‘William Taylor Jr.’s newest book of poetry The Hunger Season (Sunnyoutside, 2009) is available through Small Press Distribution and stocked on the shelves of finer bookstores everywhere. Rarely you stumble across a book of poetry that blows your mind, where you think “This is greatness,” and you wonder why the world hasn’t heard about the author and why his books aren’t sitting in the checkout aisle of every grocery store. “Here is a book of important truths,” you say, “surely these words are as important as food, cigarettes and beer.” William Taylor Jr.’s The Hunger Season is one of these rare books. Taylor’s first feature-length prose release, An Age Of Monsters is forthcoming from Epic Rites Press in 2011. William Taylor Jr. lives in San Francisco with his wife Anise and his cat Trouble.’
Submission Date:
02 Oct 2010
Category:
Video
Title:
New poetry
Excerpt:
William Taylor Jr reads some new poems recorded for Beat the Dust and Epic Rites Press' SPOKEN WORD issue.
‘A fixture on the American poetry scene for the past forty years, John Yamrus continues marbling away at the poem with surgical skill, trimming away excess until nothing but muscle and bone remain. John's newest book is Doing Cartwheels On Doomsday Afternoon. His next one, Can't Stop Now will be released by Epic Rites Press in Spring 2011. John's work was recently showcased in Tree Killer Ink, a Canadian print magazine issued by Epic Rites Press. Most recently John appeared on BCTV to read poetry as part of their Poets' Pause series. John will be appearing as a guest on blogtalkradio show’s The Sunday Brunch Invasion on October 3rd, as well as The Jane Crown Show on November 14th. John lives in Pennsylvania with his wife Kathy.’
Submission Date:
02 Oct 2010
Category:
Video
Title:
New poetry
Excerpt:
John Yamrus reads some new poems in a video record for the SPOKEN WORD issue of Beat the Dust in collaboration with Epic Rites Press.
‘Rob Plath’s first full-length feature poetry collection, A Bellyful Of Anarchy was released by Epic Rites Press in 2009. It has since received outstanding reviews, been picked up by three New York universities as part of their curriculum, and twice made the "best-seller list" at Small Press Distribution. Rob's second full-length feature, There's A Fist Dunked In Blood Beating In My Chest will be released by Epic Rites Press in fall 2010. Most recently, Rob's work was showcased in Tree Killer Ink, Epic Rites Press’ print magazine. As American author, John Yamrus put it, "in the war over the heart and soul of modern poetry, Rob Plath will be the last man standing." Rob lives in New York with his cat Daisy.’
Submission Date:
02 Oct 2010
Category:
Video
Title:
New poetry
Excerpt:
Rob Plath reads new poetry recorded for the SPOKEN WORD edition of Beat the Dust in collaboration with Epic Rites Press.
‘Jason Hardung's first feature-length poetry collection, The Broken And The Damned was released by Epic Rites Press in 2009. Hardung's book has been described by S.A. Griffin as "a love poem for schools of lost children" and by Todd Moore as a "raw, wounded version of A Season In Hell." Jason's second book, The Little Man Inside is forthcoming from Epic Rites Press in 2011. Jason's work will be showcased in the December issue of Tree Killer Ink.’
Submission Date:
02 Oct 2010
Category:
Video
Title:
New poetry
Excerpt:
Jason Hardung reads some new poems recorded for Beat the Dust and Epic Rites Press' SPOKEN WORD issue.
‘Wolfgang Carstens lives in Mittinhed, Alberta, with his wife, five children, two cats and a dog. Mittinhed is a small village (population 37) situated in the heart of the Canadian prairies. It does not exist on any map, is one of the earliest immigrant communities, and was named for "touque," which is for all intents and purposes, a mitten for one's head. The village is primarily a farming community and consists of a community center, a general store and gas station. Mittinhed received international news coverage in the 1980's when John Walsh (from America's Most Wanted) tracked Sean O'Grady, the infamous "Butcher Of Boston" to a small trailer on the outskirts of the community. By the time Walsh and the authorities arrived, however, O'Grady's trailer was nothing more than a burned out, twisted, melted husk of metal. Nobody knows for certain how the fire started or what happened to Sean O'Grady. He remains, until this day, still at large. Wolfgang's poetry and prose is printed on the backs of unpaid bills. Wolfgang's first book of poetry Crudely Mistaken For Life was released by Epic Rites Press earlier this year.'
Submission Date:
02 Oct 2010
Category:
Video
Title:
New poetry
Excerpt:
Wolfgang Carstens reads some new material in a video recorded for Beat the Dust and Epic Rites Press' SPOKEN WORD issue.
DF on Eugene O’Neill: O'Neill's frankness and raw emotion showed me that a writer can portray rage and love and brutal honesty and compassion in one scene.
Submission Date:
03 Apr 2009
Category:
Video
Title:
long day's journey into night
Excerpt:
A scene - Jamie's Confession - from the Sidney Lumet-directed film version of long day's journey into night. It was made in 1962, starring Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson, Jason Robards and Dean Stockwell.
DF on Bukowski: Bukowski's ability to say things with simplicity and expose the deeply personal, is brilliant. I had the opportunity to know Bukowski. He admired my father's work and visited him. Later, when I read his poems, it was helpful to my own work to have known him. The same holds true with Hubert Selby. I got to know 'Cubby' and I showed him my first novel. I've been lucky enough to have met three of my most important literary icons.
Submission Date:
03 Apr 2009
Category:
Video
Title:
the secret of my endurance
Excerpt:
A video clip of Charles Bukowski reading the secret of my endurance.
Boo Hewerdine is one of the UK’s best singer-songwriters, though tragically, as is often the case for underground creatives, most people will have never heard of him. His career began with the group he formed in the mid-Eighties, The Bible. Two of their finest songs, Graceland and Honey Be Good, came tantalisingly close to becoming huge hits. The first Boo Hewerdine solo album, Ignorance, was released in 1992, followed by Baptist Hospital in 1996 and Thanksgiving in 1998, both made with Nick Drake producer John Wood, and by Anon in 2002. Boo has written with and for other artists. In 1994, five songs Boo had written or co-written appeared on Eddi Reader’s Eddi Reader, triggering a parallel career with her that continues to this day. In 1989 he released an album, Evidence, in collaboration with the American country singer Darden Smith. Towards the end of the nineties he also began to write songs for and with pop artists, something he considers a completely separate endeavour. “I don’t think of myself in that world at all,” he explains. “It’s just I quite enjoy the Brill Building aspect. I enjoy it because it’s not what I do.” Amongst the many artists he has written for in this way are Natalie Imbruglia, Mel C and Alex Parks. Meanwhile, other songs of his had their own adventures. Baptist Hospital’s Last Cigarette, for instance, was covered by k d lang (as My Last Cigarette) on her smoking-themed album Drag. And in 2004 Boo was asked to re-record Thanksgiving’s Bell, Book And Candle for a climactic, award-winning death scene on the TV soap Emmerdale.
Submission Date:
06 Mar 2009
Category:
Video
In Chap-book
Title:
footsteps fall
Excerpt:
Boo says of his lyrics, “with songs, the subject matter’s not the most important thing – I just like to pinpoint something. It’s more a feeling. You don’t have to be specific or breast-beating or anything like that. [Listeners] know what I’m talking about. I sometimes try to write a song about ridiculous things because I don’t think the subject matter is as important as the feeling. When it’s right, there’s a sense of something.”
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