KUDOS-ES!

Shanna Compton reviews Tom Beckett's lovely inaugural book UNPROTECTED TEXTS

It says something, doesn't it, that Tom's book has been getting raves since it was released -- in fact, it'll inaugurate a record in the next issue of Galatea Resurrects by being the first book ever to receive three reviews -- that's by 3 different reviewers, AND in three different countries, y'all -- in one issue!

But where was I? Oh yes, so it says something about poetry publishing that my five-year-old press, managed by Moi with no particular ties to Langpo, had to be the one to publish Tom's first book. Oh yes, it says something about the poetry world ...

This post is dedicated to those who don't sit on their ass but take up the DIY Flag: xPress(ed), Blue Lion Books, No Tell Books, Otoliths, Faux Press...and so on and so on....