http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/selfpublished_books_get_no_respect On the left, a book with the author's drawing of a monkey on the cover. On the right, A Poet Gone Mad. The scroll reads: "Poetries of/reality/Brought to the/forefront./Humor/Contraversial/Political/Sarcasm/Social/Problems."... Copyright 2008 Fri, 30 May 2008 11:00:00 -0800 Fri, 30 May 2008 13:40:16 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss That looks like my handwriting when I was 12 years old.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/selfpublished_books_get_no_respect#c1035714 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/selfpublished_books_get_no_respect#c1035714 Books Fri, 30 May 2008 11:12:15 -0800 That monkey is totally rad.

]]> boxofbirds http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/selfpublished_books_get_no_respect#c1035981 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/selfpublished_books_get_no_respect#c1035981 Books Fri, 30 May 2008 12:25:22 -0800 I dig the inclusion of "Social Problems", mostly because of the ambiguity of the term. Maybe there will be poetry about social ills like violence and inhumanity, or maybe there will be poems focusing on how gas can really interrupt a first date. Either way, this looks like a gem.

]]> Sara http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/selfpublished_books_get_no_respect#c1036198 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/selfpublished_books_get_no_respect#c1036198 Books Fri, 30 May 2008 13:40:16 -0800