Joan Retallack Poetry Trading Cards Make Great Gifts

Happy Holidays from Fact-Simile! December's Poetry Trading Card features new work from Joan Retallack, author of such essential critical and contemporary poetic texts as AFTERRIMAGES (Wesleyan, 1995), Memnoir (The Post-Apollo Press, 2004) and The Poethical Wager (University of California Press 2004).

As always, these limited-edition poetic collectibles are just 99 cents on our website. Subscriptions to the 2012 series are now available for just $10 and, for you collectors out there, all 2010 and 2011 cards are going fast.

Happy Holiday Reading,

Travis & JenMarie
Fact-Simile Editions
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Better Late Than Never: Linh Dinh's Trading Card from Fact-Simile

Just realized that we forgot to post Linh Dinh's Trading Card here on the blog. So, without further ado, it is with great pleasure that we here at Fact-Simile present the 7th installment in our Poetry Trading Card series: Linh Dinh!

Author of over 5 books of poetry including All Around What Empties Out (Tinfish 2003), Borderless Bodies (Factory School 2006) and the recent Some Kind of Cheese Orgy (Chax 2009) with this latest poem Linh Dinh once again "turns his considerable powers to the depiction of acrid ironies, unmitigated disgust and politically charged gall."-Publishers Weekly

You can pick up your very own copy of this limited edition poetic keepsake for just 99 cents (plus shipping) on our website. Or collect the whole set with our generously discounted subscription plan.

As always...

Many Thanks and Happy Reading,

Travis Macdonald & JenMarie Davis
The Editors of Fact-Simile Editions
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May's Trading Card Features K. Silem Mohammad

It is with great pleasure that we present the Fact-Simile Editions Literary Trading Card for May 2010: K. Silem Mohammad!

The poet of Deer Head Nation, A Thousand Devils, Breathalyzer and The Front was kind enough to share with us a previously unpublished excerpt from his Sonnagrams (anagrams of Shakespeare’s Sonnets) for this, our fifth installment in the 2010 Literary Trading Card Series. You can pick up your very own copy of this limited edition poetic ephemera for just $0.99 plus s/h on our website.

Or collect the whole set with our generously discounted subscription plan.

Thanks and Happy Reading,

Travis Macdonald & JenMarie Davis
The Editors of Fact-Simile Editions
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April's Trading Card and Equinox Contest News

Fact-Simile Editions is pleased to announce the 4th installment in our 2010 Literary Trading Card Series; poet, author, playwright, librettist, and presidential candidate: Eileen Myles!

The complete series is available via subscription for $10 plus shipping, or you can collect each individual card separately for 99 cents apiece via our website.

In other news: after an exhausting month of preparing for, enjoying and winding down from AWP, we are finally starting to get caught up on our stack of reading materials for Fact-Simile 3.1 Spring/Summer 2010. If you have yet t receive a response, rest assured that your work is still under consideration.

We're also very excited about all the amazing chapbook submissions we've been receiving for our annual Equinox Chapbook Contest. The deadline for submissions is May 1, so there's still time to send in your manuscript. Submission guidelines are available here.

Sincerely,

Travis Macdonald & JenMarie Davis
Fact-Simile Editions
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February Trading Card featuring Christian Bök

Fact-Simile is pleased to present the next installment in our 2010 Literary Trading Card Series, featuring experimental Canadian poet Christian Bök!


Every month during 2010 and beyond we will release a limited edition trading card featuring new work from a notable contemporary literary figure.

Patterned after classic baseball card designs, each collectible card will be available for just 99 cents on our website or FREE with any purchase of a Fact-Simile title/item. Collect the whole set! Trade them with your friends! For the price of a song on iTunes, you too can own a piece of literary history.

Many Thanks and Happy Reading,

Travis Macdonald & JenMarie Davis
The Editors @ Fact-Simile Editions
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jenmarie@fact-simile.com

Fact-Simile Literary Trading Card Series

It is with great pleasure that we would like to announce the official launch of Fact-Simile's Literary Trading Card Series!

Every month during 2010 and beyond we will release a limited edition trading card featuring the work of a notable contemporary literary figure. Patterned after classic baseball card designs, each collectible trading card will be available for just 99 cents apiece on our website or FREE with the purchase of any Fact-Simile title/item.

That’s right: you can own a piece of literary history for the price of a song on iTunes! So go ahead...indulge. And remember to tell all your friends!

This month's featured writer is none other than the almighty Anne Waldman with a previously unpublished excerpt from her epic poem Iovis.

Many Thanks and Happy Reading,

Travis Macdonald & JenMarie Davis
The Editors @ Fact-Simile Editions
http://www.fact-simile.com