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Number of Titles Found: 6
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| Title: Dribble |
| Sub-title: A Poem |
| By (author): Jacob Smullyan |
| ISBN10-13: 0986144533 : 9780986144530 |
| Jacob Smullyan's Dribble, a cycle of 144 poems written in 1983, sets itself the task of exploring a peculiar, seemingly unpromising corner of poetic space. Its apparent subject matter is the grotesque obscenity of physicality: excrement, innards, foodstuffs, the reek of loss and sexuality, the pancake-like weight of words and representation. But what emerges is quite different from what its monstrous image repertoire might suggest: an extended meditation on the inner forces of creation and destruction. "Dribble"'s surreal mechanisms, by which the derangement of sense becomes ordinary, reveals new paths through experience, and in this new world, discredited matter, impelled by a powerful transcendental yearning, takes on new meaning and form; soul arises from the mire with cathartic impact and an unexpected tenderness. |
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Pages: 162
Size: 215x140mm
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| Published: Sagging Shorts - October 2015 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Poetry by individual poets |
| List Price: 10.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 8 |
| Title: 1 of: 6 |
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| Title: In Memoriam Einstein |
| Sub-title: The Einstein Centennial Symposium at the Institute for Advanced Study, March 1418 1979 |
| By (author): Roy Lisker |
| ISBN10-13: 0986144592 : 9780986144592 |
| By a singular ruse, the author of this account obtained entrance to the most exclusive party in the scientific world of the 20th century: The Einstein Centennial Symposium at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, on 14-18 March 1979. Admission was denied to all but a hand-picked group of celebrities: Nobel Prize winners, surviving members of Einstein's family, renowned Einstein scholars and historians, and journalists. Unbeknownst to the organisers of the event, Mr Lisker turned out to be the only journalist present with the scientific competence to cover the entirety of this unique event. The result is a gripping and fascinating story that is both informed and humane, scientifically credible and politically aware. |
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Pages: 98
Size: 215x140mm
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| Published: Sagging Shorts - January 2016 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Literary studies: general |
| List Price: 11.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 2 |
| Title: 2 of: 6 |
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| Title: Mixed Bag |
| Sub-title: Jokes, Riddles, Puzzles & Memorabilia |
| By (author): Raymond Smullyan Smullyan |
| ISBN10-13: 0986144576 : 9780986144578 |
| Of all of Raymond Smullyan's many books, this perhaps best captures the timeless delight of the casual conversation of this American polymath. A seamless continuum of jokes, stories, puzzles, and reflections, caught in an deliciously unpremeditated arc that nonetheless is remarkably cohesive, it is sparkling and charming proof that cheerfulness need not be incompatible with intelligence, nor pleasure with wisdom. |
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Pages: 164
Size: 215x140mm
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| Published: Sagging Shorts - May 2016 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Literary studies: general : Mathematics |
| List Price: 13.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 2 |
| Title: 3 of: 6 |
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| Title: The Yalta Stunts |
| By (author): Alvin Krinst |
| ISBN10-13: 0986144525 : 9780986144523 |
| "The Yalta Stunts", one of the most perfect, charming, and enigmatic works of the always mysterious 20th century underground poet Alvin Krinst, has circulated in handprinted editions of uneven quality for decades since its first clandestine publication in 1963. Commissioned for the 1945 Yalta Conference and first performed there by Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt themselves, these stunningly original Stunts are not merely important precursors of the artistic revolution of the 1960s, but potent poetic and political statements in their own right. This reader's edition, based on the definitive 1993 revision of Emily MacGregor's pioneering 1989 variorum edition, and updated to incorporate the results of the latest scholarship, is the first to make available the full, unexpurgated text of this work, with carefully reproduced illustrations, to the general public. We hope this is the first step in bringing to public attention not only a dazzling masterwork by an unjustly neglected literary figure, but a crucial episode in the creation of the postWorld War II world order that has almost been effaced, one cannot but suspect willfully, from the historical record. |
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Pages: 74
Size: 255x110mm
Illustrations: b/w illus
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| Published: Sagging Shorts - November 2016 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
| List Price: 12.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 8 |
| Title: 4 of: 6 |
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| Title: Too-Brief Chronicle of Judah Lowe |
| By (author): Christopher Carter Sanderson |
| ISBN10-13: 0986144541 : 9780986144547 |
| The formal playfulness of Christopher Carter Sanderson's novel is visually apparent at a glance. It consists of two parts, each composed of a series of short fragments. The first part, 79/79/'79, has 79 titled sections of 79 words each, and is set in 1979. The second, @1000thenovel, is set in 1980, and consists of roughly 1000 tweets of 140 characters each; the story also has 140 characters. The book is far more, however, than a formalist game. It is a deeply affecting Bildungsroman in which an adolescent explores many different windows into himself and his emerging world, and where the unity and plurality of experience are vividly encountered together. It's a masterful experiment in the best sense, and a deeply affecting story. |
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"A persuasive rendering of the aimlessness, corruption and squalor of adolescent life in America. Sanderson’s Judah Lowe powerfully reminds us that opportunity and privilege are no substitute for a viable path to one’s own redemption.” -- Yoram Hazony, author of "The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture"
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“An unusual bildungsroman that mostly transcends the limitations of its formats.” -- Kirkus
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“A Proust in Princeton." -- Matthew Gasda, author of "Moon on Water"
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“Fascinating! The best ever hyper-reality depiction of a certain type of high school experience experienced by those who grow up to write Twitter novels.” -- Anne Kadet, Wall Street Journal
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Pages: 214
Size: 230x155mm
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| Published: Sagging Shorts - December 2015 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
| List Price: 14.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 4 |
| Title: 5 of: 6 |
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| Title: Voice Lessons |
| By (author): John Tynan |
| ISBN10-13: 0986144509 : 9780986144509 |
| The voice of poet John Tynan has a natural beauty all its own that is both an innate gift and a moral, as well as technical, achievement: fresh, unspoiled, casual and yet artful, never dry or contrived, always freely flowing, and of a sensibility so kind, humorous, and radically open to experience in its immediacy and depth, that it seems an inseparable, innate part of the poet's character; and yet, again and again, in his reflections, in his lyricism, the burden of experience and memory is acknowledged and overcome by a rededication of self to love and life. If there is a lesson in these Lessons for his readers, it may be that spontaneity and immediate joy constitute not merely a state of being, but a creative act of becoming. |
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“Nothing could stop my heart from enjoying these memories and dreams.” -- Carol Hogan, President, Arizona State Poetry Society
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“Written in the key of insight, Voice Lessons is a medley of wit and revelation—its pitch, perfect for the soul.” -- Rich Kenney, Poet & Assistant Professor of Social Work at Chadron State College, Chadron, Nebraska
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“Voice Lessons refines our appreciation for the beauty that redeems impermanence. From childhood homes and grandparents to beloved dachshund companions, Tynan reminds us that nothing outlasts its own song. But his compass always points to the love behind the voice, so his tangible lyricism never gets
lost in nostalgia. Throughout this debut collection, Tynan displays a knack for finding melody in the echoes of discarded things. With the flair of Hawaiian shirts and the Morse code of chirping crickets, the filament of discovery radiates on every page.” -- Shawnte Orion, author of "The Existentialist Cookbook"
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Pages: 52
Size: 230x155mm
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| Published: Sagging Shorts - October 2015 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Poetry by individual poets |
| List Price: 10.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 6 |
| Title: 6 of: 6 |
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