Hosho McCreesh - Marching Unabashed Into The Weeping, Searing Sun...

[Ponder]

Got this poetry book in the mail today.

Thank you Hosho, for your poems & original hand painted cover.

Thank you Bill, for the beautiful linen hardcover.

 

[bospress.net]

Thank you!

Bill

 

[Ponder]

26 different front covers

Here is my front cover.



I'd like to see some other front covers. If you feel the need to upload them, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks.

 

[strangegirl]

yes please post your front covers. i was too too late to get the hardcover. So I would love to see the other covers. I did order the softcover and have put my request for future hard covers. Live and Learn.:)

 

[bospress.net]

All of the covers are very similar. They were done to all look alike with only small variances because of the hand painting....

bill

 

[mjp]

It reminds me of Flower, Fist and Bestial Wail - in a good way. Anyone else see that, or am I hallucinating (again)?

 

[bospress.net]

Hi,
I saw that too, but know that the author did not make it similar. \

Bill

 

[roni]

It reminds me of Flower, Fist and Bestial Wail - in a good way.

hell yes!
but it holds so much difference (color, very abstract) - i'd say it's permitted.

could also be a sun rising out of the darkness.
that's what i thought.

 

[chronic]

Ponder,
This is my copy. Very similar painting.

 

[Rekrab]

Read half the Hosho book last night and it is very solid, strong writing. And the book is so gorgeous, even more in person than in the photos. I was surprised by its heft. You must be using good materials, Bill, nothing cheap and flimsy about it. I'll post a picture of my copy later. I notice it's not a signed, lettered edition although there are 26 hardbound copies. Is there a story behind that, Bill? Of course, the author has painted his "H" on the cover, so it's signed in that sense. Happy as hell I got a painted hardcover.

 

[mjp]

I saw that too, but know that the author did not make it similar.

Oh, I wasn't suggesting that he did. Which makes the odd similarity all the more interesting.

 

[bospress.net]

Hi mjp;
No problem. I saw the similarities too, but am not even sure that Hosho has ever seen the copy of Flower, Fist. He certainly has read Buk, but is not a collector.

Hey David,
Yeah, we had him sign the "h" on the cover, but did not have him sign the pages. It was more a matter of time. While he was painting, I was getting the guys ready. Then, once I received the covers back, I started to bind them. I figured that with a signed painting, that this would trump a signed, lettered any day.

Best,
Bill

 

[jordan]

i got mine today as well... it shocks me that this book only cost $20. i feel like i scammed bottle of smoke somehow to get that deal.

 

[bospress.net]

Hi Jordan;
Yep, you people scammed me. These books cost me about $2000.00 each. This is why I'm selling those beer stained coasters from Specs for $333,333.34 each. A brother's gotta make his money back somehow.

Actually the bookboard, cloth, etc were pretty expensive. In the end, I probably made a buck or two per copy. Still, I'd rather put out a book that I'm happy with and not make much money than put out a book that I didn't believe in and make thousands.

Best,

Bill

 

[Father Luke]

I'd rather put out a book that I'm happy with and not make much money than put out a book that I didn't believe in

Frankly, that's the kind of book I want to own.

 

[cunningham]

mine came today and it's sweet as hell. great fucking work bill.

shame that hosho guy is such a jerk.;)

I'll scan my hardback copy tomorrow and post it.

 

[bospress.net]

Pulling back the curtain

 

[Ponder]

I found mine...first picture, third row, second painting on the left.

 

[strangegirl]

Cool Pictures. Thanks Bill. I got mine today too. Although it's the soft cover it looks great. Nicely done Bill, nicely done.
And the Poetry by Hosho is great. I really like them.
Cheers to you both.
Did I say thank you.:)

 

[bospress.net]

Thank you!

And you are on the list for the next hardbacks. Pretty soon I'll have to make more hardcovers or they will all be pre-reserved and none will be available outside of the fine folks that want every hardback....

What to do?

Bill

 

[strangegirl]

Cool :D
Thanks Bill

 

[Ponder]

Pretty soon I'll have to make more hardcovers or they will all be pre-reserved and none will be available outside of the fine folks that want every hardback....

Please sign me up, Bill, or did I sign up already? I forgot.

Thanks.

 

[bospress.net]

Hi Jan;
You are signed up...
Thanks,
Bill

 

[Rekrab]

Here's my copy:

 

[Father Luke]

Eeees boootiful, no ?

The winos who run the hotel where I live close the
office for mail, so I get everything the next day.

Here's mine:

Thanks Hosh.
And thanks Bill, for your love of Writers.

 

[Hosh]

Just wanted to say thank you all, so much, for the kind words. When I opened the package from Bill & saw the first hardbacks I simply couldn't believe what I was looking at...I was mouth-agape awestricken. They were just so beautiful...

& hearing they've been well recieved makes me very, very happy. Bill told me there's not a single thing about the book he wasn't happy with...& I have to agree. I think they came out great. Y'all have made my day!

Hosh

PS- The similarities with FLOWER, & FIST are purely accidental...it's meant to be a sun going down in an arid/desert like region--you know, where you get those crazy heat lines & the round sun goes elliptical as the light bends through the atmosphere...the black is meant to be a horizon--just as in the paperback version...

 

[roni]

...it's meant to be a sun going down in an arid/desert like region--you know, where you get those crazy heat lines & the round sun goes elliptical as the light bends through the atmosphere...the black is meant to be a horizon--

HA!

could also be a sun rising out of the darkness.
that's what i thought.

 

[Carterofmars]

Where can I get one... :(

 

[bospress.net]

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Hi,
I'm the publisher of this book. The hardback is sold out, but the paperback is still available along with other fine books of poetry and short stories....

If interested, please visit www.bospress.net.
Thanks,
Bill

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[Rekrab]

Bill: The paperback cover is great. Who did the design on that -- you or Hosho?