hll nd wlcm t ths vwllss plc!

just kidding. here are some hYPER links from my almost complete week back:

• i was a guest of narrative night
• k.flay and chicken john ruled the monthly rumpus
• here’s a picture of me crying from joy
• ali liebegott won this month’s literary death match
• jerry stahl + mary gaitskill @ writers with drinks!

yes,  f r a n t i c is a good way to describe me. you may also use laid, paid, and published without being wholly incorrect (although some more than others, what?).

if you’re in the bay area and you’re reading this you should submit to the Apr 5 Q uiet L ightning. but hurry! they’re due by the end of this wednesday.

on that note, have you seen the beautiful new zine we’re producing: sPARKLE & bLINK? order one for $10 or download it str8 to your gizmo for only $3!

i still love you!

i just got back from my first trip home! i have newly clean teeth, glasses, and a haircut to show for it! pictures, oh of course, are coming soon…

Until then, here’s a few things to accelerate your sense of time:

• My profile of Tony DuShane is live @ SF Gate
• Have you seen the performances from Anger Management? They are pretty much all incredible, but I personally recommend: Jezebel Delilah X, Meg Day, Charlie Getter, Harmon Leon, Mark States, and Anita Garriot. If you want, you can watch me too!
• Have you seen the performances from Quiet Lightning 3?!
• What do you think of our new zine, sPARKLE & bLINK?
• Please tell me something interesting! Events? Yes please! Feedback? I love it!

read my review of The Caucasian Chalk Circle

this link is attached to a secret

check out the amazing readers for tomorrow night’s Q uiet L ightning

4 months ago today i reviewed Andrew O. Dugas’ Permanent Record. See him tomorrow!

watch me perform as part of aNGER mANAGEMENT

I’m performing Fri @ Kaleidoscope SF as part of Anger Management!

Do you know about the first national magazine day?

And |  q uiet L ightning strikes again on mar 1 @ the elbo room. we have a revolutionary secret + free books, amazing readers, $2. no, wait. we need $2.

And then i’m going home until the 8th. southeast home!

Finally, enjoy this video: 

hello lovely creatures,

excitement! i’m interviewing jennifer joseph, founder of Manic D Press, on monday. here is an excerpt from one of her poems, “Endangered Species:”

I read books when I don’t want to be interactive – I spend more than enough time with the phone/fax/copier/computer/answering machine/ meowing cat/noisy washing machine/humming refrigerator/radio/TV/ my problems/your problems – I spend enough time interacting – quiet time is what I crave, can never have enough of – just me and my book, heavy in hand, crisp smell of new ink, crack of the spine, ssshhh quiet – pages turning – ssshhh listen it’s the sound of an active imagination churning.

She has also said: “It’s always been my belief that every generation has to take responsibility for itself, documenting its own interests and experiences.”

My review 0f Phedre is live. And read my feature on Ransom Stephens + The God Patent!

Quiet Lightning was out of control, dangerous fun, rainstorm indoor comfort. i feel blessed to even know about some of these people, let alone call them my friends. if only the videos would render faster i would share them with you. some things feel tremendous to share!

Oh! Also I posted some new pictures.

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in the last 8 days i went to four literary events: writers with drinks, the rumpus, why there are words, and bang out – each one for the first time – saw my name in print for the first time, attended the memorial service for beloved beat poet lenore kandel, and secured a once-a-week job as personal assistant to publishers Richard Grossinger and Lindy Hough – a job that will almost exactly pay my rent.

i am overflowing – with tears, mostly, but i have moments of ecstasy (to be fn sure).

also, quiet lightning is about to strike for the second time and i’m ready! are you?

at the end of the link to lenore’s article (above) i posted the literary events for the next 2 wks i’m thinking about going to. if you have any others, send em my way. and if you want to join me, send me a line.

love,

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