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Place: Steelton, PA
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Occupation: Magic Gnome in the Transportation World
Interests: NOTE: HELLO. IF YOU ARE BILINGUAL AND WRITE PROFICIENTLY IN A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH, AND WOULD BE INTERESTED IN TRANSLATING AND/OR PUBLISHING ANY OF MY WRITING, INCLUDING MY POETRY OR SHORT FICTION, PLEASE CONTACT ME BY EMAIL. Language. Sex. Laughter. Books. Travel. Good food. Good conversation. Art. Movies. Not necessarily in that order.
   
Lately I've been reading: Omnivorous as always...Jackson MacLow, Richard Brautigan, writing on the Holocaust, blogs, Buddhist texts, Zen poems, Joe Brainard, Barbara Guest's poetry. Grimm's Fairy Tales too...great stuff those!
   
Lately I've been writing: ...in many different forms from the short story to the poem to stuff that verges on stand-up material. Want to do more short fiction, though!
   
About me: My books include Sanskrit of the Body, which won in the National Poetry Series a few years back...and can be ordered through your nearest bookstore if they don't have it in stock, or purchased online, and Ants Dissolve in Moonlight (fugue state press). I translated two of Andre Malraux's early books for Fugue State Press also...that's The Kingdom of Farfelu. Forthcoming is a BIG book of poems, with conversations with Artificial Intelligence beings and drawings, called Alright, But I'm Gonna Burn Down the Building. That will be out through Six Gallery Press in Pittsburgh. Contact me if you want a copy when it surfaces in the next few months. Thanks for reading this far if you did! :-)

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Review of The Best American Poetry 2004 (edited by Lyn Hejinian)
Here is a review of the 2004 manifestation of the celebrated poetry anthology series.
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"Goodbye, Hart Crane!"
Looking back at the poetry of Hart Crane, whom I once admired immensely, I find myself forced to reassess his contributions to American poetry. Are you a Crane fan? Am I being too harsh?
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Review of Japanese Novelist Yoko Tawada's The Bridegroom Was a Dog
Here is a review of the VERY STRANGE Japanese novel The Bridegroom Was a Dog by award-winning Yoko Tawada. It's actually quite a good read...three novellas in one book. Check this out!
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Poetry Blurbs that People Will Not Have the Balls to Write....
Poetry blurbs (hell, all blurbs) are annoying exercises in establishing pecking orders and brand recognition. Here are some truthful blurbs people might think but not write.
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Review of the Australian (Outlaw) Film Chopper (Starring Eric Bana).
This is a review of the Australian film Chopper, a prison drama and partially fictionalized biopic about legendary Australian outlaw Chopper Read. If you didn't see this yet, you're MISSING OUT!
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Who Were the Most Innovative Poets in History?
Who do you think were the most innovative poets in the history of the world's literature. This is one person's perspective. See if we match up on our lists.
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Movie Review of Horror Flick: 28 Weeks Later
Here is a review of the horror flick 28 Weeks Later, the sequel to the hugely popular 28 Days Later. Have fun laughing at how well this movie did its job of scaring the bejeesus out of this reviewer! :-)
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10 New Words (Neologisms) to Describe Blogs, Bloggers & Blogging
This was my attempt to "invent" 10 new words related to blogging. It's amazing how often someone else beats you to the punch. See how successful I was....
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GUILTY PLEASURES: A Review of Two "Trash T.V" Shows: "The Two Coreys" & "Hell Date"
This is my review of two "trash t.v." shows currently running in the United States: "The Two Coreys" and "Hell Date."
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Send Me Some Poetry & Get Famous
My blog, Joe Brainard's Pyjamas, is now an online poetry mag. For info how to send read this, peeps!
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Comment on Ask Marilyn: Marilyn Manson Gives Dating Advice to Kids
Posted on December 21, 2007
Goodness you people are really having a bad week! I have to say like Wanda as the Applebees Apple...GET IT TOGETHER, BABY! HAPPY HOLIDAYS WHATEVER YOU CELEBRATE!
Comment on Ask Marilyn: Marilyn Manson Gives Dating Advice to Kids
Posted on December 17, 2007
Dear Raven, The best way to get someone interested in you is to be interested in THEM...or act that way...ask him what sort of things he likes...music, books, etc...if he is too "badass" to be bothered by these kind words then it's better to just make a voodoo doll of him and put rocks on its head. Then when he complains of terrible headaches you can ask him "Wanna talk to me NOW?" :-)
Comment on Ask Marilyn: Marilyn Manson Gives Dating Advice to Kids
Posted on December 15, 2007
Dear Raven, You should steal his immortal soul using a Ouija board...and once you possess it...you should make him our own personal monkey...did you see the movie The Craft...that's actually based on my mother's life...isn't she adorable? I love Mom...I am taking her to Zaire for Christmas...they have the most delicious monkey brains served frosted there...it's so much better than a disgusting genetically-altered turkey stuffed with hormones...EAT SMART!
Comment on Weird and Unusual Names of Real Towns in Pennsylvania
Posted on November 15, 2007
LOL..I love it. I wonder if there are "3 Trees Street" or "The Street Next to Main Street." I would like to name a street "No Name Street" just to drive the U.S. Postal service even more crazy than they are.
Comment on Yo Momma So Ugly...Jokes...
Posted on November 8, 2007
People who don't understand the rhetorical device of "enallage" (look it up Anonymous) should refrain from posting comments that indicate their own intellectual limitations. I am the presiding Julio-Claudian of the comment box and you have just been fed to the lions. Mmmm that felt good.
Comment on 10 New Words (Neologisms) to Describe Blogs, Bloggers & Blogging
Posted on November 3, 2007
Yeah, blogophiliac would be the natural modification of that into a noun. And we have an example to put in the dictionary...you! lol :-)
Comment on Who Were the Most Innovative Poets in History?
Posted on October 27, 2007
The devil made me leave him out, Valleri.
Comment on Ask Marilyn: Marilyn Manson Gives Dating Advice to Kids
Posted on October 20, 2007
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Posted on September 24, 2007
OMG you remember them! And Rich what'shisname...
Comment on Send Me Some Poetry & Get Famous
Posted on September 24, 2007
the Websense filter and I shop at the same sex toys store...so it has SOME NERVE!
Comment on Please God, Smite the One Reading this Right Now
Posted on September 17, 2007
Whether God exists or not, I agree with you that it's hard to believe based on how the world was "designed." A four year old could (and would) design a more beautiful world (morally)...say, by starting with a world in which creatures did not have to eat each other to survive...the four year old would lack the technological skills however. Sometimes I believe the innocence and optimism we see in children is almost some proof of a god, but that's of course before society invades their world and begins to corrupt them and train them to repeat the whole cycle of misery we promulgate on a daily basis, on a worldwide scale. I'm happy to be your Scribd friend btw Narodnikki. Bill