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by Rebekah Reeves 12/21/96Event, events. So many all the time. Most ultimately meaningless and trivial distractions. Didn’t go to The Nutcracker with N. Woke up this morning feeling terrible (and...

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D.S. Poorman/ What Becomes a Legend Most?

Editor Boog CitySeptember 13, 2021September 21, 2021

by Ryan MastersI first met the poet and writer D.S. Poorman through the eyes of Kent Fielding during the dark years Fielding and I spent embedded in the University of...

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D.S. Poorman/ Literary Grendel of Louisville

Editor Boog CitySeptember 13, 2021September 21, 2021

by Kent FieldingD.S. Poorman became a cult figure around Louisville during the ’90s and early 2000s. The band Wodka wrote the theme song for his first novel, Macky Dunn Got Nothing...

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Small Press/ Rejecting Rejection: How Radial Books Stood Up for Deserving Work

Editor Boog CitySeptember 13, 2021September 13, 2021

by Susan VisakowitzFor Tricia Yost, “the best works have an existentialist bent—who are you, how do you live in the world, what is the lived experience and what does it...

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Small Press/ All In: Lily Poetry Review Goes from Zero to 60

Editor Boog CitySeptember 13, 2021September 21, 2021

by Susan Visakowitz“We don’t make any money from this, but it’s joyful—we do it because it’s the right thing to do and we love it.” That’s how Lily Poetry Review...

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Small Press/ Second Time’s a Charm: Long News Books’ Final Encore

Editor Boog CitySeptember 13, 2021September 21, 2021

by Susan VisakowitzBarbara Henning, former editor of the poetry/art journal Long News: In the Short Century (1990-1995), had only published one book by way of her Long News Books imprint,...

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The Boog City Interview: Cliff Fyman’s an Overnight Success at 60-Something

Editor Boog CitySeptember 13, 2021September 13, 2021

Interview by Elinor NauenCliff Fyman has been around the Poetry Project for close to four decades, a quiet, athletic presence who has been known to juggle while reciting his work....

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Greg Fuchs’ Unguided Tour, August 2021

Editor Boog CityAugust 19, 2021August 19, 2021

[su_pullquote align="right"]West Tremont Avenue, Bronx[/su_pullquote] GREG FUCHS teaches students with disabilities to trust themselves and question everything. He writes poems and makes photographs. Fuchs survives beneath the underground but surfaces occasionally...

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Comic / Yoko OK, June 28, 2021

Editor Boog CityAugust 19, 2021August 19, 2021

YOKO OK is a New Yorker who has been living in the Bay Area of California for the past 10 years. She makes a comic every day as part of her...

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Boog at 30 / zaftig: an anthology of sex poetry and prose

Editor Boog CityAugust 18, 2021August 18, 2021

[caption id="attachment_10899" align="alignleft" width="810"] Steve Clark performs at zaftig publication party.[/caption]May of 1992, a few month’s shy of the press’ first anniversary, was a time of firsts for Boog. We...