It’s a bit early, but TYPECAST PUBLISHING, the cool cats who are putting out my second collection, MONKEY BARS, is about to up and run their new website. Jen Woods and Emily Kiefer are the mastermind creators of TYPECAST and I can’t send them enough love for putting this book out. Poetry is this labor of love kind of thing that’s been going on for a long time in my life and so when I was asked, by Jen, to send her a manuscript, I jumped at the chance. Her love of poetry is mind-boggling. Her vision of the poem in the world is even better. That it should be loved by all the people, all of the time, everywhere. Very egalitarian and open-hearted. That’s what this is all about, I suppose. Emily shares the same vein and has hooked me up, too, with her generosity and vision. She has been kind enough to create a website for me (www.matthewlippman.com) that is gorgeous. And so I hope you all get a chance to check TYPECAST out, my book, and all of their books to come. A force to be held close, these women and their venture. I feel blessed to be part of the whole enterprise, journey, sling shot of language and love that hurtles from the nooks, corners and platform that makes up TYPECAST PUBLISHING. Welcome and thanks.