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FROM CHANSONNIERS 

by Patrick Dunagan.

A tender lyric sequence like a tight-rope

walking tuba band performing without a

net 20,000 feet above your tired eyes. 

Cover by Ryan Coffey.

2008.  5.25” x 8”, saddle-stapled. 

$7.00

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AGAINST THE WEATHER 

by Owen Hill.

You'll dig the measure, the sly humor and

the sledgehammer accuracy of this sweet

suite of 13 poems.

Cover by Kevin Opstedal.

2008.  5.25” x 8”, saddle-stitched. 

$7.00

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IN THE CITY OF WORD PEOPLE 
by Noel Black.
A truly inspired lyric set of ruminations,
permutations & bi-polar drive-bys with all
the goof, wonder & clarity that can only
come from an authentic poetic soul.
Cover painting by Marina Eckler.
2008. Paper, 5.25" x 8", saddle-stapled
$7.00

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DON'T SAY A WORD 
by F.A. Nettelbeck.
Highgrade, heavy-duty lyric torque
from the last of the great Amerikan
poets.  18 new poems all laying it
down solid"I doubt anyone will be /
the same again."  2008. Paper,
5.25" x 8", saddle-stapled$7.00

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THE RIVER: BOOKS ONE, TWO & THREE
Revised 2nd Edition
by Lewis MacAdams.
Lyrically resonant, like the call of a lute in flames.
"Read this book as if it were an ancient scroll
written in a very hip language..."
- Los Angeles Times Book Review.
Revised 2nd Edition 2007. Paperback,
perfect bound. $15.

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USER'S MANUAL TO THE
PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY
by Kevin Opstedal.
Poems shot full of west coast high-
grade roadtrip neon.  Published by
SEVEN FINGERS PRESS of Boulder,
Colorado.  2007.  Paperback, saddle-
stapled.  $10.00

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from Smog Eyes Books

RARE SURF, VOL. 2

NEW & USED POEMS

by Kevin Opstedal.

“If poetry is the Atlantis of the arts, then

Kevin Opstedal can breathe under water, and

each poem is a pair of shades for a beach

blanket apocalypse.” –Noel Black. 

Cover art by Pamela Dewey.  2006. 

Paperback, perfect bound, $12. 

More Books

Copyright (c) Blue Press, 2006.

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AMERICAN STUDIES

by Michael Price & Kevin Opstedal.

A short suite of collaborative poems

by the founders of Blue Press who

prove without a doubt that American

Studies begin in Japan.  Cover by Russ Pope.

2008.  5.25” x 8”, saddle-stapled. 

$7.00

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GOODS AND SERVICES 

by Bill Berkson.

A fine, classic, and classy set of 9 poems.

Clear, keen-eyed, subversive hilarity, “A

panoply of perfect / luster bouncing” in

sharp perceptive lines.

Cover painting by Mitch Temple.

2008.  5.25” x 8”, saddle-stitched. 

$7.00

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5 POEMS BY JOSE RAMOS SUCRE

Translated by Cedar Sigo & Sara Bilandzija.     

Five prose poems by the Venezuelan

Rimbaud, Jose Ramos Sucre (1890-1930). 

Luminous translations of this brilliant,

little-known poet. 

Cover drawing by Christine Schmidt.

2008.  5.25" x 7".  Paperback,saddle-stitched. 

$7.00

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THE BEST AMERICAN POETRY 2007
Edited by Michael Price & Kevin Opstedal.
A dozen poems by a dozen poets.  The best of
the best by such household names as
Valerie Bang, Rachel Donner & Morrison Lopez. 
2008. Paper, 5.25" x 8", saddle-stapled.
$7.00

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SANTA CRUZ 
by Kevin Opstedal.
Fifteen poems from the rusty razor's
edge of the California coast.
2008. Paper, 5.25" x 8", saddle-stapled
$7.00

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THE YEAR OF THE MOTHER
by Michael Price.
Poems smuggled in from a dirt floor
cantina in an undisclosed location in
Central America.  Tough, true and forever
in your debt, Triste...these are the kind of
road songs Deke Thornton forgot to telegraph
Townes Van Zandt that night in El Paso.
2007.  Paperback, Paper, 5.25" x 8", saddle-
stitched$10.

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IT'S LIKE THIS 
by Micahel Price, Micah Ballard
& Kevin Opstedal. 
Three poems by three poets.
A conversation.
Cover & illustrations by Kevin
Opstedal. 2008. Paper, 5.25" x 8",
saddle-stapled$7.00

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DARRELL: a poem
by Micah Ballard.
A long elegy of remarkable depth
and power.  Ballard brings it all together
with lyric dexterity and eternal flames.
2007. Paper, 7" x 9", Japanese hand-
stitched binding. 
$7.00

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