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Interview with punk poet Annie Mcgann

Finally, we have an official date of book launch: April 30th, of this year. Very soon now, I will send the file to the printer and then I will have several boxes of lovely, fresh, spanking new books to share and sell. 



While you wait for the actual book, here is the newest interview in the Punk Rock Saved My Ass series, this time with London based poet, Annie Mcgann. You can read her poem, "We meant it man" in the anthology, and see more of her work on her MySpace page.

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Patsy Rodenburg: Why I do theater | Video on TED.com

This is outside the Punk anthology thread, but it made such a strong impact on me I wanted to share it with you. She states that society needs play wrights and actors now more than ever, because they are able to be "present" when most of us have lost the ability to do so. We need them to tell the truth.



I need to finish my play.



Patsy Rodenburg: Why I do theater | Video on TED.com

Anthology update and the newest Punk Interview

Sorry for the lapse of interviews and news. This semester is even more intense than the last (did you know I'm in grad school?). But progress has been made on the anthology and we are very close to launch date. Jane, our uber-talented Medusa copy-editor just finished her final proof-read of the galley. A big thank you to Jane for once again dedicating so much time and talent to Medusa's Muse. I'll know the exact book launch date once I conference with the designer, so stay tuned for future bo...

Interview with Punk Anthology Writer Jessica Williams

Jessica Williams is a twenty-six-year-old punk from Rock Springs, Wyoming. She completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism at the University of Nevada and currently works at Big Boss Productions. Read her essay, "Punk Rock Girl in a Redneck Town," in the anthology, Punk Rock Saved My Ass, available April, 2010.

How do you personally define punk? Punk is an attitude. It isn't about how you dress, or what you listen to, it is how you act and how you are perceived by the...

Punk Anthology Interview number 5: Mic Schenck

Mic Schenck is a complicated man. Part malcontent, part unrealistic optimist, Mic hates Eminem's "comback," customer service, student loan payments, football stadium concerts, rhinestone cell phones, American flag gas tanks on cheap throwaway 50cc motorcycles, and demonic possession. He likes free downloads, dual citizenship, peanut butter cookies, the Dalai Lama's 80's businessman glasses, reading with the cell phone off, downhill skateboarding and all the unrecorded good times bef...

Punk Anthology Interview Number 4: Marc Pietrzykowski

Marc Pietrzykowski is a New York based poet and punk. His poems and essays have appeared in Burnside Review, Fine Madness, Diagram, Alaska Quarterly Review, and others, and his book of poems ...and the whole time I was quite happy, is available via Zeitgeist Press. You can read his poems The First Lesson, and Get on with it in the upcoming anthology, Punk Rock Saved My Ass, from Medusa's Muse Press. Read more of Marc's writing on his website.

How do you personally define punk?



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Interview with punk writer and anthology contributor, Jennifer Blowdryer

The third interview in our punk anthology series is with Jennifer Blowdryer, a San Francisco punk, musician, playwrite and performer. Check out her website and be sure to read her bio, which is entertaining all on it's own.

How do you personally define punk?  Johnny Rotten. He was a breath of fresh foul air in 1979 and is still going strong. What is NOT punk?Girls saying that something is "So punk rock!" they make me hurl. What punk song/band changed your life, and how?When I...

Punk Rock Saved My Ass book cover is done!

and here it is



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Design by Rick WismarPhoto by Nicole Lucas (c) 2010

Not only is the cover finished, but the interior is laid out, complete with photos. Rick just sent it off to Jane for a thorough copy edit before we finalize and send to the printer. It's happening people!

I also set up a Face Book fan page for the book where I'm posting videos of bands, images from the book, updates on book events, and general info on punk rock and DIY. Join the club.

Punk Anthology Interview #2 - Matthue Roth

I decided to ask the same questions of every author to compare their responses. I wanted to learn what was similar, and what was different, in their thoughts on punk rock and DIY. Here is the second interview in a series of interviews with the writers who contributed to the anthology, Punk Rock Saved My Ass (launching Spring, 2010). 





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Matthue Roth wrote the Orthodox Jewish punk-rock road-trip...

Interview with "Punk Rock Saved My Ass" contributor, Dick Wizmore

In preparation for the launch of the punk rock anthology, Punk Rock Saved My Ass, here is the first post in an ongoing series of interviews with many of the book's writers who share with us why punk is so important in their lives. Stay tuned for more interviews, as well as breaking news on the launch of this exciting and unique anthology of true life punk rock stories.



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Dick Wizmore AKA Rick Wismar AKA the B...