Paul Siegell's Blog, page 18
July 19, 2011
EYES WITHOUT A FACE
Just interview'd:We Who Are About To Die: Getting to Know Paul Siegell
Just publish'd: Sixth Finch
Soon: PHiSH & hipster poems in Shampoo; broadsides in InDigest; three in Apiary...
Les yeux sans visage
July 12, 2011
June 1, 2011
Carini, Back On The Train, Boogie On Reggae Woman>Waves>Prince Caspian>Cross-eyed & Painless> READ THE BOOK: jambandbootleg #phish #lot #book
'Read the Book!! It documents a state of being at shows—both physically and emotionally... You often feel like you are at the show.'
Surrender to the Flow
heads up:
jambandbootleg
available!"Paul Siegell is ecstasy in the present tense... Siegell's poems bend the jamband scene into enthused reveries." —RELIX Magazine
KIND /// Author Discount: Email for SIGNED copies:
only $10
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"For centuries, people have tried to take words and turn them
into music.
What Paul Siegell does in his collection of poetry,jambandbootleg, is take music
and turn it back into words. And he
does it exceptionally well, capturing
both the excitement of concert-
going and the poetic essence of
the improvisational music scene."
—Marc Brownstein, bass player
of The Disco Biscuits
Carini, Back On The Train, Boogie On Reggae Woman>Waves>Prince Caspian>Cross-eyed & Painless> READ THE BOOK: jambandbootleg #phish #lot #book
'Read the Book!! It documents a state of being at shows—both physically and emotionally... You often feel like you are at the show.'
Surrender to the Flow
heads up:
jambandbootleg
available!"Paul Siegell is ecstasy in the present tense... Siegell's poems bend the jamband scene into enthused reveries." —RELIX Magazine
KIND /// Author Discount: Email for SIGNED copies:
only $10
DANK /// Amazon: Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping
"For centuries, people have tried to take words and turn them
into music.
What Paul Siegell does in his collection of poetry,
jambandbootleg, is take music
and turn it back into words. And he
does it exceptionally well, capturing
both the excitement of concert-
going and the poetic essence of
the improvisational music scene."
—Marc Brownstein, bass player
of The Disco Biscuits
May 24, 2011
"Timeliness pipeline livelihood timeframe": HIGHLIGHTS of a LIFE WRITING POETRY
08/04: PHiSH Coventry Festival, VT: in attendance
04/05: After three years, moved from Atlanta to Philadelphia
09/05: At B&N for Gertrude Stein's Tender Buttons, met CAConrad
10/05: Pre-Yonder Mountain String Band show, met future fiancée
10/06: Started working at The Inquirer & Daily News: copywriter
10/06: First acceptance to Otoliths (Australia)
At Bats: 9 acceptances + 28 rejections received in 2006
06/07: Jambands.com named my blog June "Fan Site of the Month"
05/07: NOLA Jazz Fest, in attendance
07/07: First acceptance to Coconut
08/07: Invited to join editorial staff of Painted Bride Quarterly
At Bats: 17 acceptances + 71 rejections received in 2007
01/08: First book released: Poemergency Room (Otoliths Books)
02/08: First public reading since 2000
03/08: Featured in Philadelphia City Paper
04/08: Featured in PASTE Magazine (Gnarles Barkley cover)
04/08: Met poet Tamara Oakman
05/08: Invited to submit to American Poetry Review, accepted
05/08: Bookslut Indie Heart Throb, first appearance
07/08: Met poet Ernest Hilbert
08/08: e-chap released: JAM> (ungovernable press)
10/08: Phillies win World Series, in attendance
11/08: Inspired by Phillies' victory, wrote first sonnet
At Bats: 25 acceptances + 73 rejections received in 2008
02/09: Marc Brownstein (Disco Biscuits) blurbs jambandbootleg
03/09: Invited to read at University of Pittsburgh Poetry Club
07/09: Second book released: jambandbootleg (A-Head Publishing)
07/09: Surrender to the Flow reviews jambandbootleg
08/09: Met poet/fiction writer Bojan Louis
10/09: Relix Magazine reviews jambandbootleg
10/09: Bookslut Indie Heart Throb, second appearance
10/09: PHISH 8, California: in attendance
11/09: First appearance of poem-comic: hot pepper people
At Bats: 23 acceptances + 51 rejections received in 2009
02/10: Third book released: wild life rifle fire (Otoliths Books)
05/10: Invited to read at the Poetry Lab in Vienna, VA
05/10: *BIG TIME* voted May Goodreads Poem of the Month
08/10: First submission of Trombone Bubble Bath , rejected
09/10: Invited to read for Whose City? of the Philadelphia Fringe Fest
10/10: First appearance of fifth manuscript, Take Out Delivery
10/10: "THISAREA COUNTY FAIR" accepted by Black Warrior Review
12/10: First reading at Pete's Candy Store, Brooklyn, NY
12/10: wild life rifle fire nominated Goodreads Poetry of the Year
At Bats: 22 acceptances + 52 rejections received in 2010
02/11: First AWP Conference: didn't register, drunk for four days
03/11: First Tweet: "you make me want to"
05/11: First draft of sixth manuscript: Jacques Lipchitz
07/11: PHiSH Super Ball IX, Watkins Glen, NY: awww yeah!
May 18, 2011
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Lara Kettell writes: "This is my favorite book by Paul Siegell. I have them all, autographed 'cause I'm lucky enough to know the author. This collection of what I'd call word artwork, some almost puzzling, is so fun to read. I enjoy showing it to friends; it's one of my most popular coffee table books. I also highly recommend all of Paul Siegell's other works."
THANKS SO MUCH, LARA!
THANKS SO MUCH, LARA!
May 13, 2011
SLAB: The Sound and Literary Art Book
SLAB 6 is now available, featuring work from Thomas Patrick Levy, Heather Palmer, Brett Gallagher, Karla Linn Merrifield, Adam Moorad, Sally Derringer, Richard Chiem, myself, and several others. Thanks to Paul Cunningham & co. for all their tremendous work.
May 12, 2011
I'm a HUGE fan of Avatar: The Last Airbender, but The Last Airbender movie was just atrocious
In addition to providing a bio, SLAB 6 contributors were also asked:
What's the nicest thing a stranger has ever done for you? Save my life.
If you could rewrite the ending to any movie, what would it be and how would you change it? I'd make it so I never actually saw it.
If you were forced into exile, where would you go? Capri, Italy.
If you were trapped in a storybook, which one would it be? Oh, The Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss
Who's you favorite tyrant/dictator? Evel Knievel.
What's the one piece of literature every writer should own? The photo albums of their ancestors.
What's the best thing you can buy for a dollar? Hershey's with almonds, large size. But only on Tuesdays.
What's the nicest thing a stranger has ever done for you? Save my life.
If you could rewrite the ending to any movie, what would it be and how would you change it? I'd make it so I never actually saw it.
If you were forced into exile, where would you go? Capri, Italy.If you were trapped in a storybook, which one would it be? Oh, The Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss
Who's you favorite tyrant/dictator? Evel Knievel.
What's the one piece of literature every writer should own? The photo albums of their ancestors.
What's the best thing you can buy for a dollar? Hershey's with almonds, large size. But only on Tuesdays.
I'm a HUGE fan of Avatar: The Last Airbender, but The Last Airbender movie was just atrocious
In addition to providing a bio, SLAB 6 contributors were also asked:
What's the nicest thing a stranger has ever done for you? Save my life.
If you could rewrite the ending to any movie, what would it be and how would you change it? I'd make it so I never actually saw it.
If you were forced into exile, where would you go? Capri, Italy.
If you were trapped in a storybook, which one would it be? Oh, The Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss
Who's you favorite tyrant/dictator? Evel Knievel.
What's the one piece of literature every writer should own? The photo albums of their ancestors.
What's the best thing you can buy for a dollar? Hershey's with almonds, large size. But only on Tuesdays.
What's the nicest thing a stranger has ever done for you? Save my life.
If you could rewrite the ending to any movie, what would it be and how would you change it? I'd make it so I never actually saw it.
If you were forced into exile, where would you go? Capri, Italy.If you were trapped in a storybook, which one would it be? Oh, The Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss
Who's you favorite tyrant/dictator? Evel Knievel.
What's the one piece of literature every writer should own? The photo albums of their ancestors.
What's the best thing you can buy for a dollar? Hershey's with almonds, large size. But only on Tuesdays.
'She wants to take our cars from out our garages.'
*America stop honking I know what I'm doing*
upon yawning commute for the 9AM—the reluctance
of a realworldolescent—nearly a hundred birds: a species
small and gray, urban, name unknown to knowledge,
swooped about in unison above the still, accepted wait
at light of red: finally
something natural, worthwhile. introducing change
to my mundane: flight school, artwork in the open air.
swift, wheeling maneuvers behind each unidentifiable
and momentary leader, anonymous but for milliseconds:
the decision-maker switches every time direction does—
the useful beauty of anyone initiating a new acrobatic,
no matter how ephemeral.
in the sight of which, overwhelming the well, feeling
lately like I've been typing into a typewriter without paper,
never wanted a light to stay red so bad before in all my life.
upon yawning commute for the 9AM—the reluctance
of a realworldolescent—nearly a hundred birds: a species
small and gray, urban, name unknown to knowledge,
swooped about in unison above the still, accepted wait
at light of red: finally
something natural, worthwhile. introducing change
to my mundane: flight school, artwork in the open air.
swift, wheeling maneuvers behind each unidentifiable
and momentary leader, anonymous but for milliseconds:
the decision-maker switches every time direction does—
the useful beauty of anyone initiating a new acrobatic,
no matter how ephemeral.
in the sight of which, overwhelming the well, feeling
lately like I've been typing into a typewriter without paper,
never wanted a light to stay red so bad before in all my life.
—from Poemergency Room (Otoliths Books, 2008)
