here is me reading a chapter from my novella:

i need some sun.

enter the void is a fucked up movie.

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i discovered SOLAR ∆ LUXURIANCE yesterday. looks pretty badass. this is what their website says:

"Solar Luxuriance is a small press established to release zines, artist books, chapbooks, and various other media that pertain to a theme inherit in the name SOLAR LUXURIANCE.

Solar Luxuriance as an expression comes from the writing of Georges Bataille, and as such our editorial goal is to publish printed and recorded materials that deal with an excess, a darkness, or--most importantly--the impossible.

The materials we publish are available both for sale and for free, as we offer both a free download and a purchasable, material object for every release. All profits of purchased material will go to the artist responsible for the work."

seems really cool, eh? check it out here.

homeboy nate innomi interviewed me recently.

you can read the interview @ trick with a knife.

we discuss/skirt the following issues:

oikos
bad news
lit mags
a dead fish
my hand
book of revelations
etc.

big thanks to nate.

check it out here.



chow-time.

i recently received some contributor copies. both are, like, immaculate in content and, like, appearance. for reel. getting mail is exhilarating.



big lucks is edited by mark cugini & lauren spencer. issue #3 turned out like whoa and includes work from the following people: Kristin Abraham, Manuela Arundel, Mark DeCarteret, Rich Ives, Hillary Kobernick, Meghan Nesmith, Kimberly Ann Southwick, Mike Young, Caren Beilin, Nathan Leslie, Christoffer Molnar, Joseph Riippi, Emma Haskins, Andy Denzler, & me. get yours here!



stumble is a purty, purty lit mag edited by ms. nancy smith. issue #5 features some really strong works by Annabella Massey, Chantel Louise Tatolli, & Robert Wexelblatt. i snuck some words in there too. and there's some reel photography by Rachel Rebibo. Pickup a copy here, or read for free here.



check these mags out. boners. moistures. they're the reeel deeel.

big thanks to jason behrends for giving book of relevations a shout over @ what to wear during an orange alert.



here is a poem. i am going to make an effort in 2011 to post more writing on this blog. fml.


mother morned the priest

mother spent hours spreading butter
with an iron blade across yeasted bread
sandwiches, she said. for the father.
and she stacked them in the fridge
that kept room temperature
she collected all our allowances
alms, she said. for the father.
people came with stethoscopes
suggested citrus, exercise, and culture
and she barred herself in the garage
and took a purple pill once a day
from a bottle she got off the internet
she slipped them in her arnold palmers
and wore holes in her grey sweatpants
and she would recite king solomon
in the weakest voice imaginable

my new poetry echap has been released by artistically declined press. you can download it for free right here.



thanks to ryan w bradley for editing & designing it - he is the dude-picasso of poetry chaps.

if anyone would like to review it for your blog or goodreads, let me know. i will mail you something. what you ask? email me.

also - vagabondage press interviews me here.

also - neil krug is an artiste.

"Few songwriters have experienced and expressed the sinking depths and uplifting optimism of humanity like David Dondero, and his ability to shine a light on the human condition (his own included) is inspiring. Dondero is best known for his narrative tales of America. Having spent most of his life on the road, Dave uses his staggering lyrical talent to paint tales of life in the US of A through clever word play and sarcastic humor about some of life’s most sensitive subjects." (team-love.com)

tunes.

checkout the new wrong tree review. contributors include Ryan W. Bradley Clay McLeod Chapman Jeff Vande Zande Greg Gerke Randy Lowens Michelle Reale Sam Nam Lisa Lim Jason M. Len Kuntz Drew Jackson Louis Jason Jordan Robert Hinderliter Heather Fowler Andrew Bowen’s Meg Pokrass Marcus Speh & Me.

**photo credit: byron stithem, bstithem[@]gmail.com**

El Guincho - "Bombay" (movie trailer) from Bombay The Movie on Vimeo.

a list of this week's mass extinctions:

5000+ Black Birds - Arkansas

500+ Black Birds – Louisiana

Dozens of Black Birds – Kentucky

100,000 Drum Fish – Arkansas

Tens of Thousands of Fish - Maryland

Thousands of Fish – Florida

Thousands of Fish – Florida (again)

Dozens of fish – Texas

"Fish" - Indiana

50 - 100 “Jackdaws” Birds - Sweden

Penguins – New Zealand

24 birds - Japan

100 Pelicans – North Carolina

300+ Doves - Italy

70 Bats – Arizona

100 Tons of Fish - Brazil

Hundreds of Snapper – New Zealand

10 Tons of fish – New Zealand

Hundreds of fish – Ontario

Thousands of fish – Australia

Hundreds of Fish – Australia (again)

Hundreds of Fish – Great Britain

Scores of Fish – Great Britain (again)

Hundreds of Fish – Great Britain (again)

150 Tons of Red Tilapias – Vietnam

Thousands of Fish – The Philippines

Scores of dead fish – Haiti

Several Manatees – Florida

Hundreds of Starfish, Jellyfish – South Carolina

200 Birds – Texas

wtf

just got copies of gigantic sequins 2.1 yesterday. it’s really good with a cool design & cover art.



i have a story in this issue which is an excerpt from my novella, oikos, but i almost like the excerpt more as it appears on its own.

my fellow contributors are: Tom Laskow Anne Marie Rooney Jeremy Schmall F. Daniel Rzicznek Alayna Frankenberry Alicia Case, Elizabeth Hoover Darren Frey, Mark DeCarteret Howie Good Marek Danielewski shoney lamar Samuel Ferri Marek Danielewski Erik Johnson Ian Carlos Crawford

anywayz – great stuff everyone. great stuff kimberly ann southwick & thanks for including me.

you can order/subscribe to gigantic sequins here.

looks sexy. feels sexy. thanks thunderclap press. get.