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Oct.09.2011
NIGHT CHANT IN THE TOP 100 20TH CENTURY POETRY BESTSELLERS ON AMAZON'S KINDLE STORE RIGHT NOW - IT'S AT #60 - It's sandwiched between 59. Henry Rollins and 61. Walt Whitman! Yummy! http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/digital-text/157113011/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_kinc_2_7_last#3
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Oct.09.2011
WOW! NIGHT CHANT is in the top 50 BEST SELLERS on AMAZON's KINDLE STORE NON-FICTION! - RIGHT NOW! - It's at #36! http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/digital-text/156429011/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_kinc_1_6_last#2
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Oct.09.2011
  NIGHT CHANT KINDLE EDITION AVAILABLE NOW! http://www.amazon.com/Night-Chant-ebook/dp/B005TYU97Q/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8... Night Chant www.amazon.com The terse, dark pieces in Andrew Demcak’s fourth collection of poems occur under the cover of night. Into a richly macabre cityscape, the voices...
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Oct.09.2011
Collin Kelley on NIGHT CHANT: "Not a word is wasted in these short, economical poems, which bloom and burst with colorful imagery. Heightened language and metaphors illuminate dark subjects – Matthew Shepard's death, heroin junkies, partners lost in car crashes – while the vagaries of birth,...
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Oct.09.2011
My poem, "Hustler," from my new book, NIGHT CHANT, is up on Lethe Press' blog: http://lethe-press.tumblr.com/post/11161138216/huster-by-demcakLethe Press Books - Hustler, a poem from Andrew Demcak's book Night Chantlethe-press.tumblr.comHustler, a poem from Andrew Demcak's book Night Chant...
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Oct.09.2011
"The poems in Andrew Demcak's NIGHT CHANT are as conscious of the ghosts in the room as they are the living bodies. Through myth, they look for the secret life behind Eros with daring, candor, wildness, and wit. If you want simple consolation, go elsewhere. If you want to read poems that are...
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Feb.18.2011
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I'm the featured poet at The Lambda Literary Foundation today. http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/poetry-spotlight/02/18/andrew-demcak-tattoo/ Andrew Demcak, "Tattoo" www.lambdaliterary.org ANDREW DEMCAK is an award-winning poet and novelist whose work has appeared in print...
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Jun.01.2010
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Imagine your name in print! Over 4,000 people a month will read your review!  Please contact Daniel Casey, editor, at gentlyreadlit@gmail.com for a free reviewer's copy of my new book, A Single Hurt Color, (which was just featured at Verse Daily!)   Click on the link below for full details:   http...
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Feb.25.2010
Andrew Demcak
My new book of poetry, A Single Hurt Color (GOSS 183::Casa Menendez Press, 2010) is now available for purchase for only $8.99 at the MiPOesias e-store: https://www.createspace.com/3424843 The poems in A Single Hurt Color take us on winding, asymmetrical paths of loss, love, and grace.  Demcak knows...
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Feb.11.2010
Andrew Demcak A Single Hurt Color 2010
Here's the official cover image for my new book of poetry, A Single Hurt Color (GOSS 183::Casa Menendez Press, 2010).  The book can be previewed before its print publication at this link: http://issuu.com/didimenendez/docs/andrewdemcak It will be available from Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, etc....
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Jan.18.2010
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 Here are some early reviews of my forthcoming book of poetry, A Single Hurt Color (GOSS 183::Casa Menendez Press, 2010):  Andrew Demcak opens yet more vistas into that seductive world he continues to create in his new book of poems, A Single Hurt Color. And even for the polished practiced linguist...
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Apr.03.2009
    TO: Andrew Demcak   DATE:  Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:06 AM   SUBJECT: Re: Poetry Submission from Andrew Demcak    MAILED-BY: newyorker.com  We regret that we are unable to use the enclosed material. Intriguing, but not quite TNY. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to consider it. Best of...
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