Inside Boog City 141, May 2021
EDITORIAL/MASTHEAD FEATURE: TORRA! TORRA! TORRA! John Mulrooney conducts the Boog City Interview of the Multifaceted Artist Joseph Torra Joseph Torra, Featured Artist Excerpt from "Time Being Book 2"...
Printed Matter / A Bewitching Sense of Persona: Ben Mazer at His Tousled Best
by Susmit PandaThe Hierarchy of the PavilionsBen Mazer MadHat Press“All these ignoble qualities in literature arise from one cause—from that passion for novel ideas which is the dominant craze among...
Joseph Torra, Featured Artist
From the series, The Great Clod Burdens Me With Form JOSEPH TORRA (http://joetorra.com/mygroundtrilogy.html), born in Boston in 1955, was raised in Medford, Mass. He attended the University of Massachusetts at Boston...
Poetry / Yonghong Gu
6 Birds1 a bird flew into skywrote a long sentence 2 a bird died in the yardNovember crashed into a pinea novelof her journey 3 winter arrivesbirds depart cabin white alone in morning woods a long wing stretches in sleep 4 pigeons...
Poetry / Carrie Oeding
Yelling at SelfiesSometimes we look at art. Sometimes art isn’t something you look at. Where is everyone? Everyone is inside Yayoi Kusama’s infinity room. Everyone pretends they are doing this...
Joseph Torra / Poetry
Excerpt from'Time Being Book 2’ This excerpt, weaving a rich tapestry of a well contemplated daily existence, is from "Time Being Book 2," a work-in-progress that Joseph Torra is hoping...
Joseph Torra / Memoir
Excerpt from forthcomingWho Do You Think You Are:Reflections of a Writer's Life This excerpt, focused on how Torra got involved with editing the work of Stephen Jonas, is from the...
Joseph Torra / Memoir
Excerpt from forthcomingWho Do You Think You Are:Reflections of a Writer's Life This excerpt is focused on Joseph Torra’s relationship with his father. Eventually my father realized the potential...
Greg Fuchs’ Unguided Tour, April 2021
[su_pullquote align="right"]Warburton Avenue, Hastings-on-Hudson[/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 with...
Joe Torra! Joe Torra! Joe Torra! The Boog City Interview of the Multifaceted Artist
Interview by John MulrooneyAs a poet, novelist, memoirist, translator, editor, and publisher, Joe Torra has been an integral part of the literary scene in Boston and beyond for over 25...