My first chapbook is coming out soon from Books and Bookshelves in San Francisco. I'm not sure how soon. Maybe a month? Maybe two? But, the point is soon you'll be able to pick one up in San Francisco at Books and Bookshelves. This chapbook is short. It has some funny little poems in it. It's conflicted about itself. I originally wrote these poems in 2006 after I broke up with a girl. She wrote me an email that said "I haven't been thinking about you at all lately" and I turned that into a poem because that's what you do when ex-girlfriends write you emails. Also, I actually really liked the way that sounded. It's a weird thing to write to someone, but it makes sense in a way. It's strange to think about all of the time between then and now that has elapsed. The poems in this book aren't really about her but they are about desire and disappointment and objects and other stuff.My friend Shannon did the cover. I like her art a lot. She does a lot of great work with paper cut outs and snake forms and painting on top of photos. Someday more people will know about her. She also blogged about doing the cover for this chapbook so I'm blogging about it as well. Blogging is weird. It's kind of like talking to no one. I have a blog and I'm afraid to use it. I have a Twitter and I'm really afraid to use it.
Anyway, at some point in time you'll be able to buy this. You should buy it. It will be five dollars and it will last you for years and years. This chapbook will give you some insight into some of my imagined feelings and thoughts. Or maybe it will just make you think that you have insights into my imagined feelings and thoughts. Also, I'm leaving the country in six days.
