Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Introducing Shane Jones






"Portraits" (distorted photos) of Shane Jones,.... Click on each for larger view,...

If you're a writer interested in sending me a headshot (i like "eyes" and nice colors. or a sharp-featured black and white) please do so to ronklassnik2001 (at) yahoo (dot) com and I may well do one up of you.

Am thinking also of starting a blog with just these (writer portraits)

All the Messiahs



more photos and drawings at my Facebook page albums

here and here

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Chapbook Submissions Wanted-- Bringing them Back

a note from Seven Kitchens Press:

Dear Friends,

Please take a moment, if you can, to pass along this call for submissions to the second annual ReBound Series from Seven Kitchens Press. 7KP will publish a new edition of an out-of-print chapbook, complete with a new ISBN and an introduction by the nominating writer. Submissions are currently being accepted through December 15; complete guidelines are available here

We think this is a wonderful opportunity to "bring back" deserving titles, and we'd truly appreciate your help in getting the word out or nominating a deserving title. Last year's winning chapbook, Notes from the Red Zone by Christina Pacosz, is available now.

All best,

Ron Mohring
Seven Kitchens Press

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Introducing Nate Logan





If you're a writer interested in sending me a headshot (i like "eyes" and nice colors. or a sharp-featured black and white) please do so to ronklassnik2001 (at) yahoo (dot) com and I may well do one up of you.

Am thinking also of starting a blog with just these (writer portraits)

Friday, November 13, 2009

The Road--- can't be worse than the book--



Justin Marks says this looks awesome(ly depressing). Well, all I can say is that it can't be worse than the book. Or can it???

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Introducing Elisa Gabbert





If you're a writer interested in sending me a headshot (i like "eyes" and nice colors. or a sharp-featured black and white) please do so to ronklassnik2001 (at) yahoo (dot) com and I may well do one up of you.

Am thinking also of starting a blog with just these (writer portraits)

Monday, November 9, 2009

HTMLGIANT is now taking Submissions

HTMLGIANT is now taking Submissions

HTMLGIANT is now accepting writing for publication on its site.

Poetry and fiction under 1,000 words will be considered.

All submissions will be read, but not necessarily responded to.

If within two weeks you do not hear a response, consider your piece rejected.

Comments will be enabled for all work, so please do not submit if it’s hard for you to stomach criticism in an open forum and/or the possibility of comments made in poor taste.

If this all sounds fine to you, and you decide to submit, thank you in advance for considering our blog an acceptable place for your writing.

-Gene Morgan, Poetry & Fiction Editor

Seth Abramson-- RIP-- a dead horse?

Seth Abramson---- RIP -- swans, holidays, keats, jesus, etc.... (click here)

and, maybe, I am beating a dead horse. sigh.

District 9: a Review (?)


You know a movie's bad when you think it's a spoof and it's not. This movie is funny. but the satire (parable) is too heavy handed and the story line's got more holes in it than swiss omelettes.

This is a movie I should by all rights have walked out halfway through or earlier. And if my wife stayed to watch I should have hunkered down in the men's room stroking my stomach which is growing, these days, in leaps and bounds. Man, I have cravings!

But something made me kind of like it. The weak narrative? Cheesy costumes? Bad Nigerian caricatures? (my brother tells me that it's been banned in Nigeria). Bodies exploding? Weak romantic and "human" (like the ending--- only works if you're laughing!) moments? The hilarious character of Wikus van der Merwe who I was occasionally tempted to take seriously? (I never was never tempted in the same regard with respect to his alien compadre--- i mean, c'mon !!).

But, whatever. All in all this is a movie I do recommend. But save the head scratching---Just don't take it seriously!

New Pax Americana

New Pax Americana is on-line now

(Gaudry, Tyler, Pink, Starkweather, etc, etc,...)