Watch this: Stephen "ESPO" Powers paints The Strand

In celebration of his new book from Princeton Architectural Press, Love Letter To The City, famed street artist and modern day sign painter, Stephen Powers "redecorated" one exterior wall of The Strand Bookstore in New York City. 

I'm a huge fan of his work – the book kept me engrossed one recent morning and I just didn't want to put it down – but it's especially cool to watch his team's process as they lay down some really bright colors and funny little details.

Love Letter to the City
by Stephen Powers
Chronicle Books | Princeton Architectural Press
9781616892081 | $24.95 | Feb 2014

More, elsewhere:
Princeton Architectural Press' page for Love Letter To The City.

Watch this: Stephan Pastis shows you how to draw Timmy Failure and friends step-by-step

Whether you're new to Timmy Failure's ongoing career as Greatest Grade School Detective of All Time, or you're a long-standing fan, you'll want to know that Stephan Pastis always starts drawing Timmy with a small U and then two O's. Watch and learn!

And you can keep on watching – there are also videos for how to draw Total (Timmy's polar bear sidekick), Rollo Tookus, Molly Moskins, and arch-rival Corinna Corinna.

Timmy Failure #2 – Now Look What You've Done came out in February and has been a regular on national and regional bestseller lists ever since.

Timmy Failure #3 – We Meet Again is due out on October 28, 2014.

There was a great profile of Stephan Pastis in PW back in February.

Coffee House Press publisher Chris Fischbach profiled on the NY Times' ArtsBeat blog

We were excited to see friend & publisher Chris Fischbach turn up in our feed today – the latest in the NY Times' ArtsBeat blog's series on poetry presses:

The latest in a series of occasional profiles of poetry publishers. These questions were answered by Chris Fischbach, a longtime editor at Coffee House Press who became publisher in 2011.

When you’re reading a manuscript submission by a writer you’re unfamiliar with, what are you looking for in the poems?

One thing I’m looking for is almost audacious daring. I want to sense that the poet knows what’s going on in contemporary poetry, but that she is attempting to do something very different, counter to any prevailing trend. This is how I felt when I read Anna Moschovakis’s “You and Three Others Are Approaching a Lake.”

...

What are some of the books you’re most proud to have published?

“The Iovis Trilogy”; “Collected Poems” by Ron Padgett; “Blood Dazzler” by Patricia Smith; “Shut Up Shut Down” by Mark Nowak; “The California Poem” by Eleni Sikelianos; “The Annotated ‘Here’ and “Selected Poems” by Marjorie Welish.

Click through to read the entire post.

More, elsewhere:
Chris Fischbach: twitter
Coffee House Press: web | blog | facebook | twitter 

Akashic Books Drop-In Title: I Love You Too by Ziggy Marley – coming April 15, 2014

I Love You Too

by Ziggy Marley; illustrated by Ag Jatkowska

A beautifully illustrated, multicultural children's picture book based on one of Ziggy Marley's most beloved songs, "I Love You Too," from his Grammy Award-winning album Family Time. The book explores a child's relationship with parents, nature, and the unstoppable force of love. This is Ziggy's first book, though his foray into children's music is extensive and very well known.

9781617753107 | $15.95 | Hardback / Picture Book | April 15, 2014

Learn more:

Akashic Books

Consortium

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