chapbooks

thousands and thousands of years (2010)

2010-03-02T12:31:00.001-08:00

published by MONDO BUMMER BOOKS ("a small press that publishes poetry and fiction in a disappointing way.") in march 2010, Thousands and Thousands of Years is a long poem by matthew savoca.

dimensions: 8.5"x11" regular computer paper, 3 pages

from the MONDO BUMMER website (linked here):

"Savoca's Thousands and Thousands of Years is an exploration of relationships over time, punctuated by cayenne pepper sneezes. It's time to get serious. ($2) [vol 9]

If you are interested in purchasing a copy by mail, you can pay via PayPal, or send an email at mondobummer_at_gmail.com to arrange payment by mail (as always, barter welcome)."

2010-02-27T13:11:00.001-08:00

49 days of finland (2009)

2010-02-03T20:13:00.000-08:00

49 days of finland is a chapbook by french-canadian comic artist olivier bhérer-vidal that was translated into english from the french by matthew savoca. there are drawings and words on every page.

dimensions: 4"x6.5", 28 pages

from the back cover:
"This zone is the english/finnish version of the zine '49 jours en Finlande' that i made in 2008. Riita wrote the finnish text according to her memories and Matthew wrote the english text, which is something a very faithful translation and sometimes a free interpretation of it."

cover image and a view of the interior (click to enlarge, view, and read):

there are a few copies for sale, please contact matthew at matthewsavoca @ gmail.com

the stem of it (2009)

2010-02-03T17:05:00.000-08:00

the stem of it is a small printed graphic story by olivier bhérer-vidal which was translated into english from the french by matthew savoca. there are drawings and text on every page.

dimensions: 5"x7", 30 pages

from the back cover:
"the stem of it was written by matthew savoca. it is a somewhat free translation of the french text by olivier bhérer-vidal."

this version of the stem of it also has drawings by Flexib.

if you are interested in reading this or purchasing a copy, email matthewsavoca @ gmail.com

cover image:

here is an image of the cover and two of the inside pages (click to enlarge, view, and read):

altruism (2009)

2009-03-16T06:24:00.000-07:00

Altruism is a small printed chapbook published by ML press. it is made up of a section of a full-length long poem called long love poem with descriptive title which is set to be published in full in September 2010 by Scrambler Books.

dimensions: 4"x5", 11 pages

click here to see the Altruism video

**Altruism has sold out**

**copies at powell's bookstore have also sold out**

**NEWS

Altruism is going to be included in an ML Press anthology of all the chapbooks from their entire first year. Info and ordering here.

"the tramping abroad minimalism of matthew savoca"
- j.a. tyler, editor/publisher/brains of MLP

this feels like normal (2008)

2009-03-16T06:09:00.001-07:00

This Feels Like Normal is a small printed chapbook made up of 11 poems by brandon scott gorrell, colin bassett, & matthew savoca, and with cover art by tao lin. it is published by BCF press and printed intermittently since september 2008.

dimensions: 5.5"x8.5", 20 pages

click here to see the pertinent BCF press website.

this chapbook is free to anyone, there is ordering information on the above website.

*currently out of stock. if you want to read it, email me: matthewsavoca @ gmail.com