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Joe Weil | The Pursuit of Happiness | Iniquity Press

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I like Joe’s precision of language, his insights: “I need a place (Elizabeth, New Jersey) where poets aren’t expected / I would go nuts in a town where everyone read Pound…I don’t think Manhattan needs another poet / I don’t think Maine could use me,” and, lower on the page, “Where nothing is sacred, everything is sacred / Where no one writes, the air seems strangely / charged with metaphor.” On the strength of that I recommend his work to you. — Harvey Pekar Continue reading →

Kell Robertson | Iniquity Press | Three in One

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In memory of Ben Hiatt. I did write you some stuff about Ben Hiatt didn’t? He was the first guy who really believed in my poetry. Got me started on my magazine…DESPERADO. Anyway man, give him credit for that. Maybe I should dedicate it to all the folks who gave me a shot with my writing. There have been damn few over the years. All the “fugitive” publications. And I’m honored to have Kryss doing the cover. Ride Easy. — Kell Robertson, November 20, 2008 Continue reading →

David Roskos | Fall & All – Book One | Iniquity Press

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Fall & All Book One | copyrite 2000 by David Roskos. Some of the poems in Fall & All were first published in The Black Swan Review, Big Scream, Big Hammer, New Jersey Bowel & Bladder Control, The Paterson Literary Review, Dionysos – The Journal of Literature & Addiction and in Poets on the line. I’d like to thank the editors of these magazines for their commitment to small press publishing.

This one is for Ayler. Continue reading →

Ken Greenley | Uncle Sam’s Portrait | Iniquity Press

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Ken Greenley is a writer living and working in Denver, Colorado. The number of places he’s lived is only exceeded by the number of Jobs he’s had. Greenley like to explore the themes of class division (in a supposedly classless country), the struggle to stay spiritual in the modern world, and first-time experiences of any kind. He thinks art, particulary writing, should combat media brainwashing and examine the clash between what we’re told and what really happens. His work has appeared in numerous small press publications, such as Big Hammer, Philadelphia Poets, and The Bukowski Hangover Project. Continue reading →

Jen Dunford | Shadow Of Book | Iniquity Press

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I came to know Jen Dunford in 1996 while she was a freshman in high shool. At the time I was acting as the poetry editor of the now defunct 24/7 Art Zine. Jen had submitted some poems for consideration. I had never received a submission from anyone that young, and was hesitant at first to include her in a publication not meant for the living room coffee table. I worried what her parents would think. I gave in after deciding that if someone that young took the time to pick up the zine (distributed for free around town), read it and submit work of their own, then that someone wasn’t going to leave it hanging around for their parents to read in the first place. Plus, she stated in her cover letter that she was a fan of William Burroughs. That alone provided me with the final stamp of approval. — Dave Church Continue reading →

Harvey Pekar | Early Stream Of Consciousness And Allied Writing & Other Essays | Iniquity Press

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Early Stream of Consciousness and Allied Writing …Page 1. Early 20th Century Russian Avant Garde Writing…Page 21. Andrei Bely…Page 44. Early Stream of Consciousness and Allied Writing was first published in Grinning Idiot Magazine. Review of The Twenties and Before the Storm first published in The Village Voice. Andrei Bely (An addition to “Early Stream of Consciousness and Allied Writing”), first published in Work in Progress Magazine. Continue reading →