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upcoming:
2025 : books by Orchid Tierney, Sasha Hawkins,
YJ Jun, Elodie Hollant + S. R. H. Marcie.
3/26 : AWP LA
2/1 : Autobiography of the [Undead] by Emilio Carrero
1/15/2025 : CODON by Arreshy Young
12/1/2024 : Lisa 2, v1.0 by Nicholas Rombes
11/22 : cöd.eXɘ.böↄ by 5carLit.11.22
11/7 : Kelly Krumrie in Chicago @ Seminary Co-op
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11/4 : Dennis James Sweeney interviews Kelly Krumrie.

11/1 : behind the scenes peek at the cover for cöd.eXɘ.böↄ, a book co-missioned by Ai bot 5carLit.11.22, forthcoming from Calamari on 11/22.

11/1 : Our Colony Beyond the City of Ruins by Janalyn Guo is back on the streets, back from the ruins of being out of print.

10/27 : Nicholas Rombes read w/ David Kuhnlein, Sarah Pazur + Neska at Dream Palace Books in Indianapolis.

10/22 : Andrew C. Wenaus interviewed in Thrausma.

10/20 : behind the scenes peek at the cover of For disobeying by sasha hawkins.

10/18 : Kelly Krumrie in NYC @ Molasses Books

10/15 : John Biscello reviewed the forthcoming Lisa 2, v1.0 by Nicholas Rombes.

10/12 : Kelly Krumrie in Iowa City @ the Normie Creep in the Sacred Grove reading Series

10/09 : review of Kelly Krumrie's No Measure in Full Stop.

10/01 : No Measure by Kelly Krumrie is here, measurable in space + time, can be read now.

9/29 : Ↄalamari was @ the Brooklyn Book Festival.

9/28 : Red Earth reviewed in X-ray Lit.

9/27 : Dennis Cooper spotlight on Kenji Siratori.

9/26 : inside peek at the cover + some intersititals from the forthcoming CODON by Arreshy Young, pre-order it on Asterism.

9/25 : Yuxin Zhao's The Moons reviewed in Heavy Feather Review.

9/16 : feliz to announce the release of Tonalamatl by Steven Alvarez!

9/14 : excerpt from Kelly Krumrie's forthcoming No Measure in Cleveland Review of Books.

9/11 : on the shelf life of books (any reviewers, bloggers, teachers, etc. interested in review or desk copies of any Calamari title from whenever, contact us).

9/6 : Kenji Siratori's Blood Electric is the 5th Calamari book this year that was the punked victim of literary fraud (this glitchcrafted dispatch/exposé also features musical side-projects of Michael Peters + David Nutt).

9/6 : Kenji Siratori's Blood Electric is here, back from the dead!

8/31 : B-hind-the-scenes peek/peak/pique at the cover for the forthcoming Our Colony Beyond the City of Ruins by Janalyn Guo + why the Calamari HQ ain't moving to BKLYN.

8/30 : Libretto Lunaversitol reviewed in Heavy Feather Review.

8/30 : The Museum of Atheism by Laura Ellen Joyce is in the house.

8/25 : behind the scenes peek at the cover for the forthcoming Lisa 2, v1.0 by Nicholas Rombes.

8/19 : Blake Butler has written a series of posts about publishing Ever w/ Calamari Archive.

8/13 : review of Yuxin Zhao's The Moons in Necessary Fiction.

8/6 : Calamari no longer uses Paypal, all payments are made thru Asterism or direct orders such as these bundles with Stripe.

8/1—Libretto Lunaversitol by Andrew C. Wenaus + Kenji Siratori has landed! Both the book + cassette are available now from Asterism, or the [cassette + book] together from Bandcamp.

7/31 : electronic/digital books are now available thru Asterism (so u dont have to wait for a humun to email them to u!), inklooting dbooks for The psychic surgeon assists, The Moons, 2-byte βeta Ei8ht ½-Loopƨ + New New Animals.

7/27: Yuxin Zhao read w/ some other migrant writers in London.

07/24 : although Libretto Lunaversitol doesn't street for another week, we're releasing the soundtrack early + if you get the cassette + book combo (for $20) then we'll ship both now.

6/24–7/19 : Calamari is in vacation mode, please get books from Asterism. Follow our travels on 5cense.

6/23 : The psychic surgeon assists + 2-byte βeta Ei8ht ½-Loopƨ made Dennis Cooper's list of faves so far in 2024.

6/16 : sneak peek @ the cover for the forthcoming reissue of Kenji Siratori's Blood Electric.

6/13 : review of Kelly Krumrie's No Measure on fck yr bookclub.

6/11 : the Calamari reprinting of Woman with Dark Horses by Aimee Parkison is now available.

6/6 : for it's 13-yr anniversary, we gave Garielle Lutz's Divorcer a makeover, revised w/ a new cover.

5/28 : cover/description/blurbs for the forthcoming No Measure by Kelly Krumrie, contact us if interested in an ARC.

5/23 : cover/description/trailer for the forthcoming Libretto Lunaversitol by Andrew C. Wenaus + Kenji Siratori, if interested in an ARC contact us.

5/22 : cover/description/blurbs for the forthcoming Tonalamatl by Steven Alvarez, if interested in an ARC contact us.

5/16 : sneak peek at what's in the works in coming months.

5/3: Michael Salu was at a Black to the Future event in London.

4/26 : The psychic surgeon assists, 2-byte βeta Ei8ht ½-Loopƨ, Ark Codex ±0 + other Calamari titles are available thru Printed Matter.

4/22 : finally swallowed our distaste for facebook + joined instagram.

4/14 : we support CLMP, but here's why Calamari is not a member ... rather than ask presses to pad mastheads w/ friends or faux names, they should ask them to stop charging reading fees.

4/1 Publi¢ 5ervice announcement: while we we feel for the presses caught up in the SPD implosion, you're better off w/ Asterism.

4/1 : The psychic surgeon assists by Zebulon House is in the house!

3/31 : Peter Markus will be teaching an "Everyday Objects, Luminous Things" workshop this summer
(6/23—8/18), here's more details or contact us to sign up.

3/23—3/31 @ Bushel in Delhi, NY : sound/image exhibition for Michael Peters' O Kind Vel’d Sparrow, an extension of the overarching Vaast Bin project.

3/27 : Calamari reissues of Endorsed by Jack Chapeau 2 an even greater extent by Ted Pelton + Cartilage and Skin by Michael James Rizza are now available.

3/24 : Titles discounted on Asterism to free up inventory: No Moon, The Luminol Reels, Ark Codex ±0, Marsupial, The Revisionist, Land of the Snow Men + The Singing Fish.

3/15 : new from Calamari—The Moons: Fire Rooster to Earth Dog by Yuxin Zhao.

3/8 : cover/description of The psychic surgeon assists by Zebulon House (forthcoming April 1) to wet your beak. Anyone interested in an ARC let us know.

3/5 : we added a 10-book omakase-style option to our direct select bundles, 10 pieces of Calamari for $50.

3/1 : Skewed inkLing of what's coming down the pike 4 Calamari on 5cense.

2/24 Calamari Archive announces the publication of 2-byte βeta Ei8ht ½-Loopƨ.

2/15 : Starcherone Books is back! 23 out-of-print books by Michael Joyce, Steven Hendricks, Aimee Parkison, Jonathan Callahan, Steve Katz, Kent Johnson, Blake Butler & Lily Hoang, Stacey Levine, Sarah Falkner, Raymond Federman, Leslie Scalapino, Donald Breckenridge, Joshua Harmon, Jeffrey DeShell, Harold Jaffe, Sara Greenslit, Peter Conners, Nina Shope, Kenneth Bernard, Aimee Parkison + Nicolette de Csipkay are now available through Calamari + there's more to come. Special thanks to Ted Pelton.

2/13 : Calamari is pleased to announce the re-release of New New Animals by Nick Francis Potter, revised + expanded w/ 2 additional pieces.

1/31 : zzz ><((°> XX (the Sleepingfish 20th anniversary issue), is here.

1/25 : even though we typically only announce things as they happen (not when/if they will happen), we hint at what's in the hopper on 5cense.

1/14 : Ↄalamari's annual state of the union address.

1/8 : For its 10th birthday/2nd printing, we redesigned Brandon Hobson's Deep Ellum with a new cover (+ it's available internationally on Amazon).

1/7 : cover + description of The Moons by Yuxin Zhao (forthcoming in March). Anyone interested in an ARC let us know.

1/3/2024 : Michael Salu's Red Earth is now available in digital (PDF) format.

12/30/2023 : year-end summary on 5cense.

12/29 : Math Class + Summertime in the Emergency Room make Jesi Bender's 2023 list of weirdo books.

12/15 : Calamari Archive published its 1st 3 chapbooks 20 years ago today in December of 2003.

12/8 : Michael Salu launched Red Earth in London at Peckham Levels + also read at the British Library on 12/5.

12/5 : Blake Butler launched his new memoir, Molly, at Powerhouse Arena in Brooklyn.

11/24 : Our Direct Select bundles make good gifts—from any 2 for $25, to 8 titles for $50.

11/20 : TiME5 EDiT is now available on all the usual streaming + download services.

11/18 : The latest Beyond the Zero podcast features Michael Salu.

11/17 : we got vinyl for Sound Furies' TiME5 EDiT quicker than expected, so were dropping it early, today in fact!

11/8 : an apology to Subito authors as to why we had to pull your books.

10/30 : Last call, we're considering Sleepingfish submissions for another 2 weeks, until 11/15.

10/30 : Sound Furies posted the video, lyrics + liner notes for «Rea⅃-2-ЯeeL» on 5cense, so that makes all of side 2 of TiME5 ƎĐiT.

10/28 : Thrilled to announce that we'll be publishing The Moons by Yuxin Zhao, shooting for March 2024.

10/19 : Kelly Krumrie interviewed in Full Stop: part i + part ii.

10/17: «What Lies Beyond the Red Earth?» (prologue to Michael Salu's Red Earth) in The Paris Review.

10/16: Michael Salu's Red Earth has landed!

10/14 : Michael Salu launched Red Earth in Berlin at Gropius Bau, in a one-off performance (per AnOthermag.com) set to "coalesce sound, words, image and space into a multi-sensual choreography on selfhood, grief and loss meshing towards nonhuman perspectives".

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Our Colony Beyond the City of Ruins
Janalyn Guo

No Measure
Kelly Krumrie

Tonalamatl
Steven Alvarez

Blood Electric
Kenji Siratori

The Museum of Atheism
Laura Ellen Joyce

Libretto Lunaversitol
Andrew C. Wenaus and Kenji Siratori
(+ soundtrack by Wormwood)

The psychic surgeon assists
Zebulon House

Endorsed by Jack Chapeau 2
Ted Pelton

Cartilage and Skin
Michael James Rizza

The Moons: Fire Rooster to Earth Dog
Yuxin Zhao

2-byte βeta Ei8ht ½-Loopƨ
1-wing 2can, et al

STARCHERONE BOOKS

New New Animals: Revised & Expanded
Nick Francis Potter

Sleepingfish XX

TiME5 EDiT
Sound ƒuries

Red Earth
Michael Salu

1/ 4 i am ĐNA
in8 iĐ

Genesis
(self-authored
)

HIST
James Belflower + Matthew Klane

Math Class
Kelly Krumrie

Summertime in the Emergency Room
David Nutt

Tributaries
Sound ƒuries

Residue
MM/DD/2020

Herd of Birds
Sound ƒuries

4ier X-forms
No One

Textiloma; or, The Postmodern Epimetheus
anon I'm us


Sleepingƒish XIV (mixtape)

the unheard tapes
unknown artist

A Raft Manifest
Rem+Rom

The Red Barn
Nat Baldwin

Beastlife
J'Lyn Chapman

The Gotham Grammarian
Gary Lutz

NO MOON
Julie Reverb

'SSES" 'SSES" "SSEY'
Chaulky White

The Luminol Reels
Laura Ellen Joyce

The Blast
David Ohle

The City Moon (archived online)

The Static Herd
by Beth Steidle

Travel Notes (From here—to there)
Stanley Crawford

Deep Ellum
Brandon Hobson

Niceties: Aural Ardor, Pardon Me
Elizabeth Mikesch

The Becoming

Sleepingfish 12

The History of Luminous Motion

Scott Bradfield

{ untitled : under the auspices }
sturnus vulgaris

Ark Codex ±0

Sister Stop Breathing

Chiara Barzini

Divorcer
Gary Lutz

A Mortal Affect
Vincent Standley

Boons & The Camp
David Ohle


EVER
Blake Butler

Marsupial

Motorman
David Ohle

Stories in the Worst Way
Gary Lutz

Part of the World
Robert Lopez

The Revisionist
Miranda Mellis


Good, Brother
Peter Markus


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