Wow! I made it to 50 books! The year is not over yet, so stay tuned for the next few weeks left of 2007's "A Book A Week".Poste Restante
by Derek White
by Derek White
"Poste Restante (literally, 'post remaining' or 'residual mail') is an ad hoc destination for mail sent to recipients who are just passing through a place they do not permanently reside. It's what you say when you don't have a place you call "home"."
-taken from the "For/Word Post" in Poste Restante
Review:
I went to the Brooklyn Book Festival a week ago and met Derek White, founder of Calamari Press and creator of Sleepingfish magazine. He also keeps a blog called
5¢ense. At the time, I did not realize that Derek was part of this huge independent literary text and art book object family called Calamari Press. So to say I am glad I stopped by his table is an understatement. I purchased three books from their catalog: Sleepingfish issue 0.9375, The Singing Fish by Peter Markus and Poste Restante by Derek White. I just finished Poste Restante today and found myself wishing it was longer. I have been reading full length novels lately with the exception of my school/teaching required reading, so to read a little Flash Fiction felt good. At least I think that is what you would call this style of writing, but I could be wrong. The image fragments or postcards connected to each story really were put together nicely and reminded me of this art form that I recently have become interested in involving artists' journals and sketchbooks. Artists' Journals and Sketchbooks: Exploring and Creating Personal Pages by Lynne Perrella is a great starter book on the form and I highly recommend it to anyone looking to create spectacular journals. As I was reading this collection of "postcards sent from the subconscious", I myself was experiencing more intense dreams and was capable of remembering most of them, which does not always happen often for me. I have not kept a notebook of my dreams in years, so I started again, hoping to wake in the middle of the night and jot down any that seemed worth recapping. Thank you Mr. White for not only a contagious read, but for the beautiful imagery that goes along with all good writing. Look to this blog for future reviews of Calamari Press releases.
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