buck downs

Saturday, Sept. 20th , 8 p.m., Baltimore — i.e. reading series at Carriage House, 2225 Hargrove St., — reading with Heather Fuller.

They Are Flying Planes is a jumbo package that deftly bridges lo-fi and swank. It could hardly be better:

Here’s a photo showing a spread and two items included in this issue of TAFP; it comes courtesy of Richard Owens’s detailed write-up at Damn the Caesars.

A hefty double-signature of poems printed large and bound with care; four tipped-in poetic inclusions; two CDs, poetry and then music; plus a great chapbook by Mike Basinski. There’s a Buck Downs poem on the CD, and another in the magazine.

This is issue #2. Issue #1 was popular enough that they printed a second, travel-friendly version to complement the wide format run, but don’t wait for that to happen again. Write to They Are Flying Planes and get in on the fun.

MSD is still getting reviewed! Here’s one from earlier this year, at goodreads:

Many thanks go out to Andrew Hughes and the crew who put together TIGHT #3:

Dozens of personal favorite poets in this issue, like A. Belz, S. Compton, A. Quint, and on and on. Order it as directly as you can, here.

An unpublished poem with some irritating noise that won’t stay down in the sound bed:

an uncanny gram…