Bamboo Dart Press authors Peter Cherches, Victoria Waddle, Allen Callaci, Dennis Callaci and writer Andrew Palasciano will be reading at The Che Cafe in La Jolla on Sunday April 16th from 3-5 PM. The Callaci brothers will be performing a short acoustic set of songs by Refrigerator as well. Door is $5, this is an …
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Margot Hover’s short for her new book on Bamboo Dart Press premieres
Margot Hover, D.Min. ACPE/NACC Supervisor Emerita spent her pre-retirement career first as high school English and drama teacher, then as teaching chaplain at Dallas Parkland Hospital, Duke University, Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and finally, working with pastors throughout rural Illinois and Missouri. For her debut book on Bamboo Dart Press, Four and Twenty Blackbirds she …
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Juanita Mantz, Dennis Callaci & Peter Cherches at Beyond Baroque in Venice April 20th
Thrilled to announce a reading for the new Lost Reflection book at Beyond Baroque in Venice with two of my Bamboo Dart Press cohorts, writers Juanita Mantz and Peter Cherches. The three of us will be reading at 8pm on April 20th. You can get tickets here. You can also view the reading live on …
Premiere of Short for Dennis Callaci’s “Lost Reflection” book on Bamboo Dart Press
In Dennis Callaci’s third book, Lost Reflection, the author has assembled seven short stories that are sewn together with characters whose reflections on the past are not to be trusted. Tug at the seams of the book to find the connective tissue—a clone of a character in one story appearing with an assumed name in the …
“The Mortality of Dogs and Humans” book by Victoria Waddle is out today on Bamboo Dart Press
In her chapbook memoir, The Mortality of Dogs and Humans, Victoria Waddle explores her (our) relationship with dogs, the joy and comfort of their companionship, and the lessons they can teach us about being better humans. By sharing her memories of Fletcher and Zainy, she shows everyone else what dog people already know: that dogs …
Trailer for Victoria Waddle’s “The Mortality of Dogs and Humans” book on Bamboo Dart Press premieres
Because their lifespan is so much shorter than our own, a life with dogs involves repeated lessons in mortality. But there are lessons in love and tender care as well. With them, we have to learn to live in the moment “because a dog doesn’t spill regret throughout the house, doesn’t lurk in a life …
Trailer for Meg Pokrass’ Kissing The Monster Hunter Premieres
Meg Pokrass’ second book for Bamboo Dart Press, Kissing the Monster Hunter, is a book about monster hunters, unseen monsters, perpetual dreamers, and the creatures (human and otherwise) who love them. The unmissable prose poems and micros in this collection thrust us into an alternate reality where hope, love, and intimacy, when gone unrecognized, become …
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“What Only Painters See” by Willem M. Roggeman, translated by Philippe Ernewein is out today on Bamboo Dart Press
Willem M. Roggeman is a prolific writer, widely translated around the world. Through active support and guidance from Mr. Roggeman, translator Philippe Ernewein now introduces Roggeman’s fantastic Dutch poetry to the United States with What Only Painters See. This is Roggeman’s first book to be translated into the English language. In 1988, he was awarded the Order …
Trailer for poet Willem M. Roggeman’s first book translated to English premieres.
Bamboo Dart Press is thrilled to issue a new collection of poems from Belgium’s “painter with words” to a new audience of English poetry readers. Awarded the Order of Leopold II for his cultural work, Willem M. Roggeman is a prolific writer, widely translated around the world. Through active support and guidance from Mr. Roggeman, translator …
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Victor Gastelum & Robert Vodicka celebrate the release of their Bamboo Dart Press book with a set and spiel on Mike Watt’s show
Listen to the wonderful interview and music chosen by Victor Gastelum and Robert Vodicka on Mike Watt’s Watt from Pedro show. The duo discusses the book, their shared hostory and their history with Watt in support of their new book Shaolin Days and DeKalb Nights that came out last month. Hear the show here.