Cannibal

Fugue Engine by Tim Van Dyke

2011-07-28T17:33:00.000-07:00

Fugue Engine
by Tim Van Dyke
36 pages, hand-sewn

Contact Cannibal Books at flesheatingpoems@yahoo.com.

The Eternal Wall by Dot Devota

2011-05-29T17:46:00.000-07:00

The Eternal Wall
by Dot Devota
36 pages, hand-sewn

[SOLD OUT]

Poem in Four Parts by Adam Roberts

2011-05-29T17:44:00.000-07:00

Poem in Four Parts
by Adam Roberts
36 pages, hand-sewn

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Life Before the Storm and Other Stories by Tom Andes

2011-05-29T17:40:00.000-07:00

Life Before the Storm and Other Stories
by Tom Andes
48 pages, hand-sewn

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Cannibal 5

2010-04-17T16:00:00.000-07:00

Cannibal: Issue 5
112 pages, hand-sewn, silk-screen printed cover
w/ poems Carrie Olivia Adams, Samuel Amadon, Claire Becker, Susan Briante, Lily Brown, Adam Clay, CAConrad, Kate Dougherty, Farrah Field, Laura Goode, Kate Greenstreet, Jane Gregory, Whit Griffin, Melanie Hubbard, Andrew Hughes, MC Hyland, Grant Jenkins, Jeff T. Johnson, Jon Leon, Sam Lohmann, Sara Mumolo, Hoa Nguyen, Danielle Pafunda, Alison Palmer, Kyle Schlesinger, Cedar Sigo, Nate Slawson, Tony Tost, Steven Toussaint, Amish Trivedi, G.C. Waldrep, & Joseph Wood.

[Out of Print]

Urgency by Joseph Wood

2010-03-07T23:05:00.001-08:00

Urgency
by Joseph Wood
Accordion Style Mini-chapbook
Boundless Books Series #2

[Out of Print]

Identity by Kevin Holden

2010-03-07T23:05:00.000-08:00

Identity
By Kevin Holden
36 pages, hand-sewn
Limited edition of 175 copies

[Out of Print]

Kevin Holden’s long poem, Identity, handles the pervasive uncertainty of knowledge and perception with the lyric’s responsive need to get everything written down. The voice of a brilliant maniac embraces the mathematical language of sun striking landscape and mind. With a little direction from Hegel, the maniac discards the kaleidoscopic solipsism of poem fragments for a more deliberately conscious art: “this is because there are things that cannot be said precisely.” Flickering through specific but unattainable locations in memories and bits of language, the poem sculpts its identity and allows us “to grip something of the world.” Vastly beautiful in its diction and music, Identity introduces the work of a poet who will continue to astound us with his technique and vision.

Excerpt from Identity in Typo 12.

The Nightmare Filled You with Scary by Shane Jones

2009-12-05T10:23:00.001-08:00

The Nightmare Filled You with Scary
by Shane Jones
32 pages, Hand-sewn Chapbook
First Edition of 150

[Out of Print]

Museum of Vandals by Amish Trivedi

2009-12-05T10:21:00.000-08:00

Museum of Vandals
by Amish Trivedi
Accordion-style Mini-chapbook
Boundless Books Series #1
Limited Edition of 150

[Out of Print]

Transparency by Patrick Morrissey

2009-07-28T19:28:00.001-07:00

Transparency

by Patrick Morrissey
32 pages, Hand-sewn Chapbook

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Autumn it gestures. by Thomas Hummel

2009-07-11T18:45:00.000-07:00

Autumn it gestures.

by Thomas Hummel

32 pages, Hand-sewn Chapbook

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Untitled Wave by Carolyn Guinzio

2009-05-19T17:26:00.000-07:00

Untitled Wave
by Carolyn Guinzio
20 pages, Hand-sewn Chapbook
Limited edition of 150

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Narwhal

2009-03-07T14:42:00.001-08:00

Narwhal

(seven chapbooks)

Four Cities by Kazim Ali
Luminal Equation by Maureen Alsop
House by Sommer Browning
Into the Eyes of Lost Storms by Karla Kelsey
Sycorax's Retinue by Laura Goode
You do damage by Kate Schapira
Yellowcake by Jared White

180 pages, Hand-sewn
Limited edition of 100

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Cannibal: Issue Four

2009-02-07T11:04:00.000-08:00

Cannibal: Issue Four

Featuring poetry from Stephanie Balzer, Zach Barocas, Laura Carter, Dot Devota, Christopher DeWeese, Claire Donato, Buck Downs, Christopher Eaton, Bonnie Emerick, Jeff Encke, Clayton Eshleman, Lucas Farrell, Drew Gardner, Garth Graeper, Meg Hurtado, Ethan Hon, Kevin Holden, Bethany Ides, Shannon Jonas, Pierre Joris, Friederich Kerksieck, Michael Koshkin, Mark Lamoureux, Hank Lazer, François Luong, Amanda Nadelberg, Linnea Ogden, Akilah Oliver, Cate Peebles, Lanny Quarles, Elizabeth Robinson, Morgan Lucas Schuldt, Brandon Shimoda, Stephen Sturgeon, Janaka Stucky, Amish Trivedi, & Allyssa Wolf

140 pages, Hand-sewn, Screen-Printed Cover

Out of Print

Someone Else's Body by Claire Donato

2009-01-18T11:16:00.000-08:00

Someone Else's Body
by Claire Donato
32 pages, Hand-sewn Chapbook

Out of Print

"Catalogue Entry for Aging" in Harp & Altar
"There are apologies I am too" in Harp & Altar
"Address to California" in Coconut
"Dermatographism" in Coconut

Sent Forth to Die in a Happy City by Keith Newton

2009-01-06T11:41:00.000-08:00

Sent Forth to Die in a Happy City
by Keith Newton
Artwork by Michael Newton
36 pages, Hand-sewn Chapbook

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from Sent Forth to Die in a Happy City in Saltgrass

Pardon Me, Madam by Marvyn Petrucci

2009-01-06T11:40:00.000-08:00

Pardon Me, Madam
by Marvyn Petrucci
28 pages, Hand-sewn

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"Monk at Lennie's" in Typo
"The Cap" in Typo

Search Party by Frank Stanford

2009-01-06T11:36:00.000-08:00

Search Party
by Frank Stanford
Letter Pressed Broadside

Printed in an edition of 100 copies, letter pressed by Effing Press, in collaboration with Lost Roads Publishers & Cannibal Books, for the Frank Stanford Literary Festival in Fayetteville, Arkansas, October 17-19, 2008

Like the Native Tongue the Vanquished by Bronwen Tate

2008-10-28T09:36:00.000-07:00

Like the Native Tongue the Vanquished
by Bronwen Tate
20 pages, Hand-sewn Chapbook

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As Complete as a Thought Can Be by Adam Clay

2008-07-20T20:58:00.000-07:00

As Complete as a Though Can Be
by Adam Clay
24 pages, Hand-sewn Chapbook

Out of Print

This Ocean, or Oppen Series by Joseph Bradshaw

2008-07-01T14:18:00.003-07:00

This Ocean, or Oppen Series
(2nd printing)
by Joseph Bradshaw
40 pages, hand-sewn

Out of Print

The Foundations of Poetry Mathematics by Ben Mazer

2008-07-01T14:18:00.001-07:00

The Foundations of Poetry Mathematics
by Ben Mazer
Second Printing
12 pages, Hand-sewn Chapbook

Out of Print

I'll Say I'm Only Visiting by Thibault Raoult

2008-07-01T14:17:00.000-07:00

I'll Say I'm Only Visiting
by Thibault Raoult
Second Printing
32 pages, Hand-sewn Chapbook

Out of Print

Cannibal: Issue Three

2008-02-03T22:20:00.000-08:00

Cannibal: Issue Three is 120 pages, hand-sewn in 7 signatures, w/ a screen-printed cover, and featuring Spring Psalter, a chapbook by Nate Pritts, & poems by Samuel Amadon, Stephanie Anderson, Joseph Bradshaw, Lily Brown, Adam Clay, Julia Cohen, Matthew Cooperman, Phil Cordelli, Jordan Davis, Patrick Dunagan, Jeff Encke, Landis Everson, Elisa Gabbert, David Goldstein, Laura Goode, Noah Eli Gordon, Jane Gregory, Carolyn Guinzio, Mike Hauser, Anne Heide, Melanie Hubbard, Andrew Hughes, Philip Jenks & Simone Muench, Justin Marks, Chris Martin, Erin Martin, Ben Mazer, Jeff Morgan, Keith Newton, Christopher Rizzo, Elizabeth Robinson, Kate Schapira, Mike Sikkema, Jessica Smith, Mathias Svalina, Chris Tonelli, Tim Van Dyke, & Jared White.

Out of Print

True Poems About the River Go Like This by Andrea Baker

2008-02-03T22:13:00.000-08:00

True Poems About the River Go Like This
Andrea Baker
Accordion-style Chapbook on Canvas

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[Temporary Hold on New Orders]

Gilbi Winco Swags by Melanie Hubbard

2008-02-03T22:10:00.000-08:00

Gilbi Winco Swags
Melanie Hubbard
44 pages, Hand-sewn Chapbook

"Melanie Hubbard's some kind of word wizard, some kind of one of a kind word collector. She shows up with language aglow and growing, expanding when it seems to begin tiny, shrinking when it begins colossally. Sometimes one is invited to spend a good long while wondering over her combinations. Her poems, taken together, can read like a whacky novel, the story a dictionary would write were it so inclined. She's smart and quick with an imagination that never quits." --Dara Wier

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The Foundations of Poetry Mathematics by Ben Mazer

2008-02-03T03:38:00.000-08:00

The Foundations of Poetry Mathematics
Ben Mazer
12 pages, hand-sewn

Out of Print

Exhausted Grunts by Dustin Williamson

2007-12-17T01:52:00.001-08:00

Exhausted Grunts
Dustin Williamson
24 pages, side-stapled

Out of Print

I'll Say I'm Only Visiting by Thibault Raoult

2007-11-04T09:39:00.000-08:00

I'll Say I'm Only Visiting
Thibault Raoult
32 pages, side-stapled

Out of Print

"Bruxism" in Typo

Cannibal: Issue Two

2007-05-13T15:27:00.000-07:00

Cannibal: Issue Two is 70 pages, hand-sewn, w/ a screen-printed cover and features poems from Hadara Bar-Nadav, Jen Bervin, Julia Cohen, John Coletti, Christopher Eaton, Landis Everson, Karen Garthe, Daniela Gesundheit, Johannes Göransson, Kate Greenstreet, Jane Gregory, Shafer Hall, Janet Holmes, Dan Hoy, Amy King, Donna Kuhn, Mark Lamoureux, Kristi Maxwell, Farid Matuk, Ben Mazer, Jess Mynes, Sawako Nakayasu, Eugene Ostashevsky, Arlo Quint, Chris Salerno, Mary Ann Samyn, Frank Sherlock, Stacy Szymaszek, Maureen Thorson, Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Jake Adam York, & Alex Young.

Out of Print

Online Responses
New Pages

The Second Is Thirst by Jane Gregory

2007-05-13T15:22:00.000-07:00

The Second Is Thirst
Jane Gregory
32 pages, side-stapled
Cover Image by Elizabeth Marchalonis

Out of Print

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Dear Diary,
______What I like about you is how accurately your symptoms follow your disease.

Carry my work belt and I’ll hold your war pelt.
One at a time all things are either difficult
or difficult to understand. For now, let logic
be the engine that tears off the plane you're on
and rips open the psych ward in the hospital
Peter hanged in. In your new classroom,
after you survive, bring a screwdriver and a hammer.
Chip off those petrified pieces of bubble gum
and when they are scattered on the stained linoleum tiles
make a loose fist use a deep voice mutter something
about the globs of the modern. Peter would have loved
just that. He would have pitied you and worn a hood
but he would have loved you just the same.

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Online Responses
Amy King
Jen Tynes on H_NGM_N

Compathy by Shannon Jonas

2007-05-13T15:19:00.000-07:00

Compathy
Shannon Jonas
30 pages, side-stapled

Out of Print

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Fatalism

when we turn off the lights in this house

what is left in the absence of light

is a wandering

& decimated tribe of gods—

—& now the anodynic kneel when I wash my face alone—the coward’s hour

you lie asleep like a body of water I thought I had discovered

a mirror that holds my form—

nine crows yonder rouse & spread outward
—away from us

the sky cleareth

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Poems Online
"Untitled" in Typo 5
"Samsara" in Diagram 4.3

Cannibal: Issue One

2006-04-06T18:47:00.000-07:00

Cannibal: Issue One is 88 pages, hand-sewn, w/ a screen-printed cover & features poems by Geoffrey Babbit, Andrea Baker, Zach Barocas, Jim Behrle, FJ Bergmann, Edmund Berrigan, Anne Boyer, Jenna Cardinale, Laura Carter, Adam Clay, Clayton Couch, Bruce Covey, AnnMarie Eldon, Jane Gregory, Anthony Hawley, Brian Howe, Brenda Iijima, Lisa Jarnot, Shannon Jonas, Erica Kaufman, Alex Lemon, Tao Lin, Rebecca Loudon, Joseph Massey, Andrew Mister, K. Silem Mohammad, Valzhyna Mort, Gina Myers, The Pines, Emma Ramey, Morgan Lucas Schuldt, Sandra Simonds, Laura Solomon, Gabriella Torres, Jen Tynes, & Dustin Williamson.

Out of Print