After publishing Teeny Tinyfor
several years, I decided to adapt the format of the zine to create
mini-chapbooks. Like the zine, each chapbook typically has 8 pages and
is made
from a single sheet of paper, but unlike the zine, each chapbook has a
nifty cardstock cover. With Sandra Simonds' mini-book in March 2008, I
used a different 9-page format and a uniquely shaped cover, so you
never know quite what will happen here in the TT universe! I distribute tiny books and zines for free, but trades and donations
are welcome and encouraged, of course.
The first chapbook in this series, I Wasn't There When It Happened by Christopher Wells, appeared in a limited edition of 50 copies and sometimes reappears in tiny editions (minus the cardstock covers) when Chris has occasion to send more out or I have occasion to spend time with the photocopier.
The second chapbook, Free, is a collection of some of my own poems which were inspired by text borrowed from "free stuff" ads on craigslist. Although I have run out of the limited edition of 50 copies, I do have copies of Free in an unlimited second editon (same poems but no nifty cardstock covers), so please let me know if you'd like one!
The third mini-chap, Interminable Buzzing by Margaret Garcia, came out in the summer of 2007, as did the first in my series of Teeny Tiny Time Machine mini-chaps (same format, but the content is rediscovered writing from the past). I am nearly out of the 50-copy editions of these, but check with me if you're interested.
I just sent a bunch of copies of the 50-copy edition of A Teeny Tiny Book of War to the author of this mini-chap, Sandra Simonds, but as of late March 2008, I still have a handful of copies of this one, so let me know if you are interested. See the "more scans" page below for a picture of this one since it has a different format.
When I made Sandra's chap, I also made a tiny chap of 6 of my new-ish poems and called the series Golden Lights (after the song recorded by The Smiths). This mini-book is an unlimited edition--no cardstock covers, but I've used touches of color on the cover and throughout (could you make something called Golden Lights without using a yellow-gold colored pencil?). These are readily available at your request (well, when I have breaks from teaching and have the time to catch up on mail!) and are particularly recommended to fans of Dusty Springfield and/or Greta Garbo and/or Marlene Dietrich.
Coming up next: Novel Chatelaine by Eileen Tabios. The author will likely be distributing most of these herself, but email me now if you want me to save you a copy (especially if you want to entice me with a trade of one of your own little books or zines or what-not!).
Here's a scan (thanks, Tanya!) of the cover of Chris' tiny chapbook... For more scans, click here.
I continue to publish Teeny Tiny, the most recent issue being number 10, which I completed in March 2007. It contains work by Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino, Del Ray Cross, Tina Misite, Margaret Garcia, Mark Young, and me. Number 11 should be on the way any time now.
For other perspectives on my little publications, check out these kind words from Gina Myers, Jesse Glass, Stuart Ross, Phil Primeau (scroll down a bit), and Robyn (whose micro-review of Teeny Tiny 9 has my favorite line: "by the end you want to create hundreds in its image!").
Please email me if you'd like a copy of Teeny Tiny or a tiny chapbook or if you are interested in submitting tiny texts for possible publication!
The first chapbook in this series, I Wasn't There When It Happened by Christopher Wells, appeared in a limited edition of 50 copies and sometimes reappears in tiny editions (minus the cardstock covers) when Chris has occasion to send more out or I have occasion to spend time with the photocopier.
The second chapbook, Free, is a collection of some of my own poems which were inspired by text borrowed from "free stuff" ads on craigslist. Although I have run out of the limited edition of 50 copies, I do have copies of Free in an unlimited second editon (same poems but no nifty cardstock covers), so please let me know if you'd like one!
The third mini-chap, Interminable Buzzing by Margaret Garcia, came out in the summer of 2007, as did the first in my series of Teeny Tiny Time Machine mini-chaps (same format, but the content is rediscovered writing from the past). I am nearly out of the 50-copy editions of these, but check with me if you're interested.
I just sent a bunch of copies of the 50-copy edition of A Teeny Tiny Book of War to the author of this mini-chap, Sandra Simonds, but as of late March 2008, I still have a handful of copies of this one, so let me know if you are interested. See the "more scans" page below for a picture of this one since it has a different format.
When I made Sandra's chap, I also made a tiny chap of 6 of my new-ish poems and called the series Golden Lights (after the song recorded by The Smiths). This mini-book is an unlimited edition--no cardstock covers, but I've used touches of color on the cover and throughout (could you make something called Golden Lights without using a yellow-gold colored pencil?). These are readily available at your request (well, when I have breaks from teaching and have the time to catch up on mail!) and are particularly recommended to fans of Dusty Springfield and/or Greta Garbo and/or Marlene Dietrich.
Coming up next: Novel Chatelaine by Eileen Tabios. The author will likely be distributing most of these herself, but email me now if you want me to save you a copy (especially if you want to entice me with a trade of one of your own little books or zines or what-not!).
Here's a scan (thanks, Tanya!) of the cover of Chris' tiny chapbook... For more scans, click here.
I continue to publish Teeny Tiny, the most recent issue being number 10, which I completed in March 2007. It contains work by Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino, Del Ray Cross, Tina Misite, Margaret Garcia, Mark Young, and me. Number 11 should be on the way any time now.
For other perspectives on my little publications, check out these kind words from Gina Myers, Jesse Glass, Stuart Ross, Phil Primeau (scroll down a bit), and Robyn (whose micro-review of Teeny Tiny 9 has my favorite line: "by the end you want to create hundreds in its image!").
Please email me if you'd like a copy of Teeny Tiny or a tiny chapbook or if you are interested in submitting tiny texts for possible publication!