2/18/2009

Sometimes My Heart Pushes My Ribs (Muumuu House, 2009) by Ellen Kennedy

Copies have arrived and are $12 each in the Muumuu House store. Reviews are here.

Copies are also available at Melville House's bookstore, Powell's, and The Wayward Council.

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Ellen Kennedy (b. 1989) is the author of yesterday i was talking to myself and i told myself that i was going to write a book and give it to you so i put paper in my bag and put a pen in my bag and rode my bike to the river bank and then sat on the ground and thought 'i will never write a book' and watched ducks swim away from me (bear parade, 2006), half of hikikomori (bear parade, 2007), and other things. For more information go to her Twitter, Vimeo, Goodreads, or Muumuu House page.

Sometimes My Heart Pushes My Ribs (Muumuu House, 2009) statistics:
Paper: 55# Rolland Enviro Natural (100% recycled)
Pages: 64
Word count: ~10,000
Size: 5 3/16" x 7 5/16"
Weight: ~3.4 ounces
1st printing: 1000
1st printing weight: 214 pounds
Style: offset, perfect-bound, paperback
# of stories: 3 or 4
# of poems: 19 or 20
Font: helvetica
Photos: here
Distribution: Small Press Distribution
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To interview Ellen Kennedy or request a review copy email muumuuhouse [at] gmail.com or message her on twitter.

To sell copies in your store contact SPD or email muumuuhouse [at] gmail.com for a 58.33% discount.

Muumuu House authors receive 50% of profits. Lifetime subscriptions are available for $100.

For more information go to Muumuu House's Facebook, Goodreads, or Twitter.

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31 Comments:

Blogger ryan manning said...

yes

8:12 PM  
Blogger jon said...

Link to Ellen's 'something about a book and a river and ducks' produces:

The blog you were looking for was not found.

Now I am sad.

8:22 PM  
Blogger dottie kee bones said...

really nice pictures.

i'm very much looking forward to finding this book in my mailbox.

maybe march will be an okay month.

8:23 PM  
Blogger Tao Lin said...

link fixed

8:24 PM  
Blogger Gene said...

Fuck yess. So excited!

8:31 PM  
Blogger TunaBaby said...

I like the title.

9:03 PM  
OpenID brace said...

maybe you can send this to me too

9:15 PM  
Blogger brandon said...

im excited too

10:27 PM  
Blogger ken baumann said...

I'm excited three.

10:36 PM  
Blogger Eikþyrnir said...

!!!

4:44 AM  
Blogger DJ Berndt said...

Excitement is rising. Those are cool pictures. I can't wait to hold the book.

8:38 AM  
Blogger andy.riverbed said...

they look beautiful.

10:10 AM  
Blogger Glen Binger said...

Excellent book photos

12:28 PM  
Blogger Tao Lin said...

all orders until this morning have been mailed by first class

1:24 PM  
Blogger BLAKE BUTLER said...

awesome

1:40 PM  
Blogger colin bassett said...

they look really nice

good job, tao

4:29 PM  
OpenID quagmiry said...

brace, you are a butt

5:14 PM  
Blogger Chris said...

psyched
can't wait
soon this book will be above the atlantic

2:33 AM  
Blogger Mike z said...

Shiny.

7:09 AM  
Blogger James said...

i'm excited about these

2:09 PM  
Blogger adam coates said...

the street seen through the window in the bottom picture is intensely beautiful for me in this moment

when i looked at it i whispered "holy fuck" and then felt a little sad

4:57 PM  
Blogger Chris said...

i have decided that these photos are ridiculous

decadent

and

gratuitous

it is BOOK porn

11:04 AM  
Blogger Clarkman51 said...

Just bought. Thank you for making me want it.

6:01 PM  
Blogger Richard said...

Don't open the window or the book will fall out on Graham Avenue in front of the pizzeria!

6:32 PM  
Blogger andy.riverbed said...

i think ellen kennedy is cute as hell.

7:11 PM  
OpenID brace said...

i agree with andy

6:27 AM  
Blogger amanda said...

http://thelittleapple.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/i-like-how-light-it-is-and-smooth/

i reviewed this. i also liked it. i also wrote three 'blurbs' that you can use on stuff if you feel like it.

thanks.

11:26 AM  
Blogger Tao Lin said...

good job everyone

4:39 PM  
Blogger Dewey Dell said...

I highly enjoy the "packaging" for the book. And the book's okay too, I guess.

9:24 PM  
Blogger Abigail Lloyd said...

super glossy.

7:03 PM  
Blogger Abigail Lloyd said...

super glossy.

7:03 PM  

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