RICHARD SIMMONS aptly reviewed

ben tanzer's recent mud luscious press chapbook I AM RICHARD SIMMONS gets some brief loving here.

want a copy? okay. they are only $3 here.

want more? okay. fine. go here. we bend to your whims.

PARTS reviewed & a chapbook roundtable

molly gaudry's PARTS (an excerpt from her forthcoming novel(la) WE TAKE ME APART) was kindly (& aptly) reviewed by ryan w. bradley at the chapbook review.

read it in full here.

& john madera also invited me to a roundtable about chapbook presses.

read that e-conversation here.

& if all this makes you want to read WE TAKE ME APART, no fear, the proofs are coming along beautifully & we are on schedule to release it dec. 2009.

get in on a $12 pre-order here.

or maybe this makes you want to read more mlp chapbooks? we can help. the 2010 subscription options are here:

$20 for 12 chapbooks

or

$20 for two novel(la)s

or

$50 for 12 chapbooks, 2 novel(la)s, & the mlp anthology [ FIRST YEAR ]

or

$150 for everything we publish in 2010 & beyond, the lifetime baby.

get all the goodness here.

new stamp stories are out there

new mud luscious stamp stories are available now:

kendra grant malone @ pear noir!

raymond federman @ starcherone

buy a book from either of these places & a stamp story will be tucked away somewhere in the order.

there are more too - check out other stamp stories here.

mud luscious teams up with warm milk press

we have hooked up with the new warm milk printing press to offer a spanking deal:

the first 10 subscribers to the 2010 mlp chapbook series will receive a free copy of MUSEUM OF FUCKED by david peak.

check out the warm milk printing press here & order your 2010 mlp chapbook subscription here.

* **UPDATE** *

all bonus volumes have found a home

best of the web, pushcart, micro award

mud luscious press is happy to nominate the following from 2009:

for dzanc's best of the web series:

BROTHER by mike meginnis (ml issue eight)
THE DEAD CELLS OF THE DAY by molly gaudry (ml issue seven)
MEANING OF LIFE #35 by sean lovelace (ml issue seven)

for the pushcart prize:

THEY by brian evenson
THE FISH & THE NOT FISH by peter markus
A FIELD OF COLORS by charles lennox
THOSE BONES by david ohle
ISN’T THIS WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR? by ken sparling
WE TAKE ME APART (an excerpt) by molly gaudry

for the micro award:

OTHER SISTERS by roxane gay (ml issue nine)
IN FIVE SENTENCES by kimberly e. ruth (ml issue nine)

best of luck to one & all.

we are excited to have you representing mud luscious press.

WE TAKE ME APART is on goodreads

WE TAKE ME APART is up now on goodreads.

add, etc. here.

pre-order here.

mathias svalina has a new title with mlp

we have acquired our first 2011 novel(la) series title:

I AM A VERY PRODUCTIVE ENTREPRENEUR by mathias svalina

author of the phenomenal PLAY (the cupboard pamphlet series) & the fantastic CREATION MYTHS (winner of the 2007 nmp / diagram chapbook contest), this new full-length book is a wonder of the surreal & indeterminate, a heap of sharp writing. read an excerpt here.

we have also officially opened up our 2010 subscription options:

{ $ 20 } the complete 2010 chapbooks (12 titles)
{ $ 20 } the complete 2010 novel(la)s (2 titles)
{ $ 50 } the complete 2010 package (all 2010 titles)
{ $ 150 } the lifetime (all mlp titles from 2010 & on)

& you can pre-order stand-alone copies as well:

{ $ 15 } FIRST YEAR (an mlp anthology)
{ $ 12 } WE TAKE ME APART by molly gaudry
{ $ 12 } AN ISLAND OF FIFTY by ben brooks
{ $ 12 } WHEN ALL OUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED by sasha fletcher

plus, the october chapbook titles are shipping now { $3 each } :

MORE INTRODUCTIONS by mark baumer
I AM RICHARD SIMMONS by ben tanzer
BOOTS WALKING IN AMERICA by krammer abrahams

go here to order