Andrew Demcak
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http://www.goodreads.com/andrewdemcak
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male
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Silver Spring, MD, The United States
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Poetry, History, Literature & Fiction
influences
Currently: Sexton, Kees, Hopkins, Eliot & Stein.
member since
November 2007
about this author
Andrew Demcak is an award-winning poet whose poetry has been widely published and anthologized both in print and on-line, and whose books have been featured at The Best American Poetry and Oranges & Sardines. His latest book, Zero Summer, was published by BlazeVOX [Books], NY, 2009. His work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Lambda Award, Thom Gunn Poetry Award, both the California and Northern California Book Awards, Best of the Web, and others. He has an M. F. A. in English/Creative Writing from St. Mary's College in Moraga, CA , where he studied with Robert Hass, Brenda Hillman, Michael Palmer, Carol Snow, Frank Bidart, Gary Snyder, Charles Wright, and Sharon Olds. Andrew is also a member of the Squaw Valley Community of Write...more
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MiPOesias: December 2008 by Didi Menendez (Goodreads author) , Robert Walker, Andrew Demcak (Goodreads author) , Kathryn Koromilas (Goodreads author) , Bob Hicok, Angela Vogel, Nicole Mauro (Goodreads author) , Matthew Hittinger (Goodreads author) more... avg rating 4.49 — 37 ratings — published 2008 |
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Catching Tigers in Red Weather by Andrew Demcak (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.32 — 28 ratings — published 2007 |
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Zero Summer by Andrew Demcak (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.77 — 30 ratings — published 2009 |
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Poets and Artists (O&S) Self-Portrait Issue by Bob Hicok, Jason John , Pris Campbell (Goodreads author) , John Korn (Goodreads author) , Jeremy Baum , Rauan Klassnik (Goodreads author) , William Stobb (Goodreads author) , Didi Menendez (Goodreads author) more... avg rating 4.88 — 17 ratings — published 2009 |
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672 Hours by Andrew Demcak (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.60 — 20 ratings — published 2008 |
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Pink Narcissus by Andrew Demcak (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.87 — 15 ratings — published 2009 |
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Suicide Note for Weldon Kees (Poetry)
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This is excerpted from Zero Summer (BlazeVOX [books], NY, 2009.)
Handhold (for a Zygote) (Poetry)
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a 12 line, semi-iambic, sonnet, from Catching Tigers in Red Weather (three candles press, 2007)
Winner of the Goodreads Poetry Contest, March 2009
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"More later but for now this is an issue of Poets and Artists that is very much a tribute to Didi Menendez' ingenuity. The Self Portraits of artists are excellent and easy to understand, but it is the self portraits by poets that are startling and in...more " | |||
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gave OCHO #24 (The Twitter Edition) (MiPOesias Print Companion) by Collin Kelley (Goodreads author) |
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"my skin listening
still no accompanist:
I can’t kiss me!
and the sperm’s tempo
always insisting
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— Andrew Demcak (Zero Summer)
still no accompanist:
I can’t kiss me!
and the sperm’s tempo
always insisting
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— Andrew Demcak (Zero Summer)
"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."
— Oscar Wilde
— Oscar Wilde
Catching Tigers in Red Weather Taffy-Pulling Society
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— last activity Jan 20, 2009 04:29PM
A group/club designed for those lucky readers who both love the Oulipo poetry of Andrew Demcak and have an unending sweettooth for salt-water taffy.
ZERO SUMMER KNITTING CIRCLE
— 49 members
— last activity Feb 27, 2009 12:23PM
A forum for fans of Andrew Demcak's book, Zero Summer.
¡ POETRY !
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No pretensions: just poetry.
Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to g...more
The Facebook group
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— last activity Jul 05, 2009 02:25PM
if u have a facebook this group is for u!!!!!!!
Scantily Clad Press
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— last activity Jul 04, 2009 11:47PM
SCP is an e-chap series edited by Andrew Lundwall. . .
Gay fiction/non-fiction
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A group for sharing thoughts on favorite books involving gay life, themes or issues.
Small Desk Press
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News about events, new releases, and upcoming titles from this cutting edge San Francisco based publisher.
The Reasons Why you wrote your book or books
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People write books for many reasons, so why did you write yours?
Gold Wake Press
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— last activity Jun 16, 2009 02:29AM
Gold Wake Press publishes 5 poem e-chaps coverting RTF to PDF.
Flash Fiction
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Flash is a short-short story characterized by brevity and intensity of the language. It borderlines poetry and some people call it “prose poem.” H...more
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Hi Andrew,just dropping by for a visit. I would like to invite you to check out Shadow Forrest Authors for charity and help support illiteracy issues.
http://www.shadowforestauthors.com
We also have a SFA group here on goodreads. Have a great week.
Blessing CJ
Hi Andrew, stopped by to see what's new on your page. Have a great week.
Blessings CJ
Join shadow forest authors and help stop illiteracy worldwide.
http://www.shadowforestauthors.com
Thank you for the book recommendation... I am ordering a few books nest week. I will add yours and take a look. Hope all is well...
Here's the link to the archived episode of my interview and poetry reading on the Joe Milford Show (02/14/09):http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Joe-Milford...
Enjoy!
-Andrew
Just wondered who did the portrait of you for your icon? It made me smile to see the real you..Thanks for the add. shayla
Hi from down under Andrew. Stopped by to see what’s new with you.
Please take a look at SFA.
http://www.shadowforestauthors.com
Blessings CJ
You've written a loooot of books. Good for you and can't wait to read yours. Mine just came out in October of 2008.
Hi, Andrew...Happy New Year's...and thanks for the invite into your circle of friends...CONGRATS on your many novels, poetry, etc...looking forward to sharing chats, reviews and any/all recommendation...Happy Reading & Writing :-)
Hi Andrew,
Thanks for the request.
I liked your interview:)
Happy writing & reading!
Have a great weekend, Isabella...
Andrew, Loved seeing the Buddy Cole quote! I miss Kids in the Hall! I love all his bits, but esp. the weird one about the Tyrannosaurus Rex with those "faggy little hands of his."
Scott is one of a kind.
Brain Candy had its moments, but the show is where the cast really shone.




























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