Amazon and SPD top 20


Posted at 12:00 on Oct 20th
By Duncan Barlow
Oddly, it's a chilly day down here in the swamplands, but we're keeping warm with good books!

For those who have waited for Amazon to carry our titles, you may now visit their site and order. They have not posted the photos of our titles yet, but they do have them listed so that you may order them.

Just got the monthly update from Small Press Distribution and it seems that our own Keith Abbott has broken into the top 20 best sellers this month! Great job Keith!

In other news, the computer I use for office work had a bad optical drive so she's spending some much needed time at the Apple Spa, where they will reinstall a new drive. The office just doesn't look the same without her shiny little face.

Just finished Joanna Howard's new book and LOVED it. I'll post a review when things slow down a bit (oh, yeah that never happens).

Enjoy some cider during these autumn days and curl up with a good title from Astrophil Press!

best,
duncan
Amazon | Top 20 | Macintosh SPA

Featured Books


Downstream from Trout Fishing in America: A Memoir of Richard Brautigan By Keith Abbott

In Downstream from Trout Fishing in America: A Memoir of Richard Brautigan, Keith Abbott paints a portrait of Richard Brautigan as a lovable and whimsical friend. Abbott explains the writer’s dedication to the art of fiction and his quest to break beyond the pop culture, hippie label that haunted him until his suicide in 1984. Brautigan’s tight prose inspired authors such as Haruki Murakami and his experimentation with the line won him accolades from authors like Ishmael Reed, Raymond Carver, and Michael McClure. His work is highly influential and Abbott draws a clear connection between Brautigan’s life and his writing. This book is essential for anyone who is interested in the work of Richard Brautigan. Raymond Carver writes, "Truly the best thing I've ever seen written of the man."


The Procession of Mollusks By Eric Olson

If Fletch took Lovecraft to see a movie and it turned out to be a double feature—'Slugs: muerte viscosa' and 'The Monster that Challenged the World'--this post-genre romp is what might have been extracted from their post-movie dreams. This is a smart, funny, and (most importantly) irreverently weird book.
—Brian Evenson, author of The Open Curtain and The Wavering Knife.


Sleepers' Republic By David Gruber

In David Gruber’s Sleepers’ Republic nature is dreaming, and we are its dreams. Time is slowed down or speeded up: “suddenly, the sun / gives way to stars.” And: “What we knew moves sudden / without warning / throwing us to the ground / an emptiness in the sea / The air above us filled with fruit.” It may be that love “offers the opposite of a kiss,” yet Gruber’s upended universe is nonetheless an exhilarating medium in which the reader can both swim and breathe.
— John Ashbery author of Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror and Notes from the Air




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