Many Thanks!

Friends,

With our first production run geared up and ready for the world market, I'd like to take a small moment to give thanks and the warmest regards to all of the lovely folks who helped Ice Box Press in making these chapbooks a (wild!) success:

Sally Alatalo, Zak Boerger, Naima Booker, Kristiana Colon, Elizabeth Cross, Amber Da, Calvin Forbes, Carrie Gundersdorf, Amira Hanafi, E.C. Messer, Maribel Mares, Suzy Morgan, Daniel Park, Ryan Pendell, Miriam Pinchuk, Anndell Quintero, Todd Rau, Jordan Scrivner, and Mike Winstead. (I hope I haven't forgotten anyone.)

We are very passionate about this project, and we truly value the support of SAIC and all of our wonderful friends: this would not have been possible without your time and energy and love. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I really can't say it enough.

With love,
Mary

After a successful launch at Open Studio Night at SAIC, Ice Box Press has chapbooks available to purchase. Say to These Bones, Live! by Ryan Pendell and pieces of shedu & other poems by kristiana colon will rock your socks off for a measly three bucks apiece. Yes, folks, you really can get a hand sewn chapbook for only three dollars. Buy them for your mom, your poetry-spouting girlfriend, your pet iguana, and your neighborhood mail carrier. Send us an email to order one, or check back for details on our next reading where you can buy one or both in person.

First Release

Ice Box Press is pleased to announce the release of its inaugural issues: Pieces of Shedu by Kristiana Colón, and Say to These Bones, Live! by Ryan Pendell.

A reading will be held Friday, November 14, 6-7 p.m. at School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Open Studio Night, 37 S. Wabash, 12th floor, room 1218, featuring Colón and Pendell, as well as other students in the MFA in Writing Program. This event is free and open to the public. From 7:30-9 p.m. there will be a realease party in the Ice Box studio space at 112 S. Michigan Avenue, 10th floor, studio 1017.

Kristiana Colón’s Pieces of Shedu is a dark, sinuous fusion of ancient mythology and contemporary wounds. One of Chicago’s Def Poets, Colón’s work has appeared in Acentos Literary Review, Girlspeak, and Two Without Water, among other publications.

Ryan Pendell’s poetry employs lyrical and melodic abandon, combining elements of childhood daydreams and philosophical discourse. Pendell is the founder and co-editor of Lark(!) Magazine (www.larkmag.com).