Jill Stengel, Ladies with Babies, 2003
I organized my first Boog event in the Bay Area in San Francisco around a visit to see my family in February 2002, asking friends from the area to read...
Inside Boog City 144, August 2021
EDITORIAL/MASTHEAD BOOG AT 30 —Boog Classic Albums Live presents Live Aid at 20, July 13, 2005, Bowery Poetry Club—Anne (Waldman) at 20, by Lewis Warsh, August 2020—Booglit 3: Women We Need, March...
Hear Boog City Classic Albums Live Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of The Lemonheads’ Classic It’s a Shame About Ray
Boog City Classic Albums Live presents our 54th ever show in the series the 60th album ever in the series The Muffs eponymous 1993 debut on the 30th anniversary of...
Issue 143, July 2021
editor/publisherDavid A. Kirschenbaumeditor@boogcity.comfiction editorWanda Phippsfiction@boogcity.compoetry editorJohn Mulrooneypoetry@boogcity.compoets theater editorBill Considinepoetstheater@boogcity.comprinted matter editorPeter Valenteprintedmatter@boogcity.comsmall press editorSue Visakowitzsmallpress@boogcity.comcounselIan S. Wildercounsel@boogcity.comPaper is copyright Boog City, all rights revert to contributors upon publication. Boog...
Inside Boog City 143, July 2021
[caption id="attachment_9505" align="alignleft" width="1984"] Kyle Schlesinger[/caption] STAFF BOX ART, COMICS —Greg Fuchs, Unguided Tour —Ann Enzminger, featured artist —Yoko OK, May 16, 2021 FICTION —Thaddeus Rutkowski, Waste...
Poetry/ Sara Spangenberg
A Sacrifice It always bothered me that some plants flower in the fall.Bulbs buried beneath the earth, left tofreeze without a mother. Don’t overwater,let them thirst so that they flourish, choose...
Poetry/ Michael Franco
From The Book of the Night Sky: A Book of Measure Volume II certain atonal intoxications in often relating a History. relationships develop.continuous certainty each extension into temptations. relative boundaries inaugurate...
Small Press/ Renovation and Recalibration: Split/Lip’s Recipe for Longevity
by Susan VisakowitzFounded in 2013 as Split Lip Press, and ever-so-slightly rebranded in 2020 as Split/Lip Press, SLP has had three directors in its eight years and is now run...
Boog City Poets Theater Presents: An Excerpt from Francine Witte’s Love is a Bad Neighborhood
Characters:TagSister PainSister JoyLove DoctorSetting:Place – a mean streetTime – again and againThe play takes place mostly in darkness with the characters highlighted by spotlights. PROLOGUE(THE LOVE DOCTOR...
Printed Matter/ Berger Makes a Good First Impression
by Peter Valente Under the ImpressionJames Berger BlazeVOX [books] In James Berger's Under the Impression, one finds poems in different registers, showing multiple ways in which he interacts with the...