POETS OFF POETRY: BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY PT. 4

Here it is friends, Pt. 4 of my Poets off Poetry Essay "By Any Means Necessary". This one's one Kenneth Koch and the experimental, noise-rock trio Storm & Stress.

If you haven't seen the previous three installments here they are again:

Pt. 1: The Sex Pistols

Pt 2: Gertrude Stein and The Blood Brothers

Pt. 3: Jawbreaker

Huge thanks to Jackie Clark for the prompt to write these and also to all my friends who've commented and provided me with feedback on the installments as they've gone up. I really appreciate all of your input.

READING IN NYC ON THURSDAY 5/19 + PT. 3 OF BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY

1) This Thursday, 5/19, I'll be reading for the InDigest 1207 Reading Series w/ Brett Price, Evan Commander and an accordion performance by Jane Carver, Pete's Candy Store, 709 Lorimar St. Williamsburg, Brooklyn 11211, 7PM.

2) Here's Pt. 3 of my Coldfront Poets Off Poetry essay, BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY. This installment's on Jawbreaker. Next week the essay wraps up with Pt. 4, featuring Storm & Stress and Kenneth Koch.

WOLF FACE & BIG BRIGHT SUN REVIEWED AT COLDFRONT + READINGS IN LOUISVILLE AND NYC + BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY PT. 2

Both my book WOLF FACE and Nate Pritts' book BIG BRIGHT SUN were reviewed this week at Coldfront by Patrick Dunagan. Check it out here.

Additionally, I'll be doing several READINGS in the next week, so if you're in Louisville or NYC, I'd love to see you:

1) Wednesday 5/11: Typecast Publishing Presents The Derby Recovery Act at Quills with Peter Davis and Michael Schiavo; 930 Baxter Ave., Louisville, KY, 7 -9PM

2) Friday 5/13: The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church, Friday Night Reading Series with a dance translation of Chris Martin's long poem "The Small Dance"; 131 East 10th Street, New York, NY 10003, 10PM

3) Saturday 5/14: CROWD Reading Series w/Ben Mirov, Guy Pettit, Ish Klein, and Greg Purcell, Cafe Orwell, 247 Varet St., Brooklyn , NY 11206 (L Train to Morgan Ave.), 7PM

4) Thursday 5/19: InDigest 1207 Reading Series w/ Brett Price, Evan Commander and an accordion performance by Jane Carver, Pete's Candy Store, 709 Lorimar St. Williamsburg, Brooklyn 11211, 7PM

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Finally, here's Pt. 2 of my Coldfront POP essay, By Any Means Necessary, featuring Gertrude Stein and The Blood Brothers. And if you didn't see Pt. 1 on the Sex Pistols here's a link.

POETS OFF POETRY: BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY PT. 1

At the link below, you'll find part 1 of a 4 part essay that will be published serially by Coldfront Magazine throughout the month of May. I wrote it for their Poets off Poetry series, but I assure you/warn you it's all about poetry--poetry and some other things. This first section's all about the Sex Pistols, but future sections will look at The Blood Brothers, Gertrude Stein, Jawbreaker, Storm & Stress, and the mighty Kenneth Koch! Hope some people dig it. Onward!

BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY PT. 1