Blood and Salsa and Painting Rust were published in late 2006, and bound together as a flip-book in one volume (on one side was the cover for Blood and Salsa; flipping the book over would give you the cover for Painting Rust, and the two books terminated in the middle). They quickly became some of the most discussed chapbooks of the past few years—reviews available on-line include Tom Bradley's extensive analysis at NthPosition, Mary Jo Malo's review at Galatea Resurrects, and Christopher Robin's review for the Underground Literary Alliance. They've sold well beyond the meager expectations of a poetry chapbook (TO THE NICE YOUNG COUPLE WHO PURCHASED THEM AT THE KGB BAR: sorry about my eyes, I thought there was a pen down there), but you can now read them, in their entirety, for free, right here. You will need you'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free download.
Painting Rust for screen viewing, 1.4 megs
Blood and Salsa for screen viewing, 1.5 megs
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Barry Katz
2009-10-16 11:33:06
Tom Bradley's extensive analysis of Painting Rust and Blood & Salsa appears as Chapter Three of his new volume of literary criticism, PUT IT DOWN IN A BOOK, being published right now by The Drill Press-- http://www.thedrillpress.com/cat/nonfiction/cat-nonfiction-book-tbradley.shtml