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Poetry, Poems, Bios & More The Writer's Almanac Phenomenology Of The Prick by Frank Bidart You say, Let's get naked. It's 1962; the world is changing, or has changed, or is about to change; we want to get naked. Seven or eight old friends want to see certain bodies that for years we've guessed at, imagined. For me, not certain bodies: one. Yours. We get naked. You make sure I see it hard.You make sure I see it hard. only once. You seem satisfied. managed to let me see it hard.

Bookninja the brautigan pages Once again, Jarvis Cocker is promoting Richard to the world. Here in this short passage, Jarvis talks to the first chapter about Richard’s death and William Hjortsberg makes an appearance. This is from Messy isn’t it? The life & works of Richard Brautigan, a half hour program Jarvis had on BBC4. Unfortuantely, the full program isn’t available online. If you haven’t been following these fantastic events, here’s your last chance! And if you’re London based (or anywhere nearby-ish), you should be attending! This Thursday nite, Nov 27th, is So the Wind Won’t Blow it All Away. It’s about a month old but the last installment of Brautigan Salad is online. And there’s a bonus story of the handlebar. from Brautigan Salad Watched over by Machines of Loving Grace is quoted over at an aticle on io9 entitled 7 Best Case Scenarios for the Future of Humanity. Is this what you think Richard meant? Thru Oct 7th, Fort Worth’s Hip Pocket Theatre is doing The Hawkline Monster. Article here

Billy Collins - 'Litany' Sarah Manguso : Author's Website How to self-publish your poetry - Self-Publishing Kamil Porembiński /Foter How can I arrange to have my book printed / published? There are various ways to go about it. You can put together a small book by hand, or have a local printer publish some books for you. What are the different types of books I can publish? stapled chapbooks Many poets, both beginning & seasoned, publish chapbooks. Here’s a photo of The Lithic Review #3, which was created in 1991 with a primitive word processing program (little more than a typewriter), clip art & glue stick, & printed at a local copy shop. Chapbooks of this type are simple & inexpensive. A chapbook can be as short as 4 pages (one page folded in half & printed on both sides) or as long as about 48 pages (more than that is usually too thick to staple). Just lay out the pages & cover on your computer. Another way of formatting a chapbook is to use the whole 8.5×11 page, then get some cardstock covers and staple it all together at the left side, without folding it. more substantial books broadsides

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