• The Believer
• The San Francisco Chronicle
• GQ
• Entertainment Weekly
• City Paper (Baltimore)
• Time Out (Chicago)
• GMax
• New York Times Book Review (09/11)
• Los Angeles Times Book Review (early September)
• Village Voice (early September)
• Salon (early September)
• Out Magazine (October)

THE SLUTS SHAPESHIFT AGAIN: If you think you’ve seen the cover of the upcoming paperback edition of ‘The Sluts,’ think again. It seems that the moody, erotic cover photograph of a flexed male ass being grabbed by some unseen dude that seen on amazon.com, in advertisements, and even on this website was mistakenly used without getting the permission of its photographer, one Mr. Brian Riley. Mr. Riley is none too happy about it. When he discovered that his image was adorning a book by DC, who is not exactly his favorite author, he threatened publisher Carroll & Graf with a lawsuit, and no amount of money could persuade him to have his precious art associated with DC’s. So when ‘The Sluts’ hits stores this October, its cover will sport a new, less in-your-face homoerotic, more … well, see it for yourself and decide here.

HINTS FROM ‘THE WEAKLINGS’: We have some news on DC’s upcoming collection of poems from Void Books (www.void-books.com). The publication date remains vague – sometime in 2006 – as does the exact number of copies in its limited edition. But we’ve learned that in addition to many new poems, DC has resurrected and remade/remodeled some early poems that didn’t make the cut when he put together ‘The Dream Police,’ his1994 volume of selected poems. The old/new poems in the collection include three from his 1979 book ‘Idols’ – ‘Two Whores’ (now titled ‘Pair’), ‘Trade,’ and ‘Ad’ (now titled ‘A.D.’) -- and two sections of the long poem ‘Cancer’ from his super early chapbook ‘Tiger Beat,’ which are now a stand alone poem entitled ‘Wishmaster’ and an untitled section of the title poem ‘The Weaklings.’ We also have the tentative table of contents. It goes like this:

LITTLE HOUSE ON THE BOWERY CORNER: Richard Hell, whose LHotB title ‘Godlike’ is currently out there wowing critics and punters alike, is on the road through October reading from and signing his book virtually all over the USA. His official website has all the details. Also, don’t forget to pick up ‘Spurts: The Richard Hell Story,’ Rhino/Sire’s new CD collection of the best of Hell’s thirty years of recorded music. It includes ‘She’ll Be Coming for Dennis Cooper,’ the song Hell recorded for the aforementioned ‘Dennis’ project. ….. Trinie Dalton’s ‘Wide Eyed,’ due out in late September, is already the topic of buzz and heated rhetoric on discussion groups all across the web. She’ll soon be hitting the road for readings/signings on the East and West Coasts, and the details are here. ….. James Greer, whose first novel ‘Artificial Light’ is the LHotB title for early 2006, is a busy fellow these days. ‘Guided by Voices: A Brief History: Twenty-One Years of Hunting Accidents in the Forests of Rock ‘n’ Roll,’ his biography of DC’s all time favorite band, is due out from Grove Press this November. Plus, he’s writing the screenplay for "Cleopatra,’ movie director Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming rock musical based on the life of the legendary Egyptian queen. ….. Don’t forget to preorder your copies of Derek McCormack’s (‘Grab Bag’) upcoming nonfiction book ‘Christmas Days’ about the history of Xmas decorations and memorabilia. See last month’s news for the ways and means to snag this ultimate stocking stuffer. ….. As for the rest of the LHotB crew, Benjamin Weissman (‘Headless’) reports he is hard at work on his first, as-yet-untitled novel. Martha Kinney (‘The Fall of Heartless Horse’) is polishing off a book of poems. And that expatriate devil Travis Jeppesen (‘Victims’) has just finished his second novel ‘Neomania.’