Poe House seeks volunteers!

Attention, Smile, Hon contributors and fans of Edgar Allan Poe!

The following is a message from Benn Ray, co-owner of AtomicBooks, on behalf of Baltimore’s Poe House:

This weekend, as part of Poe's Birthday Celebration, the Poe House is going to be open to visitors and we're looking to have volunteers read some of Poe's poems in shifts.  I was hoping to put the call out to the Smile, Hon folks to see if anyone would be interested.

Here are the dates/time slots when we are looking to have readings:

SATURDAY, JANUARY 18

10:00 am - 11:00 am

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

SUNDAY, JANUARY 19

10:00 am - 11:00 am

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

I've broken them into hour time slots - but if you can do more than an hour, please feel free to sign up for several slots. And if you know of anyone else interested, please feel free to forward this to them as well.

To sign up, or for more information, email benn@atomicbooks.com.

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ESP publishes OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS / Balto. Book Fest release

BALTIMORE, Md. – From Desert Storm to dope deals gone bad, 32 writers, poets, and photographers share their hard-won wisdom of the working world in Occupational Hazards, the latest themed issue in the critically acclaimed Smile,Hon, You’re in Baltimore! series from Eight-Stone Press.

Smile, Hon will kick off the 2013 Baltimore BookFestival with a release party celebrating the publication of Occupational Hazards from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Friday, September 27, on the CityLit Stage on the circle in the city’s Mt. Vernon neighborhood. The event will include author readings, a special appearance by poet Steve Matanle, and music performed by Red Sammy. For more information, visit www.BaltimoreBookFestival.com.

In Occupational Hazards – the 27^th installment in the Smile, Hon series – Lisa Wiseman has it her way with her former fast food career; one-time Tupperware® salesman Don Clark, Jr. unseals the gender barrier; Fernando Quijano III tries his hand at drug-dealing; and Earl Crown reports from the dark heart of the sub-prime mortgage industry, plus a whole lot more. Contributors include:

•           Rafael Alvarez
•           A. Aubrey Bodine
•           D.R. Belz
•           Davida Gypsy Breier
•           Don Clark, Jr.
•           Rufus Cletus-Clacktus
•           Wayne Countryman
•           Caryn Coyle
•           Earl Crown
•           E. Doyle-Gillespie
•           Matthew Falk
•           S.J. Ferrandi
•           Kate Gillespie
•           Bruce Goldfarb
•           Eric D. Goodman
•           Anthony C. Hayes
•           J. Gavin Heck
•           Joe Higler
•           Bill Hughes
•           Kat Malone
•           Holly Morse-Ellington
•           OTHERdrawlings
•           Fernando Quijano III
•           Ben Shaberman
•           Jeffrey L. Shipley
•           Dee Smith
•           Cecilia Strakna
•           Norris Tally
•           William P. Tandy
•           Tim Ward
•           Gregg Wilhelm
•           Lisa Wiseman

From the harbor to the hills, Smile, Hon, You're in Baltimore! collects the tales of those on whom Mobtown has left her indelible mark. Polished, professional essays; barroom sermons delivered from the sanctity of a favorite stool; the poet's fleeting sentiment, captured in both word and snapshot – Smile, Hon offers a slice of Baltimore as told by Baltimore, presented with the time-honored DIY accessibility of a limited-run, handcrafted zine. A two-time Utne Reader Independent Press Award Nominee, Smile, Hon has also been dubbed "Best Zine" by Baltimore Magazine (2013 and 2008) and Baltimore City Paper (2004). Other special theme issues have tackled such subjects as alleyways, sex, rats, and tattoos.

An Eight-Stone Press production, Smile, Hon, You're in Baltimore! is available locally for purchase at Atomic Books (Baltimore, MD); City Lights Books (San Francisco, CA) Cyclops Books & Music (Baltimore, MD); Microcosm Publishing (Bloomington, IN, and Portland, OR); Quimby's (Chicago, IL); Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse (Baltimore, MD) and Ukazoo Books (Towson, MD).

For more information, contact:

William P. Tandy, Editor

Eight-Stone Press

P.O. Box 11064

Baltimore, Maryland 21212

E-mail: Wpt@eightstonepress.com

Website: http://www.eightstonepress.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wptandy

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/eightstonepress

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Deadlines and Downbeats!

BALTIMORE, Md. – The August 15 deadline to submit your prose, poetry, or photography for the upcoming Smile, Hon, You’re in Baltimore! “Work” issue is fast approaching!  E-mail your submissions to wpt@eightstonepress.com.

In related news, don’t miss the long-awaited Smile, Hon, You’re in Baltimore! No. 16 “Delayed Gratification” Release Party beginning at 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 14, at the Towson Applebee’s, 8610 Lasalle Road, Towson 21286.  The event coincides with the restaurant’s weekly Ladies Night Karaoke, beginning at 9:00 p.m.  No readings will be staged – only singing, and all those in attendance will be expected to perform at least one song.  Or not.  Either way, we will make fun of you.  Parking is copious and convenient, and children are welcome.  Pets, however, are not.

From the harbor to the hills, Smile, Hon, You're in Baltimore! collects the tales of those on whom Mobtown has left her indelible mark. Polished, professional essays; barroom sermons delivered from the sanctity of a favorite stool; the poet's fleeting sentiment, captured in both word and snapshot – Smile, Hon offers a slice of Baltimore as told by Baltimore, presented with the time-honored DIY accessibility of a limited-run, handcrafted zine. A two-time Utne Reader Independent Press Award Nominee, Smile, Hon has also been dubbed "Best Zine" by Baltimore Magazine (2013 & 2008) and Baltimore City Paper (2004). Other special theme issues have tackled such subjects as sex, rats, tattoos and waste.

An Eight-Stone Press production, Smile, Hon, You're in Baltimore! is available locally for purchase at Atomic Books (Baltimore, MD); City Lights Books (San Francisco, CA) Cyclops Books & Music (Baltimore, MD); Microcosm Publishing (Bloomington, IN, and Portland, OR); Quimby's (Chicago, IL); Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse (Baltimore, MD) and Ukazoo Books (Towson, MD).

William P. Tandy, Editor
Eight-Stone Press
P.O. Box 11064
Baltimore, MD 21212 wpt@eightstonepress.com www.eightstonepress.com eightstonepress.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/wptandy www.twitter.com/eightstonepress
 

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SMILE, HON, you've delayed gratification!

BALTIMORE, Md. – Unable to postpone celebratory release any longer, Eight-Stone Press will mark the publication of Smile, Hon, You’re in Baltimore! No. 16 this past spring with a “Delayed Gratification” Release Party beginning at 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 14, 2013, at the Towson Applebee’s, 8610 Lasalle Road, Towson 21286.

The event coincides with the restaurant’s weekly Ladies Night Karaoke*, beginning at 9:00 p.m.  Parking is copious and convenient and, as with all Applebee’s locations, but a short walk to and from the front door. Preliminary reports praise the bar’s mojitos, though, as the evening progresses, switching to another libation by the third round is recommended as they purportedly tend to get heavy-handed with the lime as the night wears on.  No readings will be staged – only singing, and all those in attendance will be expected to perform at least one song.  Children are welcome.

From the harbor to the hills, Smile, Hon, You're in Baltimore! collects the tales of those on whom Mobtown has left her indelible mark. Polished, professional essays; barroom sermons delivered from the sanctity of a favorite stool; the poet's fleeting sentiment, captured in both word and snapshot – Smile, Hon offers a slice of Baltimore as told by Baltimore, presented with the time-honored DIY accessibility of a limited-run, handcrafted zine. A two-time Utne Reader Independent Press Award Nominee, Smile, Hon has also been dubbed "Best Zine" by Baltimore Magazine (2008) and Baltimore City Paper (2004). Other special theme issues have tackled such subjects as sex, rats, tattoos and waste.

An Eight-Stone Press production, Smile, Hon, You're in Baltimore! is available locally for purchase at Atomic Books (Baltimore, MD); City Lights Books (San Francisco, CA) Cyclops Books & Music (Baltimore, MD); Microcosm Publishing (Bloomington, IN, and Portland, OR); Quimby's (Chicago, IL); Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse (Baltimore, MD) and Ukazoo Books (Towson, MD).

William P. Tandy, Editor
Eight-Stone Press
P.O. Box 11064
Baltimore, MD 21212 wpt@eightstonepress.com www.eightstonepress.com eightstonepress.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/wptandy www.twitter.com/eightstonepress
 

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* Karaoke confirmed, though significance of gender designation remains in question

SMILE, HON named "Best Zine" by BALTIMORE MAGAZINE

BALTIMORE, Md. – Long-running local lit zine Smile, Hon, You’re in Baltimore! has been named “Best Zine – Old School” by Baltimore Magazine in its August “Best of Baltimore” issue, on newsstands now.  Best of Baltimore winners will be honored with a special Speakeasy Party on August 1, 2013, at the Hippodrome Theatre in downtown Baltimore.

From the harbor to the hills, Smile, Hon, You're in Baltimore! collects the tales of those on whom Mobtown has left her indelible mark. Polished, professional essays; barroom sermons delivered from the sanctity of a favorite stool; the poet's fleeting sentiment, captured in both word and snapshot – Smile, Hon offers a slice of Baltimore as told by Baltimore, presented with the time-honored DIY accessibility of a limited-run, handcrafted zine. A two-time Utne Independent Press Award Nominee, Smile, Hon was also dubbed "Best Zine" by Baltimore Magazine (2008) and Baltimore City Paper (2004).  Publisher Eight-Stone Press released the latest issue, Smile, Hon No. 16, earlier this year.

Funds raised by this year’s “Best of Baltimore” party will benefit The Family Tree, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the prevention of child abuse and neglect.  To order tickets, or for more information, visit www.BaltimoreMagazine.net.

An Eight-Stone Press production, Smile, Hon, You're in Baltimore! is available locally for purchase at Atomic Books (Baltimore, MD); City Lights Books (San Francisco, CA) Cyclops Books & Music (Baltimore, MD); Microcosm Publishing (Bloomington, IN, and Portland, OR); Quimby's (Chicago, IL); Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse (Baltimore, MD) and Ukazoo Books (Towson, MD).  For more information, contact:

 William P. Tandy, Editor
Eight-Stone Press
P.O. Box 11064
Baltimore, MD 21212 wpt@eightstonepress.com www.eightstonepress.com eightstonepress.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/wptandy www.twitter.com/eightstonepress

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