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sovay ([personal profile] sovay) wrote2009-12-01 12:05 pm

Dare I declare this morning love turned evening deep?

For some good news at the start of a cold month—

You may remember that back in May I had the pleasure of announcing that [livejournal.com profile] erzebet had accepted the four fisherangel poems—variously written by [livejournal.com profile] seajules, [livejournal.com profile] asakiyume, [livejournal.com profile] cucumberseed, and me with the common inspiration of Lal Waterson's "Midnight Feast"—for handbound publication as a miniature from Papaveria Press. My contribution was "The Coast Guard," originally of Sirenia Digest and one of the best poems I think I have written. [livejournal.com profile] nineweaving subsequently offered to write an introduction.

Erzebet offers more details here.

This is going to be such a beautiful book. As they say, watch this space.

[identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com 2009-12-01 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
It surely will be. I'm glad it will include your sea photos, as well.

[identity profile] clarionj.livejournal.com 2009-12-01 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
*smiles* this is very good news!

[identity profile] negothick.livejournal.com 2009-12-01 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, aye--but an edition of 33? Once the contributors' copies are distributed, there will only be about 25 for the "general public." Rare and strange indeed.

[identity profile] nineweaving.livejournal.com 2009-12-01 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Gorgeous indeed: an artists' tribute to an artist. I wish Lal could have seen it.

Nine

[identity profile] 4nt1g0n3.livejournal.com 2009-12-02 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
Beautiful! I loved the 2 books you showed me in September, can't wait to see this one :)

[identity profile] ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com 2009-12-02 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
Excellent! Congratulations! And all the assorted and associated sentiments.

[identity profile] ron-drummond.livejournal.com 2009-12-03 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
It sounds like an amazing edition. Congratulations! I hope someday I can see a copy.

I loved erzebet's description; it reminds me of an essay I published in Black Clock called "Broken Seashells", about the sound of the sky above a landlocked valley on the Isle of Skye, among other things. I think I need to read this collection, but nowhere do I find a reference to its title, unless it's Midnight Feasts. Speaking of feasts, which of your own collections would you recommend I get first?

[identity profile] ron-drummond.livejournal.com 2009-12-05 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
I will probably start with the prose first. Are there preferred vendors for buying copies? I'll seek out the publishers' sites first; I'm limited to PayPal for internet purchases.

It probably couldn't hurt to gather all your recent links into one place, perhaps an LJ post (or you could ask someone to add the links to the end of the Wikipedia article about you). If you'd be willing to give me links to two recent stories and say one poem for starters, that would be great; with thanks.

[identity profile] dkolodji.livejournal.com 2009-12-07 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
It sounds like an amazing book. Congrats!

[identity profile] ron-drummond.livejournal.com 2009-12-11 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you for these; I will read all of them. And I would welcome stories via email whenever you are ready to send some.

(Also, I just got the new corrected Criterion edition of The Seventh Seal -- thanks for alerting me to it.)