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You can now order Terence Degnan’s Still Something Rattles, a concept book of poems broken into three chapters; Letters From Purgatory, Unicorn, and Rome.

This limited edition is encased by a hand-made, wooden sleeve, and branded by a custom logo representing all three chapters. Still Something Rattles is available from Sock Monkey Press as of September 25, 2016.

“Full, satisfying, and ultimately redeeming, Degnan reminds us not only what poetry can do but what it must do,” says poet Nicole Callihan (Author, The Deeply Flawed Human, Deadly Chaps Press)

Playwright Erin Courtney, author of A Map of Virtue, says of Still Something Rattles, “Great poetry has a sense of humor, a deep love for the world, and a go for broke in the moment understanding of mortality. Terence Degnan’s poetry fulfills all of these delirious requirements.”

Box art by Ethan Crenson ethancrenson.com
Interior art by Morgan Lappin morganjesselappin.com

Two doll pals invite each other to a very proper tea party – but their hair is just too messy. Brushing doesn’t do the trick. What would work? They imagine other solutions – visiting a birdbath or a car wash . . . and then – A-HA! – the winner: a trip to the beauty parlor where hijinks ensue. In the end, freshly coiffed and very fancy, the dolls finally sit down to enjoy their tea party.

From the author: In 2008, I was photographing old dolls using a medium-format camera. The dolls all had such soulful eyes, I was certain that they were trying to tell me their stories. I began prowling secondhand stores and stoop sales, collecting all kinds of dolls to photograph. The more expressive, the better; I particularly loved the ones that were no longer pristine, the ones that had been drawn on, or had their hair cut, or wore mismatched or handmade clothes. Growing up, I loved Dare Wright books, so I decided to re-interpret those photographic children’s books for today’s new readers. Messy Hair is the first of several photo-driven books to come.

Gretchen Grace, an artist and designer with a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, was an Art Director for the Children’s Television Workshop (now Sesame Workshop). Mother of two kids, she lives with her family, including a puppy named Honey who has very messy hair, in Brooklyn, NY. You can see more of Gretchen’s work at: gretchengrace.com

Nicole Callihan’s debut book of poetry is here (SUPERLOOP, Hardcover with fabric case binding; Sock Monkey Press, Febuary 2014, 72pp, $19.99US). Featuring gold foil stamp cover art by Re Jin Lee. To order, just click on the link below.

In the spirit of the Sock Monkey tradition, Nicole teamed up with the artist Re Jin Lee whose four delicately stark drawings depict a sapling braving the four seasons. The final effect accomplishes the goal that SMP set at its conception: the images, without fail, amplify the voice of the poems; the poems, in concert with the images, masterfully accent the utterance of the drawings they accompany. A confluence of the visual and the word brings forth a creation which courageously conveys what Nicole has been revealing about us, her listeners, to date.

We are honored to house this book of poetry. Nicole, with the same poise she has used to enthuse audiences for years, has gathered an awe-inspiring collection of poems. In February, after the turn of the year, SUPERLOOP will be launched at NYC’s Poets House. Nicole will be touring SUPERLOOP on the East Coast, and later in the Midwest during the Spring of 2014. For more information about SuperLoop.

My Apocalypse, edited by Scott Adkins
Available BookCourt (Cobble HIll), Pages (Hermosa Beach, CA), and Amazon.

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Home Front is a collection of short fiction. Each piece is steeped in the lore of 20th century New York City street life that, while harsh if not downright dangerous, is fondly remembered by older and ex-pat NY’ers — and virtually unknown to legions of newcomers. Kleinman takes us on occasional side trips to Belgium, the Hudson Valley, Lithuania, Mississippi and New England. But no matter what the setting, the characters’ roots are indelibly New York City bound. Order direct from SMP below or Amazon/Amazon Kindle. (Retail $15.00, pp 204, ISBN: 978-0-9825041-1-6, paperback, JUNE 2013)

In Home Front, we find stories as diverse, irreverent and grittily lyrical as the metropolis they all ultimately celebrate. It is a striking debut, filled with narratives at once familiar and strange, and characters both tough-as-nails and yet tender. Martin Kleinman has written New York City a love song no New Yorker will likely soon forget.

-Jennifer Cody Epstein
The Gods of Heavenly Punishment (WW Norton March 2013)

Martin Kleinman is a New York City story teller. He has captivated audiences with his tales of real New Yorkers in New York venues from KGB Bar to Union Hall. He lives in the northwest Bronx, from where he can survey the full length and breadth of the world’s greatest metropolis.

The Small Plot Beside the Ventriloquist’s Grave
by Terence Degnan

In his debut poetry collection, Degnan dissects religion, government, fatherhood,brotherhood and attempts at collecting and keeping loved ones. Continue reading →

The Reader

The Reader (2007-2008), a Brooklyn Writers Space Reading Series Anthology
$15.00 plus tax/shipping (LIMITED copies left)

Contributors to The Reader are: **Paula Bernstein**Andrew Boyd**Donald Breckenridge**Danielle Durkin**Jennifer Cody Epstein**Matt Everett**Paul Feldman**Marian Fontana**Yvonne Garrett**Ezra Goldstein**Sharon Guskin**Drew Haxby**Mark Jacobson**Martin Kleinman**Michael Lazan**Edmund Lee**Marcia Lerner**Lorraine Martindale**Robin Messing**Joan Minieri**Honor Molloy**Rosemary Moore**Wendy Ponte**Dominic Preziosi**Elyse Schein**Martha Schwendener**Josh Sohn**Rachael Stark**Albert Stern**Paul Takeuchi**Alex Tilney**Rachel Urquhart**