Media Kit
O Spam, Poams: Rob Read's new book of poems, which is a collection of the very best of the first two years of Daily Treated Spam, is available exclusively online from Apollinaire's Bookshoppe.
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519-666-0168
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December 12, 2005
- Poetry Spammed!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Poet publishes world's first book of 'spam poetry'
December, 2005 - Tired of anonymous peddlers of drugs, pornography, and university diplomas? Poet Rob Read is the only person who has taken today's glut of junk e-mail, and turned it into something beautiful.
Since September 2003, Read has been modifying his spam, and sending it back out to people that sign up for what he calls Daily Treated Spam. His new book O Spam, Poams collects the most resonant of these 'found' poems into a book that's extraordinary in its originality: the world's first book of 'spam poetry.'
Published by Canadian independent press BookThug, O Spam, Poams is available for purchase online through www.dailytreatedspam.com.
Read, whose previous work includes a book with sealed pages and a book in the shape of a guillotine, hasn't always had such a rosy view of spam.
"I decided to do something with all this frustration and wasted energy," says Read, who began the project to show people the beauty he saw trapped within junk e-mail. By turning a source of daily stress and aggravation into a creative outlet, Read's work strikes a chord with the millions of people who find their e-mail inboxes buried in spam.
Read's website www.dailytreatedspam.com, where people buy the book and sign up to receive the free spam poem e-mails, is an outrageous parody of get-rich-quick gimmicks.
Why should people buy the book when they can get the poems for free?
"The holidays are coming, and I've got to eat too," says Read "And every book sold is another chance for me to put some of that other kind of Spam on the table!"
Contact
Rob Read directly:
Weekdays: 416-736-2100 ext 40635
Evenings and Weekends: 416-651-5450
E-mail: readrobread@gmail.com
Website: www.dailytreatedspam.com
Review
copies and hard copies of the media kit are available on request.
Read is available for interviews about:
* Spam Poetry; found poetry; general views about poetry
* Growing up in rural Ontario; current life in urban Toronto
* Why O Spam, Poams isn't being sold in 'big box' mega-bookstores
* Prior publishing history and Read's own publishing house Produce Press
Keywords: culture, computers, technology, books/literature, poetry, reviews, arts, entertainment, spam, junk e-mail.