THE ERIC HOFFER AWARD for Short Prose & Independent Books Home Nominate Book Award Prose Award Winners Montaigne Medal da Vinci Eye Mission Eric Hoffer Be Notified Contact Eric Hoffer Book Award Winners P revious winners of the Eric Hoffer Award for independent books are listed below for the various prize categories. Each year a small group of finalists is isolated for the grand prize round of judging. This is known as the " short list ," which is announced publicly in the summer of each award year. In 2007, individual press honors were awarded for the first time, including a single grand prize winner. Beginning in 2008, the Montaigne Medal was awarded, and in 2009, the da Vinci Eye was awarded. You may read the award commentary for the most recent award winners in The US Review of Books . Hoffer Grand Prize Montaigne Medal da Vinci Eye Academic Press Small Press Micro Press Self-Published Art Poetry General Fiction Commercial Fiction Children’s Young Adult Culture Memoir Business Reference Home Health Self-Help/Spiritual Legacy Fiction Legacy Nonfiction Finalists Eric Hoffer Book Award Gold Seal © The Eric Hoffer Project GRAND PRIZE 2010 Winner: * The New Holy Wars: Economic Religion vs Environmental Religion in Contemporary America , Robert H. Nelson, The Independent Institute & Penn State Press 2009 Winner: * Maggots in my Sweet Potatoes: Women Doing Time , Susan Madden Lankford, Humane Exposures Publishing 2008 Winner: * Thought to Exist in the Wild , Derrick Jensen, Photographs by Karen Tweedy-Holmes, No Voice Unheard 2007 Winner: * A Woman at War: Marlene Dietrich Remembered , J. David Riva, Wayne State University Press back to top ACADEMIC PRESS 2010 Winner: * The American Scene on Paper , Georgia Museum of Art 2009 Winner: * The President's House , William Seale, White House Historical Association 2008 Winner: * Scribal Culture and the Making of the Hebrew Bible , Karel van der Toorn, Harvard University Press 2007 Winner: * Under Kilimanjaro , Ernest Hemingway, The Kent State University Press back to top SMALL PRESS 2010 Winner: * Voices of the American West , Corinne Platt & Meredith Ogilby, Fulcrum Publishing 2009 Winner: * Managing Thought , Mary J. Lore, Ferne Press 2008 Winner: * Lasting Contribution , Tad Waddington, Agate B2 Books 2007 Winner: * Diabetes , David Spero, New Society Publishers back to top MICRO PRESS 2010 Winner: * A Democracy of Ghosts , John Griswold, Wordcraft of Oregon 2009 Winner: * Tai Chi Dynamics , Robert Chuckrow, Ph.D, YMAA Publication Center, Inc. 2008 Winner: * Clown Girl , Monica Drake, Hawthorne Books 2007 Winner: * Greene's Summer , Thomas E. Kennedy, Wynkin De Worde back to top SELF-PUBLISHED 2010 Winner: * A Tale of a Business Failure , John D. Davis, Danbury Publishing 2009 Winner: * Gattorno , Sean M. Poole, Arte al Dia 2008 Winner: * Thinking Organized for Parents and Children , Rhona M. Gordon, Thinking Organized Press 2007 Winner: * The Lewis & Clark Trail American Landscapes , Richard Mack, Quiet Light Publishing back to top ART 2010 Winner: * A Journey Through Literary America , Thomas R. Hummel, photographs by Tamra L. Dempsey, Val De Grâce Books 1st Runner-Up: * Great Smoky Mountain National Park , Richard Mack, Quiet Light Publishing Honorable Mentions: * The Granite Avatars of Patagonia , Tom Reed, Wild Coast Media * Great Possibilities , Ronald E. Ostman & Harry Littel, Six Mile Creek Press * Strength & Compassion , Eric Greitens, Leading Authorities Press * Travelin' Man , Tom Weschler & Gary Graff, Wayne State University Press * Uprising! Woody Crumbo's Indian Art , Robert Perry, Chickasaw Press 2009 Winner: * All the Saints of the City of the Angels , J. Michael Walker, Heyday Books 1st Runner-Up: * Art in the White House , William Kloss, White House Historical Association Honorable Mentions: * Klan Rally , James R. Holland, A Bit of Boston Books * Wild Hoofbeats , Carol Walker, Painted Hills Publishing * Why We Look at Art , What Happens When We Do, Sherry Cohn, Dog Ear Publishing * The Peace: A History in Photographs , Donald A. Pettit, Peace Photographics, Inc. * Sending Flowers to America , Peggi Ridgway & Jan Works, American Florists' Exchange 2008 Winner: * In New Mexico Light, Douglas Kent Hall, Museum of New Mexico 1st Runner-Up: * Designs on the Heart , Karal Ann Marling, Harvard University Press Honorable Mentions: * Orleans Embrace , T.J.Fisher, Morgana Press * Connecting the Dots , Wayne State University Press * Migrant Artifacts , Michael Hyatt, Great Circle Books * Holocaust Survivors of South Jersey , Maryann McLoughlin, ComteQ Publishing 2007 Winner: * The Amazing Faith of Texas , Roy Spence, Idea City Press 1st Runner-Up: * A Photo Tour of Las Vegas , Andrew Hudson, Photo Tour Books Honorable Mentions: * On the Altar of Greece , Donna J. Gelagotis Lee, Gival Press * The Glorious Mushroom , Frank Spinelli, Catskill Press * Balancing the Tides: A Newport Journal, Issue 2 , Many Birches Press 2006 Winner: * Our National Parks and Wildlife Refuges , Jim Jamieson, ImageStream Press 1st Runner-Up: * Renata and other Poems, Renata Pallottini, Host Publications Honorable Mentions: * Abstract Painting , Vicky Perry, Watson Guphill * Poetic Voices Without Borders , Robert L. Giron, Gival Press * Treehouse Chronicles , S. Peter Lewis, TMC Books 2005 Winner: * Ireland: Standing Stones to Stormont , Tom Quinn Kumpf, Devenish Press 1st Runner-Up: * Eyes of the Nation , Vincent Virga and the Curators of the Library of Congress with Alan Brinkley, Bunker Hill Publishing Honorable Mentions: * American Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s, An Illustrated Survey , Ed. Marika Herskovic, New York School Press * The Relativity Riot, Gam Klutier, Ruder Finn Press * Mary McFadden , Mary McFadden & Rita Saliklis, Bunker Hill Publishing * Secret Stories in the Art of the Northwest Indian, Oscar Newman (Bounding Warrior), Catskill Press 2004 Winner: * The Art of the Russian Matryoshka , Rett Ertl & Rick Hibberd, Vernissage Press 1st Runner-Up: * Spirit & Creator , Nova Hall, ATN Safe Goods Publishing Honorable Mentions: * Abecedarium Anomalous , Ruth Keil Posselt & Jason Posselt, RoothBooks Intl. * Romancing the Rain , Stephen & Marlo Kirkpatrick, The Marvelous Works * Temptations for a Juvenile Delinquent , Sky Gilbert, ECW Press back to top POETRY 2010 Winner: * Black Tupelo Country , Doug Ramspeck, BkMk Press 1st Runner-Up: * Necessary Turns , Liz Abrams-Morley, Word Press Honorable Mentions: * The Heart's Traffic , Ching-In Chen, Red Hen Press * That Blue Repair , Joan Hutton Landis, Penstroke Press * Then, Something , Patricia Fargnoli, Tupelo Press * Voyeur , Rich Murphy, Gival Press 2009 Winner: * Blues and Bliss , Jon Paul Fiorentino (editor), Wilfrid Laurier Press 1st Runner-Up: * Primera Pagina , Latino Writers Collective, Scapegoat Press Honorable Mentions: * The Baseball Field at Night , Patricia Goedicke, Lost Horse Press * Tough Boy Sonatas , Curtis L. Crisler, Boyds Mills Press * Lightning and Ashes , John Guzlowski, Steel Toe Books 2008 Winner: * Dismal Rock , Davis McCombs, Tupelo Press 1st Runner-Up: * Twenty Poems to Nourish Your Soul , selected by Judith Valente & Charles Reynard, Loyola Press Honorable Mentions: * Toward Any Darkness , Rick Mulkey, Word Press * The Origin of the Milky Way , Barbara Louise Ungar, Gival Press * Head Trauma , Gary David Johnson, iUniverse 2007 - 2004 * Prior to 2008, Poetry was awarded in the Art category. back to top GENERAL FICTION 2010 Winner: * The Prostitutes of Post Office Street , Frank F Carden, Sol Books 1st Runner-Up: * The Love Ceiling , Jean Davies Okimoto, Endicott and Hugh Books Honorable Mentions: * Flyer Beware , Adrianne Aron, iUniverse * Strays , Jeanne Webster, Dupuis North * He is Legend , Christopher Conlon (editor), Gauntlet Press * Gravity Fiction , Scott Geisel (editor), CreateSpace * Fiction: A Novel , Ara 13, CovingtonMoore 2009 Winner: * The Demise of Luleta Jones , Mark Allen Boone, Blacksmith Books 1st Runner-Up: * Dutch Clarke: The War Years , Brian D. Ratty, AuthorHouse Honorable Mentions: * Dragons and Garden Peas , Burt Jacoby, iUniverse * The Fire and the Light , Glen Craney, Brigid's Fire Press * Hide Your Life Away , Carol Little, Meanwhile Studios * The Love Song of Monkey , Michael S. A. Graziano, Leapfrog Press * Katherine's Wish , Linda Lappin, Wordcraft of Oregon * Love Letters From A Fat Man , Naomi Benaron, BkMk Press 2008 Winner: * Migration Patterns , Gary Schanbacher, Fulcrum Publishing 1st Runner-Up: * The Faithful Lover , Massimo Bontempelli, Host Publications Honorable Mentions: * Endings , Barbara Bergin, Sunstone Press * The Pict , Jack Dixon, iUniverse * The River , By Moonlight, Camille Marchetta, VBW Publishing 2007 Winner: * A Man of His Village , Tanyo Ravicz, iUniverse 1st Runner-Up: * Dasnish Fall , Thomas E. Kennedy, Wynkin De Worde Honorable Mentions: * My Half of the Sky , Jana McBurney-Lin, Komenar Publishing * Dancing Backwards in Paradise , Vera Jane Cook, iUniverse * To Love Mercy , Frank S. Joseph, Mid-Atlantic Highlands * The Anvil Stone, Kathleen Cunningham Guler, Bardsong Press 2006 Winner: * In the Ruins , Jean D. Minton, iUniverse 1st Runner-Up: * Money Shot , Brian Rouff, Hardway Press Honorable Mentions: * Blackbelly , Heather Sharfeddin, Bridge Works Publishing Co. * Losing Patience , Joyce Faulkner, Red Engine Press * The Discontinuity of Small Things , Kevin Haworth, Quality Words in Print * Beyond the Cayenne Wall , Shaila Abdullah, iUniverse * The Chinese Laundry , Robert B. Boeder, Old Mountain Press 2005 Winner: * Sing of the High Country, Jonathan Adam DeCoteau, Publish America 1st Runner-Up: * O’Sullivan’s Odyssey, Rick Spier, MoonDonkey Press Honorable Mentions: * Waiting for White Horses, Nathan Jorgenson, Flat Rock Publishing * Subversion of Trust, William T. Close, Meadowlark Springs Productions * The Shot from the Mountain: An Appalachian Odyssey , Claude S. Phillips, The Priscilla Press 2004 Winner: * A Portable Chaos , E.M. Schorb, 1st Books Library 1st Runner-Up: * The Contortionist's Handbook , Craig Clevenger, MacAdam/Cage Honorable Mentions: * Anthropology of An American Girl , Hilary T. Hamann, Vernacular Press * Elvis and the Blue Moon Conspiracy , Mark McGinty, Beaver's Pond Press, Inc. * India Fortunes , Gary Worthington, Time Bridges Publishers * May Not Appear Exactly As Shown , Gordon Leenders, ECW Press back to top COMMERCIAL FICTION 2010 Winner: * Cold Case in Ellyson , Susan Anderson, Createspace 1st Runner-Up: * Quiet Teacher , Arthur Rosenfeld, YMAA Publication Center Honorable Mentions: * Elo'esh , Kaylea May, iUniverse * The Burden of Truth , Lois Lewandowski, iUniverse * Grave Passage , William Doonan, The Glencannon Press * Rage Against the Dying Light , Jan Surasky, Sandalwood Press 2009 Winner: * The Aristotle Quest , Sharon Raye, Parmenides Publishing 1st Runner-Up: * Whistleblower , Richard Hicks, Xlibris Honorable Mentions: * Eyes of the World , Rob Palmer, Dorchester/Leisure * The Spirit of Antoinette , Michael Ramseur, ARTSHIPpublishing * The Eden Proposition , Kurt Dahl, Booksurge * Project June Bug , Jackie Minniti, iUniverse * River Bones , Mary Deal, iUniverse * The Wandering Heart , Mary Malloy, Leapfrog Press 2008 Winner: * Discipline , Paco Ahlgren, Greenleaf Book Group 1st Runner-Up: * Don't You Marry the Mormon Boys , Janet Kay Jensen, Bonneville Books Honorable Mentions: * Who Killed Callaway , John Rhodes, iUniverse * The Fatal Heir , Lois Lewandowski, iUniverse * The Hellish Vortex between Breakfast and Dinner , Brigadier General Richard M. Baughn USAF, Booksurge * Body Count: A Killer Collection , Darrell James, iUniverse * Random Sample: An Uncertain Suicide , Andrew Greenwood, Booksurge 2007 Winner: * The Lagarto Stone , Gordon N. McIntosh, iUniverse 1st Runner-Up: * No Time to Hide , Rob Palmer, Leisure Books Honorable Mentions: * Where Rivers Meet , Barbara Mac Kinnon, Beavers Pond Press * The Chase , Jan Neuharth, Paper Chase Farms * In the Light of the Passing (Book 1) & Brinda's Promise (Book 2) , K.C.Berg, Infinity Publishing * Diamond Deception, Skinner, Activus Publishing 2006 Winner: * All Shook Up , Mike Harrison, ECW Press 1st Runner-Up: * An Interlude in Dreamland , Alan Robbins, iUniverse Honorable Mentions: * Teeth in a Pickle Jar , H.B. Milligan, Hand-in-Hand Publishing * Phase One After Zero , Vladimir Chernozemsky, Triumvirate Press 2005 Winner: * The Copper Trader, Bill Abler, iUniverse 1st Runner-Up: * Raw Deal, Rick Gadziola, ECW Press Honorable Mentions: * Deadmistress, Carole B. Shmurak, Sterling House * The White Rose of Scotland, Audrey McClellan, Beaver's Pond Press * The Tels, Paul Black, Novel Instincts * Ebola , William T. Close, Meadowlark Springs Productions 2004 Winner: * The Nature of the Beast , Burton Hersh, Tree Farm Press 1st Runner-Up: * Dear Heart, How Like You This , Wendy J. Dunn, Metropolis Ink Honorable Mentions: * Merlin the Sorcerer , William P. Burch, Taylor-Madison Publishing, Inc. * Andros Draws The Line , Bruce Edwards, Lean Press * Addie Fay and Old Yellow Streak , Whitt McDonald, Denlinger Publishing, Ltd back to top CHILDREN’S 2010 Winner: * Chippy Chipmunk Parties in the Garden , Kathy M. Miller, Celtic Sunrise 1st Runner-Up: * Mister Rabbit's Wish , Colleen Monroe, Mitten Press Honorable Mentions: * Through Endangered Eyes , Rachel Allen Dillon, Windward Publishing * Nicholas, That's Ridiculous , Christa Carpenter, Caballo Books * Catty Wompus , Julie Howe, New Year Publishing 2009 Winner: * Butt Ugly , Lynn Montgomery, Zuzu Petals 1st Runner-Up: * The Little Man in the Map , E. Andrew Martonyi, Schoolside Press Honorable Mentions: * Willow , Rosemarie Brennan & Denise Brennan-Nelson, Sleeping Bear Press * There's A Kid Under My Bed , Lisa Funari-Willever, Franklin Mason Press * Roonie B. Moonie: Lost and Alone , Janan Cain, Illumination Arts Publishing 2008 Winner: * Priscilla McDoodleNut DoodleMcMae Asks Why? , Janet Mary Sinke, My Grandma and Me Publishers 1st Runner-Up: * First Snow in the Woods , Carl R. Sams II & Jean Stoick, Carl R. Sams II Photography Honorable Mentions: * Eddie Spaghetti and Grandma Baretti , Tricia Bond, Booksurge * Marcello the Movie Mouse , Liz Hickinson & Kathryn Otoshi, KO Kids Books * Tic Talk: Living with Tourette Syndrome , Dylan Peters, Little Five Star 2007 Winner: * I Saw It in the Garden , Martin Brennan, illustrated by Michael Glenn Monroe, Mitten Press 1st Runner-Up: * Red Knot: A Shorebird's Incredible Journey , Nancy Carol Willis, Birdsong Books Honorable Mentions: * Peace and Pancakes , Anne M. Picard, Beaver's Pond Press * I Can Do It! Piano Book , Christine Bemko Kril, illustrated by Patricia Carmody, Kāpok Press * Freckles and the Great Beach Rescue , Ellen Bryant Lloyd, illustrated by Carol Schwartz, Butterfly Creations * Much, Much Better, Chaim Kosofsky, illustrated by Jessica Schiffman, Hachai Publishing 2006 Winner: * Winter's Gift , Jane Monroe Donovan, Sleeping Bear Press 1st Runner-Up: * Zoe's Good-Bye , Mary Schlangen, Beaver's Pond Press Honorable Mentions: * Lost in the Woods , Carl R. Sams II & Jean Stoick, Sams & Stoick * Someday Is Not a Day of the Week , Denise Brennan-Nelson, Sleeping Bear Press * America's White Table , Margot Theis Raven, Sleeping Bear Press 2005 Winner: * A is for Ark, Colleen & Michael Glenn Monroe, Storytime Press 1st Runner-Up: * Nantu and Auju , Alejandro Taish Mayaprua, Arutam Press Honorable Mentions: * Color, Color, Where Are You, Color?, Mary Koski, Illustrated by Janeen Mason, Trellis Publishing, Inc. * Adventures of Riley Safari in South Africa, Amanda Lumry & Laura Hurwitz, Illustrated by Sarah McIntyre, Eaglemont Press * Who's Not Asleep, Shirley Hillard, Mamoo House 2004 Winner: * Hildegarde and the Great Green Shirt Factory , Ravay Snow, Snowbound Press 1st Runner-Up: * Sweet Dreams Douglas , Regan Dunnick, The Junior League of Houston, Inc. Honorable Mentions: * Let's Make-Believe , P. Taylor Copeland, Grammy Time Books * My Dad, Everyone's Soldier , Tiera Rozman, Beaver's Pond Press, Inc * Tobin Learns to Make Friends , Diane Murrell, Future Horizons, Inc. back to top YOUNG ADULT 2010 Winner: * Running on Dreams , Herb Heiman, Autism Asperger Publishing 1st Runner-Up: * Sunflower , Diane O. DesRochers, Fiction Publishing Honorable Mentions: * There Are No Words , Mary Calhoun Brown, Lucky Press * Enjoy Your Money! , J. Steve Miller, Wisdom Creek Press * Choices , Kate Buckley, Book Publishers Network * Wintering , William Durbin, Raven Productions 2009 Winner: * Eclipsed by Shadow , John Royce, Micron Press 1st Runner-Up: * A Cord of Three Strands , Holly Moulder, White Pelican Press Honorable Mentions: * Narwhal , Margaret Gill, iUniverse * Path to Punishment , Jeanette E. Alsheimer & Patricia J. Friedle, Ivy House Publishing Group * The Throwaway Piece , JoAnn Yolanda Hernandez, Arte Publico Press * Women Astronomers , Mabel Armstrong, Stone Pine Press 2008 Winner: * Runt the Hunted , Daniel Schwabauer, Clear Water Press 1st Runner-Up: * Reggie & Ryssa and the Summer Camp of Faery , Bo Savino, Aisling Press Honorable Mentions: * Zan-Gah: A Prehistoric Adventure , Allan Richard Shickman, Earthshaker Books * PIP , Jane Harmon, Trafford * How Mohammed Saved Miss Liberty , M. S. Holm, Great West Publishing 2007 Winner: * The Fire and the Light , Tracy A. Akers, Ruadora Publishing 1st Runner-Up: * Fergus the Soccer-Playing Colt , Dan Peterson, Raven Publishing Honorable Mentions: * A Dog Called Leka , Willard Manus, Viveca Smith Publishing * Danny's Dragon: A Story of Wartime Loss , Janet Muirhead Hill, Raven Publishing 2006 Winner: * Mr.Touchdown , Lyda Phillips, iUniverse 1st Runner-Up: * Firebelly , J.C. Michaels, Philograph Honorable Mentions: * Tina Springs into Summer/Tina se lanza al verana , Teresa Bevin, Gival Press * Vocabulary Accelerator 01 , Keith London & Rebecca Osleeb, Defined Mind, Inc. * Nothing Held Back , Keren Taylor, WriteGirl Publications 2005 Winner: * The Peacock’s Stone, Faith Richardson, Fox Song Books 1st Runner-Up: * Starlight Comes Home, Janet Muirhead Hill, Raven Publishing, Inc. Honorable Mentions: * Saving Our Teen Drivers Using Aviation Safety Skills on the Roadways, John H. Loughry, Seminee Publishing * The Town on Rambling Creek, Carroll Thomas, Smith and Kraus 2004 Winner: * The Thirsty Horse of Mongolia , Anthony Sansom, Thirsty Horse, LLC 1st Runner-Up: * Iraq, 2003 , Nancy Poffenberger & Val Gottesman, Fun Publishing Co. Honorable Mentions: * Miranda and Starlight , Janet Muirhead Hill, Raven Publishing of Montana * Monday Redux , Robert Favole, Flywheel Publishing * Countdown to College: 21 'To Do' Lists for High School , Valerie Pierce & Cheryl Rilly, Front Porch Press back to top CULTURE 2010 Winner: * Beyond UFOs, Jeffrey Bennett , Princeton University Press 1st Runner-Up: * Ninety-Five , No Voice Unheard Honorable Mentions: * The Tattooed Lady , Amelia Klem Osterud, Fulcrum Publishing * Laogai , Nan Richardson & Nicole Kempton (editors), Umbrage Editions * 100 Places in Italy Every Woman Should Go , Susan Van Allen, Travelers' Tales 2009 Winner: * The New Nuns , Amy L. Koehlinger, Harvard University Press 1st Runner-Up: * Redemption , Nathan J. Windgrad, Almaden Books Honorable Mentions: * Days Like Floating Water , Susan E. McKee, Oak Leaf Impressions Press * Loneliness as a Way of Life , Thomas Dunn, Harvard University Press * The Untold Story of Joe Hernandez , Rudolph Alvarado, Caballo Press of Ann Arbor 2008 Winner: * Reflections in a Critical Eye , Jan Whitt, University Press of America 1st Runner-Up: * Their Other Side, Helen Barolini , Fordham University Press Honorable Mentions: * The Window Shop: Safe Harbor for Refugees , Ellen Miller, iUniverse * The Gift of Hope , Ellyn Sanna, Harding House Publishing * Hope for Children in Poverty , edited by Ronald J. Sider & Heidi Unruh, Judson Press * Chic Ironic Bitterness , R. Jay Magill, University of Michigan Press * We Came in Peace for All Mankind , Tahir Rahman, Leathers Publishing 2007 Winner: * Face to Face with Katrina Survivors , Lemuel A. Moyé, Open Hand Publishing 1st Runner-Up: * In Search of the Lost Feminine , Craig S. Banres, Fulcrum Publishing Honorable Mentions: * The World We Used to Live In , Vine DeLoria Jr., Fulcrum Publishing * History on the Road , Marcella Croce & Moira F. Harris, Pogo Press * Afloat Again, Adrift , Andrew Keith, Aliform Publishing 2006 Winner: * My Second University , Stanciu Stroia with Dan L. Dusleag, iUniverse 1st Runner-Up: * Restless Tribes , Stephen Ausherman, Central Ave Press Honorable Mentions: * Power Politics, Medieval, and Constant Evil, Leonard Smith, iUniverse * Where Will the Atheists Pray? Life and Laughter in Israel , William Louis Finn, Ruder Finn Press * The Emergency Teacher , Christina Asquith, West Parley Press * When Elephants Fly , Carol Batrus, Fulcrum Publishing 2005 Winner: * Whirlwind, Doug Smith, Blue Eagle Publishing 1st Runner-Up: * No Paltry Thing, Larry L. Meyer, Calafia Press Honorable Mentions: * People Farm, Steve Susoyev, Moving Finger Press * Conservatives are from Mars (Liberals are from San Francisco) , Burt Prelutsky, Scorched Earth Press * Lighthouse Island , Bill Baker, Ruder Finn Press * Dying In Vein , Photos by Kathy Seward MacKay, Text by Stacy Milbouer, Hollis Publishing Company 2004 Winner: * Best Damn Garage in Town , Smokey Yunick, Carbon Press, LLC 1st Runner-Up: * University of Psychogenic Fugue , Tye R. Farrell & Jeffrey Morrow, Meteorite Press Honorable Mentions: * New Leadership into the 21st Century , Yahya ibn Shabazz, Xlibris * The Smoke Week: Sept. 11-21, 2001 , Ellis Avery, Gival Press * War Stories , Harold Evans, Bunker Hill Publishing back to top MEMOIR 2010 Winner: * Mother California , Kenneth E. Hartman, Atlas & Co. 1st Runner-Up: * Short White Coat , James A. Feinstein MD, iUniverse Honorable Mentions: * Kipling's Cat , Anne Cabot Wyman, Protean Press * Bipolar Bare , Carlton Davis, Create Space * The Daughter of L'arsenal , Jacqueline Regis, Sterling House * More Than Little Professors , Lisa Barrett Mann, Autism Asperger Publishing 2009 Winner: * Kafka Comes to America , Steven T. Wax, Other Press 1st Runner-Up: * Rock Me on the Water , Renny Russell, Animist Press Honorable Mentions: * Buffalo Gal: A Memoir , Laura Pederson, Fulcrum Publishing * A Persistent Peace: One Man's Struggle for a Nonviolent World , John Dear, S.J., Loyola Press * Farm Friends , Tom Fels, Chelsea Green Publishing 2008 Winner: * Crossing the Sands , Ariane Audouin-Dubreuil, Dalton Watson Fine Books 1st Runner-Up: * Turning White , Lee Thomas, Momentum Books Honorable Mentions: * Time of Grace , Ken Lamberton, University of Arizona Press * Postcards from Heartthrob Town , Gerard Wozek, Southern Tier Editions/Harrington Park Press * Plaintiff Blues, Judith Pearson , Lake Vermilion Publishing * Adventures in the Ditch , Jon Coile, iUniverse 2007 - 2004 * Prior to 2008, Memoir was awarded in the Culture category. back to top BUSINESS 2010 Winner: * 301 Smart Answers to Tough Interview Questions , Vicky Oliver, Sourcebooks 1st Runner-Up: * Going Above and Beyond , Katharine C. Giovanni, NewRoad Publishing Honorable Mentions: * Black Markets and Business Blues , Yvan Allaire & Michaela Firsirotu, FI Press * Ownership Spirit , Dennis R. Deaton, Quma Learning Systems 2009 Winner: * Some Assembly Required , Marny Lifshen & Thom Singer, New Year Publishing 1st Runner-Up: * Stand Out When You Stand Up , Barbara Busey, Presentation Dynamics Honorable Mentions: * No More Rotten Eggs , Debra Thompson and Bill Greif, TG Publishing * FabJob Guide to Become a Life Coach , Brenna Pearce and Allan M. Heller, FabJob * FabJob Guide to Become a Motivational Speaker , Tag Goulet, FabJob * FabJob Guide to Become a Wedding Planner , Catherine Goulet, Jan L. Riddell, and Tag Goulet, FabJob 2008 Winner: * Spiritual Capitalism , Peter Ressler & Monika Mitchell Ressler, Chilmark Books 1st Runner-Up: * Listen Up! , Eunice Le May & Jane Schwamberger, Papilio Publishing Honorable Mentions: * The Complete Guide to E-Mail Marketing , Bruce C. Brown, Atlantic Publishing * The First Steps to Becoming a Real Estate Agent , Henry D. "Hank" Myers, iUniverse * Basic Accounting, Vol 1 & 2 , Gregory Mostyn, Worthy & James Publishing 2007 Winner: * The Professional Caterer’s Handbook , Lora Arduser and Douglas Robert Brown, The Atlantic Publishing Group 1st Runner-Up: * Vital Integrities , George Brymer, All Square Honorable Mentions: * How to Open a Financially Successful Pizza & Sub Restaurant , Shri L. Henkel & Douglas R. Brown, The Atlantic Publishing Group * Churchill’s Adaptive Enterprise , Mark Kozak-Holland, Multi-Media Publications * The Complete Guide to Successful Event Planning , Shannon Kilkenny, The Atlantic Publishing Group 2006 Winner: * Interview Fitness Training , Carole Martin, Interview Publishing 1st Runner-Up: * For the Love of Money , Shannon K. Nash, iUniverse Honorable Mentions: * Estate Planning Success for Women , Professor Lynne Marie Kohm & Attorney Mark James, Barron Publishing Co. * Estate Planning Success for Business Owners , Attorney Mark James & ProfessorJames Bechtel, Barron Publishing Co. * Questions and Answers on Life Insurance , Anthony Steuer, iUniverse * 101 Tax Savings Ideas: Seventh Edition , Julie Welch & Randy Gardner, Wealth Builders Press 2005 Winner: * The PayPal Wars , Eric M. Jackson, World Ahead Publishing 1st Runner-Up: * Starting Something , Wayne McVicker, Ravel Media Honorable Mentions: * How to Get a Job in Europe, C heryl Matherly & Robert Sanborn, Planning Communications * Show Me the Numbers , Stephen Few, Analytic Press * An Act of Love , David J. Herbeck, Beaver’s Pond Press * Listening Leaders , Lyman K. Steil & Richard K. Bommelje, Beaver’s Pond Press 2004 Winner: * The Gatehouse , Craig Elkins, Beaver's Pond Press, Inc 1st Runner-Up: * Breakthrough , William Mills, Beaver's Pond Press, Inc Honorable Mentions: * Hall Career Choice Inventory , L.G. Hall, Scholastic Testing Service * Never Be Boring Again , Doug Stevenson, Cornelia Press back to top REFERENCE 2010 Winner: * Finding Out , Deborah Meem, Michelle Gibson, & Jonathan Alexander, Sage 1st Runner-Up: * Encounters , Nancy Keeney Forster, Windshadow Press Honorable Mentions: * Man on the Move , Peter Rowlands, iUniverse * Understanding Global Cultures , Martin Gannon & Rajnandini Pillai, Sage * The Book Collector's Guide to L. Frank Baum and Oz , Paul R. Bienvenue, March Hare Books * How the West Was Warmed , Beth Conover, Fulcrum Publishing 2009 Winner: * Great Peacemakers , Ken Beller and Heather Chase, LTS Press 1st Runner-Up: * Eat Smart in Sicily , Know the Market Foods, & Embark on a Tasting Adventure, Joan Peterson & Marcella Croce, Ginkgo Press Honorable Mentions: * 20 Things You Must Know to Write a Great Screenplay , Rick Reichman, Central Ave Press * The Enduring Journey of the USS Chesapeake , Chris Dickon, The History Press * Energy , Transportation, & the Environment, Information Publications, Information Publications 2008 Winner: * The Roman Triumph , Mary Beard, Belknap Press 1st Runner-Up: * Fred Jones Tools for Teaching , Fredric H. Jones, Federic H. Jones & Associate Honorable Mentions: * The Uncertain Revolution , John T. Cunnigham, Down the Shore Publishing * The Death of Socrates , Emily Wilson, Harvard University Press * The New York City Motorist's Parking Survival Guide , Louis Camporeale, Parking Pal, Inc. * The Complete Guide to Planning Your Estate , Sandy Baker, Atlantic Publishing Company 2007 Winner: * The Cork Jester’s Guide to Wine , Jennifer Rosen, Clerisy Press 1st Runner-Up: * Loosening Corsets , A. Louise Staman, Tiger Iron Press Honorable Mentions: * Unlocking the Genius Within: Neurobiological Trauma, Teaching and Transformative Learning , Daniel S. Janik, MD, Rowan and Littlefield Education * How to Choose the Best English Language School , D.S. Janik and Joel Weaver, Author House * People vs. Profit , International Publishers 2006 Winner: * Into the Unknown , Susan E.B. Schwartz, iUniverse 1st Runner-Up: * How Do I Teach This Kid?, Kimberly A. Henry, Future Horizons, Inc. Honorable Mentions: * Alan J. Pakula: His Films and His Life , Jared Brown, Backstage Books * A Blacksmithing Primer , Randy McDaniel, Hobar Publications * Sallie Mae: How to Pay for College , Gen & Kelly Tanabe, SuperCollege * Devastation on the Delaware , Mary A. Shafer, Word Forge Books 2005 Winner: * The Illustrated To Think Like God , Arnold Hermann, Parmenides Publishing 1st Runner-Up: * Surviving Healthcare , Pamela Armstrong, Chestnut Ridge Books Honorable Mentions: * Gymnastics Level 3 Coaches Certification Manual, Rita Brown, RJC Publishing * Exploring America’s Highways , Michael Heim, T.O.N.E. Publishing * Spelling Dearest , Niall McLeod Waldman, What The Dickens Press 2004 Winner: * The Slate Roof Bible , Joseph Jenkins, Jenkins Publishing Co. 1st Runner-Up: * Restaurant Manager's Handbook , Douglas R. Brown, Atlantic Publishing Group Honorable Mentions: * Rugg's Recommendations on the Colleges , Frederick E. Rugg, Rugg's Recommendations, Inc. * The Second Coming of Jesus the Messiah , E. Keith Howick, WindRiver Publishing, Inc. * Venice In Context, Robert Wayne , Independent International back to top HOME 2010 Winner: * Herbal Cookery , The St. Louis Herb Society, Favorite Recipies Press 1st Runner-Up: * Greening Your Family , Lindsey Carmichael, Peter E. Randall Publisher Honorable Mentions: * Under the Fig Leaf , Sherri P. Lee, Favorite Recipies Press * Parenting without Stress , Marvin Marshall, Piper Press * Getting Over It , Len Stauffenger, MacKenzie Publishing * Rain Gardening in the South , Helen Kraus & Anne Spafford, Eno Publishers 2009 Winner: * Tropical & Garden Flower Identification , Graeme Teague, 18 Rabbit Press 1st Runner-Up: * A Thyme to Entertain , Junior League of Annapolis, Favorite Recipes Press Honorable Mentions: * Peace Meals , The Junior League of Houston, The Junior League of Houston * The Floor is Not an Option , Sheila G. McCurdy, Sheila G. McCurdy * Wear Clean Underwear , Alexis Martin Neely, Morgan James Publishing * Discipline without Distress , Judy Arnall, Professional Parenting Canada * California Mosaic , Junior League of Pasadena, Favorite Recipes Press 2008 Winner: * Celebrate… Italian Style , Jacqueline Miconi, AuthorHouse 1st Runner-Up: * 301 Simple Things You Can Do To Sell Your Home now... , Teri B. Clark, Atlantic Publishing Honorable Mentions: * Tastes & Treasures , Historical League, Favorite Recipes Press * The Complete Pool Manual for Homeowners and Professionals , Dan Hardy, Atlantic Publishing * Help-I Gotta Cook! , Ed Dugan, Booksurge 2007 Winner: * Tables of Content , The Junior League of Birmingham, Alabama, Favorite Recipes Press 1st Runner-Up: * Your Green Home , Alex Wilson, New Society Publishers Honorable Mentions: * Deer in My Garden, Volume 1 , Carolyn Singer, Garden Wisdom * Nurturing Nuggets for Dementia Caregivers , Susan Lanza, LNHA, Button Berry Books * Something to Talk About , The Junior League of Lafayette, Louisiana, Favorite Recipes Press 2006 Winner: * Mastering Marriage , Charlie Michaels & Mike Brown, Mastering LifeSkills Inc. 1st Runner-Up: * Homeschooling More Than One Child , Carren W. Joye, iUniverse Honorable Mentions: * Defeating the Child Obesity Epidemic , Dr. Carolyn Ashworth, PSB Books * Secret Recipes from the Corner Market , Carol Ann Kates, Penny Lane Press * The Ebay Home Makeover , Alyssa Ettinger, Watson Guphill 2005 Winner: * Roux to Do , The Junior League of Greater Covington, Favorite Recipes Press 1st Runner-Up: * Anger Management for Children, Ida Green, Ph.D., PSI Publishers Honorable Mentions: * Raising Topsy-Turvy Kids , Alexandra Shires Golon, DeLeon Publishing * Beach Appetit, The Junior League of the Emerald Coast, Favorite Recipes Press * Honest to Goodness , The Junior League Springfield Illinois, Favorite Recipes Press 2004 Winner: * Mystery of Color , Rosemary Sadez Friedmann, L&M Publications 1st Runner-Up: * The Floor is Not an Option , Sheila G. McCurdy, Clutter Stop Honorable Mentions: * Pants for Real People , Pati Palmer & Marta Alto, Palmer/Pletsch * Cooking Around the Calendar with Kids , Amy Houts, Snaptail Press back to top HEALTH 2010 Winner: * The Happy Body , Aniela & Jerzy Gregorek, Jurania Press 1st Runner-Up: * The Art of Hojo Undo , Michael Clarke, YMAA Publication Center Honorable Mentions: * The Complete Guide to Autism Treatments , Sabrina Freeman, Skf Books * Yoga for Movement Disorders , Renee LeVerrier, Merit Publishing International * Soul-Hearted Partnership , Debra Reble, Ph.D., HeartPaths Media * The Miracle of Bio-Identical Hormones , Michael E. Platt, M.D., Clancy Lane Publishing 2009 Winner: * White Coat Wisdom , Stephen J. Busalacchi, Apollo's Voice, LLC 1st Runner-Up: * Secrets from the Sofa: A Psychologist's Guide to Achieving Personal Peace , Dr. Kenneth Herman, iUniverse Honorable Mentions: * DIY Baby! Your Essential Pregnancy Handbook , Shelley S. Binkley, iUniverse * Bring Yourself to Love , Mona Barbera, Dos Monos Press * Creating a Healing Society , Susan Lawrence, Elite Books 2008 Winner: * A Life Unburdened , Richard Morris, New Trends Publishing 1st Runner-Up: * Living Consciously, Dying Gracefully , Nancy Manahan & Becky Bohan, Beaver's Pond Press Honorable Mentions: * Avoiding Cancer One Day at a Time , Lynne Eldridge & David Borgeson, Beaver's Pond Press * Shedding Light on Genetically Engineered Food , Beth H. Harrison, iUniverse * Saving Millie , Tina Kotulski, Extraordinary Voices Press * Every Woman's Guide to Diabetes , Stephanie A. 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Roy, LiteSoul Publishing * Burying the Secret , Carol Rutter, Babbling Books 2007 Winner: * What To Do Before & After Someone Dies , Judith Lee, Little Moose Press 1st Runner-Up: * The Heart and Science of Yoga , Leonard Perlmutter with Jenness Cortez Perlmutter, AMI Publishers Honorable Mentions: * Midwives of an Unnamed Future , Mary Ruth Broz and Barbara Flynn, ACTA Publications * Making the Job Work for You , Patrick Lee Mason, iUniverse * Dynamic Energetic Healing , Howard Brockman, LCSW, Columbia Press * How to Create a Magical Relationship, Ariel & Shya Kane, ASK Productions 2006 Winner: * Altars of Power and Grace , Robin and Michael Mastro, Balanced Books 1st Runner-Up: * God without Religion: Questioning Centuries of Accepted Truths , Sankara Saranam, The Pranayama Institute Honorable Mentions: * All Eyes/Deaf Women's Lives , Bainy Cyrus, Gallaudet University Press * The Leadership Integrity Challenge , Edward E. 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Please visit our list of category finalists . website, text, graphics © The Eric Hoffer Project Reliable domain at NameCheap . Forex Broker || skip to main | skip to sidebar Thursday, December 09, 2010 Paul Thek and the Art of Failure (Notes) Here are some notes from an essay I started working on today addressing the work of Paul Thek. Installation art, before it was absorbed by the practices of artists and curators who could perceive its salability and various ways to preserve its memory, was a medium of failure. And this is perhaps why Thek invented it (however inadvertently): because he is an artist of failure, sublime failure. Why does Thek fail? What is the failure which he embodies, expresses through his body of work but through the installation works especially? The installation works succeed precisely where they deliberately fail to produce a reproducible or representative object. This fact has been cited time and time again. That through the installation format Thek’s work not only lost in market value (at a time when the market wasn’t nearly as hyped as the one of today); but more so, the possibility of its being cared for by museums, galleries, and other institutions of art's valuation (despite the fact that Thek showed in some of the venues now considered the most significant for visual art in Europe in the 60s and 70s). This desire for the work to be unrepresentable, for it to remain live and to only produce ephemera—relics which may or may not be cared for—is part of Thek’s intention which I particularly respond to. And we can trace this intention through a number of different elements in Thek’s work. Namely, his use of ephemeral materials such as newspaper (for nearly all of his “paintings”), chalk, and even sand (for a sandcastle reproducing Bruegel the Elder’s “Tower of Babel”). If the Technological Reliquaries may be said to take Conceptual and Minimal art ‘down’ from a Neo-Platonic realm of ideational givens to the suffering of a soma, then all of the work relates a form of suffering through the effects of time, history, and labor—the approximation of a lived duration which imagines anything that could be preserved, and that could thus continue to exist outside its immediate presence, as ‘dead’—a relic or ruin. Whether as calculated fuck you to an American art world that had forgotten Thek, or to a world which he would have liked to have abandoned for nobler ideals (charitas and agape for instance), the work—despite its intense materialism—embodies a set of ideals; ideals of another world. Ideals of a better world, I think Thek would have agreed. Not yet-to-come, but always (at least potentially) 'here and now'. Especially now. Art can be an exodus from art. It is as such in the work of Thek, and many of his contemporaries. Art as reproductive, violently reduced to an object. Art reduced to a saleable, possessable, preserveable thing rather than something binding, acting as a kind of social material, a participative-communal property. Many of Thek’s works attributed to him were in fact made in a workshop-like atmosphere, in which the artist’s collaborators (who were also his friends and apprentices) would have much to contribute, and whereby the social activity of the workshop (how someone cooked and arranged a particular meal, for instance) largely determined “product” (what was produced as installation, if only so that it could be eventually devalued and neglected by curators and potential collectors alike). Posted by Thom Donovan at 7:36 PM Email This BlogThis! 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Wig is a low-budget magazine devoted to poetry and art that appropriates the job for its own artistic purposes. Not always “about” work, the wig-artist may employ his or her labor for poetic or artistic ends that implicitly critique the virtue of productivity through the act of poaching company time and/or materials. The wig-artist often “writes work” (Spahr) in relation to a “laboring society” (Arendt) that has little or no appreciation for the work of making art. The form of the work will often reflect compromised time and/or attention. The title of the magazine alludes to Michel de Certeau’s discussion of la perruque: “the worker’s own work disguised as work for his employers.” “It was a typical entry level job. I tried during my job to do my other work, that without an economy, only to realize there was little hope. This was my attempt to get around the problem and write work. [...] I collected notes from my boss’s memos, things I had seen [or] over-heard. I collected them into one long stream of day/text and barely edited them.” –Juliana Spahr, Live “The limits imposed by work represent not simply an obstacle but an opportunity for writing—not least because the workplace is the site of common activity and therefore enables us to bear witness to our common experience.” –Kit Robinson, “Time and Materials” “There is no use being alive if one must work. The event from which each of us is entitled to expect the revelation of his own life’s meaning—that event which I may not have found, but on whose path I seek myself—is not earned by work.” –André Breton, Nadja To order a copy contact Tim Shaner @ twshaner [at] comcast [dot] net Posted by Thom Donovan at 11:09 AM Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz 2 comments: -kaplan said... how can i get a copy asap? 6/29/2010 11:34 AM Thom Donovan said... 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Turbulence/Networked Performance UbuWeb Vera List Center Critical Objects Archive (HH) Hamlet House: Lilac Co and St Johns Theater (review for FANZINE) 3 A.K.: Evans'/Sherlock's Ready-to-Eat Individual and Rob Halpern's Disaster Suites (in the Poetry Project Newsletter) A Multitude of Elsewheres: Vito Acconci (review for PERFORMA07) A Work of the Actual: on Brenda Iijima's Poetics (in ON 1) Alan Bernheimer (Segue series introduction) Allegories of Disablement: Disability, Live Art and Langauge (talk for the Nonsite Collective) Anne Collod's, Anna Halprin's, and Morton Subotnik's Parades and Changes Replay (Review at The Brooklyn Rail) Are We Human, or Are We Dancer?: on Daria Fain's and Robert Kocik's The Extent To Which (in PAJ) Art and the Modeling of the Commons (@ Critiphoria 2) Bruce Boone Weekend (@ Harriet) CAConrad's (Soma)tic Exercises (Note) CAConrad's The Book of Frank CAConrad’s and Frank Sherlock’s The City Real and Imagined (@ Harriet) CANNOT EXIST #4 Launch (Segue series introduction) Context's Dream: Adam Pendleton (review for PERFORMA07) Corina Copp (SEGUE series introduction) Daria Fain's and Robert Kocik's Phoneme Choir (at The Brooklyn Rail) David Levi Strauss & Kyle Schlesinger (PEACE on A intros) Dawn Lundy Martin (SEGUE series introduction) Delay in Glass Enacted: Tony Conrad (review for PERFORMA07) Desiring Criticism (@ Harriet) Devotional Materialism: Thomas Hirschhorn (essay for FANZINE) Doing the Twist: Modern American poetry and vitalism (@ The Poetic Front) Entrance Wounds: Richard Foreman (review for FANZINE) Erica Hunt (Segue series introduction) Every Name in History is Hannah: Hannah Weiner (paper for CUNY Poetics Conference, 2005) Every Name in History is I: Catherine Sullivan's Triangle of Need (essay for FANZINE) Exploitation is for Kids (& Dogs): Nathalie Djurberg (review for PERFORMA07) from Cultural Inappropriation (work in progress) George Oppen's Selected Prose, Daybooks, and Papers (review for Big Bridge) Hannah's Bifurcation (in SHIFTER15: Will) Imaginary Politics: Rob Halpern (PEACE on A intro) In Memoriam Dave Nolan (@ Poetry Project Newsletter) Interview with Cory Arcangel (for MUSEO//11) Interview with Galit Eilat and Chen Tamir (at FANZINE) Interview with Guy Ben-Ner (in BOMB, Spring 2010) Interview with The Prosodic Body (for Critical Correspondence) Introduction for Adam Pendleton (@ Harriet) Introduction for Fred Moten (@ Harriet) Jalal Toufic's Undeserving Lebanon (review for Modern Painters) Jane Sprague's Apache Roadkill Jane Sprague's The Port of Los Angeles (@ Harriet) Kathy Westwater's PARK (in Brooklyn Rail) Kyle Schlesinger's Hello Helicopter (Blurb) Leslie Scalapino (SEGUE series introduction) Magdalena Zurawski's The Bruise (Review) Michael Cross (intro for Another Reading series, Bflo) Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon (@ Harriet) Miguel Gutierrez's When You Rise Up (in Brooklyn Rail) Miguel Gutierrez’s Last Meadow (@ Harriet) Notes Before Reading Notes On Conceptualisms (in con/crescent 1) on "negative criticism" (response to Kent Johnson et al) On Catherine Sullivan (in Exit’s 100 Video Artists anthology) On Certainty (statement for "On Certainty," at Bose Pacia gallery) Others Letters: With Dana Ward (@ Harriet) Paolo Javier & Eléna Rivera (PEACE on A intros) Paul Chan's Sade for Sade's sake (at FANZINE) Performa09: week 1 Performa09: Week 2 (at BOMBsite) Plany Mela: Elka Krajewska & Alan Licht (Review) Presencing the Disaster II: some contemporary poetics of consequence after George Oppen (talk for George Oppen centennial symposium, Bflo 2008) Proceeding Translation: Brandon Brown and David Larsen (@ Harriet) Rachel Levitsky's Neighbor (@ Harriet) Rachel Zolf's Neighbour Procedure (in PPNL) Reading Martha Rosler Reading (at MUSEO XIII) River Antes: Myung Mi Kim (Review) Rob Fitterman's and Vanessa Place's Notes on Conceptualisms (review at BOMBsite) Santiago Sierra: Radical Cruelty and Second Reflection (@ Harriet) Silent Teacher Remembered: Hannah Weiner's Open House (report for FANZINE) Snow Sensitive Skin: Taylor Brady and Rob Halpern (review at Jacket 37) Some Intentions of the Document: a Panel on 'Live-Performance' Documentation (review for PERFORMA07) Sovereignty and Us: Eleni Stecopoulos' Autoimmunity (review at Jacket) Stephanie Gray (SEGUE series introduction) Teaching Etel Adnan's The Arab Apocalypse (@ Harriet) The Course of Particulars: Terry Cuddy (PEACE on A intro) The Ghetto: Lola Ridge/Factory School (Review) Three Fragments (at Smalls) Three Proposals (@ Harriet) Tim Lawrence's Hold On To Your Dreams (at FANZINE) To Patrick Durgin: on Disability Theory Tony Conrad (SEGUE series introduction) Towards Exterior: Gordon Matta-Clark (Essay) Wayne Koestenbaum & Douglas A. Martin (PEACE on A intros) What We Do When We Believe: introduction to John Taggart feature (at Little Red Leaves) Whose Objectivism? Why ON Now? (editorial for ON 1 launch at the Poetry Project, January 2009) William Forsythe's Decreation at BAM (review in The Brooklyn Rail) A/V At Kelly Writers House with Julian Brolaski, November 2009 (MP3) At Kelly Writers House with Julian Brolaski, November 2009 (video) At On Certainty, April 4th 2009 At St. Mark's Poetry Project with Andrew Levy, March 2007 At the Poets House George Oppen Centennial Symposium Charles Bernstein's All the Whiskey in Heaven launch at PennSound, March 2010 O Books' War and Peace group reading at PennSound PennSound author page Reading Deadpan with Dorothea Lasky at To the Sound Reading Deadpan with Dorothea Lasky at Weird Deer Reading with Rob Halpern at Pearlblossom Highway With Flim Forum at Bowery Poetry Club, February 2007 With Matthew Buckingham, Svetlana Boym, and Sreshta Rit Premnath at Apexart (video) With Nonsite Collective at Treat St., July 2008 With Tyrone Williams at Unnameable Books, January 2009 In Print & Online Works at 2nd Ave Poetry Vol. 2 at 2nd Ave Poetry Vol. 3 at Elective Affinities at Little Red Leaves 1 at Readings Between A & B at The Offending Adam at TRNSFR vol. 1 at Wheelhouse Magazine: from The Hole (Part I) at Wheelhouse Magazine: from The Hole (Part II) Deadpan selection (with Dorothea Lasky) in Glitterpony 5 Devotions selection: in Damn the Caesars 3 Devotions selection: in O One Arrow Draft of "Mic Checks" at The Disinhibitor in All Small Caps vol. 3 in CANNOT EXIST #4 in Crayon: On Beauty in Ecopoetics 06/07: for Andy Goldsworthy in MIRAGE in MUTHAFUCKA 2 in O Books' War and Peace: Vision and Text in Satellite Telephone in Try! in Try! (again!) Into Bride (after Maya Deren): in O Books' War and Peace 3 MAKEBELIEVE chapbook: Wheelhouse Press, 2009 Mantis, a Revelation: in Kenning Mantle (with Kyle Schlesinger): Atticus/Finch Press, 2005 Now Man: at EOAGH 4 O Fling Without a Sleeve (on Susan Howe): with Cuneiform Press on Chris Marker (with Kyle Schlesinger): in Aufgabe 3 Our Insalvageable chapbook: Vigilance Society, 2009 PDF of Our Insalvageable at The Disinhibitor PDF of Tears Are These Veils at The Disinhibitor Remains: at Dorothea Lasky's blog Some Teaching Poems: at Critiphoria Splitting (after Gordon Matta-Clark): in P-Queue Sudden Miles chapbook: Potes & Poets, 1999 Tears Are These Veils (with Abby Walton): Wild Horses Of Fire Press, 2005 Towards 24 Stills: in Kiosk 1 MAKEBELIEVE Published by Wheelhouse Press, August 2009. Our Insalvageable Published by Vigilance Society, 2009. 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