It’s Not Dead Yet: Vintage Finds at AWP

A trip to Seattle yields some great vintage rewards! Continue reading →

Touch Me. Feel Me. Stories That Want Your Touch: An Interview With Joel Golombeck of Rocket Chair Media

When I met Joel Golombeck, of Rocket Chair Media, last year at a literary happy hour, I was intrigued to hear about his apps for the Ipad. Not only are they grounded in literature, but they are also grounded in the art of storytelling. I was wary at first, and here comes a confession – … Continue reading →

[ART] The Stone Words | Notes On Les Mots & The Closing Of Antoine Lefebvre’s Residency

Lefebvre’s engagement with the meaningless–his put-to-bed of words by scrawled repetition–occurs at a new fault line of eroticism. His void space is sacred space. He is carving out a place not only for the absence of meaning but a fertile site for its resurrection. Continue reading →

“Thought Is More Important Than Art” – Looking Back On Amiri Baraka

“Thought is more important than art. To revere art and have no understanding of the process that forces it into existence, is finally not even to understand what art is.” Continue reading →

Am I A Real Writer Now?

Although I went to school for writing, ran a literary magazine at my college, and graduated with a BFA and a collection of short stories under my belt, I have always been hesitant to call myself a “writer.” If I ever did mention that I write, it was along with many qualifications… “I’m an executive … Continue reading →

Get Heated: Sex, Fantasy & Horror Reads

Now that the festivities have come to end and the year has just begun it’s time to get our reading caps on. Winter is a good time to build upon our literary arsenal. With the right books we can provide our own warmth and generate heat to move us forward, take us into new realms, … Continue reading →

[LIT] In Conversation With Writer Sarah Gerard

“It takes a ‘certain’ kind of woman to show her breasts. Nobody half decent would bother with such an exhibition…” Continue reading →

[LIT]My Monomania: Fork Burke

I think it’s safe to say Fork Burke is one of my muses. Continue reading →

[LIT] Nostalgia And Validation: A Review of Sari Botton’s Goodbye To All That

A very smart friend gifted me this book for Christmas. It was the perfect gift, because I am a writer and I loved and left New York, and also, unbeknownst to my friend, I had read about the book in an upstate magazine months earlier and put it on my mental “to-read” list. The basics: … Continue reading →

[LIT] My Monomania: KMA Sullivan – Poet, Essayist, Editor and Publisher

I think something we need to remember is that often, the most giving of people receive the least. Let’s do something to change that this year, and let’s start by celebrating KMA Sullivan. Happy New Year. Continue reading →

5 Important Things I Learned In 2013 (That I Want To Share With You!)

Knowing what you want is hard, and it’s taken me a long time through both painful and joyful times of reasoning. Now, I know what I want out of life and I’m happy to say that I’m pleased with the person I have become. Continue reading →

A Blow by Blow Review: The Last Temptation of Christ

I will try my best not to slip up and ruin the ending. I know how this story of the Son of God ends, and I don’t want to wreck it for anyone. Continue reading →

Poets In Blameful Bodies: A Response To NY Daily News Poetry Feature Reactions

When the New York Daily News published a rather innocuous feature on up-and-coming women poets in New York, some elements of the poetry world came out in force to make sure the women in the piece were duly shamed for the quantity of skin shown in their publicity pictures. Continue reading →

[LIT] My Monomania – The Three Wise Guys of Las Vegas, Nevada

In 1995, Geoff Carter, Gregory Crosby & Dayvid Figler decided to do what was then commonly referred to as a “spoken word event” at the Enigma Garden Cafe… Continue reading →

Lit For The New Year

We have a book for every mood. Continue reading →