Hosho McCreesh's Blog, page 19
March 9, 2019
Trailer Park Quarterly...
Many thanks to Rebecca Schumejda and the folks at Trailer Park Quarterly for publishing “19 Literary, Musical, and Cultural Allusions in Chinese Gucci.” It was fun to go back through the book and pluck these out.
Did you catch any of these with your initial read?
February 27, 2019
Yr Boy Finally Got Into Yale!
Well, sort of.
By Lauren Manning - Flickr: Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, CC BY 2.0, Link
Here’s an exciting announcement from your friend and mine, Bill Roberts — the madman behind Bottle of Smoke Press — whose archives have just been acquired by The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University.
What that means around McCreesh HQ is that there will be super-snazzy hardcover copies of (at minimum) the following titles, maintained in perpetuity ‘til the sun (or some such) takes it all away:
MARCHING
ATHENAEUM
SUNLIGHT (for OA Press)
THIRST (for Artistically Declined Press)
CHINESE GUCCI (for DrunkSkull Books)
Plus any issues of BOTTLE I was in, along with some broadsides, correspondence between Bill & I, and possibly an unpublished old manuscript.
Apologies for the click-baity misdirection…I’m just super-jazzed to be part of the whole enchilada. Since 2002, BoSP has been putting out really gorgeous books by heavyweights and newcomers alike, a proud body of work that can soon be researched.
Viva la small press!
February 18, 2019
Mañana...
Tuesday Night.
Slate Street Cafe Wine Loft.
5pm
Light Apps + Beer & Wine.
Veladoras! Prize Piñata!
Free stuff while it lasts.
See you there.
February 13, 2019
Are You Free Tuesday?
Remember to mark your calendars folks — next Tuesday is the shindig.
Here is a peek at just a few of the above average prizes that await you!
The Official Chinese Gucci Thank You Party
19th February 2019
5pm
Slate Street Cafe
Wine Loft
515 Slate Ave NW
Light Appetizers + Beer and Wine
Prize Pinata
February 5, 2019
Clash!
Ben Devos over at Clash Magazine was kind enough to give Chinese Gucci a read and here’s a taste of what he had to say:
It’s about that time in life, just beyond youth, where you’re not old enough to have a full scope of the consequences to your actions, but old enough for people to hold you accountable. It’s about that first realization in the real world that you shouldn’t trust everyone and that the people you should keep closest are the ones who have cared all along.
— Ben Devos, Clash Magazine
Read the review HERE.
January 28, 2019
Full of...
The fine folks over at BULL: MEN’S FICTION asked me some great questions about Chinese Gucci. Read the wide-ranging and in-depth interview HERE.
January 21, 2019
The Official Chinese Gucci Thank You Party
The COLLAGE COVERS of Chinese Gucci from Hosho McCreesh on Vimeo.
You all helped make my first novel a truly rewarding experience for me, so -- if you’ll be anywhere near Albuquerque on February 19th, 2019 -- feel free to drop in to celebrate the release of Chinese Gucci.
Slate Street Cafe
Wine Loft
19 February 2019
5PM
Light Appetizers + Beer & Wine
January 18, 2019
Gettin' To Know You!
So the other day I found out that one of my readers is a London cabbie.
“That’s so cool,” I thought, “getting a quick little glimpse into someone’s life...”
It made me think about everyone who I only know in a surface way — maybe you’ve bought a book, or have engaged with me occasionally via email or social media, but never actually met. I realized I’d love to know more about you all, about your day-to-day lives, and home towns, hobbies, hopes and aspirations, etc. So I figured I’d throw together a little survey as a way to get a quick sketch of you in my mind.
While at it, I figured I’d ask about the books and broadsides you already have, and some general questions about your reading preferences. Those responses will help me put out work in the way you guys want to receive it.
It’s all completely voluntary as I am the only one who’ll see the responses. I hope what I ask doesn’t seem like prying — and certainly don’t answer if does! Basically, I like to send the occasional freebie or drop you a birthday hello, that sorta thing.
Okay — without further ado, let’s play GETTIN’ TO KNOW YOU!
Name *
Name
First Name
Last Name
Tell Me About Yourself
Who are you? What's you day job, and what jobs have you done in the past? Hobbies?
Email Address *
Birthday?
Birthday?
(So, if I really have my shit together, I can drop you a postcard or a hello)
MM
DD
YYYY
Which of my books do you own?
Check All That Apply
Chinese Gucci
Puerto Penasco
And Turns Still the Sun at Dusk Blood-Red...
Precis of Genius
A Deep and Gorgeous Thirst
4th Street Vagaries
An Adamant, Unmitigated Hope Even Amidst the Doom...
Sunlight at Midnight, Darkness at Noon
For All These Wretched, Beautiful, & Insignificant Things So Uselessly & Carelessly Destroyed...
Marching Unabashed into the Weeping, Searing Sun...
Deep Surface Fissures Revealing a Furious Molten Core...
Something Random & Tragic to Set the Guts Aflame...
All the Days, All the Things...
Do you own any of these broadsides/ephemera?
Check all that apply
(other broadsides no longer available)
Holy & Intoxicated Double Broadside
Rag-Picked
A Deep & Gorgeous Thirst (Bookworks Reading)
Art, Love, & War
Waffle House
Cicada
van Gogh Only Sold One Painting...
Do you buy/read eBooks?
Yes
No
Do you buy/read audio books?
Yes
No
Do you buy collectible special editions?
Yes
No
Wanna share your reasons for/against eBooks, audio books, or collectible special editions?
If you remember, how did you discover my work?
Anything Else You Want Me To Know? *
Thank you for sharing. I can’t wait to read about you.
Again, I will never intentionally share any of your information.
January 1, 2019
Past Ten + A View From the Keyboard...
And so time marches on…
Here’s to hoping you are all warm, safe, happy, and not too hungover, and don’t have to be to work today! Unless you want or need to be, and don’t really mind. I hope you got to spend time with family and friends over the past couple weeks, or just relax next to a fire, or in a warm tub, or even just lounge about in a robe all day, drinking White Russians and watching The Big Lebowski.
If you have a few minutes and are curious about A VIEW FROM THE KEYBOARD of yours truly, you can see a pic of the spot I did a fair amount of writing and editing of Chinese Gucci, and read a little excerpt too. And if you woke up wondering “where was Hosho ten years ago today,” you’re in luck…as I’ve written about exactly that (and about my tumultuous relationship with ambition) over at PAST TEN. I’d like to thank the editors of both spots for giving me a little space to blather on, and, of course, to you all for your interest and support.
Happy 2019 to you and yours!
December 11, 2018
(UPDATE)...And Then There Were None...
Don’t Stop…Get It. Get It…
That’s it.
Just (update) zero Mini-Collage Bookmark Trade Paperbacks of Chinese Gucci remain.
These fifty signed, numbered editions come with an original, bookmark-sized mini-collage plus the free Leeches of Lore album download, and some other freebies. — plus an inscription (if you want one).
(UPDATE) they’re gone!
*note: I will offer standard trade paperback editions, often with a little something thrown in, and, as always, a free signature and/or inscription if you’d like via my store. Order HERE …
