Tom Raworth Poetry Trading Cards

They might not play baseball in England but poetry is an international pastime...yeah: Tom Raworth is this month's poetry trading card:

A key member of the British Poetry Revival, Tom Raworth is the author of more than 40 books of poetry and prose.

Patterned after a 1986 Donruss baseball card design, Tom Raworth's poetry trading card features a new poem titled Surfing The Permafrost Through Methane Flares.

Fact-Simile Poetry Trading Cards are printed on recycled cardboard and available for just 99 cents on our website.

Subscriptions to the entire 2014 Poetry Trading Card Series are available. Plus, all 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 Poetry Trading Cards are still available individually or as complete sets.

Read on,

Travis & JenMarie Macdonald
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Arthur Sze Poetry Trading Cards

It wouldn't be National Poetry Month without a Poetry Trading Card... Arthur Sze is closing out April:

Author of nine books of poetry, including the forthcoming Compass Rose (Copper Canyon, 2014), Arthur Sze is also a celebrated translator.

About his work, Jackson Mac Low once said, “The word ‘compassion’ is much overused—‘clarity’ less so—but Arthur Sze is truly a poet of clarity and compassion.”

Patterned after a 1967 Topps baseball card design, Arthur Sze's poetry trading card features a new poem of clarity and compassion (from Arctic Circle) from his forthcoming collection.

Fact-Simile Poetry Trading Cards are printed on recycled cardboard and available for just 99 cents on our website.

Subscriptions to the entire 2014 Poetry Trading Card Series are available. Plus, all 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 Poetry Trading Cards are still available individually or as complete sets.

Happy Poetry Month!

Travis & JenMarie Macdonald
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Forrest Gander Poetry Trading Cards

Fact-Simile is excited to present the featured poet on this month's Poetry Trading Card: Forrest Gander.

Author of more than 28 books and translations, including Core Samples from the World (a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize), Forrest Gander is an American poet, essayist, novelist, critic, and translator.

Patterned after a 2008 Topps baseball card design, Forrest Gander's poetry trading card features a new poem titled "Anniversary" on the reverse side.
 

Fact-Simile Poetry Trading Cards are printed on recycled cardboard and available for just 99 cents on our website.

Subscriptions to the entire 2014 Poetry Trading Card Series are available. Plus, all 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 Poetry Trading Cards are still available individually or as complete sets.

Thanks for Reading,

Travis & JenMarie Macdonald
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Cole Swensen Poetry Trading Cards

Fact-Simile is excited to lead off our fifth (and final) annual lineup of Poetry Trading Cards with Cole Swensen.

Cole Swensen is a translator, editor, copywriter, professor and poet. She is the author of more than ten books of poetry, including most recently, Gravesend, (University of California Press, 2012) and The Glass Age, (Alice James Books , 2007).

Patterned after a 2005 Topps baseball card design, Cole Swensen's poetry trading card features a new poem titled "Field Theater" on the reverse side.

Fact-Simile Poetry Trading Cards are printed on recycled cardboard and available for just 99 cents on our website. Subscriptions to next year's 2014 Poetry Trading Card Series are now available at a discount. Plus, all 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 Poetry Trading Cards are still available individually or as complete sets.

Thanks for Reading,

Travis & JenMarie Macdonald
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Cecilia Vicuna Poetry Trading Cards

October wouldn't be complete without a treat for your poetry sweet tooth from Fact-Simile...We're pretty sure Cecilia Vicuña Poetry Trading Cards should do the trick!


Cecilia Vicuña is a visual artist and author of 16 books of poetry, including: Palabrarmas (RIL 2005), I Tu (Tse-tse, 2004) and Instan (Kelsey St Press, 2003). She performs and exhibits her work widely in Europe, Latin America and the US. She is also a political activist and founding member of Artists for Democracy.

Patterned after a 1981 Fleer baseball card design, Cecilia Vicuña's poetry trading card features a photo by James O'Hern and a new poem titled "The Shadow of a Loom" on the reverse side.

Fact-Simile Poetry Trading Cards are printed on recycled cardboard and available for just 99 cents on our website. Subscriptions to the entire 2013 Poetry Trading Card Series are available at a discount and, as always, our 2010, 2011 and 2012 Poetry Trading Cards are still available individually or as complete sets.

Ron Padgett Poetry Trading Cards

Happy Fall from Fact-Simile! We're starting autumn off right with Ron Padgett Poetry Trading Cards.



Ron Padgett is an American poet, essayist, fiction writer, translator and a member of the New York School. He is the author of nearly 30 books of poetry, most recently How Long and How to be perfect from Coffeehouse Press.

Patterned after a 1954 Topps baseball card design, Ron Padgett's poetry trading card features photos by Jemimah Kuhfeld (right) and Ulla Montan (left) on the front and new poem titled "And?" on the reverse side.

Fact-Simile Poetry Trading Cards are printed on recycled cardboard and available for just 99 cents on our website. Subscriptions to the entire 2013 Poetry Trading Card Series are available at a discount and, as always, our 2010, 2011 and 2012 Poetry Trading Cards are still available individually or as complete sets.

Happy Reading,

Travis & JenMarie Macdonald
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Beat The Heat With Kate Greenstreet

Yeah, it's hot out but Kate Greenstreet Poetry Trading Cards are cool!

Kate Greenstreet's third book Young Tambling is new from Ahsahta Press. Her previous books are case sensitive and The Last 4 Things, also with Ahsahta. Her poetry can be found in Colorado Review, Boston Review, Chicago Review, and other journals.

Patterned after a 2004 Topps baseball card design, Kate Greenstreet's poetry trading card features a photo by Max Greenstreet and new untitled poem on the reverse side.

Fact-Simile Poetry Trading Cards are printed on recycled cardboard and available for just 99 cents on our website. Subscriptions to the entire 2013 Poetry Trading Card Series are available at a discount and, as always, our 2010, 2011 and 2012 Poetry Trading Cards are still available individually or as complete sets.

Happy Reading,

Travis & JenMarie

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Noah Eli Gordon Poetry Trading Cards

We here at Fact-Simile Editions are delighted to announce the latest release (#40) in our Poetry Trading Card Series, featuring a new poem by Noah Eli Gordon.

Noah Eli Gordon is the author of eight books, including The Year of the Rooster (Ahsahta Press, 2013), The Source (Futurepoem, 2011) and Novel Pictorial Noise (Harper Perennial, 2007), which was selected by John Ashbery for the National Poetry Series.

Patterned after a 1981 Topps baseball card design, Noah Eli Gordon's poetry trading card features a photo by Sommer Browning and a new poem titled, "Yar's Revenge".

Fact-Simile Poetry Trading Cards are printed on recycled cardboard and available for just 99 cents on our website. Subscriptions to the entire 2013 Poetry Trading Card Series are available at a discount and, as always, our 2010, 2011 and 2012 Poetry Trading Cards are still available individually or as complete sets.

Happy Reading,

Travis & JenMarie Macdonald
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Paul Hoover Poetry Trading Cards Are In

It's the 12th inning and Paul Hoover is closing out the 2012 Poetry Trading Card season!

Paul Hoover is the author of more than 20 books of poetry, essays and translations, including desolation : souvenir (Omnidawn 2012), Beyond the Court Gate: Selected Poems of Nguyen Trai (Counterpath 2010) and Sonnet 56 (Les Figues 2009). He is the editor, along with Maxine Chernoff, of New American Writing and professor of creative writing at San Francisco State University.

His poetry trading card, patterned after a 1957 Topps baseball card design, features a photo by Sumit Bando and a new poem, "The Dog was Pleasant and the Cat was Firm".

Fact-Simile Poetry Trading Cards are printed on recycled paper and available for just 99 cents on our website. Subscriptions to next year's 2013 Poetry Trading Card Series are available at a discount and, as always, our 2010 and 2011 and 2012 Poetry Trading Cards are still available individually or as a complete set.

Happy (Holiday) Reading,

Travis & JenMarie Macdonald
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Marcella Durand Poetry Trading Cards

 Marcella Durand Poetry Trading Cards deserve a special place in your collection!

Marcella Durand is the author of Deep Eco Pre with Tina Darragh (Little Red Leaves), AREA (Belladonna), Traffic & Weather (Futurepoem), and other books. She was the 2010–2011 CPCW fellow in poetics and poetic practice at the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing at the University of Pennsylvania.

Her poetry trading card, patterned after a 1990 Topps baseball card design, features a new poem titled "A Singular Island at Harbor".

Fact-Simile Poetry Trading Cards are printed on recycled paper and available for just 99 cents on our website. Subscriptions to the entire 2012 series are available at a discount and, as always, our 2010 and 2011 Poetry Trading Cards are still available individually or as a complete set.

Happy Reading,

Travis & JenMarie Macdonald

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Celebrate Lewis Warsh Appreciation Month

Just in case you haven't already heard: September 2012 is (unofficially) Lewis Warsh Appreciation Month and we here at Fact-Simile invite you to start the celebration with a Lewis Warsh Trading Card!

Not that any of us really need a reason to celebrate the work of one of contemporary poetry's most legendary voices. Co-founder (with Anne Waldman) of Angel Hair Magazine  and co-editor (with Bernadette Mayer) of United Artists Magazine and Books, Warsh is the author of over twenty-five books of poetry, fiction and autobiography.

Ready to join in the festivities of Lewis Warsh Appreciation Month? Here's what you do:

• First, order your Lewis Warsh Trading Card featuring a previously unreleased poem.
• Then, head on over to MIMEO MIMEO and check out "the first magazine ever devoted in its entirety to poet, novelist, publisher, teacher, and collage artist Lewis Warsh."
• Finally, stop by Granary Books and get your hands on some of the awesome recently released Lewis Warsh collages and collage books.

Every Fact-Simile Poetry Trading Card is printed on recycled paper and available for just 99 cents on our website. Subscriptions to the entire 2012 series are available at a discount and, as always, our 2010 and 2011 Poetry Trading Cards are still available individually or as a complete set.

Happy Reading,

Travis & JenMarie Macdonald
Fact-Simile Editions
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Poetry Trading Card #32: Kenneth Goldsmith

Fact-Simile Poetry Trading Card #32 features a new poem from that uncreative genius of conceptual verse: Kenneth Goldsmith.

Kenneth Goldsmith is the author of more than ten books including, most recently the American trilogy: The Weather (2005), Traffic (2007) and Sports (2008). He is also, among other things, the founding editor of UbuWeb, the largest web-based educational resource for avant-garde material available on the internet

This new poem ("Fund Family Dly YTD") by Kenneth Goldsmith is featured on the back of August's Poetry Trading Card from Fact-Simile Editions.

Every Fact-Simile Poetry Trading Card is printed on recycled paper and available for just 99 cents on our website. Subscriptions to the entire 2012 series are available at a discount and, as always, our 2010 and 2011 Poetry Trading Cards are still available individually or as a complete set.

Happy Reading,

Travis & JenMarie Macdonald
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Poet Trading Card #31: Tyrone Williams

July almost snuck by us but with one day left before the arrival of August, we're pleased to announce that Fact-Simile Poetry Trading Card #31 features a new poem from Tyrone Williams.

Tyrone Williams is the author of  c.c. (Krupskaya Books, 2002), On Spec (Omnidawn Publishing, 2008) and The Hero Project of the Century (The Backwaters Press, 2009), Adventures of Pi (Dos Madres Books, 2011) and Howell (Atelos Books, 2011). He teaches literature and theory at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.

This new poem ("IPO: A Sing-Sing-Along") by Tyrone Williams is featured on the back of July's Poetry Trading Card from Fact-Simile Editions.

These limited-edition poetic collectibles are printed on recycled paper and available for just 99 cents on our website. Subscriptions to the entire 2012 series are just $10 plus shipping and, as always, our 2010 and 2011 Poetry Trading Cards are still available individually or as a complete set.

Happy Reading,

Travis & JenMarie Macdonald
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Charles Alexander is July's Trading Card (#19)

Fact-Simile Editions is pleased to announce #19 in our ongoing poetry trading card series: Arizona poet, printer and book artist Charles Alexander.

Alexander's recent books of poetry include Four Ninety Eight to Seven (Meow Press, 1996), Etudes: D & D (Quarry Press, 1997), near or random acts (Singing Horse Press, 2004) and Certain Slants (Junction Press, 2007).

Now -- with this previously unreleased poem from his work in progress With, In, and Of -- Alexander is at it again. These limited-edition poetic collectibles are printed on recycled paper and available for just 99 cents on our website and subscriptions to the entire 2011 series are just $10 plus shipping.

Happy Reading,

Travis & JenMarie
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Now Batting: #9 in the Series...Ron Silliman!

We here at Fact-Simile are pleased to present #9 in our Poetry Trading Card series, none other than that big hitter of the blogosphere: Ron Silliman himself!

Curator of the internet’s most widely read literary blog, founding member of the L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E school and author of more than 30 books of poetry, including Ketjak, The Age of Huts and The Alphabet, Ron Silliman is one of the most important literary voices of his (indeed, any) generation.

Now, with this latest, previously unreleased, poem from Revelator, Mr. Silliman once again takes to the field. You can secure your copy of this limited-edition poetic collectible for just 99 cents (plus shipping) on our website. Or, collect the entire set with our generously discounted subscription plan.

Many Thanks and Happy Reading,

Travis Macdonald & JenMarie Davis
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Now Announcing Trading Card #8: Peter Gizzi

Fact-Simile Editions is pleased to present the 8th installment in our Poetry Trading Card series: Mr. Peter Gizzi!

In addition to introducing Jack Spicer to a new generation of readers and writers (see The House that Jack Built & My Vocabulary Did This to Me) Peter Gizzi is the author of more than 5 books of poetry including Artificial Heart (Burning Deck 1998), Some Values of Landscape and Weather (Wesleyan 2003) and more recently The Outernationale (Wesleyan 2007).

With this latest poem, Mr. Gizzi once again "[takes] language close to the bone...forces attention to operate closely according to the dictation of images."-Dale Smith

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

Many Thanks and Happy Reading,

Travis Macdonald & JenMarie Davis
The Editors of 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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Trading Card #6 features Elizabeth Robinson

It is with great pleasure that we here at Fact-Simile Editions announce the 6th installment in our 2010 Trading Card Series: Elizabeth Robinson!

Author of more than 10 books of poetry including Pure Descent, winner of the National Poetry Series and, more recently, Also Known As, from Apogee Press, Elizabeth Robinson's poetry exhibits “a minimalist's precision and a logician's attention to linguistic morphology.” (-Ann Lauterbach)

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 .

Many Thanks and Happy Reading,

Travis Macdonald & JenMarie Davis
The Editors at Fact-Simile Editions
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March Trading Card Featuring Rae Armantrout

For our March Trading Card, Fact-Simile Editions is pleased to present none other than National Book Critics Circle Award Winner Rae Armantrout! You can preview the card here.

That's right! With Fact-Simile Literary Trading Cards, you too can own your favorite poet's likeness on a genuine issue 2.5"x3.5" recycled cardboard rectangle for just 99 cents.

April's card should be available at our AWP table in Denver, April 7-10, 2010 where all of our titles will be available at discounted rates. You're also invited to join us during AWP for two great readings:

Wednesday, April 7th, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Translation Gallery, 1743 Wazee Street, Denver, CO
Featuring Tarpaulin Sky Press, Fact-Simile, and Sidebrow Books

Thursday, April 8th, 10:30pm-1:00am
Dazzle Restaurant and Lounge, 930 Lincoln St, Denver, CO
featuring Fact-Simile, Tarpaulin Sky, Monkey Puzzle Press, Fast Forward, Bombay Gin, and Zero Ducats.

We hope to see you there!

Best Regards,

The Editors