SMILE, HON: Tony Pann is a fan!

During the cutaway from my segment discussing Smile, Hon, You're in Baltimore! on this morning's WBAL-TV broadcast, meteorologist Tony Pann had this to say of the zine:

"I've read [Smile, Hon, You're in Baltimore!], and you get a flavor of what Maryland is all about. It's really cool...I highly recommend that you check it out."

But don't just take his word for it - find out for yourself at the Smile, Hon, You're in Baltimore! No. 14 release party beginning at 6:00 p.m. this Friday, September 23, under the CityLit tent at the 2011 Baltimore Book Festival!

SMILE, HON editor to make TV appearance

BALTIMORE, Md. - Smile, Hon, You're in Baltimore! editor, publisher and contributing writer William P. Tandy will appear on WBAL-TV (NBC) Thursday, September 22, as part of a live segment promoting the 2011 Baltimore Book Festival (September 23-25). The segment is slated to air at 6:12 a.m.

In related news, Tandy hosts a release party for the latest issue of the long-running zine from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday, September 23, under the CityLit tent at the Book Festival. This free event will include contributor readings, live music by Rahne Alexander (The Degenerettes, The Oops) and free beer courtesy of the Brewer's Art. Tandy returns to the Book Fest on Sunday, September 25, where he will join Davida Gypsy Breier (Xerography Debt, Rigor Mortis) from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. under the Visual Voices tent to discuss the world of independent publishing with Festival-goers. For more information, e-mail wpt@eightstonepress.com.

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SMILE, HON kicks off Baltimore Book Festival

BALTIMORE, Md. – Kick off the 2011 Baltimore Book Festival in true “Bawlmer” style with a release party marking the publication of Smile, Hon, You’re in Baltimore! No. 14, beginning at 6:00 p.m., Friday, September 23, 2011, under the CityLit Tent, by the Washington Monument in Mt. Vernon (come early for the 5:30 p.m. CityLit Literary Happy Hour). This free event will include a coterie of contributors reading their work, including:

- Rahne Alexander

- Rafael Alvarez

- Ian Hochberg

- Earl Crown

- E. Doyle-Gillespie

- JD Buckner

- Dean Bartoli Smith

- Susan Beverly

- Leonard Kinsey

- Davida Gypsy Breier

Smile, Hon Editor William P. Tandy hosts the event. Plus, enjoy live music from Rahne Alexander (The Degenerettes, The Oops)! And be sure to stop by the merch table for copies of Smile, Hon, You’re in Baltimore! No. 14, back issues and more.

For more information about this and other CityLit events, visit here; or, go here for a complete guide to the 2011 Baltimore Book Festival.

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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). In spring 2011, Eight-Stone Press published a special “hon” edition, exploring the term’s significance in Baltimore’s identity, past and present; other theme issues have tackled such topics as waste, rats, scars, tattoos, crime and transit.

Smile, Hon, You're in Baltimore! is an Eight-Stone Press production and is distributed by Atomic Books (Baltimore, MD); City Lights Books (San Francisco, CA); Cyclops Books (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

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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SMILE, HON, vegan authors and more this weekend at Baltimore Book Fest!

BALTIMORE – Eight-Stone Press and CityLit Project put the "Baltimore" in the Baltimore Book Festival with an evening of literary mayhem, music and more beginning at 6:00 p.m., Friday, September 24, 2010, at the CityLit tent, on the circle in Mount Vernon.

Smile, Hon, You're in Baltimore! contributing authors Earl Crown, E. Doyle-Gillespie, Sharon Goldner, Fernando Quijano III, William P. Tandy and Lisa Wiseman will offer live interpretations of their work, highlighting the good, bad and ugly of Baltimore life. And don't miss the aural spectacle of "interstellar misfits" The Dirty Marmaduke Flute Squad, whose musical canon includes such classics as "Do You Got a Disease?" and "Show Us Your Boobs (Buy Me a Beer)". While you're there, crack open a complimentary cold one, courtesy of Clipper City Brewing Company, or browse a wide selection of Smile, Hon back issues, t-shirts and more.

Then, come back to the CityLit tent Saturday (9/25) night at 6:30 p.m. for the panel discussion "Eat, Think, Write: Vegan Authors Discuss Their Inspiration". Panelists will include regular Smile, Hon, You're in Baltimore! contributors Davida Gypsy Breier (Ninety-Five: Meeting America's Farmed Animals in Stories and Photographs) and Ben Shaberman (The Vegan Monologues), as well as Jonathan Balcombe (Second Nature), Tracye McQuirter (By Any Greens Necessary) and Corinne Bowen ("Crazy Sexy Wellness"). Plus, get there early and enjoy free cupcakes from Emily's Desserts!

For more information on these events, e-mail wpt@eightstonepress.com.


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SMILE, HON at Baltimore Book Fest, tattoos, zombies and more!

BALTIMORE – Eight-Stone Press and CityLit Project put the "Baltimore" in the Baltimore Book Festival with an evening of literary mayhem, music and more beginning at 6:00 p.m., Friday, September 24, 2010, at the CityLit tent, on the circle in Mount Vernon.

Smile, Hon, You're in Baltimore! contributing authors Earl Crown, E. Doyle-Gillespie, Sharon Goldner, Fernando Quijano III, William P. Tandy and Lisa Wiseman will offer live interpretations of their work, highlighting the good, bad and ugly of Baltimore life. And don't miss the aural spectacle of "interstellar misfits" The Dirty Marmaduke Flute Squad, whose musical canon includes such classics as "Do You Got a Disease?" and "Show Us Your Boobs (Buy Me a Beer)". While you're there, crack open a complimentary cold one, courtesy of Clipper City Brewing Company, or browse a wide selection of Smile, Hon back issues, t-shirts and more.

For more information, e-mail wpt@eightstonepress.com.

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Going to the Baltimore Tattoo Arts Convention this weekend (9/10-12)? Stop by Atomic Books and pick up a copy of Skin Deep, a special ink-oriented edition of Smile, Hon featuring tattoo-related stories, essays, poetry, color photos, tattooist interviews and more! "[Skin Deep is] a great read." – C.W. Eldridge, Tattoo Archive

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In related news, regular Smile, Hon contributor Davida Gypsy Breier announces the release of locally-produced horror zine Rigor Mortis #3, featuring original art, genre analysis, reviews of movies, books, graphic novels and more! This issue's highlights include a remembrance of author Z.A. Recht, the "Sexiest Monsters of Filmland", the Feast trilogy, Tony Todd, Nazi zombies and gargantuan movie monsters! Pick up your copy locally at Atomic Books; visit www.leekinginc.com/rigormortis/index.htm for more information.


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