Two of my poems appear in the tiny wonder of a journal known as Durable Goods (issue sixty-three). If you don’t yet subscribe to this hot little handmade gem, you probably maybe definitely better should.
see: DURABLE GOODS
Issue Twenty-Six of the Safety Pin Review, by David Tomaloff— which is being worn around Turkey (!) this week by Jeremy Reed— is now live.
A poem I wrote, THE KITCHEN SINK COMPARES ITSELF TO YOU, is currently loose and wandering the streets of Turkey thanks to Simon Jacobs at Safety Pin Review and our man in the trenches, Jeremy Reed. More action shots to follow.
see: THE KITCHEN SINK COMPARES ITSELF TO YOU
Beach Sloth has reviewed YOU ARE JAGUAR, the collaborative poetry joint written by Ryan W. Bradley & me. Says the Beach Sloth: “Finally a confrontational book of poetry exists.”
Deerbirds are known to thunderdome & jaguar for the sheer joy of thunderdoming & jaguaring. This is an actual fact.
see: BEACH SLOTH VERSUS JAGUAR
Want to review YOU ARE JAGUAR, the collaborative poetry joint by Ryan W. Bradley and me? Hit Artistically Declined Press up for a PDF & it rains iced tea & everybody gets a lollipop. Pass it on! Let’s get Deerbirded, babies. DO!
A short piece I wrote, GOODNIGHT BAD MORNING, which takes its title from a favorite song by the Kills, won the Press 53 53-Word Story contest this week. I’m certainly honored. Please head over and take a look. Thanks, Christine! And thanks, Meg Pokrass, for the prompt!
Friends! Pre-order has begun for YOU ARE JAGUAR, the first installment in Artistically Declined Press’s Twin Antlers imprint. YAJ is a collaborative poetry joint between Ryan Bradley and me. Also, note that all preorders of YAJ come with an ADP scout book! Deerbird up, and please pass this along!
see: YOU ARE JAGUAR pre-order
I have a small something in this HOUSEFIRE FORTUNE TELLER: THE TEMPERAMENTAL DANCE. This isn’t the fortune teller I remember from grade school; this one here is rigged to explode.
Download, fold, and amaze people before you kidnap them or take their shoes. Tell them Housefire is back.
SEE: THE TEMPERAMENTAL DANCE (plus instructions)
Thunderclap Press has published my poem CASUAL DAY FOR LOVERS #5 to round out its poem-a-day National Poetry Month collection. I am happy to once again be surrounded by the thoughts and texts of great authors and friends. Thanks, Robert and Amanda.
This reminds me: I’ve been meaning to mention this. Heavy Feather Review. Yessir. Can’t wait!
“1.2 contributor David Tomaloff is answering questions via Formspring.” http://fb.me/1OKqpZLum
ATTICUS REVIEW is running the second and final installment of the film series Swoon and I did for my Gold Wake Press chapbook, EXIT STRATEGIES. My thanks to them, Swoon, Gold Wake Press, and all who have followed and enjoyed this project.
“Projects like this one are the reason we knew we wanted to feature ‘Mixed Media’ in our online journal. Simply amazing.” —Atticus Review
“‘Exit Strategies’ a videopoetry chapbook by Swoon and David Tomaloff, is a unique, impressive example of what can happen when creative minds get together.” —Atticus Books
see: EXIT STRATEGIES {IV-VI} PLUS PROCESS NOTES
I’m really just blown away by the attention my Gold Wake Press chapbook EXIT STRATEGIES has garnered lately. Atticus Review has kindly chosen to feature the first three in the videopoem series Swoon and I collaborated on, along with our notes on the project. Please join us as we hide from wolves, ravenous seas, and the hulking masses towering across the skyline. Good Friday fun for the whole family, in other words. GO!
see: EXIT STRATEGIES {I-III} PLUS PROCESS NOTES
YOU ARE JAGUAR is now on Goodreads!
Add it! Expected publication: June, 2012.
It’s the deerbird, baby: Artistically Declined Press.
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