Have been reading poems of his from his site. Someone here recommended him and whoever it was I thank. Very good writer. But has he retired?
Have been reading poems of his from his site. Someone here recommended him and whoever it was I thank. Very good writer. But has he retired?
Hi,
justin took a break from writing a while back, but has started again recently. He sent me his new poems and although they have not been posted on the site, I can tell you that they are very, very good.
Bill
Bottle of Smoke Press
www.bospress.net
just went to this justin guys site. the guys masterful. the poem rape turned me into an amediat fan.
Originally Posted by falcune
Sometimes you have to go do something else and wait while the well fills up again. Even Bukowski didn't write every day, didn't write many poems while working on novels, etc.. If you approach writing - poetry especially - like a job that you have to do every day, that starts to comes through in the words. That's my take anyway. Your mileage may vary.
Those people you see on the GPP broadsides, most of them write a lot, and you won't see it all.
Yes, after I read his poem The Rape I became a fan immediately too.
I have two of his books.
If I'm an asshole for introducing some reality into this conversation and trying to keep you from wasting your money, so be it.
You'll think I'm an asshole for something else soon enough.
~mjp~~~~~~~~~~~
justin.barrett has a blog. it might be best
to catch up on his personal stuff there.
http://thispoetslife.blogspot.com/
i have always been a fan of justin.barrett's,
and it was probably me who suggested
him. i'm glad you found him.
no thanks needed, just pass the word.
justin.barrett is among our finest living
poets. really.
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Okay
Father Luke
who's justin.barrett?
i've just finished reading about 30 poems by this guy and all i can say is WOW!
his poem"Why Bukowski?" sums up in a few short words exactly how i fell about Buk
and "the rape" is one of the best poems i've read in a long time
Why havent i heard about him untill now?
does anyone know where i could get his books?
If John Cage could get one thousand dollars for eating an apple, I’d accept $500 plus air fare for being a lemon."-Bukowski (Women)
I know one book, '25 Best Loved Poems of The Future' is available from this place: www.bospress.net
Yes, the other one that I did with him i was a third grade genius... is out of print. I do still have copies of 25 best loved poems of the future, though. There were two other chapbooks which are tough to find. One published by Mystery Island and one published by 12 Gauge Press. Anyone interested in buying these should contact the author as 12 Gauge Press is gone, with Gary Aposhian having passed away and I'm not sure if Mystery Island has any more copies of his book. Then there are a bunch of broadsides of his available in all issues of Bottle from#2 on and finally some broadsides that were selected by the GPP.
Bill
Bottle of Smoke Press
www.bospress.net
At least one copy of The Magnificent Seven (2004, 12 Gauge Press) is available at the GPP store for a mere 5 bucks.
I was lucky enough to get a copy of I was a Third Grade Genius that is inscribed by the author. I have a copy of Twenty Five Best Loved Poems of the Future which is full of good stuff.
I need to get something from that Cunningham guy, he's worth reading too. Just think how he'd be if he had heard of Justin Barrett.
If I'm an asshole for introducing some reality into this conversation and trying to keep you from wasting your money, so be it.
You'll think I'm an asshole for something else soon enough.
~mjp~~~~~~~~~~~
i went to the site. and read a bunch of unrelated sentences that wasn't poetry at all. then i realised it was the title's page.
quitting at a time of mass employment
Yeah. The title page is what
hooked me. Good shit.
You mentioned barrett, & Cunningham. Also Dan Fante & Tony O'Neill have/are publishing with this little Irish outifit...
http://tenpointdesign.com/10ptpress/
As to what happened to him...pretty sure his disappearance had something to do with a Trans Am, a suitcase of China White, & Wendover, NV...
I like Tony O'Neill a lot and have bought most of his books i could find. i haven't got around to reading Dan Fante yet but i hear he's pretty good.
If John Cage could get one thousand dollars for eating an apple, I’d accept $500 plus air fare for being a lemon."-Bukowski (Women)
I just got a rare email message from him and it's not a suit case and with gas prices the way they are he's in a Prius.
He is writing again after a small break.
If I'm an asshole for introducing some reality into this conversation and trying to keep you from wasting your money, so be it.
You'll think I'm an asshole for something else soon enough.
~mjp~~~~~~~~~~~
it is.
quitting at a time of mass employment
2 months later....Justin Barrett has a new book that can be purchased from the site below. There are a few poems from his web site in the book. The book is [ untitled ].
http://alt-current.blogspot.com/2008...inbarrett.html
His poetry is always very good so I enjoyed reading it.
If I'm an asshole for introducing some reality into this conversation and trying to keep you from wasting your money, so be it.
You'll think I'm an asshole for something else soon enough.
~mjp~~~~~~~~~~~
i just bought his book from bottle of smoke press. i have some catching up to do.
'We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.'
Both are really good. New work landing in nibble, Literary Mary, the buk.net anthology, & more. He's also got quite a few GPP broadsides out as well.
& if the 10pt Press broadside is anything like the one I've seen, it's going to be ready for framing...& judging from the sneak peek, it might even have a naked lady or two on it...
His blog: http://thispoetslife.blogspot.com/
i hear this guy Hosho McCreesh is a damned good poet also.
i've read his broadsides, along with the justin.barrett ones i've distributed since i became a GPP operative, but i really need to get my ass in gear and order one of his books.
could anyone tell me which would be a good book of his to start off with?
'We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.'
I've ordered his new poetry book. http://www.sunnyoutside.com/releases/034/o.html
Haven't receieved it yet.
Guess what, yes of course, just got the book.
It's always the same.
it's like ordering food and then going to the bathroom and when you get back it's always there.
'We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.'
Thanks for the kind words everyone. I really appreciate that.
Right now there's only 2 books available, my most recent:
MARCHING UNABASHED INTO THE WEEPING, SEARING SUN... from Bottle of Smoke Press
-and-
FOR ALL THESE WRETCHED, BEAUTIFUL, & INSIGNIFICANT THINGS SO USELESSLY & CARELESSLY DESTROYED... from Sunnyoutside.
And justin.barrett owns them both!
I just received a copy of the limited edition hardcover of McCreesh's MARCHING UNABASHED INTO THE WEEPING, SEARING SUN, and I have to say it's a monster, all the way around. It's fine art housed in fine art conjured up by a couple of insane (the good kind of insane) motherfuckers.
That's a positive review, if I wasn't clear.
How did I get a limited hardcover? Let's just say it pays to have connections, baby!
And, uh, I assume someone preordered and didn't pay. Something like that.
Thanks!
Yes I'm sure that it was either a preorder that fell thru or because I try to hold back a couple copies as I always end up having a solid, good customer miss out and I do not want that. I have a few collectors that have a full run and they are taken care of, but otherwise, unless I'm told that you want it, they usually sell out.
Speaking of that. I have a few copies of the Richard Krech hardback available. $23 in the US, $26 outside the US. There were only 26 of these, and I never announced this on my site or e-mails, letting it sell only by word of mouth.
Bill
Bottle of Smoke Press
www.bospress.net
Within the curtilage is one of my favorite poetry books of 2008.
Man--I'm really glad to hear you have one! & thanks for the "review."
Honestly--these hardbacks Bill is making are just glorious!
Hail! Hail Bottle of Smoke Press!
Father Luke interviews justindotbarrett at LiteraryMary.
Check it out if you haven't already. Who the hell is justin.barrett anyway and did anais ninja really ship him the pinky finger off her left hand?
If that isn't enough j.b. for y'all, try yer hand at the justin.barrett poetry contest, started by Jeff from Nibble.
LiteraryMary is starting to smell like dirty socks.
'We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.'
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