Orange Alert Press

Prose. Poems. A Novel. by Jamie Iredell

In his debut collection, Jamie Iredell calls on a classic and seldom used literary form to tell a story of travel, adventure, boredom, and life in general. Prose. Poem. A Novel. is a precisely written series of poems that when collected tell an addictive story. However, don’t expect to see complex titles and strict structure, this after all is a novel. Iredell masterfully pushes the reader through every detail, but as each page is turned form and genre melt quickly into a vital story.

"If Mary Robison listened to more punk, grew up in Las Vegas in the 80s before the 80s sucked, did whippits while reading Ben Marcus and scrolling the alternative personals for golden lines to crib, she might have exploded into the post-post-Beat sentence index that is Atlanta. But she didn't. Jamie Iredell did, and in reading this lean but dense meat-eater of a sui generis prose poem cycle, one realizes there might still be a way for chapbooks to compete with porn." – Blake Butler

Prose. Poems. A Novel., the third release from Orange Alert Press, is filled with brilliant and thematic illustrations from Christy Call (Literary Dispatch, Publishing Genius, and Willows Wept Press). These illustrations are in full color and add an even more vibrant visual element to Iredell’s story.

Jamie Iredell was born in Carmel-by-the-sea, California, andgrew up near Castroville. He moved to Reno, Nevada for his Bachelor’s and Master’s dregrees, and to Atlanta for his PhD. His writing has appeared in many magazines, among them The Chattahoochee Review, The Literary Review, Keyhole, Zone 3, Descant, elimae, Lamination Colony, Elysian Fields Quarterly, and Weber: The Contemprary West.

Sunlight At Midnight, Darkness At Noon by Hosho McCreesh & Christopher Cunningham

"Throwing around culture’s Titans—Jerry Garcia, Hemingway, Billie Holliday, Pollack, Hawking, van Gogh, Bill Hicks, Bukowski, among others in just a few short pages—it’s quickly apparent that these missives are painted with broad strokes. It’s all part of two artists mapping their friendship through letters as Cunningham and McCreesh proclaim their “duty as poets” and their longing to be “fully human,” where you ultimately you realize it’s not so much about the Titans as it is their fire." - David McNamara (Publisher, Sunnyoutside)

Brief: This is a collection of letters written in 2002 between two underground poets. These letters were never intended for public consumption, but take a raw and honest look at the story of two lives as they struggle and search for meaning, for understanding, for some small measure of sense in a cold and often brutal, senseless world. Focusing on art, poetry, politics, and “American Culture”, Cunningham (Atlanta) and McCreesh (Albuquerque) have exchanged hundreds of letters but have never meet in person. Sometimes scathing and brash, sometime vulnerable, sometimes self-assured, the conversational threads are woven into a constant, furious tapestry covering the landscape of the American South, the desert of the Southwest and all the way to the cold mountains of Switzerland.

The Collective Effort: The quality of this release is in direct relation to amount of talented people Orange Alert Press was able to involve. The cover was created by Iowa artist Chris Roberts (Dead Clown Art), who has worked with PS Publishing and created a cover for Ray Bradbury. The internal design of the book was handled by Sean Lynch of 10pt Press in Kircubbin, Ireland. Twenty-six hand-crafted hardcover books were created by Delaware’s Bill Robert’s of Bottle of Smoke Press. In total this physical work of art touches New Mexico, Georgia, Iowa, Delaware, Illinois, and Northern Ireland.

The Sunlight Tapes: It’s rare for a book to really lend itself to a musical backdrop, but Sunlight at Midnight, Darkness at Noon truly has a song all its own. From the constant patter of typewriter keys, to the soulful horns of Miles Davis, to the noises of life, it all runs through Cunningham and McCreesh’s language. Charged with the mission of capturing these sounds and setting the proper environment was Dream Sanitation and Bimbi Garraux (appearing courtesy Shakedown Records) of the Atlanta group Noot d’Noot. Every copy of the book sold will include a copy of the professionally produced CD.

Paperback Version, published in an edition of 100:

(1) copy of Sunlight at Midnight, Darkness at Noon: The Cunningham/McCreesh Letters, 2002 in paperback,

(1) The Sunlight Tapes compact disc featuring the authors reading a series of excerpts from the letters, backed by a fantastic spectral, experimental score created by The Bimbi Garraux and Dream Sanitation Axis Of Soundscape.

Cost: $16US plus shipping ($3US; slightly higher for overseas shipping)Please e-mail for international rates

Hardback Deluxe Version , published in an edition of 26 copies (Sold Out!):

Included are:

(1) Lettered (A through Z) hardback version of Sunlight at Midnight, Darkness at Noon: The Cunningham/McCreesh Letters, 2002 (Orange Alert Press, 2009); ~232 pp, hand-bound in cloth boards by Bill Roberts of Bottle of Smoke Press, cover artwork by Chris Roberts, with the internals designed by Sean Lynch of 10pt Press. Did we mention it's gonna be absolutely beautiful?

(1) double-sided manuscript broadside -- featuring an original, unpublished poem on each side (one by Cunningham, one by McCreesh). The poems are hand-typed by the authors, on their respective typewriters, on a piece of fine, laid cardstock, autographed and delivered in a mylar sleeve. Poems are based on titles drawn directly from the letters themselves and were written specifically for this project. Until such time as they are collected together (if and when that occurs, if it does), you will own the only published copy of said poems...hence, the "manuscript broadside." Again: no poems are repeated, and NO TWO broadsides are the same.

Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine by Ben Tanzer

Released in August 2008, Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine is the second novel from Chicago's Ben Tanzer. It follows four twenty somethings through the ups and downs of romance. Set in New York in the earlier '90's, this novel is filled with pop culture, humor, and a biting reality that we all can relate to.

" Rarely do I run across a writer who makes me glad I can feel so deeply the words in a book. You are probably one of the rarest of gems and I hope more readers will tune into your books." ~ J. Kaye

"Ben Tanzer's second novel, Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine, is a glorious amalgam of dating, dysfunctional families, and pop culture. The book explores nascent relationships, complete with their insecurities, possibilities, hurdles and wonders." ~ Largehearted Boy

"Most Likely You Go Your Way and I’ll Go Mine is a brilliant, clever, humorous, edgy, and raw portrayal of urban single life. Deftly written, it will capture your attention from the first page and leave you shaking your head in awe until the end. " ~ Kelly Moran Author & Reviewer

"Most Likely You Go Your Way and I’ll Go Mine is an honest, funny book whose depiction of dating angst in the nineties will ring true for those of us who were there, and likely win plenty of new converts for this talented Chicago author." - Matt Staggs from Enter The Octopus

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