Time for the November Lorca giveaway. The first person who emails me with her US mailing address at jmayhew "@" ku.edu and gives me a "good" reason why she deserves the book Apocryphal Lorca will get a copy. No requests in comments this time: it can be embarrassing to ask for something. I'll announce the winner shortly.

Since all the winners so far have been of the male persuasion, this month's copy will go to the other gender, as my pronouns above imply.

[We have a winner! Maryrose Larkin.]

The winner for September is... John of the Utopian Turtle Top blog, for his very good set of reasons why he deserves a copy of AL. Please send me your postal address and I will direct amazon.com to send you a copy.

Ok. It's time for another Lorca giveaway. You can earn your very own copy of Apocryphal Lorca by giving me a "good" reason in the comments below. US postal addresses only this time. Contest closes September 4 at 11:59 p.m.. I reserve the right to award anywhere between zero and two copies of the book. This will be a monthly event until the end of 2009, at which point I'll see if I think it's worth while continuing.

A good reason might be something like: "I will make sure it is reviewed in Book Forum" or "I will review it on Goodreads and amazon.com and on my own blog." Or, "I live 200 miles from the nearest library that owns this book" or "I have been reading your blog since 2002 and have never 'won' anything."

The winner of the Lorca giveaway is...

Bob Basil

AND

Tom Beckett

I have decided to give away two copies this month. After all, what better to spend my royalty check on than additional copies of the book? Basil is a friend of long standing (early 80s) with a strong web presence (basil.ca) and has already been generously promoting the book. Beckett is an esteemed poetic collaborator (see the poem "Hurricane Season" that the two of us wrote together) and has corrected his Spanish grammar. I couldn't really decide between these two fine individuals, especially since they both expressed interest in the last giveaway in July.

I may do the next giveaway in September, or just wait until October. Stay tuned. Pretty much, if you enter the contest you have a pretty good chance of getting the book.

Winners, please send me a current mailing address.

[MOVING TO FRONT}

Time for me to give away another copy of Apo Lorca to any interested person in North America who gives me the best reason, in my own subjective but infallible judgment, why s/he should receive a copy of the book. Contest closes 11:59 p.m. central time on August 5. If you ask for someone else and not yourself, make sure that person actually wants the book and can send me a postal address soon after I announce the winner on August 6.

Use comment box to give me your reason.