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Who?s Yo? Mama?
2007-02-16 00:44:02
Ah, yes. Yellow Mama is now online and, as first issues go, it’s a keeper. Even if I do have a story of my own in there (and therefore may well be biased), it’s a stunning debut. But you don’t have to take my word for it. Check it out for ...
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If You Can?t Join?em, Beat?em
2007-02-10 18:39:01
Lately, I have been following Karl Koweski’s feud with the Guerilla Poetics Project with great interest. Now that he’s posted his most recent satirical rip on his MySpace blog — a piece entitled “The Last King” — I feel I have something to say about it. Groups like the Guerilla Poetics Projects are all alike. ...
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Another Quarter Heard From
2007-02-03 06:34:02
You self-righteous asshole! How dare you reject my poems in such a pompous and dismissive manner. Yeah, that’s right . . . I called you an ASSHOLE and what’re you going to do about it? You’re just mad because I write better than you could ever hope to. . . and yeah, I ...
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A Fistful of Phonies
2007-01-29 00:29:01
If someone paid me a dollar every time some wannabe asshole poet has addressed himself as a “literary outlaw” in his bio, I’d be a very rich man indeed. It seems as though this particular disease has been on the rise since that anthology, The Outlaw Bible was published. Every half-wit retard with a ...

In all my years as a writer, I have never known a publicatio
2007-01-16 12:17:02
In all my years as a writer, I have never known a publication that didn’t absolutely require a Self Addressed Stamp Envelope or a prepaid postcard in order to facillitate the reply to a submission. Am I wrong? Have the rules changed? No? I didn’t think so. Nonetheless, of the [...]
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Remember what I said about the fragility of literary friends
2007-01-15 00:15:12
Remember what I said about the fragility of literary friendships? How they can sometimes breakdown? Well . . . an odd thing happened to me this morning: I received an email from a writer - a former friend turned nemesis. We corresponded for years before I realized he was behind some [...]
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Some among you who have been involved with the online lit sc
2007-01-15 00:15:12
Some among you who have been involved with the online lit scene for awhile may recall that back in 2000, some Ezine editors got together and formed a advocacy group known as the Internet Literary Editors Fellowship or, the ILEF for short. According to their mission statement their purpose was to: 1. Promote the general welfare [...]
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I am a much happier guy when I have a big project to work on
2007-01-15 00:15:12
I am a much happier guy when I have a big project to work on. When I’m am forced to do tiny little chores, even if accomplishing those little chores will ultimately make the big projects easier, I tend to get aggravated and procrastinate until I can procrastinate no more. And that’s what [...]
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The other day I was having a discussion with Yellow Mama edi
2007-01-15 00:15:12
The other day I was having a discussion with Yellow Mama editor, Cindy Rosmus about the merits of paying v. non-paying publications. The impetus for this discussion were some remarks made by this newbie publisher of an alleged paying publication (I say “alleged” because I’m not convinced the writers are being paid, but that’s [...]
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Bush admits US added to Iraq turmoil “The US was right
2007-01-15 00:15:12
Bush admits US added to Iraq turmoil “The U S was right to invade Iraq, but choices made after the initial invasion have eroded security in the country,” President George Bush said in a television interview that was to be broadcast overnight. “I think history is going to look back and see a lot of ways we could [...]
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