David Blaine’s ANTISOCIAL
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The first book in the OW Chapbook Series
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From David Blaine, who professes to be just another bush league poet pressing the virtual flesh and hoping to become internationally famous, comes a third chapbook, ANTISOCIAL. Forget the pseudo-intellectualizing verbosity too commonly associated with poetry. ANTISOCIAL is straightforward and digestible, yet not against encouraging a bit of self-reflection. Plus, it just might make you laugh.Rated M
for language, drug use sexual content and violence. Parents strongly cautioned.Contains references to incest, drug use, prostitution, under age drinking, teen pregnancy, car theft, alcoholism, murder, war, politics, infanticide, corporate greed and bestiality. (No sheep were harmed in the writing of this book.) |
Taste
How about a few audio samples, read by David Blaine himself? Click any of the three titles below.
| History’s Child | The Usual Suspects | Self-Anointed |
Praise
“The social diatribes are eviscerating, but Blaine uses exceptional skill to let the knife pass through with a smile and deep sardonic wit.”
-Constance Stadler, former editor of South and West, current review editor at Calliope Nerve
“One of the classic modern chapbooks. Usually I only respect dead writers, but I respect Blaine.”
-David McLean, Poet, critic and editor with Epic Rites Press
“…fucking amazing – inside and out!
-Wolf Carsetnes, Publisher, Epic Rites Press
“Damn, that’s a fine book, couldn’t stop reading it.”
-David Oprava, Publisher, Greivous Jones Press
The Author
David Blaine was born in a pizza patch in the Bronx, New York. When he was young, mafia hoodlums roughed him up and stole his middle name. His parents were too poor to buy him a new one. Dave’s family moved to Michigan when he was three. He attended his grandfather’s alma mater, Whasamata U, with a degree in history. It only took three years because, back then, there was a lot less history to learn.
Don’t believe that? Fine: David Blaine’s poetry, prose, interviews, reviews and essays have been published widely in print and online. David lives in rural Michigan where he works in the family’s hardware business with his wife and children.
Visit David at his MySpace page or his Blog, “A: Hello, Whiskey.”
The “Bring David to You But Not in a Creepy Way” promotion:
Book clubs and poetry chapbooks – they go together like books and people who like reading books. So what does David want to do to help this magical pairing? He wants to visit you. How? Simple. If you are a book club and you order 8 copies of ANTISOCIAL, David will do a conference call to speak with your group (at reasonable hours, and within the lower 48 states). He’ll answer questions, read some poetry, discuss the weather, or wax eloquently about craft. The best part, he doesn’t know I am writing this, so you can truly have him do anything. He does a great impression of a fog horn.
But don’t let the “Bring David to You But Not in a Creepy Way” promo stop with conference calls. If you live in the Midwest, near Michigan, contact the man for possible private readings. House party not Kid n’ Play enough for you? Invite David. Bar Mitzvah not drunk enough to satisfy your rambunctious guests? Invite David. Reading series not David-y enough for you? Invite David.
Help. You know you want to…
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