Up Set Press
My blogs
| Industry | Publishing |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Editors/Writers |
| Location | Brooklyn, NY, United States |
| Introduction | UpSet is an open and supportive space for artists who offer new visions in written language. The press produces mainly first books and newly revised editions of exceptional out of print books. Founded in 2000 by a group of NY-based poets, the press conducts regular poetry workshops and readings around the city. |
| Interests | Reading literature by these lovely folks: Walt Whitman, Allen Ginsberg, Suheir Hammad, Bina Sharif, Mohja Kahf, Hayan Charara, Moustafa Bayoumi, Jack Kerouac, Michael Oondatje, Ammiel Alcalay, Julie Agoos, Robert Viscusi, Louis Asekoff, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, Zadie Smith, Kirin Desai, Jamaica Kincaid, Franz Kafka, Fernando Pessoa, Aime Cesaire, Assia Djebar, Franz Fanon, Kazim Ali and others... |
| Favorite movies | Head On (dir. Fatih Akin), Schizo (dir. Guka Omarova), Grease, After the Fox, The Dark Crystal, Paradise Now, Salt of the Sea, anything by Oscar Micheaux, Tropic Thunder... |
When you spilled the milk, did it look like the moon?
When we spill the milk it becomes the paper we write our world on and the cow is born once the ink touches milk.