!! EU/UK CUSTOMERS: A few copies are currently available from Jazz Messengers, shipping out of Spain.
It was wonderful to see/hear William reading from this work at Segue Reading Series @ Artist Space (a double-bill with Martina Abramovic).
[ CENTERING ] - BOOK - 5.5 x 8.5", 42 pg, perfect-bound, private press //
Thorough surprise storage space find of this scarce book by William Parker. Text written in 1999 and self-published on WP's Centering imprint in a very small edition (we reasonably estimate not more than 200 copies) circa 2011. 42 pages filled with copious text. The form is a science fiction novella, though with so much science fiction becoming non-fiction in these rapidly ensuing years, William's brief introduction is best:
"A word is a sound. On paper it is an image that is both Black and white and in color at the same time. The Mayor of Punkville is a tone poem about the future of yesterday. It speaks about the salvation of humanity through music." -William Parker.