Sweet Quote I just stumbled upon...

When we do something creative we begin to heal in thousands of unseen ways because we are tapping into that original creative source from which we are made.

--Subeth

Behold My Peeps: Junot Diaz

Junot is technically less one of my peeps than either Michael or Frank, but we did both live in Demarest Hall (the "special interest" dorm at Rutgers) circa 1991, when I was the de facto leader of the creative writing "section" to which Junot belonged. My iffy experience as section leader is largely why I haven't volunteered to lead any groups since, but it can't help provoke a bit of retroactive pride (as well as some healthy professional jealousy) to know that Junot would go on to win the Pulitzer Prize for his first novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, and perhaps even more importantly, get booked for an interview on the Colbert Report.

Behold My Peeps: Frank Matagrano

Those in attendance last Sunday will recall numerous haiku pertaining to one Frank Matagrano, ruthless contract analyst and former drummer for my NYC-based power trio, The Çhicàgø Máñüal ôf ST¥LE, currently married and living in Chicago. Frank is also a damn fine poet, as evidenced by the following links...

Some poems from his first chapbook Moving Platform.

Excerpts from There is Nothing to Love About Los Angeles.

The title poem from his collection I Can Only Go As Fast As the Guy in Front of Me.

A short interview from Profiles in Poetry.

Behold My Peeps: Michael Kimball

Just wanted to give a few shout-outs to some writerly acquaintances of mine who would almost certainly be attending the live Soulon sessions were they located anywhere in the vicinity...

Michael Kimball, in addition to being an all-around kick-ass wordsmith and clandestine card-counter, will also write your life story on the back of a postcard at your request...

Nance against Wolfdog

For those of you who missed tonight, WE MISSED YOU!!!
For fun, I put together this edited rendition of my read via my favorite messenger, the fertility bunny:

http://www.yahoo.americangreetings.com/ecards/view.pd?i=313647241&m=3698&rr=y&source=yahoo999

xo and see you next Soulon!

Nance

SOULON! This SUNDAY!

To paraphrase Mark Twain...
"Reports of our death are greatly exaggerated."

SOULON is alive, well and shambling your way....

THIS SUNDAY

This one!
This very one!

BRING YOUR WORDS

When:
Sunday October 12, 2008 at 7pm.

Where:
Gary Leonard's Photography Studio
740 South Olive Street,
Downtown Los Angeles

MapQuest

WOODY SEEMS APT

I haven't been to the last few gatherings, but I still feel very much part of the Soulon family. And here's a gift of some Woody Guthrie as we teeter on the brink of the next Great Depression. -- Mick Farren