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Delirium is a Disease of the Night by Richard Wink
Signed limited edition, 48 pages, 38 new poems by the popular British poet and editor of Gloom Cupboard, with Cover Art by intaglio printer, Steven Chapp of the U.S., owner of Black Dog Press and Studio.
Poet, Richard Wink is a writer based in Norwich, England. Widely published Wink has previously published five collections of poetry from popular publishing houses including: 'All along the Wensum' (Kendra Steiner Editions) and 'The Magnificent Guffaw' (Erbacce Press), 'Apple Road' (ditchpoetry) and Trainwreck Press. His words have been featured in renowned periodicals such as Aesthetica Magazine, Decanto and 3:AM Magazine. As an essayist he regularly contributes to Slurve Magazine and On Topic Magazine. He also edits the enigmatic litzine Gloom Cupboard.
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Cover Artist, Steven Chapp, Easley, S.C., is a native of Kansas City, Mo. USA. Is a practicing studio artist whose primary media are printmaking and drawing. Chapp works in many different printing techniques including intaglio (etching on zinc plates, and photopolymer plate etching), wood and linoleum relief prints, and monotypes. His preferred drawing media are oil pastels and oil sticks, but at times my drawings will also include additional manipulations of graphite, charcoal, and colored pencils. His work includes monotypes, etchings, reliefs, linocuts and intaglio. He’s a middle school art teacher and the owner of Black Dog Press and Studio. Chapp holds an MFA in printmaking and drawing from Clemson University and a BFA from Appalachian State University. He has shown in galleries and museums throughout the region, including the Greenville County (S.C.) Museum of Art, the Burroughs and Chapin Museum in Myrtle Beach, S.C., and the Pickens County (S.C.) Museum of Art and History. He worked on two projects with artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude, in Kansas City in 1978 and Key Biscayne, Fla., in 1983. http://home.infionline.net/~sachapp/ http://stevenchapp.blogspot.com/ "A consummate master of the metaphor Wink has the ability to lead you through seaside towns and beaches and, in-between seemingly innocent words, to enlighten you to as to the surreal nature of the human condition. Tongue firmly entrenched in his cheek he whispers about the death of Goblins while real human-beings slip unnoticed beneath the waves and eulogizes on a panic-stricken moth and the suspect seriousness of grieving kisses. Cliché’s are meat for his cleaver and he kindly consigns them to oblivion as in ‘Blueberry Muffins’ but just when you are lulled into believing it is all slightly cynical he can touch you with the plight of an aging man in ‘Up-to-date’. I like Wink; I like both the poet and the poetry, I like the way he bottles aggression then lets it slip out like bubbles escaping from a stiff Whiskey and Soda, I like the way he has no fear of attacking icons as he does with patent relish in ‘I’m really upset’. "Read these poems. Then read them all again. Be encouraged by them and by this totally original poet to tread the poetry sidewalks with a meat-cleaver dripping thick inky blood in one hand and a skeptical smile on your lips that barely conceals the fact that you are doing what you do for all of us, even if at times it hurts… that’s what Wink does and it is totally refreshing.” - Alan Corkish, http://www.erbacce-press.com, http://www.alancorkish.co.uk “Richard Wink writes in a clear, interesting, resounding voice that brings the reader into any scene he draws upon. Tightly written and thoroughly enjoyable, Richard Wink's new volume is not to be missed.” $6.95 for shipping within the US $9.95 for intenrational shipping
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