As stated in the Editor's Note, IN FULL BLOOM is "a letter to a certain unnamed celebrity--[beginning "Dear Mr. O------ Bloom"]--whose alleged resemblance to the author, after much distress over the issue and over his own existence, gave way to several reckless decisions and eventual catastrophe." It is also an unexpected, and unfortunate, love story.
The First Edition Mock-Up of the book(as pictured) comes in the format of 29 loose-leaf pages, along with a one page Editor's Note and individually typed front/back cover sheets, bound together by rubber bands and self-contained in a manila envelope that acts as the book cover, mimicking as closely as possible the genuine look of the "original" letter. Each copy comes signed by Font with a handwritten tag identifying it as Copy ## / 75, and can be purched for $10.
Thanks to our own investment, contributions from sponsors DIECUTSTICKERS.com and IMPERIAL MOTION Clothing, and the unfailing assistance of family and friends, Font will be traveling down the west coast for his first highly unorganized reading tour. Travel dates, confirmed readings, and other possible discreet appearances at open mics are as follows*:
Ashland, OR: 24 March - 28 March
Thursday, 25 March. 4pm.
Paddy Brennan's Irish Pub - Featured
23 Second St., Ashland, Or.
San Francisco, CA: 29 March - 2 April
Wednesday, 31 March. 5pm
Sacred Grounds Cafe - Featured
2095 Hayes St., San Francisco, Ca.
Thursday, 1 April. 7pm
Bazaar Cafe - Open Mic
5927 California St., San Francisco, Ca.
Monterey, CA: 3 April - 7 April
Wednesday, 7 April. 6.30pm
East Village Coffee Lounge - Featured
498 Washington St., Monterey, Ca.
Wednesday, 7 April. 7.30pm
East Village Coffee Lounge - Rubber Chicken Poetry Slam/Open Mic
498 Washington St., Monterey, Ca.
Los Angeles, CA area: 8 April - ?
Date & Time, TBA
Stories - Featured
1716 Sunset Blvd., Echo Park, Ca.
If you cannot make it to any of the given dates and would like a personal copy delivered to your home(+ $2 Shipping), or if you would like to host a reading either at a legitimate venue or in your home in the style of Stephen Elliot, or if you just have questions, suggestions, comments, concerns, or criticisms, then please feel free to direct them to: PoorHouse.The[at]gmail.com. We will respond in a timely and appropriate manner. Promise.
In the meantime, we will leave you with the Editor's Note to IN FULL BLOOM.
Editor's Note
The following is a letter to a certain unnamed celebrity(and any legal representatives reading over his shoulder) whose alleged resemblance to the author, after much distress over the issue and over his own existence, gave way to several reckless decisions and eventual catastrophe.
The letter was written in pencil from somewhere in Canada where the author was, at the time, a self-proclaimed fugitive. It was "smuggled" across the border into Los Angeles by unknown means, miraculously coming into the hands of the celebrity himself, whilst literary agents in the area, newspeople, filmmakers, and tabloid "journalists" all began to buzz with rumor of a scandal.
The manuscript itself contained not a single erasure, nor a single trace of hesitation on the author's part, as though every detail were not contrived, but the absolute truth as the author knew it. The only editing I have taken the liberty to perform is purely aesthetic, merely breaking up the author's long scrawl into neat, logical paragraphs; also, in keeping with the author's desire to remain anonymous to the public, I was obliged to omit the very last line of the letter, being that it was, naturally, his signature. Otherwise, the letter remains exactly as it was written.
--Benjamin Font
Early Spring 2010
Ashland, Or.
We hope to see you soon. And thanks for the support.
The Poor House
*Remember to check back for updates on readings and blurbs from the road.
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