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On Sunday we were visited by many fabulous contributors to the My Diva: 65 Gay Men on the Women Who Inspire Them anthology, as well as their invoked muses. It was a great reading–R. J. Gibson shared his thoughts on Annie Lennox, John Dimes wrote about what’s compelling about Björk, Allen Smith reminisced about Jessica
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Q: When is a book of poetry 8.5″ x 8.5″? A: When it is The First Risk, coming atcha Sept 24, 2009.
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…for you to read Matt Bell’s The Collectectors, which is now available free via Issu in a special extended version. Bell’s prose chapbook tells the story of two very strange brothers whose home becomes both a sanctuary of beloved objects and a repository of needless things over the course of their lives. Bell’s short, lyric
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Have not been writing much new poetry, but have been enjoying some revision work and also reading a lot: Nothing Right, Antonya NelsonDon’t Cry, Mary GaitskillCollected Stories, Amy HemphillChapters from an Autobiography, Samuel M. StewardSight Map, Brian TeareNational Anthem, Kevin Prufer National Anthem is a book I wish I’d written. It’s strange and satirical and
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In re: yesterday’s post–if you have reading recommendations, please post them in the comments.
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Currently devouring: “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.” So begins Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, an expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem. As our story opens, a mysterious plague has fallen upon
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