BlazeVOX [books]

BlazeVOX Books was founded shortly after BlazeVOX magazine in 2004, in order to offer collections to authors involved with the magazine. The press geared up substantially with a shift to print-on-demand publishing for most titles in 2003. In 2004 we published 18 new titles, and 24 in 2005 (including two magazine issues in book format, and one... more »

BlazeVOX Books was founded shortly after BlazeVOX magazine in 2004, in order to offer collections to authors involved with the magazine. The press geared up substantially with a shift to print-on-demand publishing for most titles in 2003. In 2004 we published 18 new titles, and 24 in 2005 (including two magazine issues in book format, and one title distributed by BlazeVOX but produced elsewhere). A further 24 titles – in addition to BlazeVOX magazine – will appear during 2007 and some 15-20 in 2008.

Geoffrey Gatza is author of four books of poetry including, Dreadful Quietude, A confused saturation of Pre 9/11 America & Supermen (2005); and I Wear a Figleaf Over My Penis (2006); Black Diamond Golden Boy Takes Bull By Horns (2007), Thanksgiving Poems: a feast to honor Charles Bernstein, Forrest Gander, Kent Johnson, Robert Creeley & John Ashbery (2007) all published by BlazeVOX [books]

Gatza is the editor and Publisher of BlazeVOX [books] and associate director of Starcherone Book. BlazeVOX Books has published over 40 volumes, mostly poetry, and will publish approximately 20-25 more each year during 2007 and 2008. Latest publications are by Noah Eli Gordon, Joe Amato and Megan Volpert. Also just out is the latest double-issue of BlazeVOX magazine. Coming soon are volumes by Mark DuCharme, Kyle Schlesinger, Mark Wallace and The Here Comes Everybody anthology by Lance Phillips. E-books are also available for free download, including recent titles by Gautam Verma and Patrick Chapman — just click on the e-books link. The Buffalo FOCUS Gallery contains poetry, fiction and visual work. Every issue we explore a new Buffalo writer. There is a lot going on in Buffalo, NY and it is important to engage some of that energy and bring you a sample of our home.

Gatza’s work has appeared in these journals:

88: A Journal of Contemporary American Poetry, Argotist, Chicago Postmodern Poetry, Nthposition, Sidereality, Now What, New American Writing, Portfolio Center, Hamaika Index, Arcadi Ballester, MiPosesia, Ambit, Ars Poetica, Artvoice, Ascent, Big Bridge, Brooklyn Rail, Buffalo News, Elima; Exquisite Corpse; The Hat; Kulture Vulture; Matter;Cannibal, Blackbox, Canary, Can We Have Our Ball Back, Drunken Boat, Dusie, ELO State of the Arts Symposium: E-Literature Award 2002, Fieralingue, FOURSQUARE, Isotope, Here Comes Everybody, Lit Vert, Melancholia’s Tremulous Dreadlocks, Milk Magazine, MiPOesias, No Tell Motel, OCHO, PEEKreview, Rain Taxi, Real Poetik, Slope, Three Candles, and The Gates of Paradise « less