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February 13, 2006
In which EEK emerges victorious.
One of the worst parts of being congratulated after a reading is having to confess that I have nothing to sell the fan. No book. No chapbook, even. Not even a broadside, let alone a special pull-out centerfold issue of Bop! complete with my dream date stats and advice for the lovelorn preteen. Sometimes I'm tempted to offer a page of poem in exchange for a dollar, just so I'll have something to autograph.
Oh, but reader? No longer.
A lovely little boutique chapbook press in Illinois, the delightfully-named Snark, has offered to publish my little collection of rock & roll poems. Look for The One Hit Wonders to debut sometime later this year, I guess, or something, who knows what the timeline is on this sort of thing, I just got the paperwork. But you know Beth and I are already planning the launch party.
I must practice my pithy autograph sign-offs!
Posted by eek at February 13, 2006 03:23 PM
Comments
Maybe a theme party where guests dress as the hitter of a one-hit wonder or strut our stuff in an eek! platinum wig in your honor!
Posted by: Bethmerica at February 13, 2006 04:25 PM
You are on a roll lately! CONGRATULATIONS. I'm still waiting for the day when I get to listen to you on NPR.
Posted by: monkey at February 13, 2006 06:14 PM
DUDE.
SWEEET!!!
That fucking rocks. You rock. Congratulations! I can't wait to get my very own autographed copy!
Posted by: Emily at February 13, 2006 06:36 PM
This makes my day! My whole week! I love it when good things happen to the deserving. There is justice in the universe! Congratulations, my dear.
Posted by: Alan at February 13, 2006 07:39 PM
I have seen this coming down the pike, I waited with trout-like eyes and now the day is here, our darling is all published and shit. Yay.
Posted by: quasi in r.e.m. at February 13, 2006 09:05 PM
Fuck yeah Eek!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(that exclamation point hold down was for you, Alan and Beth)
Posted by: Supereden at February 13, 2006 11:41 PM
that's really awesome news. And, once it's out, it'll keep us sated until the epic circus poem is finally completed and published.
Poets need something like the iTunes Store for poetry - download poetry @ $.99 a poem, $9.99 for a short collection. I mean, look at me - I've made over $3 on iTunes downloads... ;-)
Posted by: bryan at February 14, 2006 07:56 AM
Print Gocco poem cards. Speedball silkscreen poetry kits. The sky's the limit! Congratulations, Erin!
Posted by: Terri at February 14, 2006 09:45 AM
Congrats. If you have the one-hit wonder party, I'm going as Max Headroom.
Posted by: yournamehere at February 14, 2006 05:49 PM
Well, I don't know what a chapbook is but I do know that I will definately, finally own one when yours comes out! That is so exciting and congratualtions!
Posted by: digitalcowgirl at February 14, 2006 05:58 PM
I want one, I want one, I want one.
Have no earthly idea of what a chap-book is, but if you wrote it, I want one!
Posted by: Kath at February 14, 2006 06:26 PM
If a book is like an album, a chapbook is sort of like an EP.
Not quite a full length album, but definitely a step in the right direction.
Mine's about half the length of a full-length book. There's some debate over the etymology of "chapbook," but my favorite origin is that over the years, "cheap book" ran together into "chapbook."
Posted by: eek at February 14, 2006 08:24 PM
Hells yeah!! That's great news! I'll get my looks-good-with-a-platinum-wig outfit together now!
Posted by: Adrien at February 15, 2006 08:46 AM
If there is a one hit wonder party i want to be Gary Glitter. After that, I can easily go to any tasteless costume parties. I love a versatile outfit...
Posted by: Eden at February 15, 2006 10:07 AM
this isn't the best of times to dress up as Gary Glitter, unless you have a prison uniform... ;-)
Posted by: bryan at February 15, 2006 10:25 PM
That is fucking awesome.
Posted by: matt at February 16, 2006 10:14 PM