PRESS RELEASE FOR THE BEST OF STAIN!!!

ATTENTION: News Director/Art Editor/Book Reviews & Events
FROM: TANGLED UP IN BLUE PRODUCTIONS
RE: THE BEST OF STAIN ANTHOLOGY, VOLUME ONE (FEATURING LOCAL WRITER JANICE BRABAW)
April 14, 2009


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

THE BEST OF STAIN, AN ANTHOLOGY EDITED BY & FEATURING LOCAL AUTHOR JANICE BRABAW
TO BE RELEASED ON APRIL 20th - PRE-SALE ORDERS AVAILABLE

Brooklyn, New York. Critically acclaimed author of the poetry collection, Universe, Disturbed and local, Janice Brabaw, is proud to announce the release of The Best of Stain, an anthology edited by (and featuring) Brabaw that highlights some of the most memorable performers at the Williamsburg, Brooklyn-based literary and music series, Stained Glass Confessional. Stained Glass Confessional and its sister series, An Echo, A Stain have been featured in The New York Daily News, Time Out, New York, AM-NY, The Greenpoint Greenline, and The Brooklyn Eagle. Both series take place at Stain Bar at 766 Grand Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. They regularly feature some of the best indie musicians and poets on the literary scene today.

Other musicians and writers included in the chapbook are: Swampan Basu, Patricia Carragon, Mike Fiorito, Roxanne Hoffman, Valerie Jupe, Laurel Kallen, Nina Karacosta, (series host) James Kass, Frank Kelly, Jee Leong Koh, Harry Bentivenga Lichtenstein, iIck Loss-Eaton (of the band Leland Sundries), Jason Madison, Puma Perl, James Skidmore, Carrie VanDenburg, Darcie VanHamlin and Joe Yoga.

On April 20th, a book release party will be held at Stain Bar at the latest installment of Stained Glass Confessional. Host James Kass and curator Janice Brabaw will welcome to the stage musicians Lizzah Lohse, Mike Fiorito, and James Skidmore as well as poets Laurel Kallen, Jessica Reed, and Nina Karacosta. The show is FREE although donations for the featured readers are appreciated. The show begins at eight with an open mic from 7-8. A door raffle for a free copy of the anthology will take place.

THE BEST OF STAIN is available NOW for pre-order at Brabaw's website - www.JaniceBrabaw.com and at Stain Bar in Brooklyn, New York.

More information on the writers, Stained Glass Confessional, An Echo, A Stain, and Brabaw are available at www.JaniceBrabaw.com