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Mathias Svalina & Zachary Schomburg

The Omaha Reader published a nice article by Avishay Artsy (of NET Radio News) on Zach, Mathias, the Clean Part reading series, Octopus Books, and contemporary poetry in general. The Clean Part: This Saturday, October 27th, 7pm, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery: Ana Bozicevic-Bowling, Julia Cohen & Ken Rumble Theme: Fox Masks Poetry Out LoudReading series … Continue reading »

Poetry! Video Art! Politics!

I went to this reading last night. It was quite simply excellent. Hawkey had me from his first words and I could hardly believe 45 minutes had gone by when he finished. I won’t do better than Mathias Svalina‘s review: Christian Hawkey. Citizen Of. Wave Books, 2007. Review by Mathias Svalina Within a limited set … Continue reading »

Monsters in Awe

Mathias Svalina reads from Dorothea Lasky’s new book, AWE. Monsters in Awe from nocoastfilms and Vimeo.

No Vampires

Mathias Svalina’s poembook Why I Am White is now out from Kitchen Press. Get it. Mathias will be doing the book release reading in Brooklyn on November 2nd. I think poets need roadies, so I’m attempting to develop the Poet-Roadie persona between now and then. Last night, Ande, Mathias and I made an excellent array … Continue reading »

From Pride to Predator

This morning, walking in to work, I saw a woman step nonchalantly a foot out of her way to crush a roach, then pause a half-step back, posing in satisfaction. Yesterday, Ben told me all about cheeseburgers. He could not eat them; his tongue felt like he imagined it would be like if he had … Continue reading »

Kearney, Nebraska, Day One

I left Lincoln at approximately 6:30 this morning, slept though some Bonnie Prince Billy and This American Life episodes, and arrived at a video production workshop for school technology administrators at 9 AM. This, naturally, follows being up far too late with the likes of M. Gibson, B. McQuillan, and M. Svalina. Lovely time, yes.Not … Continue reading »