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'Artaud's Hammer': A Dissident Series Carries On "There is in the human Word I don't know what operations of rapaciousness, what self-devouring greed going on..."...
Straight Up | | 06/17/13@07:46AM

'Artaud's Hammer': A Dissident Portfolio Continues "Cold Turkey Press publications have a flavor all of their own; there's a kind of wild, mad goodness about them."...
Straight Up | | 06/17/13@07:44AM

'Artaud's Hammer': A Dissident Portfolio Begins Cold Turkey Press was founded in Rotterdam. "It's weird that the cloaca of Europe is the mouth of English literature."...
Straight Up | | 06/17/13@07:41AM

The moment of truth How does it feel to find mistakes in your latest book the night before you deliver it to the publisher?...
About Last Night | 05/28/13@11:05PM

Woolf and Weiwei For Freedom On the shared belief of a famous British author and an acclaimed Chinese artist...
lies like truth | 05/23/13@09:53AM

Radio Silence A great new magazine brings together rock music and literature...
lies like truth | 05/14/13@10:59AM

Menu-Size Art: Quicker Than You Can Say Fast Food Cold Turkey Press has put together a beautiful portfolio of collages by Norman O. Mustill titled 'Cuisine Rapide.'...
Straight Up | | 05/05/13@11:45AM

Poodie James For ArtsJournal readers, a special price, free shipping, signed copy of Doug's novel Poodie James....
Rifftides | 04/01/13@01:16PM

Damning Account of 'Rough Justice' at Guantanamo An excerpt from Jess Bravin's "The Terror Courts," published by Yale University Press. "A damning, brave book," says Kirkus Reviews....
Straight Up | | 02/20/13@06:12AM

In 'Bone Hebrew,' the White Kaffir Speaks The title is taken from Paul Celan. The cover is by Antonin Artaud. The poems are by Sinclair Beiles....
Straight Up | | 02/10/13@08:32AM

Some seed of poetry In each soul there lurks some seed of poetry, a seed that quickens responsive to the warm influence of the true poet. So there.
Andrew Taylor | 02/06/13@12:31PM

Way Ahead of My Time in '69 Where would the blogworld be without blogger self-promotion?...
Straight Up | | 01/29/13@06:03AM

Snapshot Today's video: a rare TV interview with Christopher Isherwood....
About Last Night | 01/22/13@02:48PM

Algren Gets What He Deserves from Colin Asher I'm happy to report that his smart biographical essay on Nelson Algren is the best I've ever read....
Straight Up | | 01/09/13@11:38AM

VDRSVP #1 for Old Times' Sake ... Contents Posted SAN FRANCISCO / ATHENS / NEW YORK / MANNHEIM / LONDON + TIME / 12:46 + SAMOA / NOME /...
Straight Up | | 01/09/13@06:00AM

'Harry Patch: Anti War Hero' If journalism is the first draft of history, Heathcote Williams's poetry is the CAT scan....
Straight Up | | 01/08/13@08:25AM

VDRSVP #1 for Old Times' Sake Contents coming as soon as my staff of thousands gets its shabby act together. But first things first: great title....
Straight Up | | 01/07/13@12:10PM

Culture Editor Jonathan Landman Leaves the New York Times; Blogger Andrew Sullivan Leaves the Daily Beast Signs of the times: Print journalism's retrenchment; online journalism's possibilities. Sullivan's popular "The Dish" blog declares independence, initiates paid memberships....
CultureGrrl | 01/02/13@08:26PM

Fresh From My Hot Little Paws A review of Malcolm Mc Neill's memoir, "Observed While Falling," about his relationship with William Burroughs and their artistic collaboration....
Straight Up | | 12/28/12@10:16AM

'Shelly at Oxford' a Timely Polemic for Christmas Shelley's career of rebellion began at Oxford, which expelled him at the age of 19 for atheism....
Straight Up | | 12/16/12@07:04AM

Cold Turkey's Dissident Voice: 'American Porn' At least no Romney in the White House. But will Obama be able to redeem himself from Heathcote Williams' indictment?...
Straight Up | | 11/08/12@05:03AM

There is nothing like a blog, the freelancer's recourse Blogging = free speech & entrepreneurship -- jazz journalists tell why, how...
Jazz beyond Jazz | 10/15/12@11:14AM

'All the Art That's Fit to Print (And Some That Wasn't)' Have you noticed lately that the art on the NYT Op-Ed page is tamer than it used to be?...
Straight Up | | 10/14/12@10:37AM

What the Dickens? On why public readings of new literary works are mostly a pointless waste of time...
lies like truth | 10/03/12@11:49AM

Publicist's Alert: 'Useless Information' This blog receives many publicist alerts. Here's the smartest, verbatim....
Straight Up | | 10/01/12@06:58AM