• Dolomite
...congrats goes to recent graduate & longtime hold columnist contributor the almighty Dolomite - dolomite wrote to say that he is taking a break from the-hold for now while he pursues law school - the hold and loyal readers of dolomite will surely miss you -
best wishes man!!!...ps: dolomite has been a columnist since issue #1 (1998)
read 'dolomite' at the hold archives

• David Roskos
...is a furniture mover. editer/publisher Big Hammer & Iniquity Press/Vendetta Books, Dave has 2 poems in the meat section of the Outlaw Bible of American Poetry. he likes to spend his free time wandering around flea markets looking through milkcrates of used LPs ...check ---> this <--- out

• michael basinski
... more than a book reviewer more than a bread box get more basinski with essays on visual poetry + basinski and sound poetry at RADIO RADIO (UbuWeb) + basinski @ mp3.com RADIO RADIO + + + find the links ---> hear <--- the flip side of basinski!

• joe mahoney
...omg beauty of the word via voice...listen while you read joe's "Violet's Coming Over"
-> joe mahoney: song, piano, mellotron > bridget matros: sing > nate leath: violin
now this is awesome - yes !

headlines:

• Publishers Weekly
...Godine Readying Black Sparrow Imprint: One year after John Martin closed Black Sparrow Publishers—home to many of the 20th century's best-known avant-garde, Beat and Neo-Beat writers—David R. Godine Publisher in Boston announced that it has obtained the rights to publish under the Black Sparrow name. Godine, which took over the bulk of Black Sparrow's list, 185 titles, will launch its Black Sparrow Books imprint this fall. Christopher Carduff, most recently an editor with Counterpoint and Houghton Mifflin, has been named publisher and editorial director...cont. here

 new book releases

• Carter Monroe with Eric C. Harrison
...get together with Carter and Eric with their new poetry chapbook release of
Parallel Enigmas / DON'T wait for this one to be gone / order through Third Lung Press

• Alphabet Alliterations - ron androla presents the Pressure Press Poets --- a buncha yer fav poets coolaborating the a-z way - get these FREE ($1.50 s/h fee) while they
last! highlights and list of poets here

• Jim 'Jazz' Chandler
...editor/publisher jazz chandlers' new poetry collection Smoke and Thunder is now available at B & N and Walmart online and should be available at other online (and chains) soon. get it while it's hot!

• underbeat journal #2
...info available for the-hold.com underbeat journal #2 -
- cover draft available for view THIS issue -
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