Yahia Lababidi's 7th book, a collection of 800 aphorisms written over a 10 year period, Where Epics Fail: Aphorisms on Art, Morality and Spirit is now available for pre-order. When you pre-order Where Epics Fail, your name will be included in the first limited edition of 500 hardcover copies as a thank you. Penguin Random House will produce and distribute the trade edition. … [Read more...]
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Jean Cocteau Quotes
"A true poet rarely bothers with poetry. Does a gardener perfume his roses?" Empty Mirror just launched the CocteauQuotes account on Twitter. Most of the quotations are drawn from Professional Secrets: An Autobiography of Jean Cocteau Drawn from his Lifetime Writings by Robert Phillips. This book was originally published by Farrar, Strauss & Giroux in 1970; I own the … [Read more...]
Stephen Bett’s poetry collection, UnWired, published by BlazeVOX
BlazeVOX [books] has published Stephen Bett's 18th collection of poems, UnWired. The 124-page book is available for purchase at: BlazeVOX Amazon Stephen Bett is a widely and internationally published Canadian poet. While his earlier work is known for its sassy, caustic wit, his more recent books are known for their minimalist subtlety. Many are tightly sequenced … [Read more...]
Alan Catlin’s poetry collection, Walking Among Tombstones in the Fog
Walking Among Tombstones in the Fog by Alan Catlin / Presa Press / Perfectbound Paperback / ISBN: 978-0-9965026-4-1 / 72 pages Alan Catlin's latest collection of poetry reflects both the humanistic concerns of his previous work as well as the expanded tone and vision of a wiser older poet. In Waking Among Tombstones in the Fog, Catlin applies his detailed observation of … [Read more...]
Dan Wilcox’s “Inauguration Raga” poem now available from A.P.D.
A.P.D. (a presidential disaster) announces the publication of Inauguration Raga, by Dan Wilcox, a 16-page chapbook of a poem improvised on January 20, 2017. The poem was written from 10:00am to 4:30pm while watching the televised broadcasts of the inauguration of Donald Trump as President of the United States, in a cheap notebook with a free motel ball-point pen. It was … [Read more...]
DADA Centennial: Day of the Dead at the International Museum of Collage, Assemblage and Construction Archives
Show runs through January 2017 (by appointment) Reception Friday Nov. 4, 2016 from 4-7 PM DADA Centennial: Day of the Dead at the International Museum of Collage, Assemblage and Construction Archives Over 160 works by artists from all over the world celebrating 100 years of DADA. 1925 Rosina Street Suite C Santa Fe, New Mexico … [Read more...]
Michael McClure MEPHISTOS book launch and other events!
Mephistos and Other Poems Celebrating the release of his book of new poetry Thursday, November 17th, 7:00 pm CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE 261 Columbus at Broadway San Francisco, CA free event, details: http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100617090&fa=events Tuesday, December 6th, 7:30 pm MOE'S BOOKS 2476 Telegraph Ave Berkeley, CA free event, for more info: … [Read more...]
Guy Debord film, The Society of the Spectacle, now online
Guy Debord (1931-1994) was the most influential figure in the Situationist International, the notorious subversive group that played a key role in provoking the May 1968 revolt in France. "The Society of the Spectacle" (1973, 90 minutes) is Debord's film adaptation of his own 1967 book of the same name. As passages from the book are read in voiceover the text is … [Read more...]
A.D. Winans and Andy Clausen Reading, 7.16.15
San Francisco native poet and writer A.D. Winans and NY poet Andy Clausen will be reading from their collective works at the Beat Museum. Both poets were friends with many of the Beat Era poets like Allen Ginsberg, Ray Bremser, Gregory Corso, Bob Kaufman, Jack Micheline, Harold Norse, Charles Bukowski, and others. The Beat Museum 540 Broadway … [Read more...]
Readings and Book Release: Latif Harris’ Barter Within the Bark of Trees
Latif Harris' new poetry collection, Barter Within the Bark of Trees, is newly released by Duende Press. About Latif Harris Harris grew up in Los Angeles but relocated to San Francisco in 1958 where he joined the Beat scene in North Beach, where he met his lifelong friend, the painter Robert LaVigne. After studying with Robert Creeley in New Mexico and traveling … [Read more...]
Rik Lina Art Exhibit: Selva Tropical – Canto de Pássaros, May 16-July 31 2015
Rik Lina sends an announcenent of his new exhibition, Selva Tropical - Canto de Pássaros (Tropical Jungle - Singing Birds) which runs May 16 through July 31, 2015. The location is: Fundação Dionisio Pinheiro e Alice Cardoso Pinheiro AGUEDA - Portugal Here are some images to whet your appetite! Please visit Rik Lina's website and also … [Read more...]
The Ghosts Who Travel with Me: A Literary Pilgrimage Through Brautigan’s America by Allison Green
I must have decided that Trout Fishing in America would be the one to represent all that I had read and loved as a teenager. But who had that girl been? And did she notice that the woman on the cover had no name? Ooligan Press has announced the release of Allison Green’s memoir, The Ghosts Who Travel with Me. When the flower children were flocking to Woodstock, Allison … [Read more...]
Michael McClure & George Brooks: Free Concert
Come to the Bay Area Book Festival... MICHAEL McCLURE & GEORGE BROOKS on sax FREE CONCERT - POETRY & JAZZ Sunday, June 7, 2015 12 pm - 12:50 pm The Brower Center, in Goldman Theatre 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704 … [Read more...]
Beatnik Shindig! June 26-28, 2015 in San Francisco
The Beat Museum's "Beatnik Shindig" to be held in North Beach and at Fort Mason Center is the largest Beat Generation Conference to be held in twenty years. The last big Beat event was organized by Allen Ginsberg himself in 1995 at NYU in New York City. The event will run the weekend of June 26, 27 & 28, 2015. The Beatnik Shindig will commence with a Friday evening welcome … [Read more...]
Reading to Celebrate Poet Harold Norse, May 9, 2015
A poetry reading in celebration of a new selected edition of the acclaimed Beat poet and former Sonoma County resident Harold Norse will be held at Copperfield’s Petaluma bookstore on Saturday, May 9th at 1:30 PM. Joining the book’s editor and Sebastopol resident Todd Swindell will be renowned San Francisco poets Neeli Cherkovski and A.D. Winans. I Am Going to Fly Through … [Read more...]
Remembering Ronnie Burk
Ronnie Burk, poet and activist, Surrealist and Buddhist, would have been 60 today on April 1, 2015! Celebrate him with a remembrance post at ACT UP Archives filled with photos and collages. Feel free to leave a comment! … [Read more...]
Ted Joans website in works; photos sought!
For several years, there's been a very small, basic website devoted to Ted Joans. Now, it's time to go big. The new website will launch in April 2015. But, before that happens, I need to track down some photos and information. We'll be sure to credit you for anything you can supply! (And, I'll send you a free TED JOANS LIVES! letterpress postcard - just ask.) Here's what … [Read more...]
Selected Poems of Harold Norse: Poetry Reading April 11, 2015
The next poetry reading for the selected poems of Harold Norse will be on Sat. April 11th at Alley Cat Books featuring Kevin Killian and the return of Neeli Cherkovski! Readings from I Am Going to Fly Through Glass: Selected Poems of Harold Norse Saturday, April 11, 2015, 7 p.m. Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St. (at Harrison) San Francisco Featuring readings by: Neeli … [Read more...]
Record Release Party: April 18 2015 for Give America a Break: A Tribute to Jack Micheline
Unrequited Records announces the NYC record release party for GIVE AMERICA A BREAK: A Tribute to Jack Micheline Saturday April 18, 2015 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Sidewalk Cafe 94 Avenue A New York City Free of charge Featuring: Penny Arcade; Andy Clausen; Steve Dalachinsky; Tom Diventi; Bob Feldman; Alan Kaufman; Tsaurah Litzsky; Kaye McDonough; Robert Morgan; Valery … [Read more...]
Beat Generation Poet to Get New Voice with Kickstarter Campaign
A collection of rare and out-of-print interviews with Gregory Corso, one of the founders of the Beat movement in American literature Arlington, MA, February 11, 2015 -- After five years of research and editing, Rick Schober, publisher at Tough Poets Press (Arlington, MA), has announced the completion of The Whole Shot: Collected Interviews with Gregory Corso. The … [Read more...]
Happy New Year from Elize & Rik Lina!
Celebrate the life of Herbert Huncke!
Please come celebrate the life of Herbert Huncke on Friday, January 16, 2015, 7pm at the Beat Museum in San Francisco. Herbert Huncke was born in 1915; let's mark the centennial of his birth together! Participants include: Hilary Holladay, author of Herbert Huncke: The Times Square Hustler Who Inspired the Beat Generation Dennis McNally, author of Desolate Angel: Jack … [Read more...]
Michael McClure, Diane di Prima & Ouroboros! Nov. 16, 2014
Sunday • November 16th • 2pm La Commune Cafe and Bookstore 4799 Shattuck Ave, Oakland A reading by legendary poets Michael McClure & Diane di Prima Music by Ouroboros, a free-improv quartet with Sheldon Brown: tenor saxophone, clarinet, and bass clarinet Clark Coolidge: drums Andrew Joron: theremin Joseph Noble: flute, alto flute, soprano and alto … [Read more...]
Herbert Gold Kicks off his Tenth Decade with his 20th Novel
Jorvik Press has some exciting news: What does a prizewinning author do when he’s about to enter his tenth decade with a track record of more than 30 books, sound of mind and body, full of ideas, and still obsessed with characters he’s been developing for years? If you’re Herbert Gold, you write another novel. Just before his 90th birthday last March Herb was talking to … [Read more...]
William S. Burroughs centennial events at Lake Forest College
You are invited to join Lake Forest College in celebrating the 100th birthday of William S. Burroughs Lake Forest College, located in Lake Forest, Illinois, is helping to curate a series of events connected to the William S. Burroughs centennial. 1. Poetry in Performance: Gossamurmur, Gaza, Jaguar Harmonics Lily Reid Holt Memorial Chapel, Lake Forest College / … [Read more...]
PARCELS, a text art exhibition by bruno neiva
You are kindly invited to attend to PARCELS, a text art exhibition held by bruno neiva at Casa Museo Casares Quiroga, 12, Panaderas St., in A Coruña, Spain, from 2nd to 28th September 2014. PARCELS is comprised of an heterogeneous set of text artworks where language registers and typography are combined with image and composition through several techniques, ranging from the … [Read more...]
A.D. Winans poetry reading in SF Sept. 16, 2014!
Award winning native San Francisco poet A.D. Winans and Oakland native poet and activist Nellie Wong will be reading from their works on September 16, 2014 at Adobe Bookstore. A.D. Winans A.D. Winans has been published internationally and translated into ten languages. He will be reading from his new book This Land Is Not My Land (NYQ Press) and from new poems. He is … [Read more...]
Poetry Reading: Linda King and Paul Fericano in SF – June 2 2014
On June 2, 2014, Linda King and Paul Fericano will give a poetry reading at San Francisco's Bird & Beckett Books. Monday, June 2, 2014 - 7pm 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco (Near Diamond St. and Glen Park BART Station) 415.586.3733 Free Admission Learn more on the Bird and Beckett website! You can also download the flyer for this event. … [Read more...]
Loving and Hating Charles Bukowski by Linda King (2nd Edition)
Wild Ocean Press, in collaboration with KissKill Press, is pleased to publish a second edition of Loving & Hating Charles Bukowski, completely edited and revised from an earlier version published in 2012. The press release: There are many books about Charles Bukowski, but none like this one. Linda King’s Loving & Hating Charles Bukowski looks at Bukowski from the other … [Read more...]
Michael McClure at the Walker Art Center, May 1, 2014
MICHAEL McCLURE: FREE VERSE IF YOU'RE IN MINNEAPOLIS ON MAY DAY, JOIN US AT THE WALKER ART CENTER! May 1, 2014, 7pm Walker Art Center Walker Cinema Free tickets available at the Bazinet Garden Lobby desk from 6 pm Join us for a May Day extravaganza as poet Michael McClure unleashes a mighty roar! A central figure of the Beat Generation, he has … [Read more...]
Rik Lina – INTO THE DEEP at Arttra Gallery, Amsterdam
Rik Lina's exhibition, INTO THE DEEP, is showing at Arttra Galerie in Amsterdam March 7 - April 14, 2014. Closed weekends. The opening takes place Friday, March 7, 17.00 to 19.00 ARTTRA Tweeded Boomdwarsstraat 4 1015 LK Amsterdam tel: +31 (0) 20 6259303 … [Read more...]
Neal Cassady Birthday Bash
Denver's 5th Annual Neal Cassady Birthday Bash! Friday, Feburary 7th, 2014, 8pm Mercury Cafe / 2199 California Street / Denver, CO Featuring: Cathy, Jami and John Allen Cassady presenting a tribute to their mother, the late Carolyn Cassady The David Amram Quartet John Sinclair and the Blues Scholars Chris Shugrue Tickets available at the door ($25), or in … [Read more...]
Michael McClure’s GHOST TANTRAS published by City Lights in new edition
Originally self-published in 1964 and long out of print, Ghost Tantras is one of McClure's signature works, a book mostly written in "beast language." A mix of lyrical, guttural and laryngeal sound, lion roars, and a touch of detonated dada, this is one of his best-known but least available books, a deep well from which decades of poetry have drawn. McClure's inspiration has … [Read more...]
Rik Lina Art Exhbition: Hurracan
RIK LINA Art Exhibition: HURRACAN location KUNSTKERK Prinseneiland 89 - 1013 LM Amsterdam opening Friday, November 29, 5pm - 8pm. The exhibition will be opened by Peter van de Heijden. at 1800 hours. Musical entertainment by Dirk Polak. The exhibition can also be seen on November 30 and on December 1, 6, 7 and 8, from 3pm - 8pm, and by appointment. Rik Lina … [Read more...]
Book Release: Flies Now the Spirit: Alone Yet Complicit
Flies Now the Spirit: Alone Yet Complicit is Keith and Elizabeth Stanley-Mallett's tenth volume of light verse. In these poems, their shared love of family, animals, the English countryside, nature, and each other is very evident. Keith's poems wonder at the mysteries of life, death, and the universe. Seasons turn, spiders commandeer the shed, dogs comfort, rain drops … [Read more...]
Michael McClure at the Berkeley Video & Film Fest! 10.25.13
YOU are cordially invited to the Opening Party and Screening BERKELEY VIDEO AND FILM FESTIVAL EAST BAY MEDIA CENTER 1939 Addison Street (downtown Berkeley, near the Berkeley Rep) Friday Oct 25th PARTY starts at 6:15 pm RSVP: [email protected] (to ensure there'll be plentiful wine and munchies) SCREENING starts at 7:15 pm PURCHASE TICKETS EARLY Seating is … [Read more...]
BIG SUR Film Preview in Selected Theatres – week of October 14, 2013!
Gathr Films has announced a series of one-day-only showings of Big Sur in indie theatres in selected cities across the USA the week of October 14, 2013. These screenings are in advance of the film's nationwide release on November 1, 2013. Here's your chance to see it before anyone else! Check out the schedule below & get the details... Gathr Films Serves Up National … [Read more...]
Book release: Venice, CA: A City State of Mind by John O’Kane
Venice, CA: A City State of Mind by John O'Kane / 978-1626464032 / 240 pages A longtime Venice, California resident, John O'Kane edits AMASS Magazine there. A journalist, poet, and fiction writer, his new book, Venice, CA: A City State of Mind, has just been published. It is an exploration of Venice's history, culture, and its heyday as an alternative creative community - … [Read more...]
Rob Wasserman, Michael McClure & Jay Lane – Music & Poetry – Sept. 12, 2013
Rob Wasserman • Michael McClure • Jay Lane New Music! Thursday, September 12th • 8:00 p.m. Sweetwater Music Hall 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley, CA 94941 Limited Seating • Box Office 415-388-1100 "Rob Wasserman was performing with Lou Reed — I was knocked out. Soon Rob and I were writing songs together, sometimes at Bob Weir'splace with Rob's … [Read more...]
Michael McClure, George Brooks & Rob Wasserman Perform in SF 7/26/13!
From Michael McClure: Dear Friends, Hope this finds you well. This week, George and Rob and I will be performing together in San Francisco, to celebrate summer and the de Young Museum's new show of Richard Diebenkorn's paintings. Love to see you there! Best, Michael * * * George Brooks, saxophone Michael McClure, poetry Rob Wasserman, bass Jazz and Poetry … [Read more...]
