{"title":"Bamboo Dart Press","description":"Chap books from Bamboo Dart Press.","products":[{"product_id":"john-brantingham-life-orange-to-pear-book-bamboo-dart-press","title":"John Brantingham - Life, Orange To Pear Book (Bamboo Dart Press)","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBamboo Dart Press is a division of Shrimper Records in collaboration with Pelekinesis Books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLife, Orange to Pear\u003c\/span\u003e follows a man and his daughter Cyndi as they deal with life, the occult, Santa Claus, boys, and death. 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The flawed but lovable characters in Pokrass' novella remind us of how the world's most beautiful places are not always the easiest in which to thrive. Moments of giddy, perceived freedom set against resignation dot the narrative in such a way that will leave you changed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMeg Pokrass is the author of five flash fiction collections, an award-winning collection of microfiction, a chapbook of hybrid prose, two flash novellas, and a book of prose poetry. She has received San Francisco's Blue Light Book Award twice. Her work has been published in hundreds of well-regarded literary journals and included in the anthologies New Micro (W.W. Norton \u0026amp; Co., 2018), Flash Fiction International (W.W. Norton \u0026amp; Co., 2015) and The Best Small Fictions 2018, 2019. She serves as Founding Co-Editor of Best Microfiction. Meg teaches online flash fiction workshops. 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Join an outsider on a journey, but not alone under Waning Quarter Moon with the protection of wolf. Tear out dead leaves and listens to the vibrations of the river. When the door seems closed of loss, letting go, and finding wisdom, “ashen trauma transmutes into music” in these ritual songs. Much for you to discover in the elements, layers, and textures of fiber art and poetry collaged together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"blurb\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eImagine every dream sheds a skin. Imagine these skins were gathered and sewn together in expert fashion. Imagine these skins spoke. So presents this iridescent collection by Cindy Rinne.  Both poet and artist she smooths a texture of experience that calls forth goosebumps. Cindy’s words and images are the shawl one wants to wrap around torso, a visionary quilt one pulls cozy to the neck when longing for home.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cite\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—-Kelsey Bryan-Zwick author of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHere Go the Knives\u003c\/i\u003e, forthcoming from Moon Tide Press\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"blurb\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe pulse of Earth beats in Cindy Rinne’s poet heart. While close to this planet, she pulls colors out of the cosmos to stitch these deeply moving poems together.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat seems so distant\/dwells inside my body\/a seedling of an unknown planet\/ The birth of a moon\/knits me to the upper world\u003c\/i\u003e. 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It's a trippy ride into an inimitable headspace.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cite\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Tim Kirk, producer (\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRoom 237\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe El Duce Tapes\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"blurb\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFalse Memories of a Cape Cod Clam Shack\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis mind altering and mind expanding. Reading this book, you will find yourself using parts of your mind you never realized you had, and you will find yourself laughing more than you would ordinarily do.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cite\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Dr. Mike Creagan, author of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnimals and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"blurb\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor thirty years now, I’ve been hearing Joel Huschle’s words, usually as the vocal component of whatever combination of short-order hardcore and cheap-ass electronics Wckr Spgt or Furniture Huschle is perpetrating that week (and let’s not get into other pseudonyms, side projects, and video installations). 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An irresistible, thoughtful, and inspiring read.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cite\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Stephanie Barbé Hammer, author of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Puppet Turners of Narrow Interior\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRescue Plan\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"blurb\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThere’s nothing punk about being a lawyer unless you’re a deputy public defender like Juanita E. Mantz. Mantz went from nearly “ruining her own life in just months” senior year to becoming a defender of mentally ill patients, representing those who have been found unfit to stand trial, rendered nearly voiceless by the system designed to protect them. From Mantz, we learn about the system from the inside, and how her own struggles and punk ethos brought her to this work.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cite\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Michelle Cruz Gonzales author of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Spitboy Rule: Tales of a Xicana in a Female Punk Band\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"blurb\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMantz has put her record collection and big black boots where her mouth is in her work as a deputy public defender; every day she fights to help the poor and mentally ill, she embodies the music and lyrics of her favorite punk bands that kept her fired up as a teenage high school dropout. After reading this impassioned, deeply personal work that weaves memoir and poetry with the heartbreaking ins and outs of a broken legal system, I can think of no one else living their values as purely as she is.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cite\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Shawna-Lee I. Perrin, author of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRadio Waves: A Post-Punk Novel\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"blurb\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLike the allegory of the twin brothers in her essay, “Bail - How Times Are A-Changin’,” there are so many ways in which Juanita E. Mantz and I have led parallel lives. We are both Inland Empire Gen X’ers, Class of 1989. We both shoplifted and lived to tell about it. Listened to the same music. Got our butts kicked in fights we were sorely outmatched for. Skipped school. Wrote poetry. We were honors and GATE kids who lost their way. My own high school graduation hinged on my repeated failure of Algebra 1, but at the last minute, the counselors decided that my computer science class — yes, the one where we learned to make cheesy greeting cards with clip art and cliches— counted as math, barely squeaking by while I watched as my best friend became valedictorian.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut here is where our stories diverged: She did not graduate. And yet, because of that punk rock resistance to conform to expectations, she turned her failure to an advantage and determination, first getting her G.E.D., then a B.A. in English Lit, and her J.D. from USC. She ditched the lucrative world of corporate law to become a punk rock deputy public defender, using her experience as a troubled youth as a springboard for empathy and advocacy. And now, once a writer, always a writer, she’s onward toward her MFA, and using her voice as a megaphone to call out the injustices she’s witness to every day in the courtroom, advocating for those the system seeks to silence and sweep under the rug. These essays are proof that, “Tomorrow is another day. You will be OK.” Especially for those in the criminal justice system who’ve got Juanita on their side.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cite\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Cati Porter, author of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Body at a Loss\u003c\/i\u003e, executive director of the Inlandia Institute\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"blurb\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn gentle and compassionate prose, Juanita E. Mantz pulls back the curtain on the criminal justice system in a way the general public does not ordinarily see, and places us squarely into the shoes of her clients whose humanity is above anything else. Revealing her own personal history as a high school dropout and her enduring love for punk rock, Mantz reveals her strength to rise as an attorney who does not give up on her clients, especially in our society which has normalized the “criminal” as someone to be discarded and forgotten. Mantz reveals an egregiously broken system where economic structures can doom the most economically vulnerable to criminality. Mantz’s memoir as a Deputy Public Defender is a must-read for every American who cares about our justice system and the individuals who endure within it. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cite\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Elsa Valmidiano, author of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe Are No Longer Babaylan\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"blurb\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThrough\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePortrait of a Deputy Public Defender\u003c\/i\u003e, we are afforded the chance to witness the individuality, commitment and passion of one woman’s vision. Juanita E. Mantz has an unfaltering strength rooted in a unique mestizaje: a Latina warrior heart and a punk rock passion for the marginalized, the abandoned and the voiceless. Her stories trace the faultlines of teen angst and the urgent lack of agency one feels when left alone, only to find a deep well of purpose aimed towards protecting the undefended. An illuminating account of the real battles from within the criminal justice system.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cite\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Leticia Del Toro, author,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCafé Colima\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"blurb\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is for the fuckups, punks, Chicanas, and the working class kids who grew up thinking: the world wasn’t made in my image.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePortrait of a Deputy Public Defender\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the defiant letter to a younger self you wish you had read when you were spiraling, and hadn’t quite found yourself. Juanita does not speak in a whisper, or an affirmation. Instead, this chapbook spills the messiness of her life onto the page and teaches those of us who grew up in a broken system how to unbreak ourselves.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cite\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Michelle Villegas Threadgould, journalist, poet, and author\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"blurb\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePortrait of a Deputy Public Defender or, how I became a punk rock lawyer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Juanita E. Mantz is a rebel call for systematic change in a punitive society that blindly rips the heart out of our humanity every day while most of us go about our business unaware. From the trenches, Mantz pleads and demands that the already broken are given a second chance. She shares her own battles with mental illness and makes herself one with those who, because of their mental illness, have found themselves facing punishment and rejection instead of care. She does all of this while staying true to her working class upbringing and inner punk rock angst.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cite\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Emily Fernandez, author of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProcession of Martyrs\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"blurb\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this beautiful book, Juanita E. Mantz traces her journey from SoCal misfit and high school dropout to Houston corporate lawyer and eventually deputy public defender in Riverside County, where she now serves indigent and mentally ill clients. Every page shows readers that punk rock is a daily choice that transcends the haircut or black boots one may leave behind. 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Not all is as it seems but courage, wonder, and preservation abound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"blurb\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThree, Walking\u003c\/i\u003e is a courageous work of poetic sci-fi-lit. A unique collection of short stories that stretch the imagination of strange worlds where women matter, where women make brave decisions, where women walk in different directions, their own limbs indicative of their power to control their circumstances, their bodies, and their existence. 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Ruthless in their investigations into the nature of human interactions both interpersonal and cross-cultural, but also in their compassion, they have the spareness of generations-old creation myths, and the resonance.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cite\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Glen Hirshberg, author of \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInfinity Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"blurb\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNikia Chaney’s short story trilogy \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThree, Walking\u003c\/i\u003e is a testament to resilience as we bear witness to Black’s blues, Girl birthing life, and an insatiable hunger to be free and loved, even if it means walking to the other side of the world. Chaney captivates readers with soul-wrenching descriptions of dispossession. 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Brightly feathered and so, so dry.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cite\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—David Carpenter, author of \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom Alex to Ursula (and then a few more)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"blurb\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDelightful drawings accompany a charming parable of privilege and class, ending on a note of defiant optimism. A relevant story for our times.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cite\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—David Lester, artist and musician\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"blurb\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis parable for a divided age, beautifully illustrated, lodges in the memory and makes you think differently about the unequal way that life hands out its gifts. 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These poems were written mostly in the first few moments and days when our emotions were raw, when it was still hard to believe that we had lost him. The last section of poems are a few small letters to you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"blurb\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThomas R. Thomas has crushed us with his words and his love. This collection emits a raw, poignant loneliness of losing a loved one. Life is loss. Thomas dances the loss with each quipped line. His words make us tremble for that unthinkable. When they have departed and that silent room hums with stillness. He makes us feel in a time when feelings are to be buried and not to be shared. He has the courage to capture that dreaded pain. His use of time and moments evaporating makes empty car spaces, open doors, and shifting shadows; lucid. May we all have warm compassion when those pained chapters in our lives come. Decidedly well written, beautiful and brave.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cite\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—T. Anders Carson author of \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUnfortunately, Thanks for Everything\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"blurb\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLike tiny jewels, Thomas R. Thomas’ poems spill onto each page, chronicling the devastating aftermath of his son’s illness and death. He seeks closure when, sadly, there is none. 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From the opening, diary-like lines chronicling Shaun’s admittance to the hospital, to the deeply lyrical epistle that closes the book, Thomas is a poet whose work calls up the confessional verses of Robert Lowell and Anne Sexton, filling these pages with a homespun spirituality that consistently had me in tears. This is a vital book about grief, about family, and about the love that defines them both.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cite\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Kareem Tayyar, author of \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLet Us Now Praise Ordinary Things\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Revolution of Heavenly Bodies \u0026amp; Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"blurb\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI know nothing more shattering than the sudden loss of one’s child. 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It is the companion book to Brian Bendlin’s music CD \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003e13 Groves\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003e.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003eLinda and Brian have been friends and collaborators for almost forty years. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003e  Their collaborative book on Bamboo Dart Press features new paintings by Linda Smith paired up with fiction and nonfiction by Brian Bendlin.  The book includes a QR code to Brian's previously unreleased record from 1987, 13 Groves which is a lush and pastoral instrumental record that we are thrilled is seeing the light of day after all these years.  The deluxe version features a CDR of the record along with cover art and liner notes. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003eAn album of mid-1980s tracks by their band the Woods, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003eSo Long Before Now\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003e, will be released on Dot Matrix \/ Modern Harmonic .\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003eLinda Smith\u003c\/span\u003e began making music in Baltimore during the early 1980s with various bands. Following a move to New York City in 1984, she formed the Woods with Brian Bendlin, Peggy Bitzer, and Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer. After purchasing a four-track cassette machine during that time, Linda began to record her songs at home; from 1987 to 2001 she released music on such labels as Harriet, Feel Good All Over, Slumberland, Shrimper, and her own Preference label. In 2021 Captured Tracks released a vinyl collection of her home recordings titled \u003ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTill Another Time\u003c\/i\u003e. Since then she has returned to recording new music, with \u003ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003eUntitled 1-10 Plus 1\u003c\/i\u003e (Almost Halloween Time Records), and \u003ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003eA Passing Cloud\u003c\/i\u003e, a collaboration with Nancy Andrews (Grapefruit\/Gertrude). She received an MFA in visual art from Vermont College of Fine Art in 2008.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\" clear=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003eBrian Bendlin\u003c\/span\u003e moved to New York City from the Midwest in the 1980s. He was the first drummer for the band Crash, and has been a drummer and percussionist in numerous bands and ensembles, including Robin Crutchfield’s Dark Day, Nothing But Happiness, the Joan Group, and the Balinese gamelans Chandra Kanchana and Giri Mekar. After the breakup of the Woods in 1986, Brian and Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer released a series of DIY solo and collaborative cassette albums in the late 1980s under the catchall banner Trouble Picnic, including Brian’s ambient album \u003ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003e13 Groves\u003c\/i\u003e (1987); they also formed the acoustic trio Two Houses (with Lloyd Miller), which played live in New York, London, and Berlin in 1988. 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