I read two hundred books this year. Crazy, I know. “Suffering” from segmented sleep certainly “helps,” as does “suffering” from…
Barzakh
The literary magazine Barzakh has a newly designed website and has just opened a new reading period. Submit fiction, poetry, non-fiction,…
Today’s Library Haul
Took out a mountain of books from the library this afternoon, in anticipation of National Translation Month.
Happy Birthday, Charlie Parker!
Happy birthday anniversary, Charlie Parker! Bird lives! Quotes from the marvelous virtuoso: “Music is your own experience, your own thoughts,…
Happy Birthday, Meshell Ndegeocello!
Happy birthday, Meshell Ndegeocello, American singer-songwriter, rapper, bassist, and vocalist! 49, today! “We’re all just bags of bones and muscle…
Happy Birthday, Michael Jackson!
Happy birthday anniversary, Michael Jackson, American singer, songwriter, and dancer! “In a world filled with hate, we must still dare…
Happy Birthday, Diamanda Galás!
Happy birthday, Diamanda Galás! American avant-garde soprano, composer, pianist, organist, performance artist, and painter. 62, today! Quotes: “It seems stupid when…
Fence Digital Launch: Sunday, July 16, 2017, 8:00pm – 10:00pm / Ör, 35 South 3rd Street, Hudson, NY
Fence Books will be launching a new imprint Fence Digital tonight in Hudson, NY. This Sunday at 8 p.m. at…
On Robert Lopez’s All Back Full
Robert Lopez’s darkly comical collections and novels are full of bizarre, dissolute isolatos moving in and out of desultory relationships,…
Most Anticipated Small Press Books of 2017!
We must not allow anyone to rob of us of our joy and wonder. With this in mind, I offer…