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Posted on November 20, 1995June 20, 2026 by Jim — Leave a comment

Grampa Odis | Joe Maynard | synaesthesia press

Grampa Odis

No. 4 in the synaesthesia press chapbook series. Published November 1995.

Chapbook. 5 1/2″ × 8 1/2″ (13.9 × 21.6 cm). Stapled wraps with cover and interior illustrations by Brian Marsland. Published by the synaesthesia press.

Edition of 150 copies. Fifty special copies were designated to be printed on “fancy” paper and accompanied by an original silkscreen print of Marsland’s central illustration. Although announced in the colophon, the silkscreen was never produced and no copies were issued with the print.

Grampa Odis overlaps the end of the press’s first Arizona period and the beginning of its San Francisco period. The publication paired Joe Maynard’s fiction with Brian Marsland’s distinctive illustrations, continuing the press’s early interest in collaborations between writers and visual artists.

Availability: Out of print.

Posted on June 20, 1995June 20, 2026 by Jim — Leave a comment

The Man with a Buzzer in His Throat | Jim Pritchard | synaesthesia press

The Man with a Buzzer in His Throat

Text by Jim Pritchard.

Published in the summer of 1995. Although not identified in the colophon, The Man with a Buzzer in His Throat is the third chapbook issued by the synaesthesia press and among the earliest publications produced by the press during its first Arizona period.

Chapbook. 5 1/2″ × 8 1/2″ (13.9 × 21.6 cm). Stapled wraps with a silkscreen-printed cover illustration by Brian Marsland. Published by the synaesthesia press.

Edition of 103 numbered copies. A small number of copies, believed to be fewer than a dozen, were issued with only a single red silkscreen pass on the cover rather than the completed two-color design.

A collection of short fiction, The Man with a Buzzer in His Throat reflects the press’s earliest efforts to combine contemporary writing with original graphic artwork. The publication predates the formal numbering system later adopted for the synaesthesia press chapbook series.

Availability: Out of print.

Posted on May 20, 1995June 20, 2026 by Jim — Leave a comment

4 Poets | Bukowski Ferlinghetti Johnson Fisher | synaesthesia press

4 Poets

Edited and with a foreword by Jim Camp.

No. 2 in the synaesthesia press chapbook series. Published May 1995.

Chapbook. 5 1/2″ × 8 1/2″ (13.9 × 21.6 cm). Stapled wraps with illustrations by Charles Bukowski. Published by the synaesthesia press.

Edition of 243 copies in mint-green covers. An additional 11 special copies were issued on variant cover stocks and included an essay bound in to the book by Charles Bukowski titled “The House of Horrors.”

Contents include two poems by Steve Fisher, “A Laggard in Blood-Red Love” and “Controlled Populations”; the essay “A Depressive Estate of Affairs for Kings, Witches, and Elevator Boys (An Answer to a Request to Chop Some Weeds)” by Charles Bukowski; the poem “Poem” by Denis Johnson; and “Poet as Fisherman” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. All illustrations appearing in the volume are by Charles Bukowski.

The publication is one of the earliest synaesthesia press publications and among the press’s most eclectic literary collaborations.

Availability: Out of print.

Posted on April 20, 1995June 20, 2026 by Jim — Leave a comment

The Neighbors | Jim Pritchard | synaesthesia press

The Neighbors

Text by Jim Pritchard.

No. 1 in the synaesthesia press chapbook series. Published Spring 1995.

Chapbook. 5 1/2″ × 8 1/2″ (13.9 × 21.6 cm). Stapled wraps. Published by the synaesthesia press.

Edition of 98 copies. All copies were distributed free of charge.

The Neighbors was issued as an excerpt from an unpublished novel tentatively titled Smack. Although intended as the first appearance of a larger work, the novel remained unpublished and the chapbook — along with The Man With The Buzzer in his Throat — stand as the only appearances of this material.

The publication marks the beginning of the synaesthesia press and the first title issued under its imprint. Produced in a modest edition and distributed without charge, it established several characteristics that would continue throughout the press’s history: an interest in contemporary literary writing, small-format editions, and the belief that worthwhile work could find an audience outside traditional publishing channels.

Most copies were destroyed by the author, making surviving examples uncommon.

Availability: Out of print.