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 ...
Max Sees Red by Martha King – Review
Jim Feast
Martha King, Max Sees Red (New York: Spuyten Duvvil, 2019)
One of the greatest mysteries of Martha King’s brilliant new novel Max Sees Red does not appear in the narrative itself but in the author’s bio at the end...
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 ...
What Life Dictates
Peter Wortsman
New neighbors. The walls are thin. The mole on her chin makes it safe to fantasize, or so I think.
“I’m Crowley,” she says, “that’s Jim.”
Jim the Psycho gives me a look that says: I’ll kill you if I ca...
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...
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...
COLLECTED POEMS OF BOB KAUFMAN – review
Marc Olmsted
COLLECTED POEMS OF BOB KAUFMAN
edited by Neeli Cherkovski, Raymond Foye and Tate Swindell
City Lights Books
$19.95
The surrealism of Bob Kaufman is a true American surrealism, because Kaufman brings the blues, jazz...
AS HE TOLD IT (In Kitchens)
Bonny Finberg
Love, built on mutual fantasy in order to fortify against loneliness, eventually becomes a prison.
I approach the beginning of the end never really having had love that doesn't feel like a betrayal.
Anyone I have ever...
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...
Confessions of a Bad Boy: An Act in Fore Plays
J. K.
Play One
Hot car and hot girl after two hot nights. Pushing the pedal, I sped my new girlfriend’s blue Mustang down the Bay Area Autobahn. I could hurtle for miles at a buck twenty—if it wasn’t for the CHP. San Fran...
Two Micro Stories by Roberta Allen
Roberta Allen
THE DYING MAN
The dying man just told the barmaid and two customers that he is dying. The two men stare at their drinks. The barmaid washes glasses so she doesn’t have to look at the dying man. “I’m so sorry,”...
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...
Marcus Leatherdale: Photographs New York City 1980-1992
Franklin Mount
Out of the Shadows: Marcus Leatherdale: Photographs New York City 1980-1992
Exhibition: Throckmorton Fine Art, through January 25, 2020.
It’s terribly difficult to photograph a famous person and then actually produce a...
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...
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 ...
