COMING SOOOOON!!!! FROM FAST GEEK PRESS
NOT GOOD WITH NAMES
by Charly Fasano / Music by MALAMADRE
Paperback Book
NOT GOOD WITH NAMES is a collection of 30 poems based on 30 linocut block print portraits by Charly Fasano. It is complemented with a mp3 download code to listen to the book read in its entirety by Fasano backed by the music of MALAMADRE.
Listen to some of MALAMADRE’s music and find out more about them at malamadremusic.tumblr.com.
Not Good With Names by Charly Fasano
Not Good With Names is a poetry and linocut block printed booklet. Not Good With Names is a 10 issue illustrated poetry booklet that features 30 short poems and 30 block printed portraits by Charly the city mouse Fasano. Each issue contains 3 poems and 3 block printed portraits on a card stock, 3 panel fold out.
Hand Printed Portraits and Cover
Limited Edition. Only 20 Made of each issue. Each copy is numbered.
Collect Them All
Available Here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/CharlyFasanoArt?section_id=12376277
ISSUE 1
Issue 2
Denver is a chapbook-length poem by Ken Arkind illustrated by a collection of linocut block prints by Charly the city mouse Fasano. Denver is a meticulous tour of a city cursed by its history and geography. It is a bar by bar, neighborhood by neighborhood walk of triggered memories and self-destruction. Denver is about a city that continually attempts to search for an identity, but in doing so, collectively buries its true character in the bottom of a glass and passes out before last call.
Ken Arkind is an American National Poetry Slam Champion, Tedx Fellow, Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam Champion and published poet who has performed his work in 49 States, 6 countries and at over 150 colleges and universities. He is the current Executive Director and head coach of Denver Minor Disturbance, an independent literary arts organization dedicated to helping Colorado youth find voice through the mediums of poetry and performance.
Available on April 1, 2013 at
Charly the city mouse Fasano will be in Denver, Colorado for a bunch of poetry readings, rock shows, art shows and such. Come out and check some of these events out if you are in the area.
Fri March 29 - Art Show @ Fast Geek Boutique 321 West 11 Ave Denver, CO 7pm
I will be exhibiting over 30 linocut block prints featuring the illustrations that are included in Ken Arkind’s new poetry book called “Denver”, a multimedia collection of short films and block prints called Turnbuckle: An afternoon of Lucha Libre Wrestling in Block Prints and Strikes at the Fireside Bowl.
Take a look at Turnbuckle at http://turnbuckleproject.tumblr.com/
Fri March 29 – Hi Dive with Magic Cyclops and Mr. Pacmen 21 and up @ 9:30pm
Sat March 30 - Ken Arkind’s Book Release Event! A poetry reading featuring Ken Arkind, Dan Landes, Denver Minor Disturbance and me back up by the music of Malamadre. Rock and Roll by HINDERSHOT. All Ages 8pm @ The Deer Pile 206 East 13th Ave Denver, CO (above City O City)
Sun March 31 - Poetry Reading at Mutiny Information Cafe in Denver with Dan Landes, Ken Arkind, Brian Polk and Denver Minor Disturbance 5 pm
Mon April 1 - Three Kings Tavern 60 S. Broadway Denver, CO. Reading some poems with MALAMADRE during their Happy Hour Residency.
Drunk Hunter, Quicker Squirrel
This is a project that started with linocut prints for the Open Season Invitational group art show at Standard Art Supply in Ithaca, NY on October 13, 2012. It’s a annual group show that has a hunting season theme. These three prints are based on the idea of drunken squirrel hunting. They are printed on stretched canvas Listen to the poem – “Drunk Hunter, Quicker Squirrel” and check out the hand made book I made. It is a hand printed and bound booklet that includes a linocut printed cover, 4 fold-out linocut prints and a QR Code that will link your tablet or smartphone to the recording I have also printed them on stretched white canvas in black ink (pictures coming soon).
They are now for sale as single prints or the whole series on stretched canvas and paper by clicking BLOCK PRINT STORE on the menu bar or http://www.etsy.com/shop/CharlyFasanoArt .
Drunk Hunter, Quicker Squirrel Linocut Prints on Stretched Canvas
Handmade Booklet
Here it is folks – a better look for my digital home. Feel free to cruise around and check out my art. I have added a bunch of block prints and hand made books to my etsy.com page – Click on LINOCUT STORE to visit the storefront. I have also added all of the short films in a easy to watch playlist that are included in my new multi-media book of poems “Excuse Me, I Think You Dropped Your Dreams.” Seven films in all. It is available through amazon.com and createspace.com.
I’ve been working hard on a bunch of linocut block prints to illustrate Ken Arkind’s poem “Denver”. We are going to release a book, hand made books and do an art show/reading in Denver, Colorado sometime this fall. Stay tuned on that one.
Help us fund the publication cost by buying one or two or three. You can preview and purchase some of them on my etsy.com storefront -
