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zines and poem chapbooks

a boy in seven seasons poems by kirk keen
	seven poems by kirk keen, a quarter-size, short chapbook. "These poems are a recollection of my childhood, growing up in West Texas. They were written during my first three years living in Massachusetts, 2003-2006. Each poem was written with a very specific memory or image in mind, like the grit in the West Texas wind or my mother watching me leave for college. Memory gets sharper the further I come in space and time from home, though the very process of writing about each memory has caused them to fray a little bit. As I wrote them, they became less about me specifically and more about all boys who grew up in the same sandy, linty culture that I did." the cover was printed using our letterpress; staple bound. limited run of 68. printed march 2006. price: $3.00 within the US, $3.50 internationally. email jesse.castaldi AT gmail.com for mailing address if interested in concealed cash. no trades available at this time.
litmus playground #2: kelsey excelsior! written by jesse castaldi	lp #2: kelsey excelsior! is the story of how we bought our first letterpress from john barrett of letterpress things. it's also a little bit of history about how we first came into contact with the world of letterpress, and what it has been like to start out as total novices in our craft and with very little instruction. have you ever wondered what letterpress is all about? this is our story. the cover was printed using our letterpress; contains sixteen pages of text and a page of illustrations of our equipment and supplies. staple bound. limited run of 50. printed march 2006. price: $3.00 within the US, $3.50 internationally. paypal to jesse.castaldi AT gmail.com. email me for my mailing address if interested in concealed cash; no trades available at this time.
litmus playground #1 written by jesse castaldi	a series of autobiographical essays exploring memories of playgrounds and other places of childhood. the first in a new series. fourteen pages photocopied with ivory cardstock cover, red detail hand-colored. first print run july 2004. price: $2.00 within the US, $2.50 internationally. paypal to jesse.castaldi AT gmail.com. trades or concealed cash considered! email me at the above address.

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