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05 • 26 • 2008 Earlier this month, I went hosted a Zeitgeist-Press reading in San Francisco in the Haight district at Cafe International. It was a memorial reading for the loss of Vampyre Mike. Among the readers were Julia Vinograd, Joie Cook, Bruce Isaacson, Whitman McGowan, David Gollub, Chris Trian, Kathleen Wood, and many others. Here's a couple snap shots:
CHRIS TRIAN
I also went to see Joe Pachinko perform with his ressurected instruments at the Leaning Tower of Pizza in Oakland.
You can read his raving review here....if you're into shoddy journalism... http://www.eastbayexpress.com/music/from_trash_to_treasure_____and_back_again/Content?oid=726342
_________________________________________________ 04 • 01 • 2008 For April Fool's Day, this is no joke... a review written by Irene Koronas on issue #36... POESY
_________________________________________________ 03• 24 • 2008 TODAY WE POSTED two more poems on the poetry page: SAINT FRANCIS by oren wagner and WEEDS ON DONNER SUMMIT by jeanine stevens. We chose Saint Francis because Oren really hit it with this one right away in the first two lines "a half moon hangs over head like it were stolen from a _________________________________________________ 01 • 03 • 2008 HAPPY NEW YEAR! Good news POESY fans! We are back up and running after our unannounced one-year hiatus! What pushed us back into play and saved POESY from becoming a burned muse in the face of a broken down editor? A spark from an email I received about a possible internship. Just when I became overwhelmed with 6,728 submissions to respond to (well maybe not that many), I received an email from a Bennington College student, Erika King, who is ready to get her hands dirty and dig in to the behind the scenes production of POESY. Erika is currently studying literature and art history at Bennington College. She has published poetry in 96Inc. If you would like to meet Erika, you can email her at erika@poesy.org . I will have more information later in the week planning our assault on the next issue. — Brian _________________________________________________
09 • 09 • 2007 POESY is delayed again. I don't think we will be making our Septmber cut off. I have been able to review many of the submissions received and books and begin the interviews, but to try and finish it by the end of the month will result in a rushed feel and I have always taken pride on the quality of material we have included in our publication. It is possible I could do a double issue for #36/#37, or just plain make #36 twice as big and release it in December. I will make another post as things pogress. We will not be accepting any new submissions until after December 1, 2007. Thank you for your understanding. There is no excuse except for spring/summer fever and a deep dive into my own poetry. I had to take advantage of the muse when she came to me. Expect a new manuscript of poems and photos after the issue is released. Questins and comments always welcome... Your friendly editor, Brian _________________________________________________ 07 • 25 • 2007 POESY was picked top magazine of May/June 2007 by the Small Press Review. The review judges from hundreds of small press mags received. I am proud to say I have been Boston editor for the last 9 years. Doug Holder/Ibbetson Update _________________________________________________ 07 • 02 • 2007 Hello Poesians, I regret that I was unable to get issue #36 out to the press for the June (Summer) issue. Between going to China for two weeks and a 60 hour a week workload, it has left me little energy for Poesy lately. But here I am... I am back to my normal routine of waking up at 5 a.m. To get the creative juices flowing again to get us back on track. I am currently reviewing submissions for #36 and August 1st I will cut off reviewing submissions for the issue #36 and anything after will be considered for #37. I know I have submissions piled up to the ceiling again, so if you have submitted already, please be patient. I am still working on whittling that down. Thanks for letting me slide on this issue, it won't become a habit. Over the past 8 years I have been doing Poesy quarterly, this is only the second time this has happened. As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me. Take care, _________________________________________________ 04 • 24 • 2007 _________________________________________________ MAY (TBA) _________________________________________________ "LOVE POEMS FOR THE WICKED" poems by Brian Morrisey
“When Brian Morrisey is in a poem’s rage, the rage often writes him in the form of new combinations of images which he is simply the receptive vessel for. Such a path is the only one for a socially engaged contemporary poet. Morrisey is such a one and he’s on that path.” — Jack Hirschman, poet laureate of san francisco www.zeitgeist-press.com
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