French Connection Press presents Walking Tooth & Cloud by Albert Flynn DeSilver. "Prose poems you won't want to miss!" says Alice Notley. "The pronoun I in its word-tissue forest . . . 'a book of elastic steel, an opposable piano'. Meet tea leaf man, iced-over man, and others, as the inside-outside window collapses. 'I am wind in the paper.' Beautiful. 'I alone as mirror to the world.'"  

Van Gogh's Ear 5: The Celebrity Edition is an odyssey into art, truth, vivid voices and visions, passions, and awakenings. This fully illustrated book offers 280 pages of striking originality bursting with unexpected insights relevant to our human condition. Bringing together renowned poets, novelists, cultural icons and political activists from every corner of the globe, VGE5 also celebrates the ultimate sex goddess. Marilyn aficionados will be delighted as they discover the real, living, breathing, feeling person that was Marilyn Monroe in never-before-revealed memories by many of her intimates, such as her personal masseur, Ralph Roberts, and movie stars Tony Curtis and Mamie Van Doren. Truly a collectible, VGE5 presents a fascinating and diverse spectrum that encompasses every walk of life.        ...more info

Volume Four of Van Gogh’s Ear: Best World Poetry and Prose delves into the dark, sometimes sinister, often controversial endeavors of some of the most intrepid explorers of our cultural underworld. After reading this landmark anthology, you'll feel as if you've lived intensely in the skins of many different people in different parts of the world. A mindblowing adventure into limitless styles and rhythms,           ...more info

Volume Three of Van Gogh’s Ear is a groundbreaking collection of poems from five continents celebrating the erotic spirit in all of its forms. From the passion of sexual desire to the intense longing for spiritual union, this extraordinary bon voyage turns each page of Van Gogh’s Ear 3 into an exciting discovery.

Volume Two of Van Gogh’s Ear, with its cover painting by Vincent van Gogh, offers a knock-out array of fresh, exciting poems--Beat, Slam, Nuyorican, Experimental, you name it. The result is a dynamic volume chock-full of verve and artistry. Work from this eclectic volume was selected for inclusion in Best American Poetry 2004.

Volume One of Van Gogh’s Ear primarily focuses on poetry characterized by experimentation with form, a revitalized interest in the lyric, and journeys into daring realms of imagination. Among the book’s many highlights are Joyce Carol Oates’s intense prose poem of sex and murder "Erotic Fantasy in Fast Forward."