[New York, NY]

Publishing Genius Books @ Zinc
June 5, 2011, 5:30 pm
at Zinc Bar

Katherine Bogden and Linda Trimbath of Ugly Duckling Presse guest curate the month of June at the Zinc Bar Reading Series Release Party for Chris Toll’s collection of poetry The Disinformation Phase FEATURING poets with forthcoming or recent PGP books, including: Chris Toll (Baltimore) Stephanie Barber (Baltimore) Melissa Broder (NYC) Edward Mullany (NYC) Mike Young (Northampton, MA) Each poet will read one poem from Chris Toll’s new book. There will be book giveaways and other prize packages donated from Baltimore area publishers. Publishing Genius Press was founded in Baltimore in 2006 and has released books by Rachel B. Glaser, Stephanie Barber, Michael Kimball, Shane Jones. The press has been featured in Publishers Weekly, Poets and Writers and several other industry magazines. CHRIS TOLL is a poet and collage-maker. He has published five books of poetry, including Be Light and Love Everything. His work has appeared in journals like Fell Swoop, OCHO, Live Mag and Everyday Genius. About The Disinformation Phase, the latest book from Publishing Genius, CAConrad says, “Hell could be driven from the heart with Chris Toll’s new book.” STEPHANIE BARBER’s book and DVD these here separated to see how they standing alone or the soundtracks of six films by stephanie barber was re-released by PGP in 2010. As a filmmaker and performer, her work has shown across the world in festivals, galleries and museums. Barber was recently named as a finalist for the Sondheim Prize. MELISSA BRODER () is the author of When You Say One Thing But Mean Your Mother. She is the chief editor of La Petite Zine and curates the Polestar Poetry Series. By day, she is a publicity manager at Penguin. Broder received her BA from Tufts University and is getting a slow, scenic MFA at CCNY. She won the 2009 Stark Prize for Poetry and the 2008 Jerome Lowell Dejur Award. Poems appear or are forthcoming in Opium Magazine, Redivider, Barrelhouse, The Collagist and Action Yes. EDWARD MULLANY, who lives in New York City, is the author of If I Falter at the Gallows, a collection of poetry that will be released from PGP in the fall. Edward also writes fiction. He was born in England and spent many years in Australia, where his family is originally from, before immigrating to the United States. Connie Voisine said of his work, “small, potent poems suspend us above the everyday. Brief and surreal, they expose human quandaries without getting stuck in quandariness. These poems eschew excess – they don’t need excess. They’re precise throughout without losing their mystery.” MIKE YOUNG is the author of We Are All Good if They Try Hard Enough, a collection of poetry released by PGP in 2010, and Look! Look! Feathers, a short story collection from Word Riot. He co-edits NOÖ Journal, runs Magic Helicopter Press, and writes for HTMLGiant. Facebook RSVP here