Zachary Schomburg's Forthcoming "The Pond"

Portland poet and co-founder of Octupus Magazine and Octupus Books, Zachary Schomburg’s forthcoming The Pond is “all printed,” according to the Greying Ghost Press blog.  In the same post he said he might “do a pre-order beginning next week” (which actually refers to this week), with an “early-March release date.”  Better get your name on the list now.

In related news, Schomburg will be reading, along with fellow Portland poet Matthew Dickman, as part of the Graduate Literary Organization reading series February 24th from 7-9 p.m. at the PSU Smith Memorial Student Union Room 238.  The event is free and open to the public.

The full announcement:

Graduate Literary Organization presents
Poets Zachary Schomburg and Matthew Dickman
Tuesday, February 24th
Portland State University, Smith Memorial Student Union 238, 7 – 9 p.m.
Q & A following the readings

Portland local Zachary Schomburg is known for recent publications The Man Suit (Black Ocean, 2007); Abaraham Lincoln’s Death Scene (Horse Less Press, 2007); The Truth About Canada (Big Game Books, 2007); and The Ottoman Empire (Universal Remote 2006). His forthcoming books include I Am a Small Boy (Factory Hollow); The Pond (Greying Ghost Press); and Scary, No Scary (Black Ocean). He also edits the online poetry magazine Octopus.

Portland native Matthew Dickman’s work has been published in Tin House, Clackamas Literary Review, Poet Lore, Rhino, Agni: online, and more. He has received fellowships and/or residencies from Oregon Literary Arts, the Michener Center for Writers in Austin, Texas, the Breadloaf Writers Conference, the Vermont Studio Center and the Fine Arts Work Center. Dickman’s first collection of poetry, All American Poem, won the 2008 APR/Honickman Prize, selected by Tony Hoagland, and will be published with Copper Canyon Press.

Free to the public; refreshments provided