Missed Both My Anniversaries

All's Well Isn't You was released last year on October 31st. November 2nd saw the release of Cant Republic. Both are available through one certain site. Last year might around this time have been the worst time for me to release a book with everything that happened both in my life and with the rest of the world. I am trying to give these books a second chance and honor my publishers. I don't want to to publish another collection until I feel I've done my best. I'm going to be planning more readings and more promotional videos. Until then, if you want hit the links, I'd appreciate that. Also, for an alternate, you can also pay me $15 directly through Venmo (@Chad-Parenteau-1) to get a signed copy of Cant Repbublic. I hope to have my own copies of All’s Well Isn’t You to sell by December.

 

It's Up!

Susan Isla Tepper's reader review of Cant Republic is now up on Amazon. 

Thanks, Susan!

Just got this review from Susan Isla Tepper, author of Hair Of A Fallen Angel.

"Cant Republic is a rant, a protest that comes from the awake and the dream state, a demand for some simple decency. Somewhere. Anywhere. Cant Republic is a cry for help when the Indians have circled the wagon and you have no ammo left. Its expectations are lower than the lowest life form because Cant Republic deals in sane solutions, and there aren’t any available right now to the minority who can see the writing on the wall magnified a thousand times over."

Grateful to Susan as always for her support.

Wouldn't It Be Nice?

Given the week we just had, wouldn't it be great if my new collection, Cant Republic, became a best seller (or at least sold a few more copies to make my publisher happier)? Click here to order today. 

Publications I'm Proud of in 2024: My Two Books

I should have probably done two entries, but "my two books" is so satisfying to both say and write out. 

The contract for All's Well Isn't You was signed last year. I almost didn't believe it was going to come out, but LJMcD Communications Publisher Lachlan J McDougall was a man of his word. 

I'd been trying to get Cant Republic published for almost four years by a publisher who expressed interest then ghosted me. Thankfully Red Focks of Alien Buddha Press welcomed my manuscript.

Both are still available. I'll be promoting both books in 2025. Thank you if you've already purchased a copy. If you haven't, I hope you will consider grabbing both.

A Review is In!

A reviewer just called my new collection Cant Republic "An interesting, provocative, and ultimately terrifying rumination on the words of one of the most divisive figures in modern politics." Have you gotten the book yet? Would you be interested in posting a review or even telling me here?

First Review!

Two weeks ago, Lo Galluccio reviewed my new book Cant Republic: Erasures and Blackouts on Doug Holder's blog. Thanks to Lo and Doug for helping to feature my work. You can order it today.

A Reminder During the Final Countdown

Given that it's Election Day, it seems appropriate to remind you that my new collection Cant Republic: Erasures and Blackouts was released last weekend by Alien Buddha Press. Order it now from Amazon today.

My New Collection Cant Republic is Out Now

In 2020 at the height of the COVID lockdown, I started a series of erasure poems working from the speeches and writings of Donald Trump. This became the backbone of my poetry collection Cant Republic: Erasures and Blackouts, out now from Alien Buddha Press. 

 From the Publisher: "With an unflinching gaze, Chad Parenteau explores the erosion of civil liberties, the fragility of democracy, and the thin line between speech and silence.

"Cant Republic: Erasures and Blackouts is a dissection of what remains when words are stripped away. Every blackout carved into the text, feels like a void heartbeat. The words left behind all demand your attention. It’s a language of removal, where the unsaid holds as much weight as the said."

From poet and publisher Mark Lipman: "Chad Parenteau’s new collection, Can’t Republic: Erasures and Blackouts is reminiscent in it’s style to William Burroughs’ cut-up poems, where Parenteau takes transcripts from political speeches made by Donald Trump and strips them down to their essence: a gutting of democracy and civil rights, a boosting of ego and bravado, a moral and ethical decay that takes us all down with it, and flips it on its head, using poetry and satire to expose a would-be emperor without any clothes. It’s a fun and imaginative take to the serious condition of a world gone wrong."

Order it now from Amazon today.

Copies Available

My newest poetry collection, Cant Republic, is being released officially by Alien Buddha Press this Saturday. 

If anyone wants one of my advance copies, you can send me 15.00 to cover shipping and handling and I'll send it out. 

I'll also sign your copy if you'd like. Mind you, my penmanship could bring down the value of the book. 

I also have at least one reading in Boston before the end of the year. You could grab a copy from me then.

Write me at chadpoetforhire@yahoo.com if you're interested.