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New Titles by No Tell Poets

Samuel Amadon, Each H (Ugly Duckling Press)

Chris Tonelli, No Theater (Brave Men Press)

Francis Raven, Provisions (Interbirth Books)

This Week at No Tell

Cate Peebles writes long letters to her mistresses in Haarlem this week at No Tell Motel.

WRONGLY JAILED IN NYC: Making A Joke Out Of Justice by Ravi Shankar

I hadn't been read my rights or granted a phone call. After an hour my arresting officer returned — but only to take me for a mug shot and digital fingerprinting. Eventually he showed me my arrest warrant. It was for a 5-foot-10, 140-pound white male. I happen to be a 6-foot-2, 200-pound, Indian man. I pointed out the discrepancy. "Tell it to the judge," he said.

Octopus Magazine Open for Submissions

from the editors of Octopus

We read submissions of poetry during the month of August. Please send a friendly number of poems in one MS Word attachment before August 31, 2009. Introduce yourself to us in the body of the email and feel free to include a list of previous publications, if any.

For issue 13 we are particularly interested in Recovery Projects, which are brief essays celebrating a single book that you feel people should be reading but are not reading. The recovery should be about 1000 words, about a book that is at least 20 years old & out of print, but all those are flexible. The only real requirement is that the recovery inspires a reader to want to track down that book and read it as soon as possible. Please write us to pitch a Recovery Project.

Send poems or recovery pitches to octopusmagazine@gmail.com

Help Save Cracked Slab Books

Cracked Slab Books is trying to stay alive through the recession. In order to do that, they are offering the books below at 45%-60% off their usual price in order to raise some funds. Please help them by purchasing a book.