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Willis Plummer reviews my Chapbook “Everybody’s Gotta Suffer (Even Jesus and Rich People)…”

Posted on 05/23/2012

Willis Plummer wrote a nice review of my chapbook. Here it is; though Willis mentions I hate my boss, but I don’t hate my boss, he is very nice and looks out for me, in ways, I just mention him … Continue reading →

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Review: “lol.thx texas i will never love again.” by Willis Plummer

Posted on 05/22/2012

Starting with the title “lol.thx texas i will never love again.” Willis Plummer sets up his poem as absurdist and sad, as in recognition of the emotions being painful and, in the end, pointless. A stance of defense against a … Continue reading →

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I’ll ship anyone a chapbook I made “Everybody Suffers (Even Jesus and Rich People)…” if you message me your address. It has 3 stories and a couple poems and artwork stolen from Mark Gonzales (he inspired me to make the zine and I’m sure he’d ‘be down’ with the borrow). Its a limited 1st edition of 25 copies.

Posted on 05/15/2012

my email is mcelmurry78 [at] yahoo.com. It’s about 4500 words and has a 1st person story, 2nd person story, and a 3rd person story (two of them are only available throw this limited offer), and a couple poems.

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Does anyone even read this? Surviving or striving

Posted on 05/09/2012

Seems the idea of hope, for most people, is transient. I think of my life, currently sitting in a fluorescent windowless room doing mindless work for $30,000 before taxes. This is enough money to survive. I live in a 550 … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Recognitions by William Gaddis

Posted on 04/26/2012

—Reading Proust is an experience. In unassigned dialogue, William Gaddis writes, probably recognizing what it would be like to read his 956 page novel “The Recognitions”. A novel that demands not just the time of the reader, but requires them … Continue reading →

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The NBA on ABC and Marxism and Antenna TV

Posted on 04/23/2012

Basketball is a sport that takes only the space for a court, or a half-court, a hoop and a ball. You can play basketball by yourself, or with two people, or with more. Football you cannot play by yourself. Baseball … Continue reading →

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