MILK #3/4 double issue

[marina del rey]

MILK #3/4 will be published soon. It will be a special issue co-edited by Abel Debritto and me, and published by Bill Roberts at Bottle of Smoke Press.

We are excited to announce that this issue will contain previously unpublished work by the following poets:

Alexander Adams
Margaret Atwood
Amiri Baraka
Marvin Bell
Rick Benjamin
Robert Bly
George Bowering
Charles Bukowski
Billy Childish
Andrei Codrescu
Billy Collins
Sandra Cisernos
Norman Dubie
Stephen Dunn
Martin Espada
Edward Field
S.A. Griffin
Donald Hall
Jack Hirschman
Erica Jong
Ron Koertge
Ted Kooser
Joanne Kyger
Michael Lally
Ursula Le Guin
Philip Levine
Gerald Locklin
Michael McClure
David Meltzer
William Mohr
Andrew Motion
Carol Muske-Dukes
Joyce Carol Oates
David Ossman
Alicia Ostriker
Rochelle Owens
Robert Pinsky
Doren Robbins
Kay Ryan
Anne Stevenson
Robert Sward
James Tate
Natasha Trethewey
Gary Soto
Fred Wah
Diane Wakoski
Charles Webb
Ruth Weiss
C.D. Wright

More details to follow soon.

 

[Purple Stickpin]

Damn!

 

[hoochmonkey9]

some heavy hitters there. well done.

 

[bospress.net]

Yeah, a couple best selling authors, 5 US Poet Laureates, lots of Pulitzer Prize winners, and of course, an amazing previously unpublished poem by Buk (most likely his last poem ever written...)

Bill

 

[justine]

that is extremely impressive, josh!

 

[roni]

Baby, this KICKS ASS!!

 

[Black Swan]

Congrats, mdr!
I'm in, for sure!

 

[marina del rey]

Thank you everyone, but the kudos should really go to Abel. He's put in a lot of work to get this issue going!

 

[roni]

I'm wondering, since it's #3 and 4 in one:
how many distinct colors will the cover have?
(you get the point of my question, do you?)

 

[Johannes]

Jack Hirschman

I always wondered if there is a Bukowski-Hirschman-correspondence around somewhere. Bukowski writes about Hirschman in several letters. Obviously he visited Hirschman and his wife for dinner sometime in the 60's.

Besides of that: This is one motherfucking kick-ass list of writers.

 

[marina del rey]

I'm wondering, since it's #3 and 4 in one:
how many distinct colors will the cover have?
(you get the point of my question, do you?)

Not sure I entirely get it, but we haven't quite settled on our cover design for this one yet. Bill has some really cool ideas that we're looking into, so it'll probably be a slightly different format and size from the first 2 issues.

 

[roni]

Not sure I entirely get it, [...]

well, issue #1 had a cover in one color.
issue #2 had a cover in two colors.
I assumed, this would've been program and develop a pattern through upcoming issues. Obviously I was wrong.

 

[skiroomalum]

That's an amazing lineup of writers. To whom may I pay and when?

 

[marina del rey]

well, issue #1 had a cover in one color.
issue #2 had a cover in two colors.
I assumed, this would've been program and develop a pattern through upcoming issues. Obviously I was wrong.

Ahh, no, you're just much more perceptive than me. There wasn't any pattern intended with it. I'm not that clever, unfortunately.

I think it would have been a pretty hard to maintain that pattern as the issues got higher in number, anyway.

That's an amazing lineup of writers. To whom may I pay and when?

Thanks. I'll post pre-order information here once we get a little closer to publication.

 

[bospress.net]

I always wondered if there is a Bukowski-Hirschman-correspondence around somewhere. Bukowski writes about Hirschman in several letters. Obviously he visited Hirschman and his wife for dinner sometime in the 60's.

I'll ask Jack and let you guys now. My guess is that if there was correspondence, it is in a university and Abel would have found it. I am not sure that Jack Keeps a lot around his place.

well, issue #1 had a cover in one color.
issue #2 had a cover in two colors.
I assumed, this would've been program and develop a pattern through upcoming issues. Obviously I was wrong.

The cover has not been set yet. so maybe make it 4 runs of three colors.... ha!

That being said, I am working on an 8 color letterpress print of a FAILE print for my Kerouac book, so once I have done that, 7 runs may be easy. Of course once MILK gets to the double issue 10/11, will be out of my mind...

Bill

 

[Purple Stickpin]

So, I've exhibited what I consider sufficient decorum by focusing on the fantastic collection of contributors and not asking this right away, but will there be a nice juicy hardcover edition that smells faintly of nutmeg?

 

[marina del rey]

Yes, there will be a limited hardcover edition. We are still debating which scent to go with, however.

 

[hoochmonkey9]

If it doesn’t smell like turmeric I don't want one.

 

[bospress.net]

Caraway seeds with a hint of mango.

 

[roni]

BoS: is this the smell of the binding or the colours of the cover?

 

[bospress.net]

both...

 

[roni]

looking forward to the solution.
of course, one could argue, two previous cases don't make a series /pattern.
But wouldn't it be cool?

 

[Purple Stickpin]

It's already beyond cool with the contributor list.

 

[cirerita]

Add Donald Hall to the list.

The poem by Baraka could be one of the last poems he ever wrote.

 

[hoochmonkey9]

you had me at James Tate and George Bowering, but adding Donald Hall? you're trying to kill me. three of my favourite poets.

Bukowski goes without saying, natch.

 

[cirerita]

Bowering sent two nice, new poems. Tate's poem is an old one, but a pretty good one. Hall's contribution is not poetry, but it's about poetry.

 

[Joseph K]

Any news on when this is published? Really looking forward to it....

 

[Purple Stickpin]

Thanks for dragging this one back to the surface. I would think that many/all of us here are anxiously awaiting this; the nutmeg/turmeric dispute notwithstanding.

 

[pig ear press]

is this actually for sale yet? I sent a PM but never heard anything (which is fine) but I want one and I don't want to have to steal a copy out of someone's sandwich box.

 

[Purple Stickpin]

I haven't noticed MDR 'round these parts much lately. He's likely busy (hopefully on this). As far as I know, no official word on ordering has gone out.