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Podcasts

S02E07 – Vincent Zangrillo

Bernard Meisler

Author Vincent Zangrillo in conversation with Bernard Meisler. Vincent Zangrillo back in his salad days Vincent (Vinnie) Zangrillo is the author of Dime Bag, a collection of short stories recounting his misadventures i...
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S02E14 – Keshav Das

Bernard Meisler

Writer, poet and musician Keshav Das in conversation with Bernard Meisler. Keshav Das Keshav Das, was, once upon a time, an editor at Sensitive Skin magazine, when he went by the nom de plume Christian X. Hunter. He ...
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S02E13 – Sharon Mesmer

Bernard Meisler

Poet and teacher Sharon Mesmer in conversation with Bernard Meisler. photograph of Sharon Mesmer by Ester Levine I always enjoy speaking with the great Sharon Mesmer, one of my favorite poets and/or people! We ...
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S02E12 – Tom McGlynn

Bernard Meisler

Painter and critic Tom McGlynn in conversation with Bernard Meisler. Tom McGlynn Mob T-Shirt copyright 1994 Tom McGlynn Small Standard 1, 36" x 36" copyright 2018 I had a good time talking to my old pal, painter ...
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S02E11 – J. Macon King

Bernard Meisler

Novelist, poet and publisher J. Macon King in conversation with Bernard Meisler. I met J. Macon King last spring, when he sent in a short story I liked - he thought I lived in NYC, but to his surprise, we both lived ...
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S02E10 – bart plantenga

Bernard Meisler

Novelist and essayist bart plantenga in conversation with Bernard Meisler. Amsterdam-based bart plantenga is a novelist and essayist (PARIS SCRATCH, NY SIN PHONEY) and one of the co-founders of the Unbearables lite...
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S02E09 – Emily Carter

Bernard Meisler

Author Emily Carter in conversation with Bernard Meisler. Emily Carter is the author of the classic GLORY GOES AND GETS SOME, as well as many, many short stories, published everywhere from Sensitive Skin to The New Yo...
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S02E08 – Arthur Nersesian

Bernard Meisler

Novelist, playwright and poet Arthur Nersesian in conversation with Bernard Meisler. Arthur Nersesian, photograph by David Shankbone Arthur Nersesian is the author of nine books, including the classic novels The Fuck-U...
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S02E06 – Puma Perl

Bernard Meisler

NYC poet and impresario Puma Perla in conversation with Bernard Meisler. photograph of Puma Perl by Len DeLessio I've never met Puma Perl in real life. That is, I don't recall having done so. But it seems as if we must...
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S02E05 – David West

Bernard Meisler

Paris-based painter David West in conversation with Bernard Meisler. Some new paintings by David West I met David West at the Pink Pony in NYC, back in 1994 or thereabouts. David was the "bartender" and I used to go th...
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S02E04 – Eve Packer

Bernard Meisler

NYC poet Eve Packer in conversation with Bernard Meisler. Eve Packer Great NYC poet Eve Packer and I spoke about the loss of our dear friend Steve Cannon, Jeffrey Epstein (Note: this was recorded in mid-July), her own ...
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S02E03 – Sensitive Skin Live At San Francisco LitCrawl

Bernard Meisler

Sensitive Skin live at LitCrawl, recorded at the Valencia Room, San Francisco. Instead of the usual conversation, why not give a listen to last week's Sensitive Skin reading at LitCrawl, live from San Francisco? Reade...
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S02E02 – Gerald Nicosia

Bernard Meisler

Gerald Nicosia in conversation with Bernard Meisler. Gerald Nicosia An absolute must-listen for all fans of Jack Kerouac and the Beats. Gerry and I spoke about his role as an advisor to the film version of "On The Road...
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S02E01 – Anton Yakovlev

Bernard Meisler

Anton Yakovlev in conversation with Bernard Meisler. Welcome to season 2 of the Sensitive Skin magazine podcast! We discuss Anton's growing up in Moscow, during the final years of the Soviet Union, his emigration to t...
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Season 2 Episode 0

Bernard Meisler

A season-opening mini-episode of the Sensitive Skin podcast featuring your host, Bernard Meisler. I discuss some of last season's 20 podcasts, what I learned, and the new upcoming season of another 20. Our first guest wil...
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Sensitive Skin Books

Mayakovsky Maximum Access

Jenny Wade

24 selected poems by Vladimir Mayakovsky, translated and with commentary by Jenny Wade
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Sensitive Skin Selected Writing 2016-2018

A selection of short stories, poems and essays published online from 2016-2018.
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The Last Poet of the Village

A bilingual (Russian/English) edition of selected poems by Sergei Yesenin, translated by acclaimed Russian-American poet Anton Yakovlev.
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King of the Fireflies

Rebecca Weiner Tompkins

A journey through landscapes: urban; rural; mythological; emotional; erotic; cultural; political; and spiritual.
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Print Issues

Sensitive Skin 12

April 2015 Poetry Special, featuring John S. Hall, Max Blagg, Emily XYZ, David Rattray, Jack Micheline, John Farris, Taylor Mead, Julie Torres, Winston Smith, Jean-Christian Bourcart, many more.
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Sensitive Skin 10

Charles Gatewood, Gary Indiana, Drew Hubner, Patrick O’Neil, Tony DuShane, Sharon Mesmer, James Reich, Breyten Breytenbach, Nick Zedd, more.
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Sensitive Skin 8

William S. Burroughs interview by Allen Ginsberg, James Greer, Chavisa Woods, Ruby Ray, James Romberger, Tom McGlynn, Rob Hardin, more.
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Patrick O'Neil
San Francisco, June 24, 1997 I’m in a dark, trash-filled alley between tall brick buildings. Two men stand in shadows. I can’t see their faces. I hand one of them money and ...
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She
Rich Ferguson
She She is an amnesiac moon, a lunatic laundromat robbing me of my quarters. She has tombstone tarot cards; ties my pulse into a hangman’s knot. She is a forever l...
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Timothy Leary
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Dr. Timothy Leary
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TO SERVE MAN Twilight Zone Nelson Olmsted
Egg Man
Marc Olmsted
My father was in a Twilight Zone, 1961, 'To Serve Man' ("It's a cook book" but he didn't say it) My dad, long gone, is holding a chart for the big headed alien I don't rememb...
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Ted Barron – Photographs
Ted Barron
A thief of the imagination, Ted Barron takes the photographs that we have in our heads. He came to NYC from St. Louis, a teenage East Village Tom Sawyer with a movie already l...
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Music Editor: Steve Horowitz

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Franklin Mount, Patrick O'Neil

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