Come celebrate Uno Kudo's Volume 2: Naked
Sat Feb 2nd 8PM
Helnwein Studio
901 E 3rd Street
Los Angeles, CA. 90013
MORE INFORMATION TO COME
http://unokudo.blogspot.com/
Uno Kudo is a literary and arts publication that features significant new words and art from a diverse array of contributors, presented in expressive and luscious layouts. The theme for this volume is "Naked" and includes work from over 50 writers and artists from around the globe.
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Sunday, December 30, 2012
Uno Kudo - a modern day art collective
from the Uno Kudo website...
Dear Human,
There wasn’t a doubt: there would be an Uno Kudo Vol. 2. The first book was a best seller on the anthology list and raised a nice amount of money for a worthy charity. But following the first book, a strange thing happened. The writers and artists who were included began to talk. They picked up telephones and said, “Oh hi, hello—so strange that we’ve never hung out before.” They bounced emails back and forth—“Wanna help me drink this vat of Pinot Noir?” Parties sprung up. Snail mail popped into mailboxes: birthday cards, odd little handwritten notes. These people had all fallen in love with each other. They started talking. Collaborating. Plotting. Devising. They took vacations together. It was baffling. This kinda' thing wasn’t supposed to happen anymore.
An art collective. A modern day art collective.
Really?
Yup. It spans the U.S.A. and it’s spreading … inching out daily. Like the Blob … Seattle, Los Angeles, San Diego, Portland, Boulder, Brooklyn, Upstate New York, Chicago … that Johnny Cash song, I’ve been everywhere man … Sure! Sea to shining sea. Europe too. Pins on the map in Japan, South America, anywhere there’s a somebody leaving a light on. We’d like to come to your town—absorb you just like the Blob did. We’re friendly though. We’ll slather you in neon DayGlo paint and ... well, lots of things will happen.
There’s a place for you here in Uno Kudo. Read. Look. Write. Create. Speak. Buy me a drink. I’ll buy you a drink. We’ll get naked and things will glow with an impossible hum—reverberating with a tinge of welcome danger.
Love,
The Editors
http://unokudo.blogspot.com/
Dear Human,
There wasn’t a doubt: there would be an Uno Kudo Vol. 2. The first book was a best seller on the anthology list and raised a nice amount of money for a worthy charity. But following the first book, a strange thing happened. The writers and artists who were included began to talk. They picked up telephones and said, “Oh hi, hello—so strange that we’ve never hung out before.” They bounced emails back and forth—“Wanna help me drink this vat of Pinot Noir?” Parties sprung up. Snail mail popped into mailboxes: birthday cards, odd little handwritten notes. These people had all fallen in love with each other. They started talking. Collaborating. Plotting. Devising. They took vacations together. It was baffling. This kinda' thing wasn’t supposed to happen anymore.
An art collective. A modern day art collective.
Really?
Yup. It spans the U.S.A. and it’s spreading … inching out daily. Like the Blob … Seattle, Los Angeles, San Diego, Portland, Boulder, Brooklyn, Upstate New York, Chicago … that Johnny Cash song, I’ve been everywhere man … Sure! Sea to shining sea. Europe too. Pins on the map in Japan, South America, anywhere there’s a somebody leaving a light on. We’d like to come to your town—absorb you just like the Blob did. We’re friendly though. We’ll slather you in neon DayGlo paint and ... well, lots of things will happen.
There’s a place for you here in Uno Kudo. Read. Look. Write. Create. Speak. Buy me a drink. I’ll buy you a drink. We’ll get naked and things will glow with an impossible hum—reverberating with a tinge of welcome danger.
Love,
The Editors
http://unokudo.blogspot.com/
Saturday, December 29, 2012
New Issue of Trailer Park Quarterly
Trailer Park Quarterly v3
Contributors: T.A. Noonan, Scott Fynboe, Gary Charles Wilkens, William Taylor Jr., April M. Bratten, Amy Schreibman Walter, Sarah Carson, Alan Catlin, Dennis Mahagin, Steve Henn, Aleathia Drehmer, Eric Boyd James R. Tomlinson
http://www.sundresspublications.com/
Contributors: T.A. Noonan, Scott Fynboe, Gary Charles Wilkens, William Taylor Jr., April M. Bratten, Amy Schreibman Walter, Sarah Carson, Alan Catlin, Dennis Mahagin, Steve Henn, Aleathia Drehmer, Eric Boyd James R. Tomlinson
http://www.sundresspublications.com/
In the year 2012
Now Playing @ Citizens for Decent Literature began publishing poetry, short stories, essays and rants on January 1, 2012 every third day. In August 2012 the publishing schedule switched to monthly issues with the first issue on August 15th.
http://nowplaying.citizensfordecentliterature.com/
Contributors
Afzal Moolla, Alan Britt, Aleksandr Smechov, Alex Nodopaka, Ally Malinenko, Andrew Rihn, Anneliese Mackintosh, Anthony Langford, Bari L. Kennedy, Bill Gainer, Bradley Mason Hamlin, Brenton Booth, Brian Fugett, Bud Smith, Carl Miller Daniels, Catfish McDaris, changming yuan, Charlie Skinner, Colin Dodds, Connor Syrewicz, Corey Mesler, Dan Provost, David Blaine, David Pointer, DB Cox, Dennis Mahagin, Diana May-Waldman, Euginia Tan, Frank Walsh, Frankie Metro, Fred Russell, Gene Fehler, George Korolog, Gerald Yelle, J. Claudius Cloyd, James Babbs, James D Quinton, James H Duncan, Jason Hardung, Jason Ryberg, Jessica Gleason, Joe Eldridge, Joe Marchia, John Grey, John Grochalski, John Sweet, John Tustin, Josh Olsen, Juan Pedro Lamata, Julia Coleman, Karley de la Filth, Kate Bond, Keith Landrum, Kevin Ridgeway, Kyle Hemmings, Louie Crew, Luis Rivas, Mark Wisniewski, Matthew Pasquarello, Matthew Sradeja, Michael Currier, Michael Grover, Mike Boyle, misti rainwater-lites, Mort Todd, Nick Gerrard, Nicole Yurcaba, Pantifesto, Patrick Vincent Welsh, Paul Corman-Roberts, Paul Levy, Philip Vermaas, Quasimofo Snyder, RC Edrington, Richard Joseph Cronborg, Rob Pierce, Robert Gross, Ross Vassilev, Shali Nicholas, Shawn Misener, Steve Young, Teri Kelly, Thomas Kearnes, tim murray, Tom Bradley, Trisha Winn, Walter Beck, Wanda Morrow Clevenger, Wayne Mason, William Doreski, William Taylor Jr.
http://nowplaying.citizensfordecentliterature.com/
Contributors
Afzal Moolla, Alan Britt, Aleksandr Smechov, Alex Nodopaka, Ally Malinenko, Andrew Rihn, Anneliese Mackintosh, Anthony Langford, Bari L. Kennedy, Bill Gainer, Bradley Mason Hamlin, Brenton Booth, Brian Fugett, Bud Smith, Carl Miller Daniels, Catfish McDaris, changming yuan, Charlie Skinner, Colin Dodds, Connor Syrewicz, Corey Mesler, Dan Provost, David Blaine, David Pointer, DB Cox, Dennis Mahagin, Diana May-Waldman, Euginia Tan, Frank Walsh, Frankie Metro, Fred Russell, Gene Fehler, George Korolog, Gerald Yelle, J. Claudius Cloyd, James Babbs, James D Quinton, James H Duncan, Jason Hardung, Jason Ryberg, Jessica Gleason, Joe Eldridge, Joe Marchia, John Grey, John Grochalski, John Sweet, John Tustin, Josh Olsen, Juan Pedro Lamata, Julia Coleman, Karley de la Filth, Kate Bond, Keith Landrum, Kevin Ridgeway, Kyle Hemmings, Louie Crew, Luis Rivas, Mark Wisniewski, Matthew Pasquarello, Matthew Sradeja, Michael Currier, Michael Grover, Mike Boyle, misti rainwater-lites, Mort Todd, Nick Gerrard, Nicole Yurcaba, Pantifesto, Patrick Vincent Welsh, Paul Corman-Roberts, Paul Levy, Philip Vermaas, Quasimofo Snyder, RC Edrington, Richard Joseph Cronborg, Rob Pierce, Robert Gross, Ross Vassilev, Shali Nicholas, Shawn Misener, Steve Young, Teri Kelly, Thomas Kearnes, tim murray, Tom Bradley, Trisha Winn, Walter Beck, Wanda Morrow Clevenger, Wayne Mason, William Doreski, William Taylor Jr.
In the year 2012
poets rocked out to these guys
Three Times Bad on Facebook
Good Green on Facebook
Good Green @ Mothpocalypse, Albuquerque, New Mexico. November 4, 2012
Three Times Bad on Facebook
Good Green on Facebook
Good Green @ Mothpocalypse, Albuquerque, New Mexico. November 4, 2012
In the year 2012
fun with flyers and broadsides
The Prose Pimp & The Happy Hamsterer
"This is the Damn Poem" by Brian Fugett (print on ivory card stock)
"Nothing to Lose" by Michele McDannold (print on 8.5 x 14)
"An Inappropriate Query" by Pantifesto (looks great on bright blue 24lb paper)
"Love" by Bud Smith
"i dream of tongues" by Richard Vargas (print on red card stock, cut to 3.5 inches wide each)
Flyer for Albuquerque, New Mexico Events 2012
Happy Fuckin' Endings Handbill
Mothpocalypse Handbill
Tinyamp VS The Literary Underground
Midwest Underground Poetry Summit
The Prose Pimp & The Happy Hamsterer
"This is the Damn Poem" by Brian Fugett (print on ivory card stock)
"Nothing to Lose" by Michele McDannold (print on 8.5 x 14)
"An Inappropriate Query" by Pantifesto (looks great on bright blue 24lb paper)
"Love" by Bud Smith
"i dream of tongues" by Richard Vargas (print on red card stock, cut to 3.5 inches wide each)
Flyer for Albuquerque, New Mexico Events 2012
Happy Fuckin' Endings Handbill
Mothpocalypse Handbill
Tinyamp VS The Literary Underground
Midwest Underground Poetry Summit
In the year 2012
TRAVELS
Feb. chicago zyfez alliance gathering chili cook off and raffle.
Nevermind how much it cost.
This is where it began... the demise of papa smurf
April. Graveside in downstate illinois. Miss you FN.
June. Street, Meat and Beat Poetry during the Midwest Small Press Festival, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
frankie, lindsey, tim murray, grover stayed in some air force dude's house for $5 a night.
we went to piggly wiggly and had taco salad
there was book folding but no bone folders
catfish mcdaris was at the book fair/read
I think it was $25 for the table
met Jason Behrends of Orange Alert and Jaffe of Strange Cage
the record store, the record store, the record store
that guy is goin to jail
Labor Day Weekend. ypsilanti/haunted tour/zygote central
hey it's josh olsen – is he wearing capris?
Gave away lots more flyers and stuff-- grover, christina brooks, craig firsdon, matt sradeja
karla marie williams – awesome read
met leo todd jarrett. Nice guy, good crowd
this is murray's bar. That is grover singing a duet w/ fugett. There might have been taylor swifting and a PSA.
Hella worth the drive
July. Beast Crawl & Zyfez 2. Oakland/San Francisco
it's all a matter of record now.
New parish that dicked us over cost $250
the compound, the drama, the corner liquor store and who can forget the white sauce
City Lights. Run for the BART San Francisco. Oh shit, we left...
November. Happy Endings & Mothpocalypse. Albuquerque, New Mexico
did that actually happen?
Gas masks, pigeon pit, groilers or something like that. Cholo on the front porch... playing cards with bullet holes, no shit. Belly dancers and you shoulda drank more water.
Harwood $80 disturbing the peaceful residents with good green music and basketball dunking contests
Box $200
Feb. chicago zyfez alliance gathering chili cook off and raffle.
Nevermind how much it cost.
This is where it began... the demise of papa smurf
April. Graveside in downstate illinois. Miss you FN.
June. Street, Meat and Beat Poetry during the Midwest Small Press Festival, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
frankie, lindsey, tim murray, grover stayed in some air force dude's house for $5 a night.
we went to piggly wiggly and had taco salad
there was book folding but no bone folders
catfish mcdaris was at the book fair/read
I think it was $25 for the table
met Jason Behrends of Orange Alert and Jaffe of Strange Cage
the record store, the record store, the record store
that guy is goin to jail
Labor Day Weekend. ypsilanti/haunted tour/zygote central
hey it's josh olsen – is he wearing capris?
Gave away lots more flyers and stuff-- grover, christina brooks, craig firsdon, matt sradeja
karla marie williams – awesome read
met leo todd jarrett. Nice guy, good crowd
this is murray's bar. That is grover singing a duet w/ fugett. There might have been taylor swifting and a PSA.
Hella worth the drive
July. Beast Crawl & Zyfez 2. Oakland/San Francisco
it's all a matter of record now.
New parish that dicked us over cost $250
the compound, the drama, the corner liquor store and who can forget the white sauce
City Lights. Run for the BART San Francisco. Oh shit, we left...
November. Happy Endings & Mothpocalypse. Albuquerque, New Mexico
did that actually happen?
Gas masks, pigeon pit, groilers or something like that. Cholo on the front porch... playing cards with bullet holes, no shit. Belly dancers and you shoulda drank more water.
Harwood $80 disturbing the peaceful residents with good green music and basketball dunking contests
Box $200
In the year 2012
in the interest of transparency...
DONATIONS AND CHAPBOOK SALES
$1632.38
these motherfuckers are funding the revolution
gold frickin star level – over $300
Victor Schwartzman, Brian Fugett
bronze statue level - $100+
James Babbs
when you stick 5 bucks in an envelope or paypal a quarter of a hundred... it helps
round of applause, goddammit level – $5 or more
J. Claudius Cloyd, RC Edrington, John Swain, Nathan Moore, Lynn Alexander, Frank Reardon, Frankie Metro, Clay Phillips, Carl Miller Daniels, Catfish McDaris
doesn't want to know how fast she's going broke
idiot level - ???
Michele McDannold
let's also not forget all those people that traveled to the events on their own dime. believe it or not, all poets will NOT do this. in all honesty, if we had that kind of money- those guys aren't the ones we'd be paying. so for the broke-ass motherfuckers who make it happen, somehow, you guys rock...
EXPENSES
here's the thing about me and receipts. From the time I started this list to the time I finished, I found a pile of receipts under some other stuff on my desk of stuff and lots of other stuff. Dig? Looks like I started keeping them around the month of may.
Here's what I had on hand anyway--
blogtalk
468
usps
186.37
ink
137.26
web hosting/registrations
136.28
paper, tape and shit
80.89
venues/tables
75 (just what LU paid)
480 (Fugett paid)
ads, music, other fees
59.95
other stuff.. bought a toner printer, sent some adopt-a-poet money out, gave away a bunch of free lit, mailed out a shit ton of mailers.
if i forgot someone or something, i'm sorry. it's a lot to keep track of.
luvluvluv
and MANY THANKS!
DONATIONS AND CHAPBOOK SALES
$1632.38
these motherfuckers are funding the revolution
gold frickin star level – over $300
Victor Schwartzman, Brian Fugett
bronze statue level - $100+
James Babbs
when you stick 5 bucks in an envelope or paypal a quarter of a hundred... it helps
round of applause, goddammit level – $5 or more
J. Claudius Cloyd, RC Edrington, John Swain, Nathan Moore, Lynn Alexander, Frank Reardon, Frankie Metro, Clay Phillips, Carl Miller Daniels, Catfish McDaris
doesn't want to know how fast she's going broke
idiot level - ???
Michele McDannold
let's also not forget all those people that traveled to the events on their own dime. believe it or not, all poets will NOT do this. in all honesty, if we had that kind of money- those guys aren't the ones we'd be paying. so for the broke-ass motherfuckers who make it happen, somehow, you guys rock...
EXPENSES
here's the thing about me and receipts. From the time I started this list to the time I finished, I found a pile of receipts under some other stuff on my desk of stuff and lots of other stuff. Dig? Looks like I started keeping them around the month of may.
Here's what I had on hand anyway--
blogtalk
468
usps
186.37
ink
137.26
web hosting/registrations
136.28
paper, tape and shit
80.89
venues/tables
75 (just what LU paid)
480 (Fugett paid)
ads, music, other fees
59.95
other stuff.. bought a toner printer, sent some adopt-a-poet money out, gave away a bunch of free lit, mailed out a shit ton of mailers.
if i forgot someone or something, i'm sorry. it's a lot to keep track of.
luvluvluv
and MANY THANKS!
In the year 2012
this episode of wednesday night service was our most listened to show of 2012. it has been accessed over 1100 times. very cool reading by Tom Bradley from his novel Killing Bryce. check it out... http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theliteraryunderground/2012/10/24/wednesday-night-service-born-bad
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Thursday, December 20, 2012
New Book by Frank Reardon from NeoPoiesis Press
Nirvana Haymaker
ISBN 978-0-9855577-7-5
180 pages
$16.95
5.5"x8.5" perfect bound, paper
Buy it at the publisher NeoPoiesisPress.com,Amazon.com,
Barnes & noble.com (pretty soon) & other book sellers
they make great New Years gifts, Christmas gifts,
or just plain old gifts.PICK ONE UP,we are a hungry bunch!
Here are what others are saying about the book:
"Read Frank Reardon at your own risk. He'll open your heart with a corkscrew and leave you wide-eyed and longing for more...these are goddamed excellent poems."
- Dan Fante, author of Chump Change, Kissed By a Fat Waitress and Mooch
"If you have any feelings left then the poems in The Nirvana Haymaker will disturb you. Not because there's something wrong with them but because what of they reveal about Mr. Reardon's depth of personal examination. There are precious few who are writing with such honesty these days."
- RD Armstrong, editor & founder of Lummox Press
"Frank's poems are honest and moving documents from one human to any other with the ear and heart to receive them. They do much to remind me it is important to try and be truly alive in this, our time upon the earth."
-William Taylor Jr., author of An Age of Monsters
"You're sitting in a dark room, alone, washing down Valium with coffee, wishing you could see the stars through the dirty window; instead, you see a reflection of yourself, the lines on your face heavier, the life in your eyes drained. You hope for something better: a better girl, a better place, a better you. Cigarette smoke cuts the bitterness for a second. You squint, through the haze, trying so hard to see something in yourself. The heater brightens the room when you take a drag. There's nothing left. May as well write about it and hope to hell someone comes along to share your coffee and your life, making those damn lines mean something more than just empty scars."
- R L Raymond, editor, Pigeon Bike Press
"Frank Reardon presents the self, suspended, stepping away from moments to observe their context, attentive to unusual details, emerging changed in the face of them. He remains the poet in the “pause” of his earlier collection, Interstate Chokehold, but readers will find that his world has changed: his influences more accessible, his connection inextricable, less transcendent.
His is now a quieter agitation- a processing, toward more stable ground. The Nirvana Haymaker reveals an evolving poetic, candid and confessional as before, but tapping into new psychic territories where his imagination is given a more confident liberty."
- Lynn Alexander, editor, Full of Crow Press
Frank Reardon's poetry is high-voltage! It's like when my brother stuck a screwdriver in an outlet to see what it would do and it did. Reardon's words change who you are and your perception of the world as you know it forever. Get ready!
- Meg Tuite, fiction editor of The Santa Fe Literary Review
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Reading to celebrate launch of Cosmos: An Anthology of Southern California Poetry
Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012 12:30 p.m.
BEYOND BAROQUE
681 VENICE BLVD., VENICE
Scheduled to read are Ricki Mandeville, Marsha Getzler, Pegarty Long, RD Armstrong and S.A. Griffin
A new collection featuring the work of Erica Erdman, francEye, Donna Gebron, Philomene Long, Misty Mallory, Akilah Oliver, Tony Scibella, John Thomas, Scott Wannberg, F.N. Wright
"The following pages feature the work of ten remarkable Southern California poets who passed on in the last decade and a half. In their lifetimes, they were essential members of the poetry scene, and that scene continues now without them, as it will, ultimately, without each of us. For those who knew them, they have left memories; for friends and newcomers alike, they have left remarkable bodies of work. 'Good friends we've had / oh, good friends we've lost along the way,' Bob Marley once sang. The following pages celebrate some of those friends." --Michael Miller.
http://www.moontidepress.com/our-books/cosmos/cosmos/
COSMOS FLIER
BEYOND BAROQUE
681 VENICE BLVD., VENICE
Scheduled to read are Ricki Mandeville, Marsha Getzler, Pegarty Long, RD Armstrong and S.A. Griffin
A new collection featuring the work of Erica Erdman, francEye, Donna Gebron, Philomene Long, Misty Mallory, Akilah Oliver, Tony Scibella, John Thomas, Scott Wannberg, F.N. Wright
"The following pages feature the work of ten remarkable Southern California poets who passed on in the last decade and a half. In their lifetimes, they were essential members of the poetry scene, and that scene continues now without them, as it will, ultimately, without each of us. For those who knew them, they have left memories; for friends and newcomers alike, they have left remarkable bodies of work. 'Good friends we've had / oh, good friends we've lost along the way,' Bob Marley once sang. The following pages celebrate some of those friends." --Michael Miller.
http://www.moontidepress.com/our-books/cosmos/cosmos/
COSMOS FLIER
Monday, December 17, 2012
Friday, December 14, 2012
Monday, December 10, 2012
Friday, December 7, 2012
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
CFDL Micro Award Nominations
Citizens For Decent Literature is proud to announce its nominations for the Micro Award. The Micro Award is a literary prize presented annually for fiction not exceeding 1000 words. The winner and finalists will be announced on the Micro Award website (http://www.microaward.org/) on Mar. 17, 2013. The author of the winning story shall receive $500 US.
"The Trapdoor Spider In The Alley" by Luis Rivas
http://nowplaying.citizensfordecentliterature.com/2012/09/rivas-4/
"Unshaved" by Josh Olsen
http://nowplaying.citizensfordecentliterature.com/2012/09/olsen-3/
Citizens for Decent Literature Press was founded in 2011 as a project of The Literary Underground. Published online monthly and in print quarterly, CFDL seeks to give voice to the voiceless and shit like that. http://citizensfordecentliterature.com
"The Trapdoor Spider In The Alley" by Luis Rivas
http://nowplaying.citizensfordecentliterature.com/2012/09/rivas-4/
"Unshaved" by Josh Olsen
http://nowplaying.citizensfordecentliterature.com/2012/09/olsen-3/
Citizens for Decent Literature Press was founded in 2011 as a project of The Literary Underground. Published online monthly and in print quarterly, CFDL seeks to give voice to the voiceless and shit like that. http://citizensfordecentliterature.com
Sunday, December 2, 2012
New Anthology from Moon Tide Press
Cosmos: An Anthology of
Southern California Poetry
"The following pages feature the work of ten remarkable Southern California poets who passed on in the last decade and a half. In their lifetimes, they were essential members of the poetry scene, and that scene continues now without them, as it will, ultimately, without each of us. For those who knew them, they have left memories; for friends and newcomers alike, they have left remarkable bodies of work. 'Good friends we've had / oh, good friends we've lost along the way,' Bob Marley once sang. The following pages celebrate some of those friends."
— Michael Miller
Erica Erdman
francEyE
Donna Gebron
Philomene Long
Misty Mallory
Akilah Oliver
Tony Scibella
John Thomas
Scott Wannberg
F.N. Wright
Editor: Michael Miller
Please visit http://www.moontidepress.com/our-books/cosmos/cosmos/ for more information or to purchase.
Southern California Poetry
"The following pages feature the work of ten remarkable Southern California poets who passed on in the last decade and a half. In their lifetimes, they were essential members of the poetry scene, and that scene continues now without them, as it will, ultimately, without each of us. For those who knew them, they have left memories; for friends and newcomers alike, they have left remarkable bodies of work. 'Good friends we've had / oh, good friends we've lost along the way,' Bob Marley once sang. The following pages celebrate some of those friends."
— Michael Miller
Erica Erdman
francEyE
Donna Gebron
Philomene Long
Misty Mallory
Akilah Oliver
Tony Scibella
John Thomas
Scott Wannberg
F.N. Wright
Editor: Michael Miller
Please visit http://www.moontidepress.com/our-books/cosmos/cosmos/ for more information or to purchase.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Monday, November 26, 2012
Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet Radio Series: Bill Gainer. November 26, 2012
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Friday, November 23, 2012
DVTCRFM: Late Night (garage gobble)
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Wednesday Night Service: Mary Jane Rottencrotch
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Sunday, November 18, 2012
Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet: Brian Fugett. November 19th, 2012
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The Weekenders Magazine: Issue 3
Issue #3 of The Weekenders Magazine. Tons of great stuff, including interviews with MANDEM and Catfish McDaris.
Kufre Udeme, Andrew J. Stone, Christine Tsen James Sanchez, Arun Budhathoki, Carl Scharwath, A.J. Huffman, April Dworsky, Brenda Wall Ryan, Donal Mahoney, John Saunders, Barbara Moore, Jonathan Butcher, Kevin Hibshman, Kevin Ridgeway, A.g. Synclair, Maurice Devitt, James Lawless, Paul Trishtham, Ian C. Smith, Yevgeniy Levitskiy, Howie Good, Brian Le Lay, Kevin Tocsa, Joshua Schwartzkopf, Kent L Johnson, Kenneth Radu, Leesa Cross-Smith, James Claffey, Ginny Swart, Kyle Hemmings
read it for free here: http://issuu.com/theweekendersmag/docs/issue_3
Kufre Udeme, Andrew J. Stone, Christine Tsen James Sanchez, Arun Budhathoki, Carl Scharwath, A.J. Huffman, April Dworsky, Brenda Wall Ryan, Donal Mahoney, John Saunders, Barbara Moore, Jonathan Butcher, Kevin Hibshman, Kevin Ridgeway, A.g. Synclair, Maurice Devitt, James Lawless, Paul Trishtham, Ian C. Smith, Yevgeniy Levitskiy, Howie Good, Brian Le Lay, Kevin Tocsa, Joshua Schwartzkopf, Kent L Johnson, Kenneth Radu, Leesa Cross-Smith, James Claffey, Ginny Swart, Kyle Hemmings
read it for free here: http://issuu.com/theweekendersmag/docs/issue_3
Saturday, November 17, 2012
New Chapbook from poet James Babbs
The Weight of Invisible Things by James Babbs
The Weight of Invisible Things is now available for preorder from Finishing Line Press. Your preorder helps to determine the pressrun of the book so if you are interested please place your order now and pay only $12 plus $1.99 per copy shipping. The Weight of Invisible Things will ship in early March 2013.
“James Babbs delivers a vibrant collection of poems that explores loss, loneliness, and unrequited love with all of the rawness and acuity of an X-ray of the soul.” – Brian Fugett (editor/Zygote in my Coffee)
To order online click on the link below
The Weight of Invisible Things
The Weight of Invisible Things is now available for preorder from Finishing Line Press. Your preorder helps to determine the pressrun of the book so if you are interested please place your order now and pay only $12 plus $1.99 per copy shipping. The Weight of Invisible Things will ship in early March 2013.
“James Babbs delivers a vibrant collection of poems that explores loss, loneliness, and unrequited love with all of the rawness and acuity of an X-ray of the soul.” – Brian Fugett (editor/Zygote in my Coffee)
To order online click on the link below
The Weight of Invisible Things
Friday, November 16, 2012
DVTCRFM: Late Night (kleftiko). November 16, 2012
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Wednesday Night Service: Manson Family Planning
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Sunday, November 11, 2012
Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet Radio Series: George Wallace. November 12, 2012
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Friday, November 9, 2012
New Publication - Kleft Jaw - Call For Submissions
www.kleftjaw.weebly.com
Much like the Greek Klefts exploited by the ancient Ottoman Empire, we at Kleft Jaw seek to transcend the current reality of modern poetry/prose. We simply cannot believe, will not believe, will not lie & say there are limitations to the human consciousness. There is a magna-force of possibility, teeming inside all of us, and that's why we exist; to invoke the transcendental realist spirit in contemporary writing and that's why we're here; to establish a new aesthetic, to make words dangerous again.
The Klefts spent their days fighting and robbing the wealthy Turks. Their nights were spent leaping around the fire, reciting poetry in celebration of the freedom they found in their hills away from the empire.
Like the Klefts, we plan to fight for and celebrate our freedom. Send us your battle cries, your barbaric yawps, your rebel songs, and your love songs.
We are a newly formed online venture with 2 scheduled print anthologies coming out in the year 2013.
Send your PROSE and POETRY to kleftjaw@gmail.com.
PROSE should not exceed 1,500 words
Please submit no more than 3 POEMS at a time (not too much rhyming please)
No simultaneous submissions.
We only want to see unpublished work.
We will respond to submissions within 3-5 weeks. If you have not heard from us by then, our heads are missing, and it's up to you to seek vengeance and justice on our behalf.
Bleed with the songs of your ancestors. Burn like funeral pyres! LIVE FREE WRITE FOREVER!
Check out their website www.kleftjaw.weebly.com
Kleft Jaw on Facebook
Much like the Greek Klefts exploited by the ancient Ottoman Empire, we at Kleft Jaw seek to transcend the current reality of modern poetry/prose. We simply cannot believe, will not believe, will not lie & say there are limitations to the human consciousness. There is a magna-force of possibility, teeming inside all of us, and that's why we exist; to invoke the transcendental realist spirit in contemporary writing and that's why we're here; to establish a new aesthetic, to make words dangerous again.
The Klefts spent their days fighting and robbing the wealthy Turks. Their nights were spent leaping around the fire, reciting poetry in celebration of the freedom they found in their hills away from the empire.
Like the Klefts, we plan to fight for and celebrate our freedom. Send us your battle cries, your barbaric yawps, your rebel songs, and your love songs.
We are a newly formed online venture with 2 scheduled print anthologies coming out in the year 2013.
Send your PROSE and POETRY to kleftjaw@gmail.com.
PROSE should not exceed 1,500 words
Please submit no more than 3 POEMS at a time (not too much rhyming please)
No simultaneous submissions.
We only want to see unpublished work.
We will respond to submissions within 3-5 weeks. If you have not heard from us by then, our heads are missing, and it's up to you to seek vengeance and justice on our behalf.
Bleed with the songs of your ancestors. Burn like funeral pyres! LIVE FREE WRITE FOREVER!
Check out their website www.kleftjaw.weebly.com
Kleft Jaw on Facebook
Call for Submissions from MAD RUSH
Mad Rush has returned from the abyss and is currently accepting everything you have to offer. Originally envisioned as a quarterly print magazine, Mad Rush will now be an online and print venture. Its new website will publish poems, flash, fiction, art, videos, and etc. on a daily basis. The print issues will be released annually; submissions for these will be only be considered during specified reading periods. Submissions for the website will be considered year round. For more information, please visit http://madrush2.wordpress.com.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
DVTCRFM: Pigeon Pit. November 9, 2012
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Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet Radio Series: Meg Tuite. November 8, 2012
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Monday, November 5, 2012
Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet Radio Series: Aurora Killpoet. November 5, 2012
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Wednesday Night Service: Born Bad. October 24, 2012
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Monday, October 22, 2012
Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet Radio Series: RD Armstrong. October 22, 2012
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Saturday, October 20, 2012
Book Release: The Daughters of Bastards by Iris Berry
https://www.createspace.com/3884122
The Daughters of Bastards by Iris Berry
Published by Punk Hostage Press
Afterword by Dimitri Monroe, Introduction by Pleasant Gehman, Cover design or artwork by Geoff Melville, Edited by A. Razor, Associate editor Michele McDannold
124 pages, 6" x 9"
$15.95
Purchase here
The long awaited book from Punk Hostage Press founding editor Iris Berry, entitled The Daughters Of Bastards, is a ride through the dirty streets of 1980s Hollywood that never stops delivering the real taste of a womanhood claiming a place for itself surrounded by the perverseness of a crumbling mystique that was once a golden tinseled dreamland.
About the author:
Iris Berry is one of the founding creative minds behind Punk Hostage Press. She is a native Angeleno who writes about her personal experiences from the sun baked asphalt violent streets of Pacoima, running away to the allure of late 70's Hollywood, at the age of 15, looking for a better life against the historical backdrop of the Los Angeles skyline.
Her poetry and prose, as well as her performances in such memorable groups as the Lame Flames and the Ringling Sisters, are an integral part of L.A.'s contemporary literary movement. She has recently featured articles and interviews in Slake, her most recent being an in depth interview with Art Kunkin, the founder of the Los Angeles Free Press back in the early 60s.
Her latest book, The Daughters of Bastards, features some of her most intimate work she has shared with the public to date. A working title that she has compiled these personalized stories under for the last 10 years, these poems and stories represent a grappling with the idea of origin and the drift that occurs when the umbilical has been cut and the search begins for what might have been lost at the beginning.
It reflects her experiences and gives insight to some of her adventurous times growing up on the streets of Hollywood in the golden era of the LA punk rock scene.
The Daughters of Bastards by Iris Berry
Published by Punk Hostage Press
Afterword by Dimitri Monroe, Introduction by Pleasant Gehman, Cover design or artwork by Geoff Melville, Edited by A. Razor, Associate editor Michele McDannold
124 pages, 6" x 9"
$15.95
Purchase here
The long awaited book from Punk Hostage Press founding editor Iris Berry, entitled The Daughters Of Bastards, is a ride through the dirty streets of 1980s Hollywood that never stops delivering the real taste of a womanhood claiming a place for itself surrounded by the perverseness of a crumbling mystique that was once a golden tinseled dreamland.
About the author:
Iris Berry is one of the founding creative minds behind Punk Hostage Press. She is a native Angeleno who writes about her personal experiences from the sun baked asphalt violent streets of Pacoima, running away to the allure of late 70's Hollywood, at the age of 15, looking for a better life against the historical backdrop of the Los Angeles skyline.
Her poetry and prose, as well as her performances in such memorable groups as the Lame Flames and the Ringling Sisters, are an integral part of L.A.'s contemporary literary movement. She has recently featured articles and interviews in Slake, her most recent being an in depth interview with Art Kunkin, the founder of the Los Angeles Free Press back in the early 60s.
Her latest book, The Daughters of Bastards, features some of her most intimate work she has shared with the public to date. A working title that she has compiled these personalized stories under for the last 10 years, these poems and stories represent a grappling with the idea of origin and the drift that occurs when the umbilical has been cut and the search begins for what might have been lost at the beginning.
It reflects her experiences and gives insight to some of her adventurous times growing up on the streets of Hollywood in the golden era of the LA punk rock scene.
The Micro Award is open for submissions
http://www.microaward.org/home
The Micro Award is a literary prize presented annually for fiction not exceeding 1000 words. The 6th Annual Micro Award is officially open for submissions until December 31st. Check out the official rules and submit your story today.
Not only are we looking for great stories, but we're also looking for a talented graphic designer to help spruce up our website. Prior experience creating online images is required. Interested candidates should email their resume to admin@microaward.org.
The Micro Award is a literary prize presented annually for fiction not exceeding 1000 words. The 6th Annual Micro Award is officially open for submissions until December 31st. Check out the official rules and submit your story today.
Not only are we looking for great stories, but we're also looking for a talented graphic designer to help spruce up our website. Prior experience creating online images is required. Interested candidates should email their resume to admin@microaward.org.
Friday, October 19, 2012
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Wednesday Night Service: How Many Dicks Is That?
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012
New Show on the Project U Radio Network - Wednesday Night Service
Wednesday Night Service is a new show on the Project U Radio Network. (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theliteraryunderground)
mishmash. a collection of audio bits. you send, we serve. mishmash@theliteraryunderground.org
sound effects, clips, tv or movie audio, songs, news announcements, poetry and short story readings, recordings, commercials, comedians, even those damn politicians. mp3 preferred but will take wav or wma.
*Most* Wednesday nights, 8pm Pacific/9pm Mountain/10pm Central/11pm Eastern.
Episode 1. Wednesday Night Service: The Red Pill
On-Demand Archive
Episode 2. Wednesday Night Service: How Many Dicks Is That?
airs 10/17/12 9pm Mountain
check out the other shows and listen to archives at theliteraryunderground.org/projecturadio
mishmash. a collection of audio bits. you send, we serve. mishmash@theliteraryunderground.org
sound effects, clips, tv or movie audio, songs, news announcements, poetry and short story readings, recordings, commercials, comedians, even those damn politicians. mp3 preferred but will take wav or wma.
*Most* Wednesday nights, 8pm Pacific/9pm Mountain/10pm Central/11pm Eastern.
Episode 1. Wednesday Night Service: The Red Pill
On-Demand Archive
Episode 2. Wednesday Night Service: How Many Dicks Is That?
airs 10/17/12 9pm Mountain
check out the other shows and listen to archives at theliteraryunderground.org/projecturadio
New Issue at Citizens For Decent Literature
the third online issue of CFDL is now live.
Issue #3 - Indulge
http://nowplaying.citizensfordecentliterature.com/
James Babbs, Brenton Booth, Mike Boyle, Wanda Morrow Clevenger, Carl Miller Daniels, Brian Fugett, Nick Gerrard, John Grey, John Grochalski, Teri Louise Kelly, George Korolog, Keith Landrum, Catfish McDaris, Tim Murray, Josh Olsen, Rob Pierce, Kevin Ridgeway, Jason Ryberg, Amy Sasser, Quasimofo Snyder, Philip Vermaas, Patrick Vincent Welsh.
copies of Citizens For Decent Literature Print Zine #4 are still available AND FREE. message your snail mail to admin(at)theliteraryunderground[dot]org if you would like a copy.
Issue #3 - Indulge
http://nowplaying.citizensfordecentliterature.com/
James Babbs, Brenton Booth, Mike Boyle, Wanda Morrow Clevenger, Carl Miller Daniels, Brian Fugett, Nick Gerrard, John Grey, John Grochalski, Teri Louise Kelly, George Korolog, Keith Landrum, Catfish McDaris, Tim Murray, Josh Olsen, Rob Pierce, Kevin Ridgeway, Jason Ryberg, Amy Sasser, Quasimofo Snyder, Philip Vermaas, Patrick Vincent Welsh.
copies of Citizens For Decent Literature Print Zine #4 are still available AND FREE. message your snail mail to admin(at)theliteraryunderground[dot]org if you would like a copy.
New Book by April Michelle Bratten
It Broke Anyway
by April Michelle Bratten
NeoPoiesis Press
ISBN 978-0-9855577-6-8
182 pages
$16.95
5.5”x8.5” perfect bound, paper
order online at NeoPoiesis Press (http://www.neopoiesispress.com/) or amazon.com
April Michelle Bratten blasts in with her potent, no-holds barred tongue and obliterates the marrow of the insulated inertia, uncorks the rabid subterfuge of day-to-day existence and lures us like a river into deep rapids. Bratten’s collection is fearless, captivating, drops us down into those parts of ourselves we are terrified and yet excited to penetrate.--Meg Tuite, author of Domestic Apparition and Disparate Pathos
(excerpt)
She Moves As I Move
When I saw her hair move,
I was reminded of how I can move,
we can move,
because she does move like
brown pumping splitting heart.
There is a walking bridge.
I have seen it move over the city.
We were there together once.
I saw her on it,
moving inside that great cage.
She moved her head,
she moved her mouth, she moved.
She asked if the walls were built,
if that cage was built,
to prevent the movements,
to stop the movers from moving,
jumping, steaming, toppling off the bridge.
I said, I guess so, then I just
watched her move, felt my own move,
then felt sad
that all of our movements are only temporary,
that we must one day stop moving.
Then we moved away, we moved away.
I saw her moving as she left,
a walking, moving, brown,
carousing, galloping, steering heart
that just moved as I was moving
and left anyway.
April Michelle Bratten writes out demarcations and maps of inner journeys turned outward with a velocity of truth that sears the reader with a flame of love at the center of it all. It is an eternal fire that will free the spirit from any wreckage encountered along the route that her words will guide you on from beginning to end.--A. Razor, editor/publisher, Punk Hostage Press
April Michelle Bratten’s poetry explores, with a ferocious skill and immediacy, just about every layer of human experiences of our time. She internalizes the places she visits, physical or mental, transforming herself to enable a deeper empathetic connection with that place. She is thus, not a passive observer but moves beyond the state of being a witness to becoming a participant, engaging her readers too to share and partake in the same. Her work is addictive, insightful, exotically crafted, often with vignettes of humor and most of all, positively sensual.--June Nandy, author of The lines must die
It Broke Anyway, which pays homage to the trials and tribulations of women, reminds me of the Bob Dylan Song, “Just Like a Woman,” except that Bratten's characters never break just like little girls. Instead she creates multidimensional characters who will remind you of your sister, mother, grandmothers, aunts, girl friends and most notably yourself. Bratten's cunning parallels, chilling narratives, and haunting endings remind us what breaks is often more epochal than what remains intact.--Rebecca Schumejda, author of Cadillac Men (New York Quarterly Books)
From the wells of narrative emotion comes a different April Michelle Bratten from the one I was first introduced to years ago. This April has decided to dive into the dark places we go when we need to see how far material light reaches. This is a compilation of raw emotion wrapped around form, like a collection of her memories, but those of others too.--Jason Neese, screenwriter, author, and co-editor of Kill Poet
She talks to us and herself all at once in a primal way only decoded through the simple act of reading the pieces. A sexual anxiety turns the screws on each poem like rivets being stripped, the details the closest we get to clothing, but in the end, we enjoy the naked trip.
April Michelle Bratten's poetry does not pretend. It does not put on airs; it is exquisite. Her relationship to the word is careful and creative but she leaves room for the reader to interpret, to draw their own conclusions, to have a moment to themselves inside the thoughts of another. It is so rare to find this in a poet---willing to stand aside from any platform and simply bear witness.--Michele McDannold, founding editor and publisher at Citizens for Decent Literature
With this book, April Michelle Bratten has let her truest colors burn bright, both a vulnerable glimpse into her day to day emotional grind and a sensual coming of age, her poems take no prisoners and offer no apologies for the beautiful awkward moments that make us who we are.--John Dorsey, author of White Girl Problems: Poems & Stories
“NAKED” BOOK TO BENEFIT PERSECUTED WRITERS
Uno Kudo, a collective of artists and writers from across the globe, is proud to announce the release of Volume 2: Naked, on November 20 2012.
The book will explore the theme of “being naked” through a unique blend of short stories, poems and artwork that reflect highly talented artists’ interpretations of the word.
Following the successful Uno Kudo Volume 1: Ripped (a best-seller on Amazon’s anthology chart), Volume 2: Naked features submissions from both award-winning and fresh new writers and artists from all over the world. Editor in Chief Aaron Dietz (author of Super and Reserved for Emperors) led a panel of judges that chose from hundreds of entertaining, heartwarming, dramatic and funny entries to bring you the very best.
With an extremely wide range of subject material, award-winning designer Erin McParland once again pairs each story and poem with amazing and unique artwork. The result is sometimes haunting, sometimes gritty, and sometimes risque but always beautiful.
Hitting every emotion, Uno Kudo Volume 2: Naked is a book that will create a buzz on any coffee table. Featuring stories by Chuck Howe, Bud Smith (author of Or Something Like That) and more; poems by Raven Kane, Heather Dorn and more; and art by Kent Williams, Glenn Arthur, Leland Bobbe, and more; Uno Kudo is a must have look into the future of art and literature.
The writers and artists of Uno Kudo are passionate about supporting their fellow artists from around the world. They are pleased to announce that all profits from Volume 2: Naked will be donated to the PEN Action Center, a non-profit organization with 144 chapters in 101 countries. PEN’s Freedom to Write program defends the rights of writers, bloggers and artists who face persecution, violence and even arrest for expressing their ideas.
Uno Kudo Volume 2: Naked
short stories, poetry, art
ISBN-13: 978-1478115434
unokudo.blogspot.com
The book will explore the theme of “being naked” through a unique blend of short stories, poems and artwork that reflect highly talented artists’ interpretations of the word.
Following the successful Uno Kudo Volume 1: Ripped (a best-seller on Amazon’s anthology chart), Volume 2: Naked features submissions from both award-winning and fresh new writers and artists from all over the world. Editor in Chief Aaron Dietz (author of Super and Reserved for Emperors) led a panel of judges that chose from hundreds of entertaining, heartwarming, dramatic and funny entries to bring you the very best.
With an extremely wide range of subject material, award-winning designer Erin McParland once again pairs each story and poem with amazing and unique artwork. The result is sometimes haunting, sometimes gritty, and sometimes risque but always beautiful.
Hitting every emotion, Uno Kudo Volume 2: Naked is a book that will create a buzz on any coffee table. Featuring stories by Chuck Howe, Bud Smith (author of Or Something Like That) and more; poems by Raven Kane, Heather Dorn and more; and art by Kent Williams, Glenn Arthur, Leland Bobbe, and more; Uno Kudo is a must have look into the future of art and literature.
The writers and artists of Uno Kudo are passionate about supporting their fellow artists from around the world. They are pleased to announce that all profits from Volume 2: Naked will be donated to the PEN Action Center, a non-profit organization with 144 chapters in 101 countries. PEN’s Freedom to Write program defends the rights of writers, bloggers and artists who face persecution, violence and even arrest for expressing their ideas.
Uno Kudo Volume 2: Naked
short stories, poetry, art
ISBN-13: 978-1478115434
unokudo.blogspot.com
Monday, October 15, 2012
Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet Radio Series: Neil McCrea. October 15, 2012
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Wednesday Night Service: The Red Pill. October 10, 2012
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Tuesday, October 9, 2012
The Meth Lab Radio: Open Mic Gremlins. October 9, 2012
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Monday, October 8, 2012
Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet Poetry Series: Maria Gornell. October 8, 2012
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
DVTCRFM: gnargnar. October 2, 2012
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Monday, October 1, 2012
Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet: Rob Plath. October 1, 2012
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Sunday, September 30, 2012
New Print from Citizens For Decent Literature
CFDL Print Zine #4 - someone stole my sharpie
Contributors: J. Claudius Cloyd, Matthew Pasquarello, Kelsey Hoover, Alan Britt, Wanda Morrow Clevenger, Luis Berriozabal, William Doreski, Judy Brekke, Michael Grover, and Catfish McDaris.
if you would like a copy, send your mailing address to admin(at)theliteraryunderground[dot]org
CFDL Print Zine #3 as well as #s 2 and 1 are now available to view as pdf files online. FREE to read, print, and distribute.
http://press.citizensfordecentliterature.com/zine/
Contributors: J. Claudius Cloyd, Matthew Pasquarello, Kelsey Hoover, Alan Britt, Wanda Morrow Clevenger, Luis Berriozabal, William Doreski, Judy Brekke, Michael Grover, and Catfish McDaris.
if you would like a copy, send your mailing address to admin(at)theliteraryunderground[dot]org
CFDL Print Zine #3 as well as #s 2 and 1 are now available to view as pdf files online. FREE to read, print, and distribute.
http://press.citizensfordecentliterature.com/zine/
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
DVTCRFM: transcendental meditative. Sept. 25, 2012
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Monday, September 24, 2012
Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet: Jeffrey Cintolo interviews Frank Reardon. Sept. 24, 2012
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Sunday, September 23, 2012
Call for Submissions: Lowlife
Lowlife - Magazine For The Arts
Description
Lowlife is a magazine for the arts focusing on the gritty, mundane, struggling, working-class aspects of life.
The harder the times the greater the arts: Financially, Politically, Socially, Emotionally, Spiritually, Physically.
We want writers and artists who notice the generic qualities of today's films, books, music, paintings, artwork, etc. People who deal with and avoid these things through vices in their artwork and/or vices in drugs and alcohol. Or simply holding your breath until you feel lightheaded. some people enjoy things like that.
Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Illustration, Photography, Painting expressing the observations people have about how hard, boring, and struggle-filled life can be.
FOR SUBMISSIONS:
we will not accept fantasy/sci-fi/horror/shit that can't happen in real life unless it can be seen under the influence of drugs.
email: submissionsLowlife@yahoo.com
name, contact info, short bio
attach submission in file
poetry/fiction/nonfiction: .doc or .docx files
illustration/painting/photography: .jpeg or .gif file
POETRY
single document, up to 5 poems of any length.
FICTION
single document, up to 3,000 words.
NONFICTION (Essays)
single document, up to 3,000 words.
ILLUSTRATIONS/PAINTINGS
up to 5 illustrations and/or paintings. can be 5 separate documents. highest quality.
PHOTOGRAPHY
up to 5 photographs. can be 5 separate documents. highest quality.
Message for any further questions regarding submissions or just to ask me things other than that.
Description
Lowlife is a magazine for the arts focusing on the gritty, mundane, struggling, working-class aspects of life.
The harder the times the greater the arts: Financially, Politically, Socially, Emotionally, Spiritually, Physically.
We want writers and artists who notice the generic qualities of today's films, books, music, paintings, artwork, etc. People who deal with and avoid these things through vices in their artwork and/or vices in drugs and alcohol. Or simply holding your breath until you feel lightheaded. some people enjoy things like that.
Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Illustration, Photography, Painting expressing the observations people have about how hard, boring, and struggle-filled life can be.
FOR SUBMISSIONS:
we will not accept fantasy/sci-fi/horror/shit that can't happen in real life unless it can be seen under the influence of drugs.
email: submissionsLowlife@yahoo.com
name, contact info, short bio
attach submission in file
poetry/fiction/nonfiction: .doc or .docx files
illustration/painting/photography: .jpeg or .gif file
POETRY
single document, up to 5 poems of any length.
FICTION
single document, up to 3,000 words.
NONFICTION (Essays)
single document, up to 3,000 words.
ILLUSTRATIONS/PAINTINGS
up to 5 illustrations and/or paintings. can be 5 separate documents. highest quality.
PHOTOGRAPHY
up to 5 photographs. can be 5 separate documents. highest quality.
Message for any further questions regarding submissions or just to ask me things other than that.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Zygote in my Radio: Open Relationships. Sept. 20, 2012
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
DVTCRFM: Breakin' It. Sept. 18, 2012
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Monday, September 17, 2012
Call for Submissions: Grandpa Shit His Pants
Catfish McDaris in partnership with Ben John Smith is starting a heavy duty enterprise in conjunction with Horror Sleaze Trash called Grandpa Shit His Pants (or Pigpen Gets The Blues, you choose)
They're looking for poems or flash that will bring you to your knees grinning. E-mail Catfish at Mcdar3@aol.com.
They're looking for poems or flash that will bring you to your knees grinning. E-mail Catfish at Mcdar3@aol.com.
New Issue at Citizens For Decent Literature
Citizens For Decent Literature's second issue is now live online.
http://nowplaying.citizensfordecentliterature.com/
Julia Coleman, Frankie Metro, Bud Smith, Frank Walsh, Anneliese Mackintosh, Karley De la Filth, Josh Olsen, Matthew Pasquarello, Carl Miller Daniels, Jason Hardung, Luis Rivas, William Doreski, Brad Hamlin & Mort Todd, Gene Fehler, Dan Provost, J. Claudius Cloyd, Michael Grover, Mark Wisniewski, Corey Mesler, Kyle Hemmings.
http://nowplaying.citizensfordecentliterature.com/
Julia Coleman, Frankie Metro, Bud Smith, Frank Walsh, Anneliese Mackintosh, Karley De la Filth, Josh Olsen, Matthew Pasquarello, Carl Miller Daniels, Jason Hardung, Luis Rivas, William Doreski, Brad Hamlin & Mort Todd, Gene Fehler, Dan Provost, J. Claudius Cloyd, Michael Grover, Mark Wisniewski, Corey Mesler, Kyle Hemmings.
Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet Poetry Series: Paul Corman-Roberts & Lynn Alexander. Sept. 17, 2012
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Friday, September 14, 2012
New Issue at Red Fez
Thursday September 13, 2012
Red Fez Issue 49 has lifted off! (www.redfez.net)
Intro by Tim Murray
Articles & Reviews:
An American's Toilet Paper Nightmare in Southeast Asia by Erik Thurman
A Syrian-American Perspective on Current Events in Syria. by Lahab Assef Al-Jundi
DISPATCHES FROM ATLANTIS by Paul Corman-Roberts
London 2012 Olympics: A Love-Hate Relationship by Simonovitch
They Will Tear You Apart by Bud Smith
Why Poetry? #5 - Cheryl A. Rice by Rebecca Schumejda
A Review Of Doug Draime's More Than The Alley by Michael Grover
Art, Photography & Comics:
Futures by K. Sóley
Fiction:
You've Seen The Gypsy by Karley Bayer
Nazi Underpants by Steven Gulvezan
Mercy by Mick Rose
Jolene by Matthew Ulland
Allen's Way by Larry Blumen
Mr. Blackistani by Ali Eteraz
The Mummer's Dance by Nancy Hightower
Breathe by Mitch Lavender
Jenny by Jack Isaak
A Matter Of Convenience by Michael J. Solender
Poetry:
Song by Ryan Swofford
Sunday Afternoon by Charlie Weber
Last Night On Nova by Clint Margrave
Imagining Tom Waits in My Kitchen by Carter Monroe
As The Decimals Change by Brenton Booth
Patience by Rana Daunis
All That And A Bag Of Neurons by Carly Bryson
Floor Boards by Jonie McIntire
Bandaids by Ally Malinenko
I Fail Somehow by Crawdad Nelson
Death by Matt Sradeja
The Raven and Sir Walter Raleigh's Ghost by Mike Carson
Go "Lectric by Gloria Wimberley
Wolves Eat Dogs by Howie Good
Goat Piss Into Gasoline by Jason Ryberg
Antonym for “Hatch” by Joseph Harker
[replace transmission fluid , January 24th, 2012 ] by Frank Walsh
The Beast by Nancy P. Davenport
Artistically & Feztastically yours,
Patrick Simonelli
Red Fez Issue 49 has lifted off! (www.redfez.net)
Intro by Tim Murray
Articles & Reviews:
An American's Toilet Paper Nightmare in Southeast Asia by Erik Thurman
A Syrian-American Perspective on Current Events in Syria. by Lahab Assef Al-Jundi
DISPATCHES FROM ATLANTIS by Paul Corman-Roberts
London 2012 Olympics: A Love-Hate Relationship by Simonovitch
They Will Tear You Apart by Bud Smith
Why Poetry? #5 - Cheryl A. Rice by Rebecca Schumejda
A Review Of Doug Draime's More Than The Alley by Michael Grover
Art, Photography & Comics:
Futures by K. Sóley
Fiction:
You've Seen The Gypsy by Karley Bayer
Nazi Underpants by Steven Gulvezan
Mercy by Mick Rose
Jolene by Matthew Ulland
Allen's Way by Larry Blumen
Mr. Blackistani by Ali Eteraz
The Mummer's Dance by Nancy Hightower
Breathe by Mitch Lavender
Jenny by Jack Isaak
A Matter Of Convenience by Michael J. Solender
Poetry:
Song by Ryan Swofford
Sunday Afternoon by Charlie Weber
Last Night On Nova by Clint Margrave
Imagining Tom Waits in My Kitchen by Carter Monroe
As The Decimals Change by Brenton Booth
Patience by Rana Daunis
All That And A Bag Of Neurons by Carly Bryson
Floor Boards by Jonie McIntire
Bandaids by Ally Malinenko
I Fail Somehow by Crawdad Nelson
Death by Matt Sradeja
The Raven and Sir Walter Raleigh's Ghost by Mike Carson
Go "Lectric by Gloria Wimberley
Wolves Eat Dogs by Howie Good
Goat Piss Into Gasoline by Jason Ryberg
Antonym for “Hatch” by Joseph Harker
[replace transmission fluid , January 24th, 2012 ] by Frank Walsh
The Beast by Nancy P. Davenport
Artistically & Feztastically yours,
Patrick Simonelli
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Monday, September 10, 2012
The Literary Underground To Host Weekend of Live Poetry Events in Albuquerque
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Literary Underground To Host Weekend of Live Poetry Events in Albuquerque
The Literary Underground teams up with independent literary publications Zygote in my Coffee and The Meth Lab to produce two literary readings on November 3rd and 4th.
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Monday, September 10, 2012--The Literary Underground is a grassroots organization committed to fostering community in the independent press. In coordination with Zygote in my Coffee, they will be hosting “Happy Endings” on Saturday, November 3, 2012 from 4-6 pm at The Box Improv & Performance Space on Gold Avenue in downtown Albuquerque. Happy Endings is to mark the end of the Zyfez reading series (Toledo 2011 and Oakland 2012) with a newly forged alliance between The Literary Underground and Zygote in my Coffee in pledge of supporting underground authors and writing. Zygote in my Coffee is a literary publication that has been publishing online for nearly ten years and in print for five. Many popular, independent authors have had their first works published here.
On Sunday, November 4, 2012, The Literary Underground will partner with The Meth Lab to host “Mothpocalypse”. Mothpocalypse is a gathering of multi-lingual vagabonds, writers and poets communing like it's early Spring in the middle of Autumn. This event will take place from 5-7 pm at the Harwood Arts Center on 7th & Mountain in downtown Albuquerque. Local author Frankie Metro serves as an editor for The Meth Lab, as well as working on various projects including the Project U Radio Network at The Literary Underground. The Meth Lab takes a 'no holds barred' approach to their publishing efforts and seeks to highlight the talents of unknown or not well known authors?a goal that is shared with The Literary Underground.
Both events are free and open to the public. Between the two events, over thirty poets and authors will perform their works live. Those scheduled to read are traveling from all over the United States. Local authors will also be featured.
About The Literary Underground
The Literary Underground is a grassroots organization committed to fostering community in the independent press. Founded in 2010, successful projects to date include: The Literary Underground Wiki, an open-source encyclopedia devoted to the underground press; Project U Radio Network, with shows hosted on blogtalk radio including author interviews, open mics and topic shows; the Archive Directory, providing web space for the archival of defunct publications; and Citizens For Decent Literature, an online and print publication that seeks to give voice to the voiceless.
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If you would like more information about these events please visit http://theliteraryunderground.org/events or contact Michele McDannold at
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Literary Underground To Host Weekend of Live Poetry Events in Albuquerque
The Literary Underground teams up with independent literary publications Zygote in my Coffee and The Meth Lab to produce two literary readings on November 3rd and 4th.
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Monday, September 10, 2012--The Literary Underground is a grassroots organization committed to fostering community in the independent press. In coordination with Zygote in my Coffee, they will be hosting “Happy Endings” on Saturday, November 3, 2012 from 4-6 pm at The Box Improv & Performance Space on Gold Avenue in downtown Albuquerque. Happy Endings is to mark the end of the Zyfez reading series (Toledo 2011 and Oakland 2012) with a newly forged alliance between The Literary Underground and Zygote in my Coffee in pledge of supporting underground authors and writing. Zygote in my Coffee is a literary publication that has been publishing online for nearly ten years and in print for five. Many popular, independent authors have had their first works published here.
On Sunday, November 4, 2012, The Literary Underground will partner with The Meth Lab to host “Mothpocalypse”. Mothpocalypse is a gathering of multi-lingual vagabonds, writers and poets communing like it's early Spring in the middle of Autumn. This event will take place from 5-7 pm at the Harwood Arts Center on 7th & Mountain in downtown Albuquerque. Local author Frankie Metro serves as an editor for The Meth Lab, as well as working on various projects including the Project U Radio Network at The Literary Underground. The Meth Lab takes a 'no holds barred' approach to their publishing efforts and seeks to highlight the talents of unknown or not well known authors?a goal that is shared with The Literary Underground.
Both events are free and open to the public. Between the two events, over thirty poets and authors will perform their works live. Those scheduled to read are traveling from all over the United States. Local authors will also be featured.
About The Literary Underground
The Literary Underground is a grassroots organization committed to fostering community in the independent press. Founded in 2010, successful projects to date include: The Literary Underground Wiki, an open-source encyclopedia devoted to the underground press; Project U Radio Network, with shows hosted on blogtalk radio including author interviews, open mics and topic shows; the Archive Directory, providing web space for the archival of defunct publications; and Citizens For Decent Literature, an online and print publication that seeks to give voice to the voiceless.
# # #
If you would like more information about these events please visit http://theliteraryunderground.org/events or contact Michele McDannold at
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Zygote in my Coffee #139
Issue #139 of Zygote in my Coffee is now LIVE! This edition features the work of Cassandra Dallett, Kevin Ridgeway, Brenton Booth, Rhianon Thorne, Hannah Green, Lindsey Thomas, Newamba Flamingo, Chris Lawson, Peter Balsenperger, Anneliese Mackintosh, and columns by Karl Koweski and Michael D. Goscinski! www.zygoteinmycoffee.com
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Call for Submissions: The Interdependency Issue of Unlikely Stories: Episode IV
Call for Submissions: The Interdependency Issue of Unlikely Stories: Episode IV (http://unlikelystories.org/blog/content/?p=630&fb_source=message)
This election season, Unlikely Stories: Episode IV will assemble and publish an Interdependency Issue, in which we, as American members of the small press, will celebrate the U.S. as part of a planet and a globe which might not be a “global community” but really should be. We are looking for:
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Non-Fiction
Art & Literary Criticism
Cultural & Sociopolitical Analyses
Static Visual Art
Time-Based Art and other forms of Movies and Videos
Music
Spoken Word
Sound Art
…and just about any other form of thought that can be reproduced on the Web.
We want it in:
English or Espanglish.
We want it from:
Anyone, any where in the world, who is NOT a United States citizen, OR
Anyone who is a citizen of one of the tribal governments within the U.S., OR
U.S. citizens CURRENTLY living outside of the U.S., specifically writing (or creating art) about their experiences outside of the U.S.
We want it to be about:
Any subject EXCEPT U.S. elections, past or present. Although Unlikely Stories: Episode IV often has a sociopolitical slant, we publish a variety of works on every topic, and your work need not be sociopolitical in theme. Check us out at http://www.UnlikelyStories.org/ and read the sort of stuff we normally publish, or check out our regular submission guidelines at http://www.unlikelystories.org/submit.shtml for specific directives. WE DO NOT WANT WORK ON THE U.S. ELECTIONS. Really, you can find someplace else to send that at this time.
We want it by October 1st, 2012. We will publish two weeks before the U.S. presidential election.
Thanks for your consideration,
–
Jonathan Penton
http://www.unlikelystories.org/
This election season, Unlikely Stories: Episode IV will assemble and publish an Interdependency Issue, in which we, as American members of the small press, will celebrate the U.S. as part of a planet and a globe which might not be a “global community” but really should be. We are looking for:
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Non-Fiction
Art & Literary Criticism
Cultural & Sociopolitical Analyses
Static Visual Art
Time-Based Art and other forms of Movies and Videos
Music
Spoken Word
Sound Art
…and just about any other form of thought that can be reproduced on the Web.
We want it in:
English or Espanglish.
We want it from:
Anyone, any where in the world, who is NOT a United States citizen, OR
Anyone who is a citizen of one of the tribal governments within the U.S., OR
U.S. citizens CURRENTLY living outside of the U.S., specifically writing (or creating art) about their experiences outside of the U.S.
We want it to be about:
Any subject EXCEPT U.S. elections, past or present. Although Unlikely Stories: Episode IV often has a sociopolitical slant, we publish a variety of works on every topic, and your work need not be sociopolitical in theme. Check us out at http://www.UnlikelyStories.org/ and read the sort of stuff we normally publish, or check out our regular submission guidelines at http://www.unlikelystories.org/submit.shtml for specific directives. WE DO NOT WANT WORK ON THE U.S. ELECTIONS. Really, you can find someplace else to send that at this time.
We want it by October 1st, 2012. We will publish two weeks before the U.S. presidential election.
Thanks for your consideration,
–
Jonathan Penton
http://www.unlikelystories.org/
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
DVTCRFM: Exposed Nerve. September 5, 2012
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Sunday, September 2, 2012
Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet Poetry Series: Murphy Clamrod. September 3, 2012
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012
The Point and Purpose of "Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet"
The Point and Purpose of "Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet"
from Frank Reardon
I've tried to explain the purpose of this series—live on the show—several times, but i failed. As we approach season two, I will explain my reasons for hosting this series.
Those who know me very well, know I tend to shy away from doing such things. I am not a big fan of hearing my own voice, hence why I have not listened to one of the shows in archive other than the first one, so I could make sure it came out good. I'm also not a fan of seeing myself on youtube reading poetry, etc. That being said, a while back I read "Voices of the Lady" by an old Venice Beach poet named Stuart Perkoff. Perkoff eventually became one of my favorite dead poets.
The voice of the lady, being 'muse', made me start to think of how I could give back to the muse. Maybe that sounds dumb to some people, but I really wanted to give back to it, not because I see it as something spiritual or religious or philosophical, but because it has some sort of odd and deep meaning to me.
I buy the books of the living writers when I can afford to, and I still asked myself how I could give back, to put something in and find something positive. Because let's face it, in the art world there are a lot of double dealings, drama, and back-handed conversation, though, that has and never will keep me from doing my own work. People will be people, I guess, whether with art, in the line at the post office, or working for McDonalds.
Then I started to look at my bookshelf, the stacks of books on my tables, under tables, etc. I thought to myself damn, I really like a lot of different writers and styles. I seem to like language writers like Berryman, Hart Crane, Creeley, and Olson as much as I like narrative writers like Bukowski, Fante, or Celine. The same could be said with my liking of Kerouac, Li Po, Jeffers, London, Muir, and Gary Snyder. It is the same for a lot of the living writers that I know personally, or know through the internet, or have had the pleasure of reading with... people like John Dorsey, Will Crawford, Jason Hardung, Rob Plath, Scott Wannberg, Iris Appelquist, and April Michelle Bratten, etc. I have found myself equally blown away by them all, but I still thought how could I give back to the muse?
Since times are hard, I tend to read dead and living poets online first to see if I like four or five pieces before I ever purchase a book. If it clicks, I buy something. I still see the debates flame on in the realm of the internet world. I guess they'll still be debating the shit one million years from now—who's good versus who's bad. Even though I agree there is bad writing (a lot of it), it's still art, and it's a personal choice, is it not?
Anyhow, I started talking with some of the people from The Literary Underground and "Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet" was born. The purpose of it is not to showcase one writing style or philosophy (like my bookcase). The purpose of it is to bring together all the different styles of writing. My only prerequisite was that the writer has books, or a book from a publisher other than themselves, or the publisher had a name going for them in the small press world.
The title of the series, "Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet" is a lot like my bookcase, a lot of different things to pull off the shelf, a lot of different highs, different adventures. Anyone who has ever done drugs, knows that moms have an excellent 'bookcase' of highs in the bathroom cabinet.
This show is the only way I can give back to the muse. People helped me a lot when I was struggling to find my voice. People gave me a chance to publish in their journals or publishing house. People bought my books, set me up at readings all over the country. People gave me couches and food at their homes while I was in their towns giving readings. So, I figured if I can help connect some of these people to other people, help them sell books, help their name grow, even if by a fan or two, then, I have helped the muse grow, even if just a little bit. Sure, this all might sound corny, and like I said I don't expect some sort of "blessing" from the muse, but what I do and always have believed in is the old saying "What goes around comes around." I don't think I have a sense of duty, or a sense of entitlement. I'm not delusional—I know it is blogtalk radio. But, the funny thing is, we have only two to four shows a week running at the moment, and yet we have had over 3,000 listeners this month. People are listening. People are connecting. For what it's worth, that makes me happy. Whether it's language, haiku, narrative, truths, etc. is of no concern to me. Connecting and growing beyond the “me, me, me” and putting out good writing is what concerns me. Moving this culture away from "stupid is cool" is what concerns me. It's not the books they're reading, or not reading, it's that they're reading, again.
from Frank Reardon
I've tried to explain the purpose of this series—live on the show—several times, but i failed. As we approach season two, I will explain my reasons for hosting this series.
Those who know me very well, know I tend to shy away from doing such things. I am not a big fan of hearing my own voice, hence why I have not listened to one of the shows in archive other than the first one, so I could make sure it came out good. I'm also not a fan of seeing myself on youtube reading poetry, etc. That being said, a while back I read "Voices of the Lady" by an old Venice Beach poet named Stuart Perkoff. Perkoff eventually became one of my favorite dead poets.
The voice of the lady, being 'muse', made me start to think of how I could give back to the muse. Maybe that sounds dumb to some people, but I really wanted to give back to it, not because I see it as something spiritual or religious or philosophical, but because it has some sort of odd and deep meaning to me.
I buy the books of the living writers when I can afford to, and I still asked myself how I could give back, to put something in and find something positive. Because let's face it, in the art world there are a lot of double dealings, drama, and back-handed conversation, though, that has and never will keep me from doing my own work. People will be people, I guess, whether with art, in the line at the post office, or working for McDonalds.
Then I started to look at my bookshelf, the stacks of books on my tables, under tables, etc. I thought to myself damn, I really like a lot of different writers and styles. I seem to like language writers like Berryman, Hart Crane, Creeley, and Olson as much as I like narrative writers like Bukowski, Fante, or Celine. The same could be said with my liking of Kerouac, Li Po, Jeffers, London, Muir, and Gary Snyder. It is the same for a lot of the living writers that I know personally, or know through the internet, or have had the pleasure of reading with... people like John Dorsey, Will Crawford, Jason Hardung, Rob Plath, Scott Wannberg, Iris Appelquist, and April Michelle Bratten, etc. I have found myself equally blown away by them all, but I still thought how could I give back to the muse?
Since times are hard, I tend to read dead and living poets online first to see if I like four or five pieces before I ever purchase a book. If it clicks, I buy something. I still see the debates flame on in the realm of the internet world. I guess they'll still be debating the shit one million years from now—who's good versus who's bad. Even though I agree there is bad writing (a lot of it), it's still art, and it's a personal choice, is it not?
Anyhow, I started talking with some of the people from The Literary Underground and "Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet" was born. The purpose of it is not to showcase one writing style or philosophy (like my bookcase). The purpose of it is to bring together all the different styles of writing. My only prerequisite was that the writer has books, or a book from a publisher other than themselves, or the publisher had a name going for them in the small press world.
The title of the series, "Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet" is a lot like my bookcase, a lot of different things to pull off the shelf, a lot of different highs, different adventures. Anyone who has ever done drugs, knows that moms have an excellent 'bookcase' of highs in the bathroom cabinet.
This show is the only way I can give back to the muse. People helped me a lot when I was struggling to find my voice. People gave me a chance to publish in their journals or publishing house. People bought my books, set me up at readings all over the country. People gave me couches and food at their homes while I was in their towns giving readings. So, I figured if I can help connect some of these people to other people, help them sell books, help their name grow, even if by a fan or two, then, I have helped the muse grow, even if just a little bit. Sure, this all might sound corny, and like I said I don't expect some sort of "blessing" from the muse, but what I do and always have believed in is the old saying "What goes around comes around." I don't think I have a sense of duty, or a sense of entitlement. I'm not delusional—I know it is blogtalk radio. But, the funny thing is, we have only two to four shows a week running at the moment, and yet we have had over 3,000 listeners this month. People are listening. People are connecting. For what it's worth, that makes me happy. Whether it's language, haiku, narrative, truths, etc. is of no concern to me. Connecting and growing beyond the “me, me, me” and putting out good writing is what concerns me. Moving this culture away from "stupid is cool" is what concerns me. It's not the books they're reading, or not reading, it's that they're reading, again.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
The Meth Lab Radio Show: Open Mic. August 28, 2012
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Monday, August 27, 2012
New Release from The Mas Tequila Review
The Mas Tequila Review (TMTR) is a small press, bi-annual, independent poetry magazine publishing quality work by well known poets and many who should be. The editor published The Tequila Review in the 1970s. The TMTR is a continuation of the editor's desire to contribute to his art by providing a platform to share "poetry for the rest of us" and highlight what he considers to be some of the most fresh and exciting poetry being written today. Issue #5 contributor's are: Zach Nelson-Lopiccolo, Stewart Warren, Matthew Conley, Cathy Arellano, Virgil Suarez, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Tanaya Winder, Hakim Bellamy, Margaret Randall, Stellasue Lee, Rigoberto Gonzalez, Richard Oyama, Michael C Ford, Kallima Hamilton, William Pitt Root, John Bennett, Bob Buchanan, Rebecca Schumejda, Lea C. Deschenes, James B. Nicola, Matt Dennison, Rafael F. J. Alvarado, Sandra Vallie, Alicia Young, Andrea J. Serrano, ire'ne lara silva, Jane Lin, Marge Piercy, Beth Enson, Barbara Robidoux, Lawrence Welsh, Heather J. Macpherson, Frederick Pollack, Ron Koertge, Gerald Locklin, Richard Garcia, Sam Hamill, and Richard Vargas.
Copies can be purchased here for $7.
Copies can be purchased here for $7.
Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet Poetry Series: Scott Wannberg Tribute Show. August 27, 2012
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Zygote in my Radio: Monogamy, Marriage and Infidelity. August 22, 2012
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Monday, August 20, 2012
Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet Poetry Series: Rebecca Schumejda
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Friday, August 17, 2012
Call for Submissions: Citizens For Decent Literature
Now Playing @ Citizens For Decent Literature - http://nowplaying.citizensfordecentliterature.com
Simultaneous submissions and previously published works are accepted. No need to send Author BIOs. Authors retain all rights to their work. By submitting you give us permission to publish your work online. No payment can be offered at this time.
Submit : Poetry, short stories, essays, lists, photography, collages, sketches ... not sure, send it. Only send one submission at a time (3-8 poems, 1-2 short stories).
Submit using Submittable here - http://theliteraryunderground.submittable.com/submit. It’s free and easy to register. Questions? Email admin(at)citizensfordecentliterature[dot]com
ALSO! Pantifesto will be answering all our hate/fan mail and offering advice to wayward poets in Issue #2. Please send your correspondence to pantifesto(at) citizensfordecentliterature [dot] com. (http://nowplaying.citizensfordecentliterature.com/2012/08/pantifesto/)
Simultaneous submissions and previously published works are accepted. No need to send Author BIOs. Authors retain all rights to their work. By submitting you give us permission to publish your work online. No payment can be offered at this time.
Submit : Poetry, short stories, essays, lists, photography, collages, sketches ... not sure, send it. Only send one submission at a time (3-8 poems, 1-2 short stories).
Submit using Submittable here - http://theliteraryunderground.submittable.com/submit. It’s free and easy to register. Questions? Email admin(at)citizensfordecentliterature[dot]com
ALSO! Pantifesto will be answering all our hate/fan mail and offering advice to wayward poets in Issue #2. Please send your correspondence to pantifesto(at) citizensfordecentliterature [dot] com. (http://nowplaying.citizensfordecentliterature.com/2012/08/pantifesto/)
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet Poetry Series: John Yamrus. August 15, 2012
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Monday, August 13, 2012
Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet Poetry Series: Dena Rash Guzman. August 13, 2012
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Sunday, August 12, 2012
Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet Radio Series Schedule 2012
AUGUST
13 Dena Rash Guzman " Chairman Mao Praises Me Good At Chat"
15 John Yamrus " doing cartwheels..."
20 Rebecca Schumejda "Falling Forward etc." Also Zima party
27 Scott Wannberg Tribute show...read scott poems, share scott memories.
SEPTEMBER
3 Unadorned Press with Murphy Clamrod
10 Danny Baker "fractured"
17 Paul Corman-Roberts & Lynn Alexander
24 S.A. Griffin " editor: Outlaw Bible of American Poetry etc
OCTOBER
1 Rob Plath ' Death is Dead'
8 Maria Gornell 'In the absence of wing'
15 Neil McCrea " Wisdom and Dust"
22 RD ARMSTRONG...LUMMOX PRESS
29 Meg Tuite...One of the Editors of Santa Fe Lit Review/Domestic Apparition
NOVEMBER
5th Aurora KillPoet.... Bacon Sundaes
12th George Wallace...Walt Whitman writer in residence.
19th Brian Fugett's ZyFez Fantasy Football extravaganza ' Zygote in My Coffee'
26th Bill Gainer " A Note in the Window"
DECEMBER
3rd Jaqueline Corcoran " Somewhere like Here"
10th No show Pats are playing MNF
17th Australian writer Amanda Joy "not enough to fold"
24th no show holiday
31st no show holiday
url:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theliteraryunderground
13 Dena Rash Guzman " Chairman Mao Praises Me Good At Chat"
15 John Yamrus " doing cartwheels..."
20 Rebecca Schumejda "Falling Forward etc." Also Zima party
27 Scott Wannberg Tribute show...read scott poems, share scott memories.
SEPTEMBER
3 Unadorned Press with Murphy Clamrod
10 Danny Baker "fractured"
17 Paul Corman-Roberts & Lynn Alexander
24 S.A. Griffin " editor: Outlaw Bible of American Poetry etc
OCTOBER
1 Rob Plath ' Death is Dead'
8 Maria Gornell 'In the absence of wing'
15 Neil McCrea " Wisdom and Dust"
22 RD ARMSTRONG...LUMMOX PRESS
29 Meg Tuite...One of the Editors of Santa Fe Lit Review/Domestic Apparition
NOVEMBER
5th Aurora KillPoet.... Bacon Sundaes
12th George Wallace...Walt Whitman writer in residence.
19th Brian Fugett's ZyFez Fantasy Football extravaganza ' Zygote in My Coffee'
26th Bill Gainer " A Note in the Window"
DECEMBER
3rd Jaqueline Corcoran " Somewhere like Here"
10th No show Pats are playing MNF
17th Australian writer Amanda Joy "not enough to fold"
24th no show holiday
31st no show holiday
url:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theliteraryunderground
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Book Release: Dip My Pacifier in Whiskey by Mathias Nelson
Mathias Nelson's first full-length collection of poetry Dip My Pacifier in Whiskey is being released by NYQ Books. It is expected to be available for purchase on August 10, 2012 at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Powell’s and Small Press Distribution.
Read more about Mathias Nelson at The Literary Underground Wiki.
Read more about Mathias Nelson at The Literary Underground Wiki.
Zygote in my Radio: Internet Porn. August 9, 2012
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Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Book Release: More Than The Alley by Doug Draime
Announcing the long awaited publication of the selected poems of Doug Draime, More Than The Alley,
from Interior Noise Press. To purchase a copy: https://www.createspace.com/3936904
Books for review, multiple purchase, or promotional discounts contact the publisher directly on the web site
http://www.interiornoisepress.com/index.html
MORE THAN THE ALLEY
(2012)
By DOUG DRAIME
144 pages: Poetry
Perfect Bound: 5.5" x 8.5"
$15.00
USD
from Interior Noise Press. To purchase a copy: https://www.createspace.com/3936904
Books for review, multiple purchase, or promotional discounts contact the publisher directly on the web site
http://www.interiornoisepress.com/index.html
MORE THAN THE ALLEY
(2012)
By DOUG DRAIME
144 pages: Poetry
Perfect Bound: 5.5" x 8.5"
$15.00
USD
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Thursday, August 2, 2012
The Meth Lab Radio. August 3, 2012
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Call for Submissions: Citizens for Decent Literature
Citizens for Decent Literature Press was founded in 2011 as a project of The Literary Underground. Established first as a print zine and APA (Amateur Press Association), on January 1, 2012 Now Playing @ Citizens for Decent Literature began publishing selections of poetry, short stories, essays and podcasts online every third day. We are now switching to a monthly schedule, publishing on the 15th of every month. So send in your good stuff ASAP here. The first monthly issue goes live August 15th!
In the meantime, please check out more about CFDL Press... the print stuff, the whos and whys and all that jazz at press.citizensfordecentliterature.com
In the meantime, please check out more about CFDL Press... the print stuff, the whos and whys and all that jazz at press.citizensfordecentliterature.com
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
DVTCRFM (sporadically revamped edition). August 1, 2012
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Monday, July 30, 2012
Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet Poetry Series: James H. Duncan. July 30, 2012
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Saturday, July 28, 2012
Paleolithic Bone Hut: A review of Tim Murray's chapbook "Dinosaur Ditch" by Frankie Metro
It’s not going to do you any good by questioning the reasoning for a blue wooly mammoth on the cover of Dinosaur Ditch (Tim Murray CFDL Press 2012).
A hand- made, screen- print, card-stock saddle-stitch, this book exemplifies the spirit of DIY publishing; igniting the same excitement an avid reader found in the days of the mimeograph… the ages of Micheline and Levy.
Part 1
is an introduction to the American Black Heart i.e. Northwest Indiana. Tim’s perception of his birth rite is a place riddled with smoke stacks, pollution and an almost unredeemable, thus unapologetic, existence.
Thru blind birth luck
I live in Indiana
Frozen crossroads of the American conundrum
Under the legalized gusts
Of steel mill exhausts
Where the mercury-laced waters
Of Lake Michigan lap in the north
However, in the same state of affairs are traditional family relics and boyhood candor.
Where boys spend summers pissing from trees
In Dinosaur Ditch
Where grandma’s iron kitchen skillet
Fist received its golden commandment from heaven
The key transitional points of the poem are located in the vinyl coated, mechanized blood of factory workers, fathers with balled fists and:
Where summers lasts for two hours in July
Then returns to comforting gray chilled skies
Where Tina was snuffed out at 19
Stabbed and discarded like a sack of trash
Still no suspects in sight
The Perils of Language
explains (through a trilogy of arrant and brazen metaphors) how so much of basic communication is lost in modern language.
Sometimes language gets in the way of
relaying a particular image thru ink
to page
and it is a real drag because
I end up saying something like…
Tin can zombie
when what I really mean is…
Your milky skin
In the early morning
Sun
I particularly enjoyed the guest appearances of both Geddy Lee and Kamala within the poem. Rush has always been a guilty pleasure of mine, and when I see T/M’s speculation on The Spirit of Radio:
Like when Geddy Lee sings…
Digital airwaves crackle with life
when you sense his true observation
is something along the lines of…
My life has absolutely no significance
And I could better serve humanity by returning to
Ontario and finding work in a paint factory
I don’t feel as bad by not owning up to my admiration… before now.
Pages 6-8 show T/M’s own conflicted admirations for pop culture icons, and considering the magnanimous presence he exudes (both on page and in person) I think it’s safe to say Tim Murray is an iconoclast in the making.
If I gotta read biography
I wanna read the last chapter
Last moments in the life of the immortal images of pop culture
Say
The paunchy slouched version of
James Douglas Morrison
Tearing tab from beer can
w/suds streaming through tangled beard
(wounded child clown angel perhaps)
A Unicycle Built for Two
is a map of domestic booby traps, fail- safes, shattered vanity mirrors and no more misconceptions.
We all know that a private corner
Devoid of all human interaction is completely
Necessary and therefore impossible
Yeah having time to live with the person
Who gives your tummy a tingle and your
Butterflies a stir
Is surely a curse
Because we soon find out the truth about steamy Hollywood
Shower scenes
At the very best they are a hilarious joke
In theory they sound as good as ice cream for dinner
In practice your partner always hogs the side with the
Warm water leaving you shivering with your back against
The frigid tile wall
Then there’s the toenail clippings in the living room
And the rough way your partner handles your records
On the turntable
Page 12’s continuation is a very, very, very (familiar) common discussion, which frightened me on 2 levels:
A) Does T/M have an invisible x-ray telescope with built- in video/audio recording equipment that can see and hear from great distances- interactions between monogamous couples, even in the sanctity of their filthy bathrooms.
I can't find the car keys!
Uh…well I obviously don’t have ‘em.
Where did you last see them?
In the front door lock.
When was that?
(grunt) Last night when I came home.
Oh great…so you left the fucking keys in the door all night…again?
B) There are more couples besides my wife and myself that have similar conversations?
(longer grunt) Uh…I…uh…guess…there’s a strong possibility…yes.
If they’ve been in the door all night I’m gonna kill you!
(lighter grunt)…
Finally, the title poem suggests that such minor inconveniences only serve as learning tools for ultimate/simplistic appreciation; the minor infractions are forgotten over time, and dancing through schoolyard tornadoes, crashing into walls of disappointment, fleeing the scene during appropriate/inappropriate times- leaves you with memories of all the last times.
then one afternoon my younger brother called to say
D.C. was gone
and I heard how he’d been home for a stretch
before the army decided to redeploy him to Iraq
and they sent him down to Missouri for
some training maneuvers
and it was in the Missouri woods
that a couple of ticks decided to hitch a ride on his bare
skin and D.C. fell ill
and within a few hours he made the great departure
and they say it was rocky mountain spotted fever
or Lyme disease or perhaps a combination of both
the only thing certain is that D.C. is gone
and he left behind a son as young as we once were
and that spilled forth the realization of my own certain mortality
flooded with the memories I’ve related in this pome
and I remember the last time I spoke to D.C.
circa 1994
he sat in front of me in Mr. Krieger’s health class
and one day D.C. was sleeping at his desk as papers were being
passed and
I nudged him and said
D.
D.
take one pass ‘em on
and without saying a word he raised his head
took the papers from my hand
passed them forward
and returned to his school day nap
(if you would like to purchase or read more about Dinosaur Ditch, please visit Citizens for Decent Literature Press)
A hand- made, screen- print, card-stock saddle-stitch, this book exemplifies the spirit of DIY publishing; igniting the same excitement an avid reader found in the days of the mimeograph… the ages of Micheline and Levy.
Part 1
is an introduction to the American Black Heart i.e. Northwest Indiana. Tim’s perception of his birth rite is a place riddled with smoke stacks, pollution and an almost unredeemable, thus unapologetic, existence.
Thru blind birth luck
I live in Indiana
Frozen crossroads of the American conundrum
Under the legalized gusts
Of steel mill exhausts
Where the mercury-laced waters
Of Lake Michigan lap in the north
However, in the same state of affairs are traditional family relics and boyhood candor.
Where boys spend summers pissing from trees
In Dinosaur Ditch
Where grandma’s iron kitchen skillet
Fist received its golden commandment from heaven
The key transitional points of the poem are located in the vinyl coated, mechanized blood of factory workers, fathers with balled fists and:
Where summers lasts for two hours in July
Then returns to comforting gray chilled skies
Where Tina was snuffed out at 19
Stabbed and discarded like a sack of trash
Still no suspects in sight
The Perils of Language
explains (through a trilogy of arrant and brazen metaphors) how so much of basic communication is lost in modern language.
Sometimes language gets in the way of
relaying a particular image thru ink
to page
and it is a real drag because
I end up saying something like…
Tin can zombie
when what I really mean is…
Your milky skin
In the early morning
Sun
I particularly enjoyed the guest appearances of both Geddy Lee and Kamala within the poem. Rush has always been a guilty pleasure of mine, and when I see T/M’s speculation on The Spirit of Radio:
Like when Geddy Lee sings…
Digital airwaves crackle with life
when you sense his true observation
is something along the lines of…
My life has absolutely no significance
And I could better serve humanity by returning to
Ontario and finding work in a paint factory
I don’t feel as bad by not owning up to my admiration… before now.
Pages 6-8 show T/M’s own conflicted admirations for pop culture icons, and considering the magnanimous presence he exudes (both on page and in person) I think it’s safe to say Tim Murray is an iconoclast in the making.
If I gotta read biography
I wanna read the last chapter
Last moments in the life of the immortal images of pop culture
Say
The paunchy slouched version of
James Douglas Morrison
Tearing tab from beer can
w/suds streaming through tangled beard
(wounded child clown angel perhaps)
A Unicycle Built for Two
is a map of domestic booby traps, fail- safes, shattered vanity mirrors and no more misconceptions.
We all know that a private corner
Devoid of all human interaction is completely
Necessary and therefore impossible
Yeah having time to live with the person
Who gives your tummy a tingle and your
Butterflies a stir
Is surely a curse
Because we soon find out the truth about steamy Hollywood
Shower scenes
At the very best they are a hilarious joke
In theory they sound as good as ice cream for dinner
In practice your partner always hogs the side with the
Warm water leaving you shivering with your back against
The frigid tile wall
Then there’s the toenail clippings in the living room
And the rough way your partner handles your records
On the turntable
Page 12’s continuation is a very, very, very (familiar) common discussion, which frightened me on 2 levels:
A) Does T/M have an invisible x-ray telescope with built- in video/audio recording equipment that can see and hear from great distances- interactions between monogamous couples, even in the sanctity of their filthy bathrooms.
I can't find the car keys!
Uh…well I obviously don’t have ‘em.
Where did you last see them?
In the front door lock.
When was that?
(grunt) Last night when I came home.
Oh great…so you left the fucking keys in the door all night…again?
B) There are more couples besides my wife and myself that have similar conversations?
(longer grunt) Uh…I…uh…guess…there’s a strong possibility…yes.
If they’ve been in the door all night I’m gonna kill you!
(lighter grunt)…
Finally, the title poem suggests that such minor inconveniences only serve as learning tools for ultimate/simplistic appreciation; the minor infractions are forgotten over time, and dancing through schoolyard tornadoes, crashing into walls of disappointment, fleeing the scene during appropriate/inappropriate times- leaves you with memories of all the last times.
then one afternoon my younger brother called to say
D.C. was gone
and I heard how he’d been home for a stretch
before the army decided to redeploy him to Iraq
and they sent him down to Missouri for
some training maneuvers
and it was in the Missouri woods
that a couple of ticks decided to hitch a ride on his bare
skin and D.C. fell ill
and within a few hours he made the great departure
and they say it was rocky mountain spotted fever
or Lyme disease or perhaps a combination of both
the only thing certain is that D.C. is gone
and he left behind a son as young as we once were
and that spilled forth the realization of my own certain mortality
flooded with the memories I’ve related in this pome
and I remember the last time I spoke to D.C.
circa 1994
he sat in front of me in Mr. Krieger’s health class
and one day D.C. was sleeping at his desk as papers were being
passed and
I nudged him and said
D.
D.
take one pass ‘em on
and without saying a word he raised his head
took the papers from my hand
passed them forward
and returned to his school day nap
(if you would like to purchase or read more about Dinosaur Ditch, please visit Citizens for Decent Literature Press)
Friday, July 27, 2012
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Press Release: Punk Hostage Press Announces Staff Addition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Punk Hostage Press Announces Staff Addition
Thursday, July 26, 2012--Iris Berry and A. Razor announced today the addition of Michele McDannold to the Punk Hostage Press staff. She will be working on the editorial staff as well as heading the Public Relations Department.
Michele was the Editor-in-Chief at Red Fez Publications from 2007 to early 2012. She is currently the Director of Print and Special Projects at Red Fez. Besides her work at Red Fez, Michele founded the grassroots organization The Literary Underground. The Literary Underground's notable projects to date include: the Underground Wiki, Citizens for Decent Literature Press and the Project U Radio Network.
More information on Punk Hostage Press upcoming titles and projects will be released soon.
About Punk Hostage Press
On January, Friday the 13th, 2012, Iris Berry and A. Razor made a pact to publish prose, short stories, poetry, creative non-fiction and well formulated rants on a new press called Punk Hostage Press. Punk Hostage Press is a Los Angeles, CA based non-profit organization that publishes well-crafted books of literature. Punk Hostage Press is committed to providing relevant literature and opportunities for discussion and reflection in such institutions as prisons, jails, homeless and women’s shelters and treatment programs. Punk Hostage Press aims to publish 10-15 new titles each year. For more information about upcoming book releases and projects, please visit punkhostagepress.com
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For more information contact Michele McDannold at punkhostage(at)theliteraryunderground[dot]org
Punk Hostage Press Announces Staff Addition
Thursday, July 26, 2012--Iris Berry and A. Razor announced today the addition of Michele McDannold to the Punk Hostage Press staff. She will be working on the editorial staff as well as heading the Public Relations Department.
Michele was the Editor-in-Chief at Red Fez Publications from 2007 to early 2012. She is currently the Director of Print and Special Projects at Red Fez. Besides her work at Red Fez, Michele founded the grassroots organization The Literary Underground. The Literary Underground's notable projects to date include: the Underground Wiki, Citizens for Decent Literature Press and the Project U Radio Network.
More information on Punk Hostage Press upcoming titles and projects will be released soon.
About Punk Hostage Press
On January, Friday the 13th, 2012, Iris Berry and A. Razor made a pact to publish prose, short stories, poetry, creative non-fiction and well formulated rants on a new press called Punk Hostage Press. Punk Hostage Press is a Los Angeles, CA based non-profit organization that publishes well-crafted books of literature. Punk Hostage Press is committed to providing relevant literature and opportunities for discussion and reflection in such institutions as prisons, jails, homeless and women’s shelters and treatment programs. Punk Hostage Press aims to publish 10-15 new titles each year. For more information about upcoming book releases and projects, please visit punkhostagepress.com
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For more information contact Michele McDannold at punkhostage(at)theliteraryunderground[dot]org
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Project U Radio: Special Guest Tim Murray. July 26, 2012
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Sunday, July 22, 2012
Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet Poetry Series: Erin Reardon. July 23, 2012
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Sunday, July 15, 2012
Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet Poetry Series: Wolfgang Carstens. July 16, 2012
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Friday, July 13, 2012
The Drakonian Vampire Tunnel is Closed for Repairs: Balls Out. July 14, 2012
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Project U Radio: The Punk Aesthetic/Post-Bay Wrapup. July 12, 2012
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Friday, July 6, 2012
Candid in Berkeley (post thrashing). July 7, 2012
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012
The Drakonian Vampire Tunnel is Closed for Repairs: Pre-Bay Special. July 4, 2012
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Monday, July 2, 2012
Toxic Abatement
San Francisco, CA
THIS WEEK- JULY 5, 2012 PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD
Toxic Abatement: Spoken Words, Contaminated World… Full Of Crow’s
Fashion For Collapse will host the first Toxic Abatement Poetry and
Music Event on July 5, 2012 at Viracocha, San Francisco, California.
See website at www.fashionforcollapse.com for full details, graphics,
links, and bios.
The event will feature local and visiting poets, and the 3x Bad Band.
Hang out after at Cava 22.
Details: Thursday, July 5, 2012 from 7:30-10:00 p.m. at Viracocha, 998
Valencia, San Francisco, California. Contact Lynn Alexander or Paul
Corman-Roberts for more information.
FEATURED:
Youssef Alaoui-Fdili, Zarina Zabrisky, Cassandra Dallett, Sharon
Coleman, John Swain, Tim Murray, Joel Landmine, Shali Nicholas, Amy
Glasenapp, Jezebel Delilah X, Missy Church, Frankie Metropolis, and
Brian Fugett. Music by 3x Bad Band.
Hosted by Lynn Alexander and Paul Corman-Roberts. lynnalx@gmail.com
or 412-737-1421.
ABOUT:
Youssef Alaoui-Fdili
Youssef has spent much time with the dowdier whores at the lower end
of Rue Saint Denis, among the Vieux Halles in Gay Paree. Bed was a
fresher place with them.
Touch Youssef’s home base at the following locale
youssefalaoui.tumblr.com
Buy this man’s sea-soaked novella by any means possible and without
delay! You will not regret a single moment spent with Youssef’s
anti-heroic character Nickel the agoraphobic sailor and his Spaniard
shipmates! Both sublime horror and spiritual insight await the passing
of your gaze amidst these lofty pages, but how can this be? Find out
right away and for a mere pittance!
Zarina Zabrisky is a myth and only exists in her stories. She burns
them and dances in flames. Watch her or jump in if you dare.
Cassandra Dallett occupies Oakland, CA. Cassandra writes of a counter
culture childhood in Vermont and her ongoing adolescence in the San
Francisco Bay Area. She has published in Hip Mama, The Chiron Review,
Bleed Me A River, Ascent Aspirations, Criminal Class Review, Nibble,
and The Milvia Street Journal among many others. Look for links on
cassandradallett.com.
Sharon Coleman’s poems or blink fiction have appeared in Caesura,
Criminal Class Review, Sparkle Blink, Blink Ink, Out of Our, Try!, The
Walrus, Syllogism, Berkeley Poetry Review, Ghost Town/Pacific Review,
North Coast Literary Review, Penumbra, Folio, and online at Lily, Full
of Crow and Dark Sky Magazine. She’s a contributing editor at Poetry
Flash and teaches poetry writing at Berkeley City College. She is a
co-curator of the reading series Lyrics & Dirges in Berkeley. She was
recently nominated for a Pushcart for blink fiction.
John Swain lives in Louisville, Kentucky. His chapbooks include:
Prominences and Sinking of the Cloth (Flutter Press); Set Apart Before
the World Was Made(Calliope Nerve Media); The Feathered Masks and
Burnt Palmistry (Full of Crow); Handing the Cask (erbacce press);
Fragments of Calendars (Thunderclap Press) and White Vases (Crisis
Chronicles Press). His work has received nominations for the Pushcart
Prize, Best of the Net, and Best of the Web.
Tim Murray is a lifelong resident of Northwest Indiana. He has hosted
the Red Fez blogtalk radio show since 2010. He was recently nominated
for a Pushcart Prize by NightBallet Press for his poem “Certified
Outlaw”. His chapbooks include “What I Did Monday” (Ten Pages Press,
2011), “I’m this robot.” (Eephus Press, 2012), and the forthcoming
“Dinosaur Ditch” from Citizens For Decent Literature Press.
Joel Landmine: San Francisco poet and curmudgeon Joel Landmine is a
longtime contributor to the Anger Management and Tenderloin Reading
Series. He has also read with the Portugese Artsist Colony and Inside
Storytime series. He has begrudgingly survived several near-death
experiences, is a dissapointment to his family and loved ones, and
rarely leaves the house.
Shali Nicholas lives in the San Bernardino mountains where she,
unfortunately, gleans no inspiration from nature. If you find that you
recognize yourself in her writing:
1) that is completely unavoidable and must be taken as any other
unavoidable event or act of nature and also 2) that is completely of
your own imagining
Amy Glasenapp is a bay area poet, writer, and teacher and has been
featured in local readings like Anger Management and EBOB.
Jezebel Delilah X Feminist Afrocentric Black Queer Femme Lesbian
Artist Writer Performer Curious Dreamer Fighter Champion Love-Warrior
Activist Mermaid Princess.
Missy Church, a Bay Area resident since 1996, has been writing poetry
and flash since her teens. She has appeared in numerous readings in
San Francisco and Oakland. Her memoir/bio/novelish thing, Church, is
coming soon. She prides herself on co-creating a tiny human in the
form of a boy. He enjoys long walks and Pee Wee Herman.
Missy is a member of 9st Writing Group, Anger Management Reading
Series and runs The Naked Bulb, an open mic, out of her Oakland
backyard.
Frankie Metropolis
Frankie Metropolis operates the Meth Lab, and hosts the radio show
Drakonian Vampire Tunnel Is Closed For Repairs on The Literary
Underground. He is a fiction editor at Red Fez and writes a monthly
column there, “The Left Handed Smoker”.
Brian Fugett: American poet, cartoonist, editor, and publisher of
underground lit. He is most well-known as the editor of Zygote in my
Coffee. Established Tainted Coffee Press which publishes the print
issues of Zygote, poetry chapbooks and flipbooks.
ABOUT THE HOSTS:
Paul Corman-Roberts is the host of Bitchez Brew, and has co-organized
various readings and events around the bay area, including the
upcoming BEAST Lit Crawl in Oakland and ZyFez 2. He is an editor at
Red Fez and Full Of Crow, and was the poetry editor for Cherry Bleeds.
Lynn Alexander produces and edits online and print publications for
Full Of Crow Press and Distribution, Including Fashion For Collapse
and Blink Ink (edited by Doug Mathewson). She is also the head fiction
editor at Red Fez and edits Citizens For Decent Literature Press with
Michele McDannold.
Both host Project U Radio at The Literary Underground.
Thank you for supporting independent press and community poetry.
THIS WEEK- JULY 5, 2012 PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD
Toxic Abatement: Spoken Words, Contaminated World… Full Of Crow’s
Fashion For Collapse will host the first Toxic Abatement Poetry and
Music Event on July 5, 2012 at Viracocha, San Francisco, California.
See website at www.fashionforcollapse.com for full details, graphics,
links, and bios.
The event will feature local and visiting poets, and the 3x Bad Band.
Hang out after at Cava 22.
Details: Thursday, July 5, 2012 from 7:30-10:00 p.m. at Viracocha, 998
Valencia, San Francisco, California. Contact Lynn Alexander or Paul
Corman-Roberts for more information.
FEATURED:
Youssef Alaoui-Fdili, Zarina Zabrisky, Cassandra Dallett, Sharon
Coleman, John Swain, Tim Murray, Joel Landmine, Shali Nicholas, Amy
Glasenapp, Jezebel Delilah X, Missy Church, Frankie Metropolis, and
Brian Fugett. Music by 3x Bad Band.
Hosted by Lynn Alexander and Paul Corman-Roberts. lynnalx@gmail.com
or 412-737-1421.
ABOUT:
Youssef Alaoui-Fdili
Youssef has spent much time with the dowdier whores at the lower end
of Rue Saint Denis, among the Vieux Halles in Gay Paree. Bed was a
fresher place with them.
Touch Youssef’s home base at the following locale
youssefalaoui.tumblr.com
Buy this man’s sea-soaked novella by any means possible and without
delay! You will not regret a single moment spent with Youssef’s
anti-heroic character Nickel the agoraphobic sailor and his Spaniard
shipmates! Both sublime horror and spiritual insight await the passing
of your gaze amidst these lofty pages, but how can this be? Find out
right away and for a mere pittance!
Zarina Zabrisky is a myth and only exists in her stories. She burns
them and dances in flames. Watch her or jump in if you dare.
Cassandra Dallett occupies Oakland, CA. Cassandra writes of a counter
culture childhood in Vermont and her ongoing adolescence in the San
Francisco Bay Area. She has published in Hip Mama, The Chiron Review,
Bleed Me A River, Ascent Aspirations, Criminal Class Review, Nibble,
and The Milvia Street Journal among many others. Look for links on
cassandradallett.com.
Sharon Coleman’s poems or blink fiction have appeared in Caesura,
Criminal Class Review, Sparkle Blink, Blink Ink, Out of Our, Try!, The
Walrus, Syllogism, Berkeley Poetry Review, Ghost Town/Pacific Review,
North Coast Literary Review, Penumbra, Folio, and online at Lily, Full
of Crow and Dark Sky Magazine. She’s a contributing editor at Poetry
Flash and teaches poetry writing at Berkeley City College. She is a
co-curator of the reading series Lyrics & Dirges in Berkeley. She was
recently nominated for a Pushcart for blink fiction.
John Swain lives in Louisville, Kentucky. His chapbooks include:
Prominences and Sinking of the Cloth (Flutter Press); Set Apart Before
the World Was Made(Calliope Nerve Media); The Feathered Masks and
Burnt Palmistry (Full of Crow); Handing the Cask (erbacce press);
Fragments of Calendars (Thunderclap Press) and White Vases (Crisis
Chronicles Press). His work has received nominations for the Pushcart
Prize, Best of the Net, and Best of the Web.
Tim Murray is a lifelong resident of Northwest Indiana. He has hosted
the Red Fez blogtalk radio show since 2010. He was recently nominated
for a Pushcart Prize by NightBallet Press for his poem “Certified
Outlaw”. His chapbooks include “What I Did Monday” (Ten Pages Press,
2011), “I’m this robot.” (Eephus Press, 2012), and the forthcoming
“Dinosaur Ditch” from Citizens For Decent Literature Press.
Joel Landmine: San Francisco poet and curmudgeon Joel Landmine is a
longtime contributor to the Anger Management and Tenderloin Reading
Series. He has also read with the Portugese Artsist Colony and Inside
Storytime series. He has begrudgingly survived several near-death
experiences, is a dissapointment to his family and loved ones, and
rarely leaves the house.
Shali Nicholas lives in the San Bernardino mountains where she,
unfortunately, gleans no inspiration from nature. If you find that you
recognize yourself in her writing:
1) that is completely unavoidable and must be taken as any other
unavoidable event or act of nature and also 2) that is completely of
your own imagining
Amy Glasenapp is a bay area poet, writer, and teacher and has been
featured in local readings like Anger Management and EBOB.
Jezebel Delilah X Feminist Afrocentric Black Queer Femme Lesbian
Artist Writer Performer Curious Dreamer Fighter Champion Love-Warrior
Activist Mermaid Princess.
Missy Church, a Bay Area resident since 1996, has been writing poetry
and flash since her teens. She has appeared in numerous readings in
San Francisco and Oakland. Her memoir/bio/novelish thing, Church, is
coming soon. She prides herself on co-creating a tiny human in the
form of a boy. He enjoys long walks and Pee Wee Herman.
Missy is a member of 9st Writing Group, Anger Management Reading
Series and runs The Naked Bulb, an open mic, out of her Oakland
backyard.
Frankie Metropolis
Frankie Metropolis operates the Meth Lab, and hosts the radio show
Drakonian Vampire Tunnel Is Closed For Repairs on The Literary
Underground. He is a fiction editor at Red Fez and writes a monthly
column there, “The Left Handed Smoker”.
Brian Fugett: American poet, cartoonist, editor, and publisher of
underground lit. He is most well-known as the editor of Zygote in my
Coffee. Established Tainted Coffee Press which publishes the print
issues of Zygote, poetry chapbooks and flipbooks.
ABOUT THE HOSTS:
Paul Corman-Roberts is the host of Bitchez Brew, and has co-organized
various readings and events around the bay area, including the
upcoming BEAST Lit Crawl in Oakland and ZyFez 2. He is an editor at
Red Fez and Full Of Crow, and was the poetry editor for Cherry Bleeds.
Lynn Alexander produces and edits online and print publications for
Full Of Crow Press and Distribution, Including Fashion For Collapse
and Blink Ink (edited by Doug Mathewson). She is also the head fiction
editor at Red Fez and edits Citizens For Decent Literature Press with
Michele McDannold.
Both host Project U Radio at The Literary Underground.
Thank you for supporting independent press and community poetry.
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Your Mother’s Medicine Cabinet: Open Phones. July 2, 2012
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Meth Lab Radio. June 28, 2012
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Sunday, June 24, 2012
Your Mother’s Medicine Cabinet: April Michelle Bratten. June 25, 2012
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Friday, June 22, 2012
Project U Radio: Spectral Ganglia. June 21, 2012
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet: Beasely Barrenton. June 18, 2012
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Project U Radio with special guest Zarina Zabrisky. June 14, 2012
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The Drakonian Vampire Tunnel is Closed for Repairs: Libido sacrifices. June 13, 2012
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Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet: Misti Rainwater-Lites. June 11, 2012
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Project U Radio. June 7, 2012
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The Drakonian Vampire Tunnel is Closed for Repairs. June 6, 2012
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Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet: Dan Provost. June 4, 2012
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Project U Radio: Socialism, Communism and Anarchy. May 31, 2012
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Your Mother’s Medicine Cabinet: Iris Appelquist. May 28, 2012
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Project U Radio: Pre-Toxic Abatement Recordings. May 24, 2012
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June/July 2012 On Project U Radio
Project U Radio airs online every Thursday night, at 10:30 CST,11:30 pm EST and the show page can be found here. Project U Radio is a weekly show featuring topics, discussions, guests, and call-in open mic sessions. Hosted by Lynn Alexander and Paul Corman-Roberts, this show features a mixed bag- see full details about upcoming topics, information about the hosts, and background here. Get in touch with Lynn at lynnalx@gmail.com and check out The Literary Underground on facebook.The Literary Underground also features Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet (Frank Reardon), The Drakonian Vampire Tunnel, and Meth Lab (Frankie Metro). Download previous episodes or listen online if you miss them! Read more for the schedule...
Monday, June 18, 2012
Unlikely Books releases 2 chapbooks by Steve Dalachinsky
Unlikely Books has released 2 chapbooks by American author Steve Dalachinsky. Trust Fund Babies and Phenomena of Interference are now available for $10. You can find information as well as an introduction from Unlikely Books Editor in Chief Jonathan Penton (not to mention 2 awesome excerpts from the books) here: http://www.unlikelystories.org/unlikely_books/trust_fund_babies_phenomena_of_interference.shtml
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
The Drakonian Vampire Tunnel is Closed for Repairs. May 23, 2012
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Monday, May 21, 2012
Your Mother’s Medicine Cabinet: A. Razor. May 21, 2012
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Friday, May 18, 2012
The Drakonian Vampire Tunnel is Closed for Repairs. May 19, 2012
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Project U Radio: The Male Aesthetic. May 17, 2012
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Sunday, May 13, 2012
Your Mother’s Medicine Cabinet: Jason Ryberg. May 14, 2012
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Meth Lab Radio. May 11, 2012
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Project U Radio: Editorial Affirmative Action. May 10, 2012
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The Drakonian Vampire Tunnel is Closed for Repairs: Beastie. May 9, 2012
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Sunday, May 6, 2012
Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet: Dan Fante. May 7, 2012
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
The Meth Lab Radio: Elephant in the Room. May 4, 2012
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Project U Radio: Community, Collective, Chaos?. May 3, 2012
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The Drakonian Vampire Tunnel is Closed for Repairs: Bad Brains. May 2, 2012
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet: R.L. Raymond. April 30, 2012
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Coming Up On Project U Radio- April And May
Project U Radio is a radio program hosted by Lynn Alexander and Paul Corman-Roberts that streams live over the internet, with live callers and archives you can download. Brought to you by The Literary Underground, Project U Radio generally airs on Thursday nights, at 11:30 p.m. EST, 8:30 PST. Listen, set reminders, download an archive, and more at the show page: here. All welcome. Uncensored, unscripted, unhinged. Santorgasmic Family Values programming that will make your Aunt Helen smile. We're already deranged, but we need your illness too. Project U is about asking the tough questions (then straying off topic), hard hitting small press journalism (ok, maybe passive facebook surfing journalism) and a commitment to poetry as demonstrated by random performances and open mic nights. We're gonna make you take a shower and proclaim your poetic tendencies from the top of a box store. Kick it.Did you know that you can donate to The Literary Underground? Look to the right and FEED THE KITTY. It helps when we can pay the bills.
Listen now to our April 26 show! Listen or download from the archives here! LIVE AT THE TELEGRAPH, OAKLAND-with special guests Missy Church, Hollie Hardy- some of the organizers of BEAST CRAWL. Find out about BEAST Crawl, planned for July. Lynn Alexander and Paul Corman-Roberts. To find out about BEAST Crawl, 2012, check the website here.
More Literary Underground Radio Goodness: Frank Reardon now hosts Your Mother's Medicine Cabinet, on Monday evenings. Frank interviews small press writers with live call in. Draconian Vampire Tunnel airs in the ass of dawn on Tuesday nights. (Wednesday, East Coast) Frankie Metro will bring you a mixed bag of music, poetry, live callers, and more. Worth staying up for! And let's face it, you are up talking to Brian Fugett anyway.
Coming up on PROJECT U Thursdays. You KNOW you want to call in:
(Archived) April 26: LIVE AT THE TELEGRAPH, OAKLAND WITH SPECIAL GUESTS MISSY CHURCH AND HOLLIE HARDY. Find out about BEAST Crawl, in July. Listen to Paul Corman-Roberts eat and ramble while Lynn Alexander eggs him on. Will he pass the phone around Oakland? FIND OUT!
May 3: (Go To Episode) The Literary Underground: Community, Collective, Chaos? What IS The Literary Underground? The time has come to share the vision of the Literary Underground community, with founder Michele McDannold, who will speak to her "manifesto". We would also like to hear your thoughts on this segment about this idea of community building, if it can work, or if it is doomed to collapse in a cloud of chaos and ego implosions. If you remain positive about the collective or community model, share your thoughts on what works. If you are cynical and sour, we want to hear about that, too.
And it goes without saying that in small press, some people play nicer than others. Some take a diplomatic stance on disagreements, and some feel that it is important to speak out and call things as they see it. But what happens when people try to work together toward common goals, and personalities clash or there are differences in direction, aesthetics, resources, priorities? Can conflict derail a good thing? Did you ever feel like community can both lift, and splatter? As much as a community can support, it can also create concerns about other people speaking for you. How do you avoid taking on other people's conflicts in a community? Is this particularly difficult with writers, or is this dynamic a problematic area for all cooperative groups of people?
Last, but not least, do you expect a community to have your back, right or wrong? What does loyalty look like? And how can you keep yourself from getting roasted in other people's fires?
May 10: Editorial Affirmative Action? Read the background on this topic in Lynn Alexander's column at Red Fez, "Criticism's A Bitch" on the subject of female submissions in the independent press and the solution (if any) to the problem of female under-representation. Is it a problem, and editors- can anything be done about it? Open call in, all opinions welcome.
May 17: The Male Aesthetic. Call in, and give your opinions. Is there such a thing in small press, and are you partial to it? What kinds of presses and publications, web or print, do you associate with the term?
May 24: TOXIC ABATEMENT is coming to San Francisco's Viracocha in July. Find out more, and hear some poems from featured readers. Can we get Zarina and Sammy Dwarphobia to talk to us? Depends. Do we have the chops to ask?
May 31: Spectral Ganglia: Poetry and Sound Experiments. Open Mic. Live call in. Spontaneous Poetry, Overheard In Pittsburgh, Poetic Voyeurism. Milwaukee- Midwest Book Fair coming up on June 1, where Michele McDannold and Tim Murray will be out there representing Red Fez, Full Of Crow Press, and the Literary Underground. Hear from Michele. Unless she is sleeping. Hear from Tim Murray, unless he leaves his phone in the refrigerator again.
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