PRESS RELEASE: NEFASTURRIS

READ & DESTROY
Is Proud To Announce The Publication Of

NEFASTURRIS

By Shanazar Edkirmendjian

Available in its entirety free of charge at

http://stores.lulu.com/readanddestroy

The text can also be remotely viewed at

http://www.redskull.cjb.net/

Nefasturris is a collection of surrealistic vignettes and short, concise blurbs peppered with mythology and focusing heavily upon the double-edged swords of love and war.

With the power of his poetry,

Edkirmendjian hopes to bring about recognition to the Armenian Genocide.

A hard dead-tree copy of Nefasturris is available for $2.00
from

Read & Destroy Press

PO Box 1572 Pleasant Valley, NY 12569

or email your orders/inquiries to read.and.destroy@gmail.com

The mini-chap is printed on 24 lb paper

with a cardstock cover and saddle stapled gutter.

This publication as well as hand-outs, broadsides,
chapettes, mini-chaps etcetera etcetera…
may be available gratis at select locations.

UNI-VERSE ANTHOLOGY

THE UNI-VERSE SERIES
[Internet Anthology/ Hand-Out Poetry Initiative 2009-2010]

We’re currently gathering poems, small B&W artwork, micro-fiction, and prose

for a brand new pressing of digital and dead-tree style hand-outs

set to begin an early June circulation.

Poems appearing in UNI-VERSE will be published and made available for free in pdf format.

Read & Destroy will release several sneak peak installments leading up to the final release.

The poems will also be published on the printed page;
Each hand-out will feature a single poem, a bio and or other materials provided by the author.
The hand-outs will be printed on a standard 8 ½ inch X 11 inch piece of 22 lb paper folded in half to create a front-cover, two interior pages, and a rear-cover.

The final product will be circulated in the New York, Maryland, Florida and abroad.

With Read & Destroy all poets, artists, writers and parties involved retain the full
North American publication rights, copyright and creative licenses of their work.

There are no submissions, printing, or materials fees. Period.

All you’ve got to do is send your
poem (1-2 pages, preferably short),
a brief bio (with or without a photo),
and any other materials
(website links, contact info, causes, etc.)
you’d like printed with your hand-out to

read.and.destroy@gmail.com

We seldom reject and
will personally contact each and every individual who submits material and or shows interest in the UNI-VERSE SERIES.

Have Any Questions, Inquiries , Comments?
You can email the editor (Justin Parrinello) directly at
ouija.goat@gmail.com

PRESS RELEASE: Clumps

is proud to announce the publication of

The Hair Falls Out in Clumps

of Languages Long Dead

by Ludovico De Medici

Written in a period of refrain from the tedious strain and commitment demanded by his up and coming narrative/anti-novel.

And the Hair Falls out in Clumps of Languages Long Dead

features four poems birthed from a state of nerve-racking discomfiture beget by the inability to constrain a clear, concise vision of the hermetic and at times claustrophobic subject matter.

In essence the material in this booklet is the byproduct of six bleak months of writers block.

If that makes sense?

This short collection of poems is available as a pdf file free of charge at

http://stores.lulu.com/deadtrees

You can also view the contents of the book at this address
http://www.somewhereelse.cjb.in

A “dead tree version” can be ordered directly from us!
Email all orders and inquiries to
read.and.destroy@gmail.com

This book is printed on 24 lb paper
with a color cardstock cover
and saddle-stapled gutter.

This publication as well as hand-outs, broadsides, chapettes, mini-chaps, etcetera etcetera… may be available gratis at select locations.

Check out the authors personal blog at
http://www.notadeadtree.blogspot.com

PRESS RELEASE: When the Apes & the Serpents Built the Sun

Is Proud to Announce the Publication of

When the Apes & the Serpents Built the Sun

by S.F. Whitney

This collection of poems
is available for $1.50 directly from R&D Press;
email all orders and inquiries to
read.and.destroy@gmail.com

With When the Apes & the Serpents Built the Sun
Buddhist author S.F. Whitney presents to us the
beatific simplicity of nature through an eloquently written selection of concise verse and thought-provoking koans.

This mini-chap is printed on 24 lb paper with a full color cardstock cover and saddle-staple binding.

This publication as well as hand-outs,
broadsides, chapettes, mini-chaps etcetera etcetera…
may be available gratis at select locations.

PRESS RELEASE: Disco Biscuits Boney Legs

Announces the Publication of

DISCO BISCUITS BONEY LEGS

By Jillian Ward

Disco Biscuits Boney Legs features potent sociopolitical verse by Portland native Jillian Ward. Original artwork by Brian Redding.

The mini-chap is printed on 24 lb paper with a color cover and saddle stapled gutter.

This publication as well as

hand-outs, broadsides, and chapettes (mini-chaps)

may be available gratis at select locations.

Disco Biscuits Boney Legs is available for $1.50

from the R&D press; email all inquiries to read.and.destroy@gmail.com

or email the author directly at discobiscuitz.boneylegz@gmail.com

For more information about Jillian's work visit her blog at

http://www.ephemeraexchange.blogspot.com/

The Winter Hiatus

In order to accommodate current manuscripts for the 09 catalogue,
the offices at Read & Destroy will be closed for the winter.

We are still accepting submissions for consideration in internet posts and publications.
See the FAQ/Mission Statement for details.

The first block of E-FEATURES are tentatively scheduled for a spring release.



Publications currently in the works include:

"Nefasturris"
by Shahanazar Edkirmendjian

"The Unoriginal Works"
by various artists

"The Hair Falls Out in Clumps of Languages Long Dead"
by Ludovico De Medici

and

"Disco-Biscuits-Boney-Legs"
by Jillian Ward

Human Ruins

HUMAN RUINS
by Elisabeth Gillon

Mural plane displaying chaos.
The red line flames across a like ground.
A human skull dissected.
Human ruins.
Man in an anthill.
A single seeing eye behind a gas mask.
Aura pixilating out to nothing.
Human ruins.
Child incapable of nursing,
Moon sails a troubled sky.
Color made flame.
Human ruins.


©Elisabeth Gillon