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twentythreebooks is a perpetuation of an apophenic phenomenon spreading the virus of well-crafted language.

Allen Ginsberg died at 2:39pm April 5: 2+3+9+4+5=23.

"I first heard of the 23 enigma from William S Burroughs, author of Naked Lunch, Nova Express, etc. According to Burroughs, he had known a certain Captain Clark, around 1960 in Tangier, who once bragged that he had been sailing 23 years without an accident. That very day, Clark’s ship had an accident that killed him and everybody else aboard. Furthermore, while Burroughs was thinking about this crude example of the irony of the gods that evening, a bulletin on the radio announced the crash of an airliner in Florida, USA. The pilot was another captain Clark and the flight was Flight 23." Robert Anton Wilson

Check out this article in the Baltimore City Paper: City Paper Online

Announcements

We are pleased to announce two new arrivals, Tombstones, by Don Burness, and Ore, by Christophe Casamassima. Go to our Books page to find out how to order your copy.

Thin Snow, by Omar Shapli, is now available. Once again Poet Shapli has thrilled and trilled us with his superb poetics. If you've purchased his two previous books, The General Is Asked His Opinion and THEM, then you are in for a treat. If not, here's an idea: buy all three and enjoy the lyrical master thrice over. Go to our Books page to find out how to order your copy.

Assembling the Lord by Raymond J. Cummings is still available. Go to our Books page to find out how to order your copy.

viviparous blenny volume one: synchronicity is quickly selling out. Don't miss out on your chance to get a copy today. Go to our Books page to find out how to order your copy.

We would also like to announce a new partnership with the Towson Arts Collective, along with furniture press. We will be working together to host poetry readings, art exhibits, and various other creative ventures.

Previously: Omar Shapli's reading on May 11, 2008 at the Bowery in New York was a rousing success. I posted some pictures from the event on Flickr Flickr Set: Bowery Poetry Club

Also, click here to listen to a recording from the Bowery Poetry Club.

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