Very happy about this. And the information is free! Jess

On the eve of the great disaster here in Japan, I had the great good fortune to have met up with George Quasha in New York City to talk about poetry for his “What is Poetry?” project. Among some great old titles that Mr. Quasha so generously gave me–I’d like to mention several that stand out:

First, for sheer beauty and force of idea, his Axial Stones; An Art Of Precarious Balance–with its wonderful photgraphs of balanced stones–one on the other– (Quasha practices this Zen-like art), and poetic–philosophic text, warrents continuing study and attention. As Mr. Quasha noted in a hand-wriiten message: “In the stones is vision too.” Highly recommended.

Quasha’s Giving the Back Her Hands is a long poem–mono-mythic in the sense of a Blake text. Still reading this rich exploration/ explosion of energy and form.

Another gift was Charles Stein’s The Hat Rack Tree; Selected poems. Reading, reading.

Even If Only Out Of by Alan Halsey.

A Tour of the Lattice by Maurice Scully.

First-rate work from first-rate poets.

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We’re presently putting the finishing touches on our roster of readers. We’re pleased to announce Jerome Rothenberg, Hiromi Ito, and Marthe Reed as headliners in our line-up so far. We plan to put together an issue of Ekleksographia dedicated to this cause. More news as it arrives. Jesse Glass

We’re a victim of our success at Facebook with over 4,000 friends, and a computer so slow that it takes an hour to post something now. That suits us just fine. We enjoyed joking around there and hearing from some of our nearest and dearest. All in all though, Facebook is/was a so-so experience we can live without.

Though Daniel seems to be moving on to bigger and better things, Ahadada Books remains doing what it does: i.e. enduring. If we do 30 books one year and two books the next who’s to worry? Not me and not you–Ahadada fans–either.

An earthquake couldn’t knock us out here in Japan and we’re not in the habit of crumbling because of any old world economic depression. Not at all. We practice asymmetrical publishing and have been at it for quite a few years. That means that we’re not chained to this website; neither are we in absolute love with “fine books in limited editions.” Staples and mimeo worked for us for years and if circumstances warrent, we’ll gladly return. The point is to get the best work–i.e. the work that gives me–Jesse Glass–permission to try new and interesting things with language–out there. If that work inspires me, then it will probably inspire others. That’s what we’ve always been about.

We thank Dan Sendecki for his friendship and for all of the good things he’s done, this side of gradually disappearing after c. 2007. We wish he and lovely Katie well.

We also thank most of our authors–most of them–and apologize to a few others for unanswered e-mails and all of that other hair-pulling stuff.

This website will be going through a few changes to another, more easily managed format, according to Dan. We sure hope so as we like this website–it’s served us well.

My friends, we can’t promise to be good, but we can promise to continue to be ourselves in 2012.

Happy holidays to everybody–and buy our books from Small Press Distribution for the fastest service.

We are NOT OPEN TO SUBMISSIONS AT THIS TIME. Jesse Glass

..as Part of the Jesse Glass Papers, thanks to the kind folks of Special Collections, UM, College Park.

Please click the black Eklekso box to get to the Eklekso menu. Already Philip Terry’s Oulipo issue is gathering lots of notice. A new Eklekso is on the horizon–the Southwestern Louisiana issue. More soon. Jess

Ahadada Books goes through cycles of quiescence and activity. We have a new hand at web-building helping us–Chris Glass–and we hope to soon get back to speed on Ekleksographia and other projects. Jess

Counting the 4,000 from the old website and the 5,000 plus from this one–the truth is going out to the people who seek it! Jesse

Click on the black box Eklekso link on this page, and do have a good time!