Punk Hostage Press Catalog 2012

Punk Hostage Press PO Box 1869 Hollywood CA 90078 www.punkhostagepress.com

PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Punk Hostage Press Seeks Non-profit Status In Their Continued Efforts To Give Back To The Community Newly formed publisher, Punk Hostage Press, today announced organizational changes in line with their foundational goals and vision. -------------Los Angeles, California. December 7, 2012 Punk Hostage Press was founded by Iris Berry and A. Razor on January, Friday the 13th, 2012 with the express intention of not only publishing books of prose, poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction fundamental to the underground, marginal culture that they both hail from, but to give back to the communities and institutions where artistic expression, community and a therapeutic connection to the arts is needed the most.

With these foundational goals in place, Punk Hostage Press is seeking 501(c)3 nonprofit organization status. With this non-profit status in place we hope to broaden our scope of creative approaches, diversify the connections with the literary arts community in order to reflect a plethora of experience and accomplishments. We also hope to increase visibility and awareness for social justice issues that can be supported through literary arts programs and raise funding that gives these creative efforts more impact in the communities they are in partnership with. Punk Hostage Press aims to publish 10-15 titles per year. The directors, staff members and authors will seek to engage those who are struggling, those who have survived, and/or are currently living in, working or relying on institutions such as prisons, jails, shelters and treatment programs. There will also be efforts to coincide our programs with other agencies and organizations whenever possible to be a flexible appendage of a benevolent social justice activism that is founded in the principles of wellness and empowerment without any politicized agenda or controversy.

Punk Hostage Press will provide relevant contemporary literature and conduct discussion groups, readings, book signings, and workshops in the institutions that we develop partnerships with as well as other educational programs, schools or non-profit organizations we make alliances with in order to increase our effectiveness and diversify our capabilities in outreach potential.

There is ample evidence that literature has the power to change lives and elevate individuals, as well as creating tools of empowerment that foster more positive communities. Studies have indicated a reduction in recidivism rates and decreased violent behavior with the analysis and discussion of literature as offered in alternative sentencing programs such as Changing Lives Through Literature, the Honor Yard Program, Prison Literacy Program and Poetry in Prison workshops. Punk Hostage Press believes the benefits of literature can go beyond this to include increased self-esteem and reduced self-destructive behavior by sharing the love and process of writing. Every person has a story to tell and by telling that story there is reflection and understanding that promotes healing and reconciliation.

About Punk Hostage Press

On January, Friday the 13th, 2012, Iris Berry and A. Razor made a pact to publish prose, short stories, poetry, creative non-fiction and well formulated rants on a new imprint called Punk Hostage Press. Punk Hostage Press is a Los Angeles, CA based non-profit organization that publishes well-crafted books of literature. Punk Hostage Press is committed to providing relevant contemporary literature and opportunities for discussion and reflection in such institutions as prisons, jails, homeless and womens shelters and treatment programs. Punk Hostage Press aims to publish 10-15 new titles each year. For more information about upcoming book releases and projects, please visit http://wp.punkhostagepress.com.

-----------

If you would like more information about this topic or to schedule an interview with Iris Berry and/or A. Razor, please feel free to contact them, respectively, at iris@punkhostagepress.com & a.razor@punkhostagepress.com.

Fractured by Danny Baker Fractured by Danny Baker Introduction by Iris Berry Cover design or artwork by Billy Burgos Edited by A. Razor Associate editor Iris Berry Fractured is the first book of poems by Danny Baker and the first offering from Punk Hostage Press. This book has a lot of impact in its imagery and well-crafted lines that capture emotional states from the edge looking back into the abyss of existence, measuring the distance of all that lies in between. Price: 12.95 , to order this book now, go here: https://www.createspace.com/3838652 Publication Date: Apr 07 2012 ISBN/EAN13: 0985129301 / 9780985129309 Page Count: 138 Binding Type: US Trade Paper Trim Size: 5.5" x 8.5" Language: English Color: Black and White Related Categories: Poetry / General

Better Than A Gun In A Knife Fight by A. Razor Introduction by Bucky Sinister Cover design or artwork by Geoff Melville Edited by Iris Berry A Collection Of Prose and Poetry from A. Razor, who has published and written and shared his work on the road and from inside prison for many years, now here is the writer's work in one book that presents many styles and influences all worked out with a genuine love that has driven a lifetime struggle for peace among the words of this world. Price: 18.95 , to order thsi book now, go here: https://www.createspace.com/3837987 Publication Date: May 19 2012 ISBN/EAN13: 098512931X / 9780985129316 Page Count: 232 Binding Type: US Trade Paper Trim Size: 6" x 9" Language: English Color: Black and White Related Categories: Poetry / American / General

The Daughters of Bastards by Iris Berry The Daughters of Bastards by Iris Berry Foreword by Dimitri Monroe Introduction by Pleasant Gehman Cover design or artwork by Geoff Melville Edited by A. Razor Associate Editor: Gwenn Morreale Associate Editor: Michele McDannold The long awaited book from Punk Hostage Press founding editor Iris Berry, entitled the Daughters Of Bastards, is a ride through the dirty streets of 1980s Hollywood that never stops delivering the real taste of a womanhood claiming a place for itself surrounded by the perverseness of a crumbling mystique that was once a golden tinseled dreamland. Price: 15.95 , to order this book now, go here: https://www.createspace.com/3884122 Publication Date: Oct 01 2012 ISBN/EAN13: 0985129328 / 9780985129323 Page Count: 122 Binding Type: US Trade Paper Trim Size: 6" x 9" Language: English Color: Black and White Related Categories: Non-Fiction/Criminals & Outlaws

Drawn Blood by A. Razor Drawn Blood:Collected Works from D.B.P.Ltd., 1985-1995 by A. Razor Introduction by Maureen McNally Edited and Designed by A. Razor This book is a collected works of poetry and prose that appeared on the now defunct Drew Blood Press, Ltd. imprint in 11 different chapbook titles from 1985 until 1995. It is representative of the diversity in voice A. Razor developed early on as a poet and prose writer. The meticulous work to use form and create new styles within those forms in order to better describe the environment that the writer was immersed in. This book is a collection of many of the pieces and a chronology of how they appeared, along with the titles of the chapbooks they appeared in, up to the year 1995. Price: 9.95 , to order this book now, go here: https://www.createspace.com/3923496 Publication Date: Jul 12 2012 ISBN/EAN13: 1478156899 / 9781478156895 Page Count: 254 Binding Type: US Trade Paper Trim Size: 6" x 9" Language: English Color: Black and White Related Categories: Poetry / General

'impress' by C.V. Auchterlonie impress by C.V. Auchterlonie Introductions by Michael Mc Aloran, Rob Plath Cover design or artwork by Geoff Melville, Photograph by Sean J. Heavey Edited by A. Razor This book a refreshing and invigorating journey into imagery and emotion as layered in the language of the soulful living in the moment, with a grand visage of the past and hopeful beacon into the future. The poetics here are exemplary and profound, with a spirit that endures and heals as it goes with you hand in hand. Price: 15.95 , to order this book now, go here: https://www.createspace.com/4017727 Publication Date: Nov 09 2012 ISBN/EAN13: 0985129336 / 9780985129330 Page Count: 136 Binding Type: US Trade Paper Trim Size: 6" x 9" Language: English Color: Black and White Related Categories: Poetry / Women Authors

Tomorrow, Yvonne by Yvonne De la Vega Tomorrow, Yvonne. Poetry & Prose for Suicidal Egotists by Yvonne De la Vega Authored by Yvonne De la Vega Foreword by Ray Manzarek Poet Yvonne de la Vega's body of work is compiled in her first book. The book's Forword is a wonderful contribution by Ray Manzarek of The Doors. An author himself, the forward is a beautifully written piece of prose that is an ode to Jim Morrison's "City of Night", as well as a promise that all who read Yvonne are in for "a hell of a good time. "Ray's apparent love for LA. is that common thread that runs through every LA Poet from Bukowski to Morrison, and he honors de la Vega's work from that familiarity of the city they've both shared a lifetime in. Ray muses that, "Yvonne is the lucky little lady in the lights." Price: 18.95 , to order this book now, go here: https://www.createspace.com/4012245 Publication Date: Nov 20 2012 ISBN/EAN13: 0985129379 / 9780985129378 Page Count: 276 Binding Type: US Trade Paper Trim Size: 8.5" x 8.5" Language: English Color: Black and White Related Categories: Poetry / Women Authors

Beaten Up Beaten Down by A. Razor Beaten Up Beaten Down by A. Razor Introduction by S.A. Griffin Cover Design by Geoff Melville Edited by Antonio Maranzano An up and down poetic ride through the life and times of an American writer living in the margins and his sometimes surrealist/situationist/realist view of the world around him. This book packs in everything from beat to gonzo to prose to language poem to concrete poem to dada poem to poetic rants and musings that are produce by one of the most brazenly anarchistic writer of our times. Price: 18.95 , to order this book now, go here: https://www.createspace.com/3884090 Publication Date: Nov 22 2012 ISBN/EAN13: 0985129344 / 9780985129347 Page Count: 212 Binding Type: US Trade Paper Trim Size: 6" x 9" Language: English Color: Black and White Related Categories: Poetic Biography & Autobiography / Criminals & Outlaws

'miracles of the BloG' by Carolyn Srygley-Moore miracles of the BloG: A series by Carolyn Srygley-Moore Introduction by Dom Gabrielli Cover design or artwork by Geoff Melville, Carolyn Srygley-Moore Edited by A. Razor This is a book of language/concrete post-modern paradox poetry that has the ability to transport the reader into a multi-dimensional experience of the literary extreme. Carolyn Srygley-Moore is well-versed in the art of succinct imagery with pertinent line formations that create an inner and outer exploration in every verse. Price: 15.95 , to order this book now, go here: https://www.createspace.com/4055156 Publication Date: Dec 03 2012 ISBN/EAN13: 0985129352 / 9780985129354 Page Count: 114 Binding Type: US Trade Paper Trim Size: 6" x 9" Language: English Color: Black and White Related Categories: Poetry / Women Authors

HOLIDAY APPRECIATION GIFT PRICED COLLECTION...

Small Catastrophes in a Big World by A. Razor Small Catastrophes in a Big World by A. Razor Authored by A. Razor Edited and Designed by A. Razor This book is a humble attempt to show appreciation for all the support received in 2012 for the author and Punk Hostage Press. This modestly priced collection is available to you in order to promote the works that Punk Hostage Press plans on putting forth in 2013 and beyond. Enjoy.

Price: 4.95 , to order this book now, go here: https://www.createspace.com/4071090 Publication Date: Nov 26 2012 ISBN/EAN13: 1481089978 / 9781481089975 Page Count: 48 Binding Type: US Trade Paper Trim Size: 6" x 9" Language: English Color: Black and White Related Categories: Poetry / American / General

8th & Agony by Rich Ferguson 8th & Agony by Rich Ferguson Introduction by Bob Holman Cover Design by Geoff Melville Edited by A. Razor In this book you will find a diverse style and approach to poetry and prose writing that speaks of a lyrical lifetime experience not usually apparent in a premiere collection for a writer. Along with the experience, there is the craftsmanship of a songwriter, a modern bard of contemporary musicality. This book is an amble down the open road as well as the dark alley ways and then across a soft beach sand and on into vibrant sunsets that shine on contoured boulevards of dreams both broken and healing. Price: 15.95 , to order this book now, go here: https://www.createspace.com/4017761 Publication Date: Dec 15 2012 ISBN/EAN13: 0985129360 / 9780985129361 Page Count: 136 Binding Type: US Trade Paper Trim Size: 6" x 9" Language: English Color: Black and White Related Categories: Poetry / American / General

Punk Hostage Press * PO Box 1869 Hollywood CA 90078 * www.punkhostagepress.com

The Basic Deal At Punk Hostage Press, a book is a project between the author and publisher/editor, a collaboration. All rights to the material belong to the author/artist. The publisher/editor is a vessel for the work to be disseminated. This is a non-profit we are not a profiteering enterprise.

It is our intention to be completely up front and above board about how we can be of service to our authors, to the project goals and to the community, as well as what we expect (or don't expect) in return. Each book project is tailored to meet the individual needs of the author we are in alliance with and to foster the agreed upon outcome of the project using the resources currently available from Punk Hostage Press. Following is an outline of our publishing model from which all projects are approached. PRINT ON DEMAND All books will be released and offered primarily as Print On Demand. Authors will be able to purchase copies at cost. Copies purchased by Punk Hostage Press will be sent out for review, placed in bookstores for sale and donated to programs we are working with. Profit from Print On Demand sales will be split 60/40. 60% going to the author at the end of every fiscal year and 40% retained by Punk Hostage Press. Punk Hostage Press will use this money to cover operating costs such as advertising, review copies and to put money back into the non-profit in hopes of expanding outreach in the future.

KINDLE EBOOK All authors will have the option to have their books available as e-books. Any profit from these sales will be split 60/40. 60% goes to the author and 40% to Punk Hostage Press.

SMALL PRINT RUN A small print run, 100-500 books, is possible but completely optional. Punk Hostage Press is committed to working with independent printers that are already involved in social justice and environmental issues, using recycled paper stock and soy based ink. As a commitment to the book, the press and the mission of Punk Hostage Press, we ask that authors cover the entire cost of a small print run. This is an option, not a requirement. Punk Hostage Press will not take into consideration whether or not the author is willing to make this commitment when deciding which books to publish or which authors to work with. The resulting books of this small print run will be split 60/40. 60% going to the author and 40% staying with Punk Hostage Press. The 40% that Punk Hostage Press receives will be used to send out review copies, place in bookstores and table at festivals and readings. Most importantly a percentage of these books will be made available for free to people that participate in our visits to institutions, outreach programs and creative writing groups.

PARTICIPATION IN NONPROFIT ACTIVITIES Punk Hostage Press is committed to providing relevant literature and opportunities for discussion and reflection in such institutions as prisons, jails, juvenile facilities, homeless and womens shelters and treatment programs. We work toward these goals by providing free books and contact with authors for people who are not able to access these things as easily as others are. Punk Hostage Press will provide opportunities for the author to participate in outreach by reading at these institutions so that there is a potential for a physical connection to writers made possible, not just their books. This is an option and not a requirement. We recognize that not every author will feel comfortable in participating at this level and we do not demand it. However, bridging the gap on literacy deficits by distributing relevant contemporary literature and providing opportunities for people to engage in creative writing of their own that is inspired by interacting with other writers and contemporary literature is one of the primary goals of the Punk Hostage Press and it's non-profit concerns.

PROMOTION Punk Hostage Press will use all available resources and connections to obtain book reviews, author interviews and opportunities for events and readings. Authors will be included in our efforts to promote the press as a whole in press releases, internet/social media campaigns etc. We expect our authors to participate in and enhance the promotional efforts of Punk Hostage Press wherein it concerns the projects we have agreed to work on together... putting effort into their own promotion, reviews, interviews and readings. We do NOT want any author to ever promote at the expense of another press or author's reputation. They must refrain from conducting any promotion that is meant to harm or malign the reputation or work of others.

DISTRIBUTION Punk Hostage Press has considered several distribution models that include well-established entities in small/indie press distribution. At this time we feel that we are best served by building our own alliances with independent bookstores and booksellers that we already have relationships with. Mainly these are bookstores in the greater Los Angeles area and the San Francisco Bay Area at this point. We are working on expanding that network into other regions and states, as well as other countries, based on personal contacts that we have had with publishers and booksellers over the years. We hope to grow in this sense and welcome all interested parties to contact us for more details about our offerings and how they can be obtained at wholesale prices. Quite frankly, we have lived D.I.Y. for nearly 35 years, and we are prepared to go it a little further down the road for now, but all offers of support and partnership are considered seriously and equitably. This is about a hopeful community that we want to be part of, so anything that is geared toward growing community among artists and support groups is important to us. We are also grant writing and donation seeking for more support as soon as our non-profit status is secure, in order to be able to provide more free books for other non-profit programs, such Prison Literacy Project and the like. ------------All of this is done in the spirit of partnership, never a hierarchical approach where we attempt, at any point, to manipulate that an author owes us anything other than what we asked for up front. Our support will remain even after the author publishes with others or if the author is unsatisfied with their experience with Punk Hostage Press. We stand by the commitment to the work and the art. We want to foster an unconditional approach based on a common love of the form: The written word as presented in books.

Punk Hostage Press

Punk Hostage Press PO Box 1869 Hollywood CA 90078 www.punkhostagepress.com