Books and Publications

Open Books
Open Books is Seattle's premire source for poetry titles. The store is located in the Wallingford district at 2414 N 45th Street beneath the Bungalow Wine Bar. Wonderful place. Pay them a visit.

Small Press Distribution
SPD carries many of the books by the writers involved in the Subtext series, so if your local bookseller doesn't stock them, write SPD at 1341 Seventh Street, Berkley, CA 94710.

They can also be reached via e-mail at <spd@spdbooks.org> or visit their web site www.spdbooks.org.

SPD is a non-profit corporation that exists to promote and provide access to contemporary poetry, fiction, and releated writing from small-press publishers. From their mission statement: SPD provides services to literary audiences, writers, and publishers via its book distribution activities, public programming, and advocacy efforts. Certainly, a fine group of people.

clear-cut: anthology Edited by Nico Vassilakis
clear-cut is a document of current Seattle literature. It will acquaint you with known and many unknown writers thriving here. It's an attempt to open Seattle to the nature of poetics, as opposed to the tight path of nature poetry.