We like Andrew Choate so much that we told him we’d like to publish his next book. To our delight, he’s all for it. He’s been working on the manuscript right now.

His work is incredibly unique and we love any writer, any artist, who commits to his craft so completely.

His first book, Langquage Makes the Body Plastic, was published by Palm Press. The book comes with a CD that includes Andrew’s musical renditions.

We are very excited and we have to figure out how to do the CD and such, considering the publishing service we use.

Anyway, for a better taste of what Andrew’s about, check out this clip of him reading “Home Depot Weapon”:

This is Kim reading at Skylight Books on 4/3. It was a great night of supportive fans, book lovers, and poetry.

She read from her book, although only 1 poem from it (“sunstroke”), and also her ongoing epic masterpiece, “prison house.” To finish it off, she read two newer pieces, including the poem in the video above, “History of Our Lives.”

As some of you know, this was Kim’s final reading in Los Angeles before taking off for Prague (she got a writing fellowship – jealous!) and then, upon her return to the US, back to school for another Master’s.

The night was also meaningful for the people we met – Cati Porter, whose work I didn’t know before, but blew me away with her last two poems (the one about her dog having cancer just slayed me); Jade Shames who in charge of poetry at Skylight Books and is the one who booked the writers; and Noel Alumit.

We’ll post some more pictures in the coming days.

Fiction takes “10 to 30 years to finish … many authors will supplement their income with blogging, a far more lucrative field, considered by many to be a higher art form.”

Via Novelr.