Had a great event, fri. 23 mar. at publication studios…

thanks to contribs richard melo, joyce reynolds ward, michael shay, & shannon wheeler… & esp. thanks to patricia & antonia… & to the blood orange mimosas …

Reading Local | Political Literature | IT’S A BIG WEEK for local book releases, and one that well reflects our increasingly vibrant publishing scene. In short: Publication Studio teams up with Gobshite Quarterly to release a new edition of the bilingual political literary magazine …..

Gobshite Quarterly

Gobshite Quarterly Release Party w/Shannon Wheeler, Richard Melo, Michael Shay; Publication Studio, 717 SW Ankeny, Fri March 23, 7 pm, free

Gobshite Quarterly is a political literary magazine that dubs itself “Your Rosetta Stone for the New World Order.” The journal—which began in 2003—delivers thoughtful, interesting work, and indeed some of its most appealing assets are the bilingual pieces printed side by side in their original language and translation.

Gobshite returns to print this month after long hiatus; issue 12 is a multi-national smorgasbord featuring work from Argentina, Denmark, Poland, Russia, and the US, including several pieces from Oregon.

Local contributors include Katherine Dunn, who writes about the true meaning of the word “fuck,” and Shannon Wheeler, who shares cartoons and sketches from a visit to Zucotti Park during the peak of Occupy Wall Street last year. Wheeler’s simple and humane observations from the protest tell a story of a community spawned from collaboration and resistance, and it is easily one of the more tolerable dispatches to emerge from last fall. Lidia Yuknavitch contributes an excerpt about a celebrity in a rehab center which, like most excerpts, promises a lot (the novel is coming, I’m sure).

The issue—which comes with a cover hand-printed by local print-on-demand house Publication Studio—runs 100 pages but sacrifices depth for brevity. It’s not a bad thing. The tone is proudly liberal with a few polite nods to the other side, and any touch of pretension is far outshined by the quality of the work. JACOB SCHRAER

                                     Fri., 23 March, 2012, 7 pm

Gobshite Quarterly  Issue 12 launch

Publication Studio  |  717 S.W. Ankeny

Join Shannon Wheeler, Richard Melo, Michael Shay, & other contributors for the March 2012 in-print launching of Gobshite Quarterly.  Refreshments courtesy of blood-orange mimosas.

 Shannon Wheeler offers selections from his Occupy sketchbooks, Richard Melo counts to 99%, Joyce Reynolds-Ward covers insurrections in rural Oregon, then & now, Katherine Dunn considers a rude & reasoned etymology, and Lidia Yuknavitch tells a tale out of detox.

This new issue marks multi-lingual Gobshite Quarterly’sreturn to print. There are en face works by Argentine, Croatian, Danish, Polish, Russian & Swiss writers & artists along-side writers & artists from the left coast (So-Cal to British Columbia, with a very large cluster of Portland-based contributors jamming the Interstate Bridge).

Copies come with original Publication Studio hand-printed covers.

Available at the launch, or order online from http://www.gobshitequarterly.com/issues/arkive.php

Gobshite Quarterly Issue 12…

featuring Mark Axelrod, Tomica Bajsić, Carlos Barbarito, Alexander Cigale, Brian Cole, Jo Cook, Katherine Dunn, Allison Gallup, Wojtek Gorka, Jan Herschel, Keller + Kuhn, Anatoliy Mariengof, Richard Melo, Andie Miller, Birgit Munch, Miroslav Nemeth, Jon Nizalowski, Joyce Reynolds-Ward, Sarah Sarai, Blair Saxon-Hill, Michael Shay, Damir Šodan, Douglas Spangle, Mark Wekander, Carmel West, Shannon Wheeler, Graham Willoughby, Lidia Yuknavitch.

Gobshite Quarterly, issue 12 - Winter 2011 and Spring 2012

Featuring Mark Axelrod, Tomica Bajsić, Carlos Barbarito, Alexander Cigale, Brian Cole, Jo Cook, Katherine Dunn, Allison Gallup, Wojtek Gorka, Jan Herschel, Keller + Kuhn, Anatoliy Mariengof, Richard Melo, Andie Miller, Birgit Munch, Miroslav Nemeth, Jon Nizalowski, Joyce Reynolds-Ward, Sarah Sarai, Blair Saxon-Hill, Michael Shay, Damir Šodan, Douglas Spangle, Mark Wekander, Carmel West, Shannon Wheeler, Graham Willoughby, Lidia Yuknavitch.

Buy it here: http://www.gobshitequarterly.com/issues/arkive.php

check out the gobshite quarterly tumblr pg., wherein richard melo considers the numbers 99 & 1, & etc., in “The Zip Code for Wasilla, Alaska Begins with 99-, & Other Observations”…

& have a gander at something from graham k. willoughby’s portfolio …

for  a more reader-friendly version click here

check out the gobshite quarterly tumblr pg., wherein richard melo considers the numbers 99 & 1, & etc., in “The Zip Code for Wasilla, Alaska Begins with 99-, & Other Observations”…

& have a gander at something from graham k. willoughby’s portfolio…

here’s our new issue, available in print & as e-book

http://giveusthisdayourdailycurse.blogspot.com/2011/12/fri-23-dec-2010-countdown-2-xmas-pt-ix.html?zx=b5dd03e2d0ef2324

see yz’all soon…