Organic Furniture Cellar: Works on Paper 2002–2004 by Jessica Smith, published by Outside Voices. Distributed by Bootstrap Productions, 96 pp. $16. Go to Outside Voices for more info. Juliana Spahr writes of Organic Furniture Cellar:

Jessica Smith's Organic Furniture Cellar takes on big issues, such as how to write about the place where you live with all its distractions, beauties, and limitations intact. And she writes out of these questions a beautifully fragmented series of page aware poems. A stunning and necessary first book...

To order just go to looktouchblog or Outside Voices and click the 'Buy Now' button. 

Fine Print: OFC will also be available through the SPD catalog and independent booksellers that stock SPD titles.You can also request your university or local library to purchase a copy. Outside Voices is a 501(c)(3); donations are tax-deductible.  Please contact me for more information.  Pre-orders for OFC will be filled post-haste.

Originally from Birmingham, Alabama, Jessica Smith received her B.A. summa cum laude in English and Comparative Literature and her M.A. in Comparative Literature from SUNY Buffalo, where she participated in the Poetics Program and started the poetry magazine name. She is now a Ph.D. student in English at UVA, where she devotes her free time to Outside Voices and the D.C. poetry scene. Recent chapbooks include bird-book (House Press / Detumescence), The Plasticity of Poetry and Telling Time (No Press), and Shifting Landscapes (above/ground press). Her first book, Organic Furniture Cellar, is available from Outside Voices.

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dsendecki said:

Ordered one tonight from Outside Voices. Looking forward to checking it out. We'll be sure to add it to Avaliable Materials here and get it a review on site. See looktouchblog I'm not too familiar with your work, Jessica, outside of what I learned from Kevin Thurston (all good) I found the following from Derek Beaulieu encouraging (a poet who's work I admire) in a preview of your book: Jessica Smith?s first collection of poetry, Organic Furniture Cellar (Outside Voices, 96 pp.), contains not only exception poetry, but also a cogent and well argued preface entitled ?The Plasticity of Poetry (A Poetics)? which clearly defines her use of the fragment, multiple languages and concrete poetry. By the way, Help OV get the book out ASAP. Do a good thing and order one today! Let me know, smallpressexchangers, if any of you would like to review the book. A copy for your troubles. Once, of course, I have a solid read.

August 02, 2006 | url

dsendecki said:

A few days after ordering this book, I received it promptly from Jessica. Still looking for an eligible reviewer to review it for us!

August 28, 2006

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