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November 14, 2009
"I breathed in an autumn bouquet that combined everything small-town America with rugged splashes of the Last Frontier"
Sarah Palin says this in the opening of her new book. It's kind of a mind twist, that line. NYT reviews said book. (This is not a book recommendation).
November 10, 2009
Maybe It Is Your Birthday
Or, maybe you need a good song and some animated rain. Here, watch this:The crocodile (Gene or Genya) sings about the sadness of a birthday only happening once a year. Also, magicians, blue helicopters, ice cream, and harmonicas.
November 5, 2009
New & Exciting
(image courtesy thewinger.com)SUPERMACHINE is a self described "Brooklyn based poetry reading series and literary magazine." It comes from Ben Fama, Shonni Enelow, James Copeland, and Michael Barron. They have some seriously great readings coming up. For example, tomorrow night these people are reading: Christian Hawkey, Cristophe Casamassima, Jennifer Kronovet, and Macgregor Card.
October 31, 2009
October 28, 2009
Announcing Agnes Fox Press
Agnes Fox Press is Brian Baldi, Joshua Bolton, Lewis Freedman, Seth Landman, Natalie Lyalin, Nathaniel Otting, Lyndsey Cohen Parker, Seth Parker, Emily Toder and Lesley Yalen.Our website is agnesfox.wordpress.com We have some really good projects in our collective mind. We are going to get them out into the world, but first we have a lot of work to do. I'm really excited to work with these
October 22, 2009
A Reading
Please enjoy Jennifer Lopez and her amazing pink dolphin purse.
I'm going to read (via video) at the Ugly Duckling Presse's 6x6 magazine release party for issues #18 and #19 on November 18th (7:30 pm @ the Shelton Walsmith Studio, Brooklyn, NY).
I will be reading on a video screen because I'm currently in Jerusalem. This is the downside of being abroad--not being places in person but rather in
I'm going to read (via video) at the Ugly Duckling Presse's 6x6 magazine release party for issues #18 and #19 on November 18th (7:30 pm @ the Shelton Walsmith Studio, Brooklyn, NY).
I will be reading on a video screen because I'm currently in Jerusalem. This is the downside of being abroad--not being places in person but rather in
October 20, 2009
These Nice Things
I like the blog of Karyn Starr.Julie Juliette Press presses and makes gorgeous things. Publishing Genius is publishing Rachel B. Glaser's first book, a collection of short stories, called Pee On Water (Summer 2010).Oh oh, and and over at Delirious Hem Danielle Pafunda and Mark Wallace have curated This is What a (Pro)Feminist [Man Poet:] Looks Like. You should run over there and read it.
October 8, 2009
Rare
The only video of Anne Frank.Nina Simone singing Eretz Zavat R'á'lav U'dvash, or A Land Flowing With Milk and Honey.
October 4, 2009
Saltgrass #4
The 4th issue of Saltgrass is out. It contains the work of these people:Laura Solomon, G.C. Waldrep, Cecily Iddings, Anne Boyer, Ben Mirov, Ish Klein, Claire Hero, Hugh Merwin, Jason Bredle, Karla Kelsey, Lisa Ciccarello, Danielle Pafunda, Brett Price, Genya Turovskaya, Maureen Thorson, Ron RashGo here for sample poems and then buy a copy for $5. A serious bargain for an amazing collection of
October 1, 2009
New & Exciting
Maggie Nelson's Bluets and Rachel Zucker's Museum of Accidents finish out Wave Poetry's 2009 series. Find them here.This is not new per se, but it is a new development--this blog has devoted serious effort to the praise of a band called Reactor No.7. Josh Bolton was the lead singer. You can read all about him and the rest of the band here.Publishing Genius wins a Best Of Baltimore award. Because
