i saw god cooking children / paint their bones by john compton (Blood Pudding Press, 2020) has found a new home!

John Burroughs received new books today, including the new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones" with poems by john compton, cover art by Sandra Feen, and an inside review/blurb by Burroughs himself!

Here is Burroughs' review:

"I keep devouring this chapbook over and over because john compton’s work richly rewards repeat readings.

i saw god cooking children / paint their bones showcases the best of it with delightfully rich detail, fine turns of phrase and lean and engaging true tales.

Blood Pudding Press’ wonderful handcrafted artistry gives you another reason to want to keep picking it up.

But instead of going on and on about how much I like this collection, I encourage you to procure your own copy and see what I mean."

—John Burroughs, Ohio Beat Poet Laureate, 2019-2021, and author of Rattle and Numb.

Thank you to John Burroughs for this photo and his review 💜!

Anyone interested can find out a bit more about this new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook and/or acquire their own copy, HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/876451232/new-i-saw-god-cooking-children-paint?ref=shop_home_feat_4

photo by John Burroughs

A NEW Review by Casey Kiser of the Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, PEDIOPHOBIA by Daniel G. Snethen!

"A collection this gracefully twisted can only come from Blood Pudding Press. If you don't have doll paranoia now, you must read this to see what you're missing! I promise the poems in Snethen's book will give you the creeps but mostly, you will be more disturbed by how much you enjoy it. This is an absolute must-have for any chapbook collector."

From a new review by Casey Kiser of the latest Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, PEDIOPHOBIA by Daniel G. Snethen​!

Read more here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3091695952?book_show_action=false#_=_

Also, a copy of this chapbook went out in the mail today to the University of Arizona Poetry Center Library - and soon one will be heading to the upcoming Poet's House Showcase!

You can acquire your very own hand-designed copy of PEDIOPHOBIA from the Blood Pudding Press shop here - https://www.etsy.com/listing/762122669/new-pediophobia-by-daniel-g-snethen-2019?ref=shop_home_feat_1

A NEW Review of the Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "Paloma" by Jennifer E. Hudgens at Cultural Weekly!

"The chapbook is a collector’s item

The actual physical book is hand-made by Blood Pudding Press and is a piece of art unto itself. The cover, front matter, and “innards” of the book are of high quality, heavy, tinted paper. The binding is string/yarn that resembles a feather boa (no real feathers used). Readers can choose among several colors of cover and binding (I chose hot pink cover with pink, blue, and multi colored bindings). 

The cover art for Paloma—featuring a likeness of Lauren Kate—is a collage made by the lost friend, Lauren Kate herself. And it fits the book as if it were an organic whole. Anyone who appreciates fine chapbooks will likely appreciate this book.

I read the entire chapbook at one sitting, and I have to admit, I was “blown away.” I recommend this collector’s item book to readers who appreciate an interesting speaker, good imagery, and sensitive, touching poems that manage to stay convincingly real. Paloma by Jennifer E. Hudgens is a keeper, for sure—and for all the right reasons"

from a wonderful new review by Eileen Murphy, of the Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "Paloma" by Jennifer E. Hudgens, appearing in Cultural Weekly this week!

read more HERE - https://www.culturalweekly.com/review-paloma-jennifer-e-hudgens/

acquire your own copy of "Paloma" HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/562664430/new-paloma-by-jennifer-e-hudgens?ref=shop_home_feat_1

Thank you very much to Eileen Murphy and Cultural Weekly!

A NEW Review of a Vintage Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook ("Girl Gang" by Juliet Cook)

Thank you to M. Earl Smith and Galatea Resurrects for this Blood Pudding Press review of the poetry chapbook, "Girl Gang" by Juliet Cook.

The next person who purchases a chapbook from Blood Pudding Press will have a free copy of "Girl Gang" thrown into your purchase. :)

https://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress

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"The paradoxes within this group mirror the changes in society and how the ideas of feminism and sexuality are viewed. This volume is unafraid to be what it enjoys being, all while challenging the conventions of the past and the stereotypes of the present."

a snippet from the vintage review by M. Earl Smith of the Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "Girl Gang", which was published in 2007.

The review was just published yesterday at Galatea Resurrects, but the reason it's vintage is because the chapbook is more than 10 years old. 😮

The reason this chapbook evaded the reviewer for so long might partly be because I've had it discontinued from the Blood Pudding Press shop for several years now.

read more of the review HERE - http://galatearesurrects2018.blogspot.com/2018/02/girl-gang-by-juliet-cook.html

NEW Review of Stick Up by Paul David Adkins (Blood Pudding Press)

Thank you to Galatea Resurrects and to M. Earl Smith for this new review of the Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook "Stick Up" by Paul David Adkins!

"The story that Adkins portrays is gritty: a down-on-her-luck woman...finally snaps. What follows is the intersection of several lives, all caught in a moment of drama not, for the most part, of their making. Through this series of poems, we see how the themes of religion (If God wanted to / save her, now was His chance / to give her / one hundred / thousand signs), addiction, and poverty are brought to the forefront...The poems in Stick Up are so gritty, so personal, and so real that one can fairly assume that Adkins is writing from some sort of personal experience."

You can read more of the review here - https://galatearesurrection27.blogspot.com/2016/12/stick-up-by-paul-david-adkins.html

You can acquire your very own copy of "Stick Up" in the Blood Pudding Press shop here - https://www.etsy.com/listing/188110107/stick-up-by-paul-david-adkins-2014-blood?ref=shop_home_active_10