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We are pleased beyond description to announce our fifth publication, Mystical Hobby of Christ: The Poetry of Chris Toll. Chris Toll was delivering a poetic multiverse decades before the MCU was ever dreamt. He puts the Pan in Pangalactic. Mystical Hobby of Christ gathers together poems from eight chapbooks and full-length titles, from 1988’s Blue …
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lack mountain is pleased to announce the release of lack mountain #4, Mole Fizz (2007-2012) by Michael Ball. While he served as a resourceful host and organizer of the i.e. reading series, Michael Ball quietly filed away at Mole Fizz, a “forum for circumstance”. The uncertainty of love and work are in the ground of …
We recently unearthed a small number of the chapbook High Beam by Anselm Hollo. This is a beautiful example of fine printing featuring poems by a master. Of the original 150 copies in the edition, only three are known to be on the market today. For Hollo fans, collectors of fine letterpress, or small press …
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ZDWP is excited to announce our third lack mountain release, AP by Steve Carey. This edition complements the Selected Poems published by Subpress in 2009. It includes a brief Exhibits appendix, comprising letters to Steve dating from the release of the original Archipelago Press edition. An introduction by Edmund Berrigan serves as a guide to …
While the ZDWP was on its Spring hiatus, our genial custodian, “Uncle” Vanya, came into possession of a trove of small press treats and rarities. A lot of what he found there was entirely singular, and as such will stay on lack mountain in the ZDWP lounge-brary. But not all. Among that trove are some …
lack mountain is excited to announce the release of For More Lectures, a previously unpublished poem by Stephen Rodefer. This edition includes a reproduction of the poet’s typescript with hand corrections and a transcription of the text. An introductory essay situates the poem in context. A photo portrait of Rodefer and a Q&A (originally published …