sneak peek :)

here is a sneak peek at our cover design for "the five parts of love" - the chapbook will be available shortly from dancing girl press. watch this space. or their website. or your email inbox if you've given me your email address. :)

more soon!

librophile animation

i just really wanted to share this. it made my day.

the fantastic flying books of mr.morris lessmore.

i knew that i needed you (watching j.edgar)

for the first time in a while i watched a movie, at the movie theatre - i do enjoy this, but it tends to be so expensive (compared to reading books etc) that i hardly do it. also, there are rarely any "offerings" that seem worth the approximately 10 bucks or more a visit to the cinema usually costs.

t and i went to see "j. edgar" and i can only recommend it. not only was it worth the money, but leonardo di caprio has finally redeemed himself (imho) as an actor. where, in romeo and juliet, he was constantly either shirtless or wet (think wet-tshirt-contest for boys), he now keeps his clothes on and actually plays his character.

i remember reading that the real-life fbi were not too thrilled with clint eastwood's looking to get more information on hoover's sexual orientation and relationships, but the movie eastwood delivers here is tastefully done and, because it is a MOVIE, not a bio-pic or a documentary, i think it's fully acceptable in the ways it develops the characters.

finally, i have to admit that i was moved to tears - the asexual relationship between these two men is so delicately, respectfully and convincingly portrayed that i honestly don't care if it (or anything like it) ever really happened. this is good movie-making. go see it.

in my list it ranks high, right up there with "frost/nixon" and "good night and good luck" - and this is coming from someone who hated history in school. :)

if you still want to get your facts right... read about j. edgar hoover here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover

analyse von m.d. zellmers "ebendar"

Ebendar

Blasphemie und peripher

schizophren und nekrophil

postneutral und Profanie

elegiös und etabliert

dergestalt und ebendar

Rizinus und Ratiopharm

Sakrileg und pedophil

homogen und Integral

Polynom und Division

Argument und Diskussion

erogen und trivial

paranorm und Diphterie

Ergonom und Anatom

indiskret und raffiniert

intravenös ☹☹☹☹☹☹☹☹☹☹

☹☹☹☹☹☹☹ und ☹☹☹☹☹☹al

das ist mir doch

☹☹☹☹☹☹egal

max d. zellmer's "ebendar" (http://maxdzellmer.wordpress.com/2011/10/02/ebendar/ ) ist ein frühwerk, ohne jeden zweifel. zwar spricht die intertextualität diese lyrischen werkes für ein populärliterarisches bewusstsein, - der rhytmische sprechgesang der 1990er hat hier offensichtlich pate gestanden, - doch eine genauere betrachtung des textes verdeutlicht, daß dies das machwerk eines adoleszenten geistes ist.

zellmer nutzt hier eine einfache chiffrierung, bei der jede zeile für (x, y) steht, und die initiallettern der wortpaare jeweils den zahlenwert des jeweiligen buchstaben haben. so ergibt sich folgende grafische darstellung:

das gedicht, im reinen betrachtet, ist nichts weiter als ein primitiv gezeichneter lyrischer phallus. der subversive jungkünstler hat also hier das bewusstsein des lesers zur schultoilettenwand gemacht. wahrlich, ein erguss infantilen genies.

new poem in barely south review

just a quick note to let y'all know the september issue of barely south review just went live, and one of my poems is in it. you can read it here:

http://barelysouthreview.digitalodu.com/all-issues/september-2011/stillborn-1918-2/

i'd love to hear your thoughts / comments!

when you wish upon a book...

so i ordered this book for a class i am taking this semester. i used bookfinder.com to find the best rate and found a good copy at the tacoma book center, WA, via AbeBooks. for whatever reason i filled out the "special instructions to bookseller" box on the order form: 

you probably can't quite read this, but it says, "Please could you draw me a unicorn on the invoice?"

well the book arrived today. it was very neatly wrapped (better than any other bookseller i've bought from online so far!) and when i freed the book from its protective cellophane wrapper and looked at the invoice, this is what i found:

thank you, MS / mysterious unicorn artist, this made my day! 

we have touch down

store front, downtown hattiesburg

i made it to mississippi in one piece, safe and sound, with two pieces of luggage and a bottle of sun screen.  the heat is not as bad as people have been telling me, - though i'm not saying it's not hot or not too hot. then again, supposedly we're having a cool spell here right now. :)

the best part about the new place: built-in bookshelves. lots of room for books!!!

the sign in the photo above was delightfully puzzling to me. if you want to know (kill the mystery) click here, at your own risk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoSewejpKkk