some author activity: Rexilius, Mody, Earl, mclennan, Logan + Dewinetz,

Andrea Rexilius is interviewed, alongside Heather Garbo, for Westword; Monica Mody is discussed in an article by Yashaswini Krishna, "Poetry's role and the financial struggles of poets today," at NewsTrail; Amanda Earl has a visual poem in the "poetry pause" series via The League of Canadian Poets; rob mclennan has an excerpt of the work-in-progress, "the green notebook," up at Annulet, and is interviewed by Ivy Grimes for Writing Thoughts; Nate Logan has a new poem up at LEAVINGS and then another new poem up at LEAVINGS and also a poem at The Tiny; and did you know that Jason Dewinetz received a "Distinguished Alumni Award" from the University of Victoria a few years back?

new from above/ground press: THERE’S NOTHING OUT THERE, by Nate Logan

THERE’S NOTHING OUT THERE
Nate Logan
$5

BAD PREMISE

The one with the possessed dentures. The one with the cult and its line of exercise bikes. The one with the disease transforming every voice into text-to-speech. The one with the malicious sidewalk. The one with the president who turns to portraiture in retirement. The one with the pocket theremin calling another world. The one with the mummy teaching intro classes at the state college. The one with the singing telegram that takes 86 minutes to read. The one with the Wallace Stevens mask. The one with the laugh track coming from outside the house.

published in Ottawa by above/ground press
October 2024
a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy

cover image: “Fangs” by JJ

Nate Logan is the author of Wrong Horse (Moria Books, 2024) and Inside the Golden Days of Missing You (Magic Helicopter Press, 2019). He’s editor of the literary magazine Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo

This is Logan’s second above/ground press title, after Apricot (2022).

To order, send cheques (add $1 for postage; in US, add $2; outside North America, add $5) to: rob mclennan, 2423 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON K1H 7M9. E-transfer or PayPal at rob_mclennan (at) hotmail.com or the PayPal button at www.robmclennan.blogspot.com

some author activity: Logan, Armantrout, Stanley, Brenner + Naughton,

Nate Logan has work up in the Spotlight series; Rae Armantrout is interviewed by Paul Semel; a video of George Stanley reading at San Francisco State University's Poetry Center from October 24, 2013 is now online via the Poetry Center Digital Archive; Summer Brenner has a poem up at Poets Reading The News; and Katie Naughton is interviewed by Emily Harnden as part of an alumni spotlight via the Colorado State University website.

some author activity: Mc Donnell, Caporaso, Levy, Deutch, Unrau, Logan + Pirie,

Conor Mc Donnell has a new essay up at Chris Banks' new online journal, The Woodlot; Angela Caporaso and forthcoming author John Levy both have poems in the new issue of talking about strawberries all of the time; Amanda Deutch has new work at Warmly Zine; and Melanie Dennis Unrau, Nate Logan and Pearl Pirie each have new poems up at the Chaudiere Books blog as part of National Poetry Month!

some author activity: carisse, Armantrout, Scroggins, Logan + Reid,

russell carisse has a new poem up at dadakuku; Rae Armantrout has a poem up in The New Yorker; Mark Scroggins' work gets some good critical attention by James Berger over at Jacket2; Nate Logan is featured over at Leavings; and Monty Reid is interviewed by Pinhole Poetry, which also includes a new poem.

some author activity: Armantrout, Hyland, mclennan, Jirgens, Hogg, Logan + Anstee,

Rae Armantrout and MC Hyland have new work in Copenhagen Lit; the audio for the interview RC Weslowski and Kevin Spenst did with rob mclennan for Wax Poetic is now online; Karl Jirgens reflects on Robert Hogg in The Typescript; Nate Logan has three poems up at cul-de-sac-of-blood; and Cameron Anstee has a piece on book culling at The Richler Literary Project.

Benjamin Niespodziany's virtual reading marathon, September 24, 2023: Logan, mclennan, Walker, Williams, Barwin etc

above/ground press author Benjamin Niespodziany has curated a virtual reading marathon that will go live on Sunday, September 24, 2023 at noon CT, featuring thirty-one readers and nearly three hours of footage! the event also includes plenty of other above/ground press authors, including Nate Logan, rob mclennan, Laura Walker, Evan Williams and Gary Barwin! The premiere link for the event will be here, "live" on YouTube and will continue to be available after the event on his YouTube channel. He has included a list of authors and timestamps, also, if you aren't able to sit through all three hours.

00:00 Intro
01:02 Sparrow
05:12 Rebecca Wadlinger
07:44 Rainie Oet
10:15 Vi Khi Nao
13:07 Nate Logan
15:59 Jose Hernandez Diaz
19:31 Kristin Lueke
20:54 william erickson
25:06 Zachary Schomburg
29:36 Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi
34:37 Angelo Maneage
36:35 Joe Aguilar
42:08 Tyler Barton
50:58 Vik Shirley
54:53 Michael Bazzett
55:21 Daisuke Shen
57:24 rob mclennan
1:07:51 Laura Walker
1:12:56 Tom Snarsky
1:22:00 Evan Williams
1:34:49 Réka Nyitrai
1:36:24 David Wojciechowski
1:45:40 Jay Besemer
1:49:42 Paul Cunningham
1:58:00 David Dodd Lee
2:03:36 Lesle Lewis
2:10:09 Daniel Miller
2:15:51 Rick Bursky
2:24:08 Kai Ihns
2:27:44 Jeff Alessandrelli
2:37:34 Gary Barwin

some author activity: Reid, Logan, Higdon, Houbolt + Munson,

Monty Reid is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey; Nate Logan has new work up at Otoliths, as well as Leavings; Hailey Higdon wrote an article on mothering for Nashville Scene; forthcoming author Kyla Houbolt has a prose poem up at Idle Ink; and Jed Munson answers the '12 and 20 questions.'

some author activity: Carisse, Mohammadi, Logan, Hyland, Moritz + Barwin,

Russell Carisse is featured over at IceFloe Press; Khashayar Mohammadi has new work in the latest issue of the ex-puritan; Nate Logan, MC Hyland and Rachel Moritz have new work up at Concision; and Gary Barwin has donated his chapbook collection (including a whole slew of above/ground press stuff) to McMaster University.

some author activity: Boyle, Coulton, Smallfield, Norris, Logan, Notley, Shea + Hyland,

Frances Boyle has new work up at Briefly Zine, as well as Roi Faineant; Valerie Coulton has new work up at talking about strawberries all of the time, as does Edward Smallfield and Ken Norris, and even Nate Logan is interviewed; Alice Notley has new work up in The Tiny, as does MC Hyland and Michael Martin Shea.

some author activity: Logan, Niespodziany, Pirie + Bell,

Nate Logan has a new poem up at The Indianapolis Review; Benjamin Niespodziany has new work up at Hex Literary; Pearl Pirie has a haiku included as part of David McMurray's online ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK at The Asahi Shimbun; and Wade Bell has some new fiction up at The Typescript.

some author activity: Niespodziany, Pakdel, Mc Donnell, Logan, mclennan + Earl,

Benjamin Niespodziany is interviewed over at talking about strawberries all of the time; forthcoming author Saba Pakdel is featured over at rob mclennan's Spotlight Series; Conor Mc Donnell is interviewed over at poetry mini interviews, as is Nate Logan, who also has new work up at talking about strawberries all of the time; as does rob mclennan ; and Amanda Earl has a piece posted in the Poetry Pause series via The League of Canadian Poets.

some author activity: Boyle, Rukeyser, Logan + Scroggins,

Frances Boyle has a poem in the Poetry Pause series via The League of Canadian Poets; Susan Rukeyser has a new short story up at Arch Street Press; Nate Logan is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey; and Mark Scroggins writes on Anne Carson and David Hadbawnik for Hyperallergic.

new from above/ground press: Apricot, by Nate Logan

Apricot
Nate Logan
$5

Any Major Dude Will Tell You

“The crossover episode is never a bad idea. Meredith got sent to jail for lopping off Dave’s head. I don’t think that word properly denotes the severity of the action. Lop. I’ve got a bar of silver at home collecting dust. After the first day, I knew a philosophy major wasn’t for me (the ethics of revenge). 3-D is overrated and everyone loves it. Believing in nonsense is the same as believing in a car bomb. A workout headband says a lot about a person. Lawnmowers are properly rated. Clu Gulager invented the backflip and demolition derby. Foreshadowing never works out in real life. This ham is too salty.”

published in Ottawa by above/ground press
January 2022
a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy

cover art: Joanna C. Valente

Nate Logan is the author of Inside the Golden Days of Missing You (Magic Helicopter Press, 2019).

To order, send cheques (add $1 for postage; in US, add $2; outside North America, add $5) to: rob mclennan, 2423 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON K1H 7M9. E-transfer or PayPal at rob_mclennan (at) hotmail.com or the PayPal button at www.robmclennan.blogspot.com