poetry

David Empfield Reads from Love in the KGB | Vox Audio

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This recording was made in a St. Paul basement with a washing machine for background. Consequently there are sound effects here that could not be improved upon. As the author explains, “As for the washing machine, it is ambient industrial backbeat, the heartbeat of the nation, the pulse of modern language itself, the carrier of water in a box, hewer of wood in a wire, the robot slave lurking in the background, &c &c.” For other installments of this novel, visit www.loveinthekgb.com Continue reading →

Todd Moore and Lawrence Welsh Read at Acequia Booksellers | Vox Audio

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This reading took place on July 12, 2009 at Acequia Booksellers, 4019 Fourth St. NW, Albuquerque, NM. Todd Moore is the author of over a hundred poetry books and chapbooks. His central concern for the last 35 years has been with the Dillinger legend. Lawrence Welsh’s two most recent books are Walking Backwards to Santa Fe (Pitchfork Press 2007) and Skull Highway (La Alameda Press 2008). Edited by Bruce Holsapple. Copyright 2009 Todd Moore, Lawrence Welsh and Vox Audio, PO Box 594 Magdalena NM 87825 Continue reading →

Otzir Godot

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Drum-artist Otzir Godot dives to the improvising worlds of sounds, rhytms and words. The narration of the his lyrical-orchestration drumwork is a far reaching project to the problematics of esthetics sublim: to the semantics, feelings and visions beyond the words. Godot works with solo projects and in different duo-and trio environments. Drum-artist Otzir Godot has received classical education in percussion. However his main aim is to expand the creative possibilities of the drum set. Improvising has always been the key word to Godot’s world. The path has gone from classical music trough various rock bands, world music and jazz towards to free areas of expression. Together with drums, marimba, gongs and ethnic percussion he provides lyrical landscapes of sounds, rhytms and words. In recent years Godot has been in close co-operation with modern dance professionals and theatre work. Nowadays Godot is deeply involved with trio KAN together with butoh dancer Aki Suzuki and shakuhachi / khaen mouth organ player Jone Takamäki as well as free improvising band ZOGA with violin player Mikko-Ville Luolajan-Mikkola and singer Reija Lang. Continue reading →

Martin Reiner | No Through Road | Art Bureau

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Martin Reiner is the author of five books of poems and a novel. Born in Brno, Czech Republic, he attended several military academies and was imprisoned for eight months before re-entering civilian life. He has worked primarily in the arts since 1989. No Through Road is his first chapbook to be published in English. Continue reading →

Gary Barwin | Derek Beaulieu | Frogments From The Frag Pool | Haiku after Basho

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Francine Witte | The Wind Twirls Everything

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This is one of those small press books probably desktop-published, with two staples holding about 47 pages together, cover/cover art incredibly simple yet effective, the pages sticking out, poorly cut…something you might pass up in a bookstore where a handful of copies were probably left by the author on consignment. If you look inside, you’ll find an impressive list of acknowledgements in literary journals and online publications. Always a good sign: serious writer-at-work here. Especially the asterisk noting: “nominated for a Pushcart Prize.” (I’m still old-fashioned enough in the literary game to know that this stuff matters—or should, in a day, a time of ‘anybodycanwriteanythingandpublish it (print-by-demand) andbeawriter. Maybe. — Norbert Blei Continue reading →

Jessica Jones Quartet | Word | NA 1045

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Her Jessica Jones Quartet has been featured in the What Is Jazz? Festival at New York’s Knitting Factory and also at the Eddie Moore Jazz Festival at Yoshi’s in Oakland, in addition to performing at many Bay Area and East coast clubs, colleges and radio stations. Jessica also performs in a duet setting with her husband Tony. Word is her fourth recording as a leader and follows 2005’s Nod (New Artists Records), 2002’s Shakeup (independent release) and 1997’s Family (Nine Winds). She also performed as part of Joseph Jarman’s Lifetime Visions Orchestra on 2006’s Lifetime Visions for the Magnificent Humans. Continue reading →

d’bi.young.anitafrika | rivers…& Other Blackness…Between Us: (Dub) Poems of Love | Gazelle Books

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d’bi is a passionate word-warrior with originality and ingenuity to match her creative courage. In this collection, she gushes freely, blending contemporary currents with ancestral resonance to create a daring collection that demands attention. As it bends boundaries and defies definitions, d’bi’s poetry courses along its own path. Surging and swirling, sometimes overflowing the banks, her lines are both delightful and disturbing. On the outside you see a book covered and bound, but on each page there’s raw power and boundless revelation.” — Blakka Ellis Continue reading →