Dear All,

The new Crater, the 13th, is Elizabeth Guthrie's X Portraits; 10 odd and unsettling lyrical non-lyric realizations of portraits of America and Britain.  Accurate representations of modern life!  Each copy includes an individual painted iteration by E.G. reminiscent of 3 stoppages etalon's dropped string measure; they all include a wood block by Dirk E. Lee and are letterpressed, handbound &c.  Requires paperknife.  £7 + p&p, go to www.craterpress.co.uk or Paypal me at this address or email re. cheques and other suggestions.  Tim Atkins on Guthrie: ‘Elizabeth Guthrie's poems - thoughtful, unusual, tender & (of course) tough - do far more interesting acrobatics than so so many of the more - shall we say? - pumped up ones. It is a joy to see her appearing in this latest Crater. Who can say no to it?’

Also: in honour of the impending London Ezra Pound conference, Tim Atkins offers 3 Ezra Pound themed Pet Soundz, available on a poetry-poster with a nice blue rendition of Pound by Gaudier-Brzeska on the other side.  £3 + p&p, available in unfolded or (cheaper) folded format; go to www.craterpress.co.uk. or Paypal me at this address or email re. cheques and other suggestions. Guthrie on Atkins: ‘With Tim Atkins’ poetry, it is all where you find (you have found) he has found and placed the voice. It is all vivid joy and sorrow, distinct again and again in its rolling locale, within its expansive palate contemporary and timeless, completely unleashed and discerning as it turns its attention into forms of each and any place of our worlds.’

r.