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The Moons: Fire Rooster to Earth Dog

by Yuxin Zhao

ISBN 978-1-940853-19-2
2024
250 pgs
$18


2-byte βeta Ei8ht ½-Loopƨ

by 1-wing 2can, et al

ISBN 978-1-940853-23-9
2024
104 pgs
$16

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Starcherone Books

Calamari welcomes Starcherone Books to the archive. Founded by Ted Pelton, Starcherone Books (2000–15) was among the leading U.S. publishers of innovative prose fiction, both debuting new talents and supporting audiences of established avant-garde authors. 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 + Nicolete de Csikpkay are now available through Calamari + there's more to come.


New New Animals

Nick Francis Potter

ISBN 978-1-940853-24-6
2024
252 pgs
$20

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Sleepingfish XX

edited by Garielle Lutz + Cal A. Mari

ISBN 978-1-940853-20-8
2024
250 pgs
$20

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TiME5 EDiT


by Sound ƒuries

album (digital + 12" vinyl—14 tracks/ 43 min)
2023

$20 for vinyl LP (from Bandcamp)

digital album $5 (from Bandcamp)
or $5.99 (from Apple, Amazon, etc.)
or stream onYouTube or Tidal, etc.



Red Earth


Michael Salu

ISBN 978-1-940853-18-5
2023
140 pgs
$18

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1/ 4 i am ĐNA


in8 iĐ

ISBN 978-1-940853-22-2
2023
104 pgs
$18

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Genesis


(self-authored)

ISBN 978-1-940853-17-8
2023
124 pgs
$16

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HIST


by James Belflower + Matthew Klane

ISBN 978-1-940853-16-1
2022
66 pgs / color
$28

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Math Class


by Kelly Krumrie

ISBN 978-1-940853-15-4
2022
92 pgs
$16

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Summertime in the Emergency Room


by David Nutt

ISBN 978-1-940853-14-7
2022
150 pgs
$16

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Tributaries


by Sound ƒuries

2021
double album (digital only—1 hr 8 min)

25 tracks, each named for a river: Silver, Niger, Columbia, Dungeness, Pishon, Gambia, Congo, Ayung, Oceanus, East, Piscataqua, Sandy, Gila-Salt, Red Nile, Ogeechee, Rom, Snake, Fishkill, Jordan, Anacostia, Manú, Sacramento, Tiber, Styx, Kanawha

$0+ (from Bandcamp)
or stream on SoundCloud, YouTube or Spotify


Residue


by MM/DD/2020

ISBN 978-1-940853-13-0
2021
110 pgs
$12

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Herd of Birds


by Sound ƒuries

album (digital + 12" vinyl—11 tracks/ 41 min)
2020
side 1: Ro / Colony Cullapse / Aeolia / Corvid Curve / A Hued Grief / Split Screen
side 2: Novus Ordo Seclorum / Mare / Totem #9 / Sardines / Dayzzz of Future Past

$0+ (from Bandcamp)
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$20 for vinyl LP (from Bandcamp)

A Raft Manifest by Rem+Rom


4ier X-forms


by No One

ISBN 978-1-940853-12-3 | 2020  | 144 pages
$12

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A Raft Manifest by Rem+Rom


TEXTILOMA; or, The Postmodern Epimetheus


by anon I'm us

ISBN 978-1-940853-11-6 | 2020  | 244 pages (8' x 10" format)

$24

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or freely read/download the individual episodes online


3.3 x 3.3 = S.S.

by Sound ƒuries

album (8 tracks/ 39:39 min)
2019
side 1: V-dubbed / LL / C:/C-change/6-yr snow / DK-2-K-OS
side 2: PBR Streetgang/ 3rd rail/Atun 6.6/ B9xK9 4 re:creation/ LL re:/cursive surf

$0+ (from Bandcamp)
$5.99 (from iTunes, Amazon, etc.)
or stream on YouTube or Spotify


un

by Sound ƒuries

album (10 tracks/ 46:11 min)
2018
u-side: salt / unsound / O U R [sic] / Alcatraz / turpentine
n-side: no parole / Rocinante / seasick / SpqR / Daily Noose

$0+ (from Bandcamp)
$7.99 (from iTunes, Amazon)
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A Raft Manifest by Rem+Rom


Sleepingƒish XIV mixtape

compilation featuring Venus Bogardus, Tempers, Sound ƒuries, Poem Rocket , Man of Fragments, unknown artist, Gummylung Dungtongue, d.biddle, Julie Reverb, ghostscapes, Funny Games + L. Brown.

cassette (13 tracks/ 60 min)
2018

$7 (cassette)
$2 (digital album)

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A Raft Manifest by Rem+Rom


the unheard tapes


by unknown artist

cassette (26 tracks/90 min)
2017 (originally recorded 1985-89)

$6 (cassette)—from bandcamp
$2 (digital album)—from bandcamp
$6.99 (digital) from Amazon, iTunes
or stream on Spotify

A Raft Manifest by Rem+Rom


A Raft Manifest


by Rem+Rom

ISBN 978-1-940853-09-3 | 2017  | 233 pages
$20

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The Red Barn by Nat Baldwin


The Red Barn


by Nat Baldwin

ISBN 978-1-940853-10-9 | 2017  | 82 pages

$13

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The Gotham Grammarian by Gary Lutz


Beastlife


by J'Lyn Chapman

ISBN 978-1-940853-08-6 | 2016  | 104 pages

$14

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The Gotham Grammarian by Gary Lutz


The Gotham Grammarian


by Gary Lutz

ISBN 978-1-940853-07-9 | 2015  | 118 pages

$13

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or rreely read the unabrdiged online version

NO MOON by Julie Reverb


NO MOON


by Julie Reverb

ISBN 978-1-940853-06-2 | 2015  | 110 pages
$13

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SSES SSES SSEY by Chaulky White


'SSES" 'SSES" "SSEY'


by Chaulky White

ISBN 978-1-940853-00-0 | 2015  | 200 pages
$24

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The Luminol Reesl by Laura Ellen Joyce


The Luminol Reels


by Laura Ellen Joyce

ISBN 978-1-940853-04-8 | 2014  | 100 pages
$13

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THE BLAST by David Ohle


The Blast


by David Ohle

ISBN 978-1-940853-05-5 | 2014  | 98 pages
$12

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The City Moon archives

The City Moon

THE CITY MOON was a newspaper published by Roger Martin & David Ohle from 1973 to 1985 in Lawrence, Kansas. The full archives are provided here complimentary.

The Static Herd by Beth Steidle


The Static Herd


by Beth Steidle

ISBN 978-1-940853-03-1 | 2014  | 82 pages
$12

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Travel Notes by Stanley Crawford


Travel Notes (From here—to there)


by Stanley Crawford

ISBN 978-1-940853-02-4 | 2014  | 136 pages
$14

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Deep Ellum


Deep Ellum


by Brandon Hobson

ISBN 978-1-940853-21-5 | 2014  | 132 pages
$15

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The Becoming


Niceties: Aural Ardor, Pardon Me


by Elizabeth Mikesch

ISBN 978-0-9831633-9-8 | 2014  | 88 pages

$12

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The Becoming


The Becoming


ISBN 978-0-9831633-7-4

2013
130 pages


$15

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Sleepingfish 12


Sleepingfish issue 12


ISBN 978-0-9831633-8-1

2013
166 pages


$15

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History of Luminous Motion


The History of Luminous Motion


by Scott Bradfield

ISBN 978-0-9831633-2-9
2013  | 156 pages

$15

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under the auspices


{ untitled: under the auspices }


ISBN 978-0-9831633-3-6

2012
128 pages


$11

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Ark Codex 0

Ark Codex ± 0

ISBN 978-0-9831633-0-5

2012
156 pages


$40

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Word Atlas / Parolatlante

Wordatlas / Parolatlante

Luca Arnaudo (words) & Aldo Bandinelli (art)

2012 | 44 pages
| $20

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Chiara Barzini

Sister Stop Breathing

by Chiara Barzini

w/ color art by Cal A. Mari
ISBN 978-0-9831633-6-7
| 2012 | 92 pages

$20

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Gary Lutz Divorcer


Divorcer


by Gary Lutz

ISBN 978-0-9831633-5-0 | 2011 | 120 pages

$13

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Vincent Standley- A Mortal Affect


A Mortal Affect


by Vincent Standley

ISBN 978-0-9831633-4-3 | 2011 | 200 pages

$18

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Sleepingfish 8

Sleepingfish 8

compilation of literary text objects

edited by Gary Lutz & Derek White/cover by Eduardo Recife
ISBN 978-0-9798080-9-8 | 2010 | 118 pages
$12

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David Ohle: Boons  David Ohle: The Camp

Boons & The Camp

two novellas by David Ohle

ISBN 978-0-9798080-8-1 | 2009 | 100 pages (50 pages each)

$12

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Stories in the Worst Way by Gary Lutz


Stories in the Worst Way


by Gary Lutz

$20 | ISBN 978-0-9798080-7-4 | 2009 | 164 pages |

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EVER by Blake Butler


EVER

by Blake Butler

ISBN 978-0-9798080-6-7   | 2009 | 104 pages

$18

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Marsupial by Derek White

Marsupial: Our Mother for the Time Being

by Derek White

ISBN 978-0-9798080-4-3 | 2008 | 200 pages

$18

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3rd Bed


3rd Bed Issues #1 thur #11



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Motorman by David Ohle

Motorman

by David Ohle

ISBN 978-0-9709428-2-6 | 2008 | 138 pages

$16

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Sleepingfiish zzz

Sleepingfish ZZZ

Lit magazine of text/art (preview)

ISBN 978-0-9798080-5-0 | 2008 | 102 pages, perfect bound

$13

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Tortoise by James Lewelling

Tortoise

by James Lewelling

ISBN 978-0-9798080-2-9 | 2008 | 124 pages

$14

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Bear Stories by J'Lyn Chapman

Bear Stories

by J'Lyn Chapman

ISBN 0-9798080-3-6 | 2008 | 36 pages, saddle-stapled

[out of print] [folded into Beastlife]

The Hour Sets by Michael Boyko

The Hour Sets

by Michael C. Boyko

ISBN 0-9798080-1-4 | 2007 | 92 pages, perfect bound

$12   

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Michael Peters Vaast Bin

Vaast Bin; n ephemerisi

by Michael Peters

ISBN 0-9798080-0-6 | 2007 | 92 pages, perfect bound

$13  

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Sleepingfish 0.9375

Sleepingfish 0.9375

print magazine of text and art (preview)

ISBN 0-9770723-9-8 | © 2007 | 140 pages, perfect bound
$14

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Robert Lopez: Part of the World

Part of the World

by Robert Lopez

ISBN 0-9770723-8-X | © 2007 | 182 pages, perfect bound
$17

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Miranda Mellis: The Revisionist

The Revisionist
by Miranda Mellis

ISBN 0-9770723-7-1 | 2007 | 82 pages, perfect bound
$12

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Derek White: Poste Restante

Poste Restante
by Derek White

ISBN 0-9770723-6-3 | 2006 | 122 pages, perfect bound
$12

 

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Peter Markus: Good, Brother

Good, Brother
by Peter Markus

ISBN 0-9770723-5-5 | 2006 | 94 pages, perfect bound
$10


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Sleepingfish issue 0.875

SleepingFish 0.875

print magazine of text & art (
preview)

ISBN 0-9770723-4-7 | 2006 | 160 pages, perfect bound

$15

 

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John Olson: The Night I Dropped Shakespeare on the Cat


The Night I Dropped Shakespeare on the Cat

by John Olson

ISBN 0-9770723-3-9 | 2006 | 160 pages, perfect bound
$11  

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James Wagner: Trilce


Trilce

by James Wagner

ISBN 0-9770723-2-0 | 2006 | 106 pages, perfect bound
$10

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Derek White and Carlos M. Luis: ma(I)ze Tassel Retrazos 

ma(I)ze Tassel Retrazos

images by Carlos M. Luis
& text by Derek White

ISBN 0-9746053-9-5 | 2005 | 44 pages, saddle-stapled
$8

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Land of the Snow Men

by George Belden
recovered and edited by Norman Lock

ISBN 0-9770723-1-2 | 2005 | 86 pages, perfect bound
$10

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Sleepingfish issue 0.75

SleepingFish 0.75

print magazine of text & art

ISBN 0-9770723-0-4 | 2005 | 128 pages, perfect bound

[out of print]

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Peter Markus: The Singing Fish

The Singing Fish
by Peter Markus

ISBN 0-9746053-8-7 | 2005 | 88 pages, perfect bound
$10

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Derek White & Wendy Sorin: P.S. At Least We Died Trying ...

P.S. At Least We Died Trying to Make You in the Backseat of a Taxidermist

 

art and text by Wendy Collin Sorin & Derek White


ISBN 0-9746053-7-9 |
2005 | 28 pages of full color under a black & white cover

 

[out of print]

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Derek White: Bodhi Circuits Algebra Drain

Sleepingfish 0.5 

print magazine of text & art


ISBN 0-9746053-6-0 | 2004 | 44 pages, saddle-stapled

[out of print] 

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Derek White: Bodhi Circuits Algebra Drain

Bodh[i] Circu[it]s / Alg[a]e[bra] D[ra[in]

by Derek White

ISBN 0-9746053-5-2 | 2004 | 44 pages, capacitor and diode binding

[out of print] 

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Derek White & Carlos M. Luis: O, Vozque Pulp

O, Vozque Pulp 

images by Carlos M. Luis / text by Derek White


ISBN 0-9746053-4-4 | 2004 | 40 pages, saddle-stapled
   

[out of print] 

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Sleepingfish issue zero

SleepingFish zer0 

print magazine of text & art

ISBN 0-9746053-3-6 | 2004 | 44 pages, saddle-stapled   

[out of print]

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Spiritual Turkey Beggar Baste Mechanism by Sandy Baldwin

& Trapezoidal Juggernaut by Derek White


ISBN 0-9746053-2-8 | 2003
24 pages (12 each way), saddle-stapled, both under the same cover for  

[out of print] 

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23 Text Tiles by Derek White

ISBN 0-9746053-1-X | 2003 | 36 pages, saddle-stapled    
[out of print]

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Mining in the Black Hills by Derek White

ISBN 0-9746053-0-1 | 2003 | 36 pages, saddle-stapled
[out of print]

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