Hi all,
Just a quick reminder for Bay Area folks that tomorrow night is the big open mic, aka Wilmot’s Mic-less Open Mic III, featuring original work by local writers. Fabulous wine provided by our excellent and award-winning friends over … Read on Macduff...
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Legends from My Childhood, #3
At age 12 he was like me.
Tall for his age. Uncooperative hair.
I moved away and he sent letters:
“I’m growing up! I’m kicking ass! I’m dating girls!”
I didn’t believe it.
Five years later, I was back in … Read on Macduff...
An Interview with Bob Holman
Recently dubbed a member of the “Poetry Pantheon” by The New York Times Magazine, Bob Holman has previously been crowned “Ringmaster of the Spoken Word” (New York Daily News), “Dean of the Scene” (Seventeen), and … Read on Macduff...
March 24: Wilmot’s Mic-Less Open Mic III
Less than two weeks from now, on Saturday the 24th, we kick off the third Wilmot’s Old-Fashioned Mic-Less Open Mic, here in the famed “Island City” of Alameda. Our first open mic back in September was fantastic. Great readers. Great … Read on Macduff...
An Interview with James Warren Perry
Sanctuary #3, 42″ x 72″ acrylic on canvas, private collection. Reproduced courtesy of the artist.
James Warren Perry is an independent realist artist living and working in Northern California. His work has been featured in over 100 exhibitions at institutions … Read on Macduff...
An Interview with Howard Kremer, aka Dragon Boy Suede
A graduate of the American Academy of Drama, Howard Kremer has performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live and Comedy Central’s Premium Blend as well as at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, the Montreal Comedy Festival, and top comedy clubs … Read on Macduff...
An Interview with Maggie Nelson
Maggie Nelson is the author of The Red Parts (Free Press/Simon & Schuster, 2007), a nonfiction book about her family and criminal justice, and a critical study, Women, the New York School, and Other True Abstractions (University of Iowa Press, … Read on Macduff...
An Interview with Jeff Raz
For the last thirty years, Jeff Raz has performed internationally with circuses and theaters including The Pickle Circus, Lincoln Center Theater, Dell’Arte Players, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and the Marin and S.F. Shakespeare Festivals. Since 1990 he has written ten plays … Read on Macduff...
Legends from My Childhood, #2
She took too many pills or something
and nearly died
but the main thing I remember
is sitting down at their
kitchen table and her
telling us how at that critical moment
she saw the light and turned back.
I … Read on Macduff...
The Against the Day Deathmarch, Week 1
Welcome to The Against the Day Deathmarch — a mass-tackle of Pynchon’s latest tome. This is our fifth deathmarch, and I haven’t been this excited about an onine mass read of a challenging book since, well, since we tackled Gravity’s … Read on Macduff...