Bayou Writers Group

Yellow Flag Press poet M. Rather, Jr. at the Yellow Flag Press table at the Bayou Writers Conference 2009.

YFP Titles Sold Out

The following YFP titles have now sold out:
YFP-01 Mary Hughes - Returns
YFP-16 Mary Hughes - Summer Help
YFP-14 M. Rather, Jr. - Birth

New Release, Reprints

We are proud to announce our newest release, Erica McCreedy's Venison. This limited edition broadside is signed and lettered by the author. We will officially release this broadside at the Bayou Writer's Conference on November 14th.

We have also reprinted two broadsides in a very limited release, Erica McCreedy's Driving Back from Houston (YFP-19) & J. Bruce Fuller's Counting Dust Devils: Early Season (YFP-05).

Bayou Writers Group Conference

The Bayou Writers Group (bayouwritersgroup.org) will be holding their annual A Bridge to Publication conference next weekend in Lake Charles, LA. Yellow Flag Press will be there selling our releases in the book room. YFP poet Erica McCreedy will also be there signing broadsides. We will also be unveiling a new release or two and maybe a few second pressings of some of our broadsides. More info will follow soon.

More Titles Sold Out, New Release Announcement on the Way

Lou Amyx's Paint (YFP-10) and Steven Brown's Consummation: A Doxology (YFP-11) have now sold out. Very few titles are still available from the Vision/Verse collection, and we only have very limited numbers of these left. Order Yellow Flag releases on the side bar.

Our next project is in the works now. We are proud to announce that we will be releasing a new broadside from poet Amy Fleury. Amy's first book of poems Beautiful Trouble won the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry's First Book Award. We will be announcing more details on this release as it finalizes. We are shooting for a late summer release.

Vision/Verse Slideshow @ American Press

The American Press of Lake Charles, LA has posted a photo slideshow of the Vision/Verse show on their website. View it here http://www.americanpress.com/lc/blogs/wpphotos/?p=170.

Vision/Verse recap, New releases now available

The Vision/Verse show was an unbelievable success and all of us at Yellow Flag would like to thank all the artists, poets, The Imperial Calcasieu Museum, and most of all, everyone who came out for the opening.

There are very limited numbers of broadsides left, but the releases that we have in stock are now for sale on the sidebar.

Vision/Verse Broadsides Announced

The Vision/Verse show is quickly approaching. May 1st we will debut 20 broadsides at the Imperial Calcasieu Museum in Lake Charles, LA, along with the art created to go with them. Below is the list of the broadsides. All 20 broadsides will be released May 1st.

YFP-01 Mary Hughes - Returns
YFP-02 M. Rather, Jr. - We Name the Flowers and the Trees
YFP-03 Michael Shewmaker - Poem
YFP-04 Angelina Oberdan - Driving Under Heat Lightning
YFP-05 J. Bruce Fuller - Counting Dust Devils: Early Season
YFP-06 Erica McCreedy - Picking Blackberries with Libby
YFP-07 Steven Brown - Phototaxis
YFP-08 William Coppage - Proportions of Man
YFP-09 Andrew McSorley - Plaza de Armas
YFP-10 Lou Amyx - Paint
YFP-11 Steven Brown - Consummation: A Doxology
YFP-12 Angelina Oberdan - Lilith's Incantation
YFP-13 Michael Shewmaker - Nude Reclining With Book
YFP-14 M. Rather, Jr. - Birth
YFP-15 William Coppage - Prayer to the Neon God
YFP-16 Mary Hughes - Summer Help
YFP-17 Lou Amyx - Roses
YFP-18 J. Bruce Fuller - Aubade
YFP-19 Erica McCreedy - Riding Back From Houston
YFP-20 Andrew McSorley - The Absent Messenger

Announcing the First Ten Vision/Verse Broadsides

The Vision/Verse show is quickly approaching. May 1st we will debut 20 broadsides at the Imperial Calcasieu Museum in Lake Charles, LA, along with the art created to go with them. Below is the list of the first ten released broadsides. We will announce the titles for the rest of the broadsides soon. All 20 broadsides will be released May 1st.

YFP-01 Mary Hughes - Summer Help
YFP-02 M. Rather, Jr. - We Name the Flowers and the Trees
YFP-03 Michael Shewmaker - Poem
YFP-04 Angelina Oberdan - Driving Under Heat Lightning
YFP-05 J. Bruce Fuller - Counting Dust Devils: Early Season
YFP-06 Erica McCreedy - Picking Blackberries with Libby
YFP-07 Steven Brown - Phototaxis
YFP-08 William Coppage - Proportions of Man
YFP-09 Andrew McSorley - Plaza de Armas
YFP-10 Lou Amyx - Paint

Vision/Verse

We will be publishing 20 limited edition broadsides to accompany the Vision/Verse show at the Imperial Calcasieu Museum Opening May 1st. 10 poets will perform 2 poems that they have written that were either inspired by a local artist or inspired a local artist. The broadsides will be on display and available for purchase at the show. We will have a list of poets and titles when the last few are confirmed.

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