
In-progress:
Austin folks: come to Domy Books tonight!
This is one of those poems where the meaning changes depending on the title. It was originally titled “The Babysitter.”
Say Happy Mother’s Day to your mom with some Newspaper Blackout poems!

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.

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:
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