Summer Updates

Dear Reader-

The first day of summer has come and gone and we here at Fact-Simile are slightly behind schedule with our Spring/Summer issue (3.1).

Here's a teaser, though: it features an interview with Brian Evenson! It is also our biggest issue ever.

Enough teasing. We promise we will get it up online and in the mail shortly.

Also, June's trading card might be a little late...yeah, we've been a little busy.

-The Editors

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poet of Deer Head Nation, A Thousand Devils, Breathalyzer and The Front was kind enough to share with us a previously unpublished excerpt from his Sonnagrams (anagrams of Shakespeare’s Sonnets) for this, our fifth installment in the 2010 Literary Trading Card Series.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
www.fact-simile.com

Equinox Chapbook Contest Closed

The 2010 Fact-Simile Equinox Chapbook Contest is officially closed. Many thanks to all the amazing writers who sent us so much wonderful work. We will be going through the stacks in the next couple of months and announcing the results at that time. The winning work will be published on or around the Fall Equinox.

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
www.fact-simile.com

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

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
http://www.fact-simile.com/
travis@fact-simile.com
jenmarie@fact-simile.com

The All New Recently Received

We've been receiving some really great texts for review from writers and small presses across the country and, inevitably, we will not be able to address every single one with the full attention that it deserves. For this reason, we've decided to implement a Recently Received list to keep our readers updated on all the exciting work available from our contributors and the greater community beyond:

Aim Straight at the Fountain and Press Vaporize, Elizabeth Marie Young, Fence Books 2009
Also Known As, Elizabeth Robinson, Apogee Press 2009
amphisbaena, Ray Succre, Cauliay 2009 (Interactive CD/E-book)
The Black Automaton, Douglas Kearney, Fence Books 2009
Duties of an English Foreign Secretary, Macgregor Card, Fence Books 2009
Ghosts of Breath, Howie Good, Bedouin Books 2009
The Mecox Papers, Anselm Parlatore, Wyandanch Lane Press 2009
My New Job, Catherine Wagner, Fence Books 2009
The Orphan and Its Relations, Elizabeth Robinson, Fence Books 2008
One Day There Will Be Nothing To Show That We Were Ever Here, Scott Alexander Jones, Bedouin Books 2009
Stranger, Laura Sims, Fence Books 2009
Umbra: The Sculpture Poems, Anselm Parlatore, North Fork Press 2010

We will be featuring reviews from this list in the coming weeks, so stay tuned!

If you're interested in writing reviews for Fact-Simile, please contact us. We will be accepting submissions for issue 2.3 until March 20th.

More soon...