Montez Press in April

Montez Press is extremely excited to announce the release of Oliver Reed by Hannah Regel, available on our website for pre-order now and shipping May 1st.

“Regel doesn’t really sound like anyone. Oliver Reed introduces a poetic sensibility that seems as at odds with convention as it is equal to the moment: fully formed, virtuosic, kind of lethal. These are pitiless, discomforting poems that explore our own creatureliness with a deadly curiosity. Each is a transformation: the actor becomes a strange muse and guiding presence, to ‘smoulder a mobile furnace’; the horse, another of the book’s recurring figures, becomes more than an emblem of eros, labour and suffering; the young girl’s bratty insolence turns defiant and stricken. The voice wills these changes into being even as she ‘wills herself barren’. As much as they trouble and seduce, the poems are also watchful, vigilant – they seem to offer a means of protection. Oliver Reed is an astonishing, masterful first [removed]#8221; – Sam Riviere, author of 81 Austerities
 

Hannah Regel co-edited the feminist journal SALT from 2012-2019. Her writing has been published in Hotel, Queen Mob›s Tea House, Eros Journal, The Scores and Tinted Window, amongst others. Her chapbook of poems, When I Was Alive was published in [removed];Oliver Reed is her first full-length collection. She is currently working on a novel about mis-use. Hannah lives in London.

➤ read three poems from Oliver Reed on [removed]
➤ Hannah reading from Oliver Reed on MPR – Friday, 24th April, 2pm (EST)
➤ pre-order on [removed]
 

Normally, we operate out of 46 Canal Street where broadcasts are free and open to the public, but from 20th – 28th of April we’ll be broadcasting out of our apartments, airing material that artists, musicians, and organizations have been recording in their own homes across the world. We’ve been realizing just how valuable and necessary this medium is, when the arts and literary community can’t gather together in physical space. Applause and thanks to everyone who put together a radio segment during these strange times: 

28 November, [removed] Bang, Aaron Lehman, Adam Asnan, Adam Gallagher, Al Bedell, Albert Samreth, Aleks Hammo, Alex Fleming, Allie Wist, Anne Fellner, Anne Waldman, Annie Ochmanek, Anno Recs, Artun Alaska Arasli, Ashlyn Behrndt, Astrid Sonne, Aurélien Potier, Babeworld, Beth Griffith, Black Obsidian Sound System, Bradley Davies, Brown Belt Band, Burkhard Beschow, Cammisa Buerhaus, Center for Afrofuturist Studies, Chaperone, Christian Hendricks, Ciaran Finlayson, Clemence White, Clive Holland, Collezione Taurisano, C. Spencer Yeh, Damien & The Love Guru, Daniel DiMaggio, David Dixon, Davide Stucchi, Dean Kissick, Devin Kenny, Diamond Stingily, Dime, DJ Chicken, Electronic Arts Intermix, Emile Rubino, Emily Berrgaard, Emily Pope, Emma McCormick-Goodhart, Enmossed, Eothen Stearn, Esther Sibiude, Ethan Philbrick, Evan Burrows, Evilgiane, EZB, Fiona Duncan, Fionnula Kennedy, Florian T M Zeisig, Francis DeGenarro, Futurepoem, Gabrielle Rucker, Gal Katz, Galecstacy, Georgia Wall, Glyn Maier, Grace Ndiritu, Hank Jackson, Hannah Regel, Hard to Read, Harmony Holiday, Harsh Riddims, Holly White, Horaflora, Hugo Mir-Valette, Jacopo Miliani, Jana J. Haeckel, Jasmin Werner, Jennifer Vanilla, Jerome Worldwide, J Hunny, Josh Citarella, Julie Béna, Julien Malaussena, Jurgen Ots, Kandis Williams, Kantine Brussels, Karabasan Drane, Katie McGarry, Keenan Jay, Kaushik Sunder Rajan, Kengné Téguia, Kerry Doran, Kjersti G. Andvig, Kyle Hide, Jule Vetters, Laura Stellacci, Lauren Tosswill, Leah Whitman, Lillian Paige Walton, Linda Mai Greene, Liz Gardner, Lulo Demarco, LXV, M//R, Madison McFerrin, Manda Shutler, Margarita Maximova, Marja Marlene Lechner, Martina Gordon, Maxe Crandall, mellowdramatics, Mhm-Mhm, Myles Starr, Nadine Droste, Nate Freeman, Nathalie DeGennarro, Nazanin Noori, Nicholas Maloney, Nick Harris, Nick Klein, Nick Mortimer, Oliver Wasow, P~Wave, Piero Bisello, Precious Okoyomon, PTP, Pujan Karambeigi, Rachael Allen, Rebecca Ariel Porte, Rene & Maggie Matić, Riich Psycho, rile*, ROARK, Roger van Vorhees, Ruby Conner, Ruby McCollister, Ruth Angel Edwards, Sam Della-Valle, Sam Korman, Semka, Seth Price, Shivani Radhakrishnan, Sirena He, Slash, Slow Reading Club, Sparkle Nation, Spettro, Susannah Stark, Tabitha Piseno, Tahj Banks, Tavish Miller, Taylor Bratches, Terribilis, Thanh Nguyen, Tim Lessick, Tim Simonds, Total Works, Tracy Molis, Tragedy Thompson, Trevor Shimizu, TRJJ, Ugly Duckling Presse, Valerie Hsiung, Vanessa Disler, Venïson Man, Whitney Claflin, Zairong Xiang, Yeong Die, Yves, Yves Nuno and more.

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20th – 28th of April
11 am – 11 pm
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Reminder: Last Day to Submit:
Montez Press Writers Grant
 

In response to the unprecedented financial crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic we want to support artists and writers, particularly those who have lost income, or who perhaps never had any to begin with. We are offering short term financial support to enable the development of a new written piece of work, which should be between 500 and 1000 words in length (this is a guide – length dependent on the applicant & style of work). 

We are able to offer 10 grants. Each recipient of the grant will receive 500 euros and editorial support during the development of the piece.

Deadline for applications is midnight tonight!

Applicants to be notified by: May 1st 

Good luck!

➤ apply here