Float - Tapa blanda

Poetry. "This stunning, wry collection is a tonic, triggering memory and the knowledge that we all enter poems in medias res—from anywhere. Rhythmic fragments or grand paragraphs, FLOAT becomes its own mixing board. At times you hear it almost disappear, then reappear as 'total sound.' In a long poem titled 'Times of Day,' one vertical, vital string, the words 'Zoo / Cage / Jazz' track to John Cage because of interventions earlier in the book, a startling elegy within and without. Cooked or raw, from the title to the end notes, possibilities abound. Alluring, captivating, it's a must-read!"—Norma Cole

David Abel is an editor and teacher in Portland, Oregon, and the proprietor of Passages Bookshop and The Text Garage. He is the publisher (with Sam Lohmann) of the Airfoil chapbook series, and edits and produces the free broadsie series Envelope. A founding member of the Spare Room reading series and the collaboration collective 13 Hats, he is also a Research Fellow of the Center for Art + Environment of the Nevada Museum of Art. His recent publications include FLOAT (Chax Press, 2012), Tether (Bare Bone Books, 2011), and BLACK VALENTINE (Chax Press, 2006).