Projects/News
News (May 2008)
- Santa Barbara Independent Theatre Award (Indie) for lighting design for “The God of Hell” (Genesis West) and “Bad Dog and Other Plays” (Re-Genesis)
Current activities
- Seeking publisher for Angel of Light, my biography of John P. Dodd (1941-1991)
- Seeking publisher for my new novel, First, the Shipwreck—a Cat’s Tale
- Silverton Poetry Association (president)
- Ongoing blog (michaeltownsendsmith.blogspot.com)
Latest publications from Fast Books (fastbookspress.com)
- Jesse & Elvis, novel by Vere McCarty, available June 1 from Amazon or from P. O. Box 1268, Silverton OR 97381 for $10 (special publisher’s price) plus $3.50 shipping. Bookstores can order it from Ingram.
- Yes Poetry, anthology of poets associated with the Silverton Poetry Festival, edited with Ruth Hudgens, designed by John Labovitz, published for the Silverton Poetry Association in April 2007 by Fast Books ($10 + $3.50 shipping: order by mail from S.P.A., 303 Coolidge St., Silverton, OR 97381)
- Automatic Vaudeville (see Dream Books) published in 2005 by Fast Books ($12 + $3.50 shipping: order by mail from P.O. Box 1268, Silverton, OR 97381)
In the works
- Publication of Visions of Cuba, by Ignacio José Fernández Morales
- Reissue of A Sojourn in Paris
- Publication of Every Day Arising: Selected Blog Posts, chapbook
- Publication of Rhapsodic Photography, chapbook
- Publication of Collected Poems (postponed)