I tried to order a $6 chapbook from Octopus Books the other day. Shortly after I sent in the order, Zachary Schomburg wrote me back and apologized, saying they didn't have the chapbook I'd ordered and suggested some other options. I said okay, surprise me, etc. I like surprises. Yesterday, I received DJ Spinoza's Dozen by Eugene Ostashevsky AND The Tides by Genya Turovskaya. I haven't started reading them, but I promise I will soon after this round of student papers are all responded to.The point of this part of the post, I think, is to say that I had a positive experience with Octopus Books and that they were very nice and kind to me. Thank you.
I also received the first issue of The Open Face Sandwich. This issue looks nice. I like how the paper on the cover feels. I like the cover a lot. It made me hungry. I have not read the issue yet. I cannot read it because of the cover and because of the photographs inside. All I can do right now is open it up to look at the 'photographic essay,' titled "Found in Atlanta," by Meshakai Wolf.
Sheheryar B. Sheikh wrote a review of it at Newpages.
Joe Hall has a story in it. I know Joe Hall. Therefore, I am famous by proxy.
I used the word proxy in a gchat the other night.
Hold on, I will look for it.
Okay, it was with Mike Young. We were talking business, I think.
Mike: drat
sunglasses hate us
me: yes
the sun also
by proxy
or soemthing
prxy
proxy
Mike: hahahahaha
me: proxy
proxy
over and over
Mike: proxy
me: yes
proxy
I should delete this post.
That is all.
Goodnight.
Wait, I think I used the word 'proxy' incorrectly in this post and in the gchat.
I am deleting everything.