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ANYTHING GOES

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Page 90 of Newspaper Blackout. Blogged by The New Yorker.

And a great tale from Heather Brush, the books page editor at the Roanoke Times (she reviewed NB):

There’s a funny story behind my review…the book was sitting on my desk here in the newsroom, waiting for me to finish it and review it, when it disappeared. Someone swiped it! I put up “wanted” posters and mysteriously it was returned in the dark of night. Apparently, news people are very interested in this book!

A book worth stealing — that’s what I like to hear! Thanks, Heather.

Two other great reviews from The Christian Science Monitor and The Austin American-Statesman.

Also: over 500 people now follow the Newspaper Blackout Tumblr where folks post their own blackout poems. Check it out.

THE WORTH OF THESE THINGS

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Page 57 of Newspaper Blackout. Blogged by The New Yorker.

For those of you in Austin, I’ll be at the Hotel San Jose tonight at 8PM, teaching you how to make blackout poems!

Our super-soft, super-badass Newspaper Blackout t-shirts are shipping this week! Get yours:

Austin food blogger Addie Broyles featured me on her Relish Austin blog for The Austin American Statesman. She asked me to make a blackout poem from one of her columns, so this is what I came up with.

She also asked me a few questions:

What three things are always in your fridge? To quote the title of my friend Bill Keaggy’s book, Milk Eggs Vodka.

What’s your favorite condiment? If I ever drown myself, it’ll be in Mi Madre’s salsa.

What’s your go-to snack while reading/working with a newspaper? Almonds…and beer.

See the condition of our fridge after a party at our house: “Austin Kleon: What’s in Your Fridge Friday?”

NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT IS OUT!

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Finally! After almost 2 years, Newspaper Blackout is out in the wild. You can buy it now wherever books are sold.

Thanks SO MUCH to everyone for all your links and tweets and support. This book would not exist without you.

You can see a ton of images of the book free for blogging/spreading around in my Press and Blogger’s Kit on Flickr.

Here’s a sampling of the wonderful press we’ve been getting:

“The poems resurrect the newspaper when everyone else is declaring it dead.”
—The New Yorker

“Highbrow/brilliant…”
—New York Magazine

“Kleon manages to turn the paper of record into visually stark nuggets of poetry and wit.”
—Texas Monthly

“[A] sense of play infuses the poems—short pieces that touch on first sex and outer space, in a voice that slips from funny to elegiac…”
—The Austin Chronicle

If you haven’t purchased your copy yet, please consider doing so!

We’re having a release party here in Austin tonight at BookPeople. 7PM. There will be newspapers, Sharpies, and chocolate chip cookies.

And finally, here’s the trailer for the book with music from the amazing White Denim. Feel free to spread it around!

ORIGINS ARE EASY

Monday, April 12, 2010

This is from the book, and one of the poems The New Yorker ran on their blog.

Well, we’re almost there. After almost two years, Newspaper Blackout is out tomorrow. I woke up early this morning, feeling like a kid on Christmas Eve.

A few folks have told me that Amazon has shipped their books, although there’s still one day left to pre-order and enter the screenprint giveaway.

I’m excited. Book release party at Bookpeople here in Austin tomorrow night at 7PM!

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This is day 14 out of 14 that I’m posting a poem a day until the book comes out on April 13th. Check back daily or subscribe via RSS for new poems.

You can help the release by entering the contest to win a free limited-edition screen print or pre-ordering your copy today.