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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"I think Duchamp ... would be proud of the soapbox derby go-cart Silverton is driving through art and poetry..." Dana Wilde on Mike Silverton's NEW AND USED POEMS AND OBJECTS: www.islandinstitute.org/working-wat…

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

COVER REVEAL: Joe Taylor's PARADISE MUZZLED, with plenty of pizza and star turns from crowd favorites Satan and Jehovah, coming this December! www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/par…

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Now available in the Sagging Shorts series: Norman Conquest's WHAT'S HECUBA TO HIM OR HE TO HECUBA? www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/hec…

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"I just pull on the thread." In JMWW, Curtis Smith interviews P.J. Blumenthal about SELF PORTRAITS: jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2026/09/21/p…

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Kirkus on PJ Blumenthal's SELF PORTRAITS: "Creative, unsettling, funny, and challenging… [for those able to] let go of the constraints of logic and enjoy a heady freefall through an entertaining house of mirrors." www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/…

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

On our home page as of today, in response to MANY reports of scam emails. Be careful out there!

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

COVER REVEAL: Charles Holdefer's new novel, MOVE THE MOUNTAIN, coming this April! www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/mov…

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

COVER REVEAL: Kurt Luchs' A LITTLE BOOK ABOUT THE BEATLES: two dozen sonnets and two essays about the Fab Four. Coming this January! www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/a_l…

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

COVER REVEAL: Paul Kavanagh's EVERYBODY IS INTERESTED IN PIGEONS, now preorderable at @asterismbooks.bsky.social: asterismbooks.com/product/ever...

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

W.J. Davies on Guillermo Stitch's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING in 3:AM: "the ambitious, provocative nature of a book happily out of step with the plain-style trend of contemporary fiction is refreshing." www.3ammagazine.com/3am/the-coast-o…

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Charles Holdefer on Guillermo Stitch's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING in Dactyl Review: "a remarkable novel by a writer who does not play safe." dactylreview.com/2026/07/21/the-coa…

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Thanks to Johnny White Really-Really for this reading from Guillermo Stitch's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING — out today! youtube.com/shorts/OBUNiRIeKGI

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Thanks to Rónán Hession, author of GHOST MOUNTAIN, for this reading from Guillermo Stitch's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING — out June 16! youtube.com/shorts/Z6X--h8Drg4

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Merrill Joan Gerber at Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena, CA, for the book launch yesterday of SOMEONE SHOULD KNOW THIS STORY, her selected stories. www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/som…

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

In Working Waterfront (Maine), here's Dana Wilde on Mike Silverton's NEW AND USED POEMS AND OBJECTS: "I think Duchamp and his unruly co-conspirators ... would be proud of the soapbox derby go-cart Silverton is driving through art and poetry a century after they got the ball rolling uphill."

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Thanks to Susanna Crossman, author of THE ORANGE NOTEBOOKS, for this reading from Guillermo Stitch's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING! youtube.com/shorts/g89gLZSGP7k

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

In person in Berkeley, CA, and simultaneously on Zoom, on May 30th: a celebration of poet Jack Foley's life. www.eventbrite.com/e/jack-foley-cel…

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

As we approach the publication day of Guillermo Stitch's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING on June 16, we've got a few more videos of authors from reading from it. Here's Jeff Chon, author of HASHTAG GOOD GUY WITH A GUN. Thanks, Jeff! youtube.com/shorts/nxXbKsyuxEw

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Disconcert and -combobulate the oligarchy by buying an early copy of Norman Conquest's WHAT'S HECUBA TO HIM OR HE TO HECUBA? at the Indie Book Fair tomorrow! It's out in September, but we'll bring a few early copies for Kenner and Liebhaber.

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Hello New Yorkers! We'll be in Greenwich Village at the CLMP/PEN Indie Lit Fair on Washington Square South TOMORROW, Saturday, May 2, from noon till 6! Come by for a FREE BOOK if you record a reading! (And you can buy things, too.)

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Here Dawn Raffel channels Guillermo Stitch channeling Charles Dickens. youtube.com/shorts/VAYbRW4z4XU?feat…

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Tonight in Paris: Dr. Jean-Marc Victor will present (in French) Devin Jacobsen's BREATH LIKE THE WIND AT DAWN at the Sorbonne, with actor Dominique Parent reading Victor's French translations of excerpts. is.gd/LHB5dY

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Happy Publication Day to Merrill Joan Gerber and her new book, SOMEONE SHOULD KNOW THIS STORY! www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/som…

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

In @psychologytoday.com , Susan Perry talks with Merrill Joan Gerber about her life as a writer, her new collection SOMEONE SHOULD KNOW THIS STORY, small press publishing, and having her archives at Yale. is.gd/SD34dL

Merrill Joan Gerber, happy with her recent books.

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

COVER REVEAL: Norman Conquest's WHAT'S HECUBA TO HIM, OR HE TO HECUBA?, coming in September in our "Sagging Shorts" series of pocket books. Preorder at asterismbooks.com/product/whats-hec…

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

COVER REVEAL — for Lee Upton's TABITHA, STAY UP, coming Sep. 15th! www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/tab…

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Thanks to Christopher Boucher for this reading from Guillermo Stitch's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING. youtube.com/shorts/Om9EsKMeKjw

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Kirkus Reviews on Merrill Joan Gerber: "Whether they’re longtime fans or are discovering Gerber for the first time, readers will take much from this collection... consistently arresting and engaging." www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/…

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Stanford magazine features Merrill Joan Gerber's SOMEONE SHOULD KNOW THIS STORY: stanfordmag.org/contents/biblio-fil…

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

A tantalizing excerpt from Guillermo Stitch's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING, coming in June, has landed In 3:AM magazine: www.3ammagazine.com/3am/what-is-the…

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Just in — @annabellegurwitch.bsky.social on @leeupton.bsky.social's TABITHA, GET UP: “I have taken to keeping this book by the side of the bed and opening to a page at random when a giggle or courage or both are required.” www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/tabi...

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

If this brilliant installment of Monkeybicycle's "If My Book" column doesn't make you rush out & demand a copy of Kurt Luchs' TRIBUTARIES from your local bookstore (or equiv.) then you have our permission to eat your hat. Sauce optional. monkeybicycle.net/if-my-book-tribut…

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

NEW AND USED POEMS AND OBJECTS is out, in paperback and hardcover. It's 90-year-old Mike Silverton's fourth collection, with not only poems, but 80+ photographs by Kevin Johnson of Mike's painting, sculpture, and assemblage. www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/new…

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

In PopMatters, John Loonam on Devin Jacobsen's THE SUMMER WE ATE OFF THE CHINA: “Every reader will find their favorites here while gaining a broad and complex view of how much humanity ... one writer can depict.” www.popmatters.com/summer-we-ate-of…

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

We're especially proud of Mike Silverton's NEW AND USED POEMS AND OBJECTS. It's an expensive book to print and to buy, but we promise it's worth it, & there's a discount on preorders of the paperback edition at Asterism. asterismbooks.com/product/new-and-u…

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Congratulations to Devin Jacobsen, whose THE SUMMER WE ATE OFF THE CHINA is the winner of the Southern Literary Review's Short Fiction of the Year award! southernlitreview.com/reviews/south…

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Happy Publication Day to Kurt Luchs' TRIBUTARIES — an anthology of twenty poems by twenty poets, accompanied by essays and tribute poems by Kurt. @deborahkalb.bsky.social talks with him about the book here: deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2025/…

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

LONDONERS: this Thursday, Sagging Meniscus sails to @poetrysociety.org.uk with the able crew of @davidcollard.bsky.social, Melissa McCarthy, Rufo Quintavalle, @julianstannardpoet.bsky.social, & Philip Terry — plus a SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE by @jgoldsmith.bsky.social. It's free. RSVP bit.ly/3Jl0JLN

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Lee Upton on writing WRONGFUL: "while writing, like our readers we too have to develop an advanced tolerance for getting things wrong." bigindiebooks.com/2025/11/06/the-ar…

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

At Sagging Central we've got a copy of Mike Silverton's NEW AND USED POEMS AND OBJECTS—and it's unbelievable. www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/new_... Preorder it for a special discount at @asterismbooks.bsky.social: asterismbooks.com/product/new-...

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

In the Sundress Blog, Tassneem Abdulwahab calls Kat Meads' WHILE VISITING BABETTE "a surreal magnifying glass.... enchanting ... feeding the reader just enough input to be tantalizing, a delicate balance in the space between repetitive and perplexing". bit.ly/3JFXgrv

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Come hear Sagging Meniscus in London at The Poetry Society: @davidcollard.bsky.social , Melissa McCarthy, Rufo Quintavalle, @julianstannardpoet.bsky.social , and Philip Terry. 20 November! RSVP at bit.ly/3Jl0JLN

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Coming January 20th: Mike Silverton's NEW AND USED POEMS AND OBJECTS, including 70+ color photographs of this poet's fabulously imaginative art. www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/new…

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

We're tickled to annonuce that Lee Upton's TABITHA, GET UP has been selected as a semi-finalist for the 2026 Thurber Prize for American Humor in Writing! www.thurberhouse.org/2026-thurber-p…

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

In Heavy Feather, Jason K. Friedman on Devin Jacobsen's "beautiful and wide-ranging" story collection, THE SUMMER WE ATE OFF THE CHINA: "[Jacobsen] eschews a fashionable cool in favor of big language and deep feeling." heavyfeatherreview.org/2025/09/29/w…

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

The original PDF of this poster describing last year's giveaway, which we'll repeat this year, has gone missing. Perhaps we should print this photo, and next year print a photo of that, in its worn crumpled state, and continue in this lossy way until we forget why, thereby achieving sanctity.

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

New Yorkers: please come say hello tomorrow (Sunday, Sep. 20) at the Brooklyn Book Festival. We'll be at Booth 333 with books old, new and forthcoming, and we'll have a video giveaway: read an excerpt on camera, get a book. @bkbookfest.bsky.social

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