenings + readings + live music + puppet shows
ADMISSION: free and open to the public
To reserve a table for selling your wares, email DingDongTables@gmail.com. Include your name and a description of your wares. Tables are $10 at the door.
Schedule (all times and people subject to change)
* 2pm – Ashley Roberts, Amanda Nazario
* 3pm – Paping Pop-Up Puppet Show
* 4pm – Fiction Circus, Daniella Gitlin, Claire O’Connor
* 5pm – Habit Trail, Slink Moss
* 6pm – Eric Hendin & Friends
Vendors (just to name a few)
* Jenny Gonzalez
* Katie Skelly
* Nurse Nurse
* Matthew Hawkins
* Fort90
* Amanda Nazario
* Paping Zine
* Fiction Circus
Hosted by Kaboom!Press and Fractious Press
May 2009
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the Ka!FraBOOMctious bizaar
Saturday, May 16, 2009, 1:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Ding Dong Lounge
929 Columbus Avenue
New York, NY~ an exchange of goods and gaiety ~
VENDOR FAIR: zines + comix + books + records + tapes + cds + posters
PERFORMANCES: screenings + readings + live music + DJing by Jeremy Novak
ADMISSION: free and open to the public
To reserve a table for selling your wares, email DingDongTables@gmail.com. Include your name and a description of your wares. Tables are $10 at the door.SCHEDULE
1:30pm – Betty La Flaca (a short film by Hugo Perez, and winner of the 2006 HBO/NYILFF Short Film Award)
Skinny Betty might just as well not exist given the lack of attention she gets from men, including her boyfriend Carlos. Her co-worker, Reina, recommends she have some work done to enlarge and enhance the most important part of the body–her butt. When Betty arrives at the homegrown ‘clinica’ in Maria Dolores’ living room in the Bronx, she has no idea how much impact a little ‘work’ will have on her life. www.m30afilms.com
2:00 – Ball Deep Int’l Program
Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn have been collaborating as Ball Deep International since 2003. Their films (15 to-date) are comedies, usually depicting young people enjoying themselves, and focus on themes of adventure, leisure and denial. http://www.balldeep.tv
This program pairs 2 Ball Deep Intl fiction movies with their home-movie counterparts. First, Maine’s great and ominous waters, then in-yo-face nostalgia on the outskirts of NYC.
"InstaMovie01" (2007/photoJPEG/Color/6min)
The Allagash River, Maine. July 2007.
"Vampire Weekend: Walcott (newgaze remix)" (2008/8mm/Color/4min)
Challenge and monstrosity in an X-Files dream of New England. An unauthorized fanfic.
"InstaMovie02" (2008/photoJPEG/Color/10min)
Sunday June 08, 2008. 98°F. Partly cloudy chance of thunderstorms. Puttin on the Ritz and Fleetwood mAacfee at 502, Brooklyn NY.
"Jazz Christmas" (2006/16mm/B&W/9min)
1920s New York through the cloudy lens of 21st century cultural revisionism—The Beautiful and Damned, before they knew about that second part.
2:30 – Patries Wichers (From Antwerp via Skype)
Empty loops are created & filled with sound during the performance. The playing of the instrument has an equal relationship with the manipulation of the loop. To achieve this we decided to place the loop at the front as the musical event and reject the history of loops being used as accompaniment. These recordings are live unedited works as they would be heard in performance.
www.iyouwesharetheworld.eu/site/iyouwe-project/gallery/patries-wichers
3:00 – Skeery TV Program
"Buck Rogers in the 15th Century" by Erick Henden and Jeff Zappala [3min]
"Space Brain" by Jonathan Doyle [5min]
"Spin Remix" by Dirk DeJong [5min]
"Animation Brunch" by Pretzel World and Kaboom!Press, featuring animation by Kyle Lapidus (LoVid and Ortho), Ron Rege Jr, Mike Diana, Patrick Hambrecht (Flaming Fire), Nouri Zander, Drew Curtis, and Clay Lacefield [10min]
"Bucktooth the Outlaw Dog - movement studies" by Nouri Zander [2min]
"European - Imapean (Dance Videos)" by Inju Kaboom, Sara Manente and Marcos Simeon [8min]
"Brother’s Day" by Mike Diana and Steve Schitz [20sec]
4:00 – Buzz Poole reading
A reading by Buzz Poole, whose writing has appeared in numerous publications, including Print, The Believer, Washington Square, [sic], Spork, The Village Voice, Swindle and San Francisco Chronicle. He is the author of Madonna of the Toast, a look at the visual manifestations of religious and secular icons. Keep up with him and his adventures in surprising iconography at www.madonnaofthetoast.blogspot.com.
4:30 – Fiction Circus reading
Raucous readings from the not-so-gentlemen of Fiction Circus: www.fictioncircus.com.
5:00 – Gus Iverson reading
5:30 – Dave Kim reading
A fiction reading by Dave Kim, who teaches writing and literature in New York.
6:00 – Casino Modern
A dance concept film by Sara Manente (Antwerp)
6:15 – Claudio Blanco
A text animation film
6:30 – Wolfhaven performanceHosted by Kaboom!Press and Fractious Press
March 2009
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Zine and Small Press Fair
Saturday, March 28, 2009, 1:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Ding Dong Lounge
929 Columbus Avenue
New York, NYRead about the fair at Fiction Circus
Performances by
1:00 – Mel (reading from the Ding Dong Lounge in Melbourne!)
1:30 – Maria & Steve Ventura
2:00 – Dustin Jenkins
2:30 – Ed Askew – VIDEOS of the performance: Part 1, Part 2
3:00 – Fiction Circus
3:30 – The Shot Heard ’Round the World
4:00 – Mike Diana
4:30 – Wolfhaven
5:00 – Tommy D (Living Theatre)
5:30 – Escape Key
6:00 – Amanda NazarioDJing by Jeremy Novak (Dymaxion)
This event is a collaboration between Kaboom!Press and Fractious Press.
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Yo Doo Mart + Faire
Saturday, March 7, 2009, 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Cake Shop
152 Ludlow Street
New York, NYFractious Press will be at the 2nd Yo Doo Mart + Faire at Cake Shop!
