I got my boooo -ks, I got my boooo-ks (insert celebration dance here).

Wooohoooo!

Life is hard, but books taste good!

I think reading your own book is like looking at naked pictures of yourself. It's really uncomfortable. And if you find one you like, it's STILL really uncomfortable. (But really, I've never looked a naked pictures of myself. It's a metaphor people!)

Pearl Editions did a great job. Merry Christmas to me!

THIS BIG FAKE WORLD!

It's finally here! My second bastard child, my odd little boy:

PEARL EDITIONS
is pleased to announce the publication of

this big fake world
--------------------a story in verse--------------------

by ADA LIMÓN


WINNER OF THE
2005 PEARL POETRY PRIZE


80 pages, trade paperback, $14.95, ISBN 978-1-888219-35-7

"The poems are stunning-the real deal.
- Marie Howe


"This big fake world is not a mere nosegay of poems but a solid world
(as real as it is fake, as any good work of art should be), a poetry
of story and voice, a narrative of fracture and repair, that through its art
becomes a whole—and a whole new thing."


—Frank X. Gaspar,
2005 Judge



"Part domestic fairy tale, part urban grit, part exposé of how making
a living and making a life are often pitted against each other,
this big fake world is a sophisticated exploration of manners, marriage,
and the fragile bonds that desire both creates and destroys . . .
Ada Limón has a gentle touch, and an intelligence that is quick, kind, and
precise toward her deftly drawn characters . . . the lives and
language of this book are radiant emblems of a truly discerning mind and
heart."

—Tom Sleigh

Available for shipping DECEMBER 19th! (By Christmas!)

Click here and order now from Pearl Editions:
www.pearlmag.com/pearled.html