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Big Man on Canvas Big Man on Canvas
By Gerald Locklin     $5.95


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Gerald Locklin takes you on a guided tour of the world's great and not-so-great works of art. Topped off with a fetching—every one is unique—paint-by-numbers cover.
"A gotta have collectible."       —Chiron Review


The Illegitimate Son of Mr. Madman The Illegitimate Son of Mr. Madman
By Gerald Locklin     $4.95


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"It only takes one poem to realize that you're in the company of a very strong personality. . . Locklin writes verse venting spleen, tongue-in-cheek, sarcastic and loving, angry and caring with poems looking at all of life. . . Exciting and aggressive."       —Factsheet 5

Selling Yourself Raw Selling Yourself Raw
By Richard Amidon     $4.00

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Amidon delivers an up close and personal look into the murky world of predatory capitalism as seen through the eyes of salesmen and suckers alike.

Dead Calls & Walk-ins Dead Calls and Walk-ins
By Livio Farallo     $2.00
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Farallo mixes biting social commentary and raw images from the streets in these poems inspired by his experiences as a cab driver in the "honeymoon capital of the world," Niagara Falls, NY.

Looking for Niagara Looking for Niagara
By E.R. Baxter III
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A soulful homage to the great cataract and the city that bears its name—the history, the hype, the mythical and the mundane. "Baxter is a poet whose lyric precision and mordant wit turn the anonymous life of a fading city into a contemplative exercise."       —Harp Weaver

What I Want What I Want
By E.R. Baxter III     $2.00
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Originally published as a supplement to Slipstream Issue #13, this 12-page booklet features E.R. Baxter's classic rant What I Want—a viciously funny take on American values and priorities presented as a relentless list of personal desires.

Mapping the Asphalt Meadows Mapping the Asphalt Meadows
Cliff Dweller     $2.00

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A highly imaginative and entertaining collection of cut-and-paste poems fashioned from newspaper headlines. This 28-page booklet was originally offered as a supplement to Slipstream Issue #11.

Fucking in Stupid Hope Fucking in Stupid Hope
By Elliot Richman     $2.00


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A small-press classic by 1993 NEA Award winner, Elliot Richman. "Each of Richman's poems challenges us to share intense, often bleak, experience, which, sharply articulated, gives us more hope for surviving our pain than the title of the book suggests."       —Coal City Review

The World Dancer The World Dancer
By Elliot Richman     $9.95

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This full-length poetry book, originally published by Asylum Arts, is now available from Slipstream. "The apocalypse is upon us and Elliot Richman is one of the horsemen!       —Wordsmith


hair/there hair/there
By Paul Weinman     $2.00

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Originally issued as a supplement to Slipstream Issue #8, this special 4x8-inch, 32-page booklet presents a daring sequence of poems by poetry outlaw Weinman dealing with awakening pubescent sexuality.