The Daily Year, 2011

Some of us have moved to New York and published a book. Some of us have stayed here and published in magazines. Some of us have moved back and forth and also published in magazines.
Some of us continue to read at River Writers, where random drunken students show up and beat their high-heeled shoes on the bar. Others of us move to North Carolina. Still others continue to exist in New Orleans and also publish things in neat places online. Certain members of us are LSU postdoctoral fellows, others teach at a Montessori school, and others will work at presses.

Links to appear when I have the energy.

See you at Mardi Gras.

The Daily Year

The Lady Nunes has moved to New Orleans to live the fabulous life and cultivate designer once-wild felines. She has published poems recently, at Elimae and Dante's Heart, and fiction at Monkeybicycle. She blogs about recipes and other snob-worthy things at The Everyday Snobbetarian.

Dame Barker has published several pieces recently, in Front Porch and Monkeybicycle. The Dame is also a remarkable postdoctoral fellow at LSU. Also view one story of hers on Unmoveable Feast.

Lord DeWitt Brinson is rumored to be rewiring a house in North Carolina. He has also been Panked, much to the kingdom's delight.

Prince Jordan Soyka can be seen scrawling poetic genius in New Orleans also, possibly at the Court of Two Sisters. We know he is a Cave Wall favorite.

Countess Tracey Duncan has become a Capital Defender and we can't wait to read her nonfiction about it.

Duchess Susan Kirby-Smith is also a postdoctoral fellow. You can read a poem of hers in Drupe Fruits and on Here, Where I Am.

Princess Mel Coyle continues to charm and amuse, in person, in poems and in other poems, and in other poems, although she has often charmed and amused in stories also. She is under the gun however, so there's no time for this nonsense.

Sir Tyler Smith is making a movie with Snoop Dogg.

Contrappostos
is another place you may find some of our fine crew

Barbie Survives

a play by Susan Kirby-Smith in a performance at River Writers that starred Mel Coyle, Jenn Nunes, Chris Shipman and DeWitt Brinson. Jordan Soyka was the most dedicated understudy.

view it here!

Y or Y Not

Some people went to AWP. Some people went to YAWP

Spanishtown Parade!

Mardi Gras, the most wonderful time of the year!

(photo by Amanda Wicks)

Delta Mouth

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A literary festival organized by the New Delta Review, LSU's graduate student-run literary magazine.

Delta Mouth features writers Laurie Lynn Drummond, Akilah Oliver, Ariana Reinnes, Susana Chavez-Silverman, Marthe Reed, Xero Skidmore, Peggy Shinner, Andrew Ervin and Susan Kirby-Smith.

There will be readings beginning at 8:30 Thursday, February 11th at Chelsea's and at 8:00 on Friday, February 12th at the Shaw Center. Dinner receptions precede both.




"Send the Clowns Now," a ten-minute play by Susan Kirby-Smith will debut at Delta Mouth on Thursday evening, 8:30 at Chelsea's.

The play will star DeWitt Brinson, Jenn Nunes, Karin DeGravelles, and William Burke.

* Mel Coyle is the understudy.

Unmoveable Feast, Issue Two

Issue Two: With new fiction by Monica Merenda, Kass Fleisher and Meg Pokrass, essay and fiction by Jane Stubbs, poetry by Chris Tusa, Gail Peck, John Hoppenthaler, Chris Shipman, Elaine Briney, and Benjamin Lowenkron. Reviews by Tyler Smith and Jennifer Whitaker.

http://www.unmoveablefeast.com

EGSA Ugly Sweater Party

Because I noticed there were either very few or no pictures taken--perhaps an unspoken agreement to protect everyone from unauthorized ridicule-- I thought I would take a moment to review what people wore to the EGSA Ugly Sweater Christmas Party.

Laura Marks wore a stunning cougar-worthy turquoise turtleneck-tank sweater with golden beads and leopard print adornments around the top and at the bottom. She was the winner of the Ugly Sweater Contest Female Division and well-deserving of the honor.

DeWitt Brinson placed first in the Men's Division for his ingenious, working clock-sweater which included flamingos, fake jewels and a lion. It was truly a great work.

Mel Coyle wore a classic, cheesy printed cardigan zip-up with mistletoe and other Christmas features on the top. Our party creator did well.

Jenn Nunes wore a shirt with a puffy-paint reindeer on it. When you were standing in front of her it was like being in 4th grade all over again, and extremely fun.

Susan Kirby-Smith wore a festive gold-leafed jacket. Many golden leaves. Excessive. She felt as though her name was Mildred.

Will Burke wore a well-fitting powder blue women's sweater with delicate white snowflakes stitched into it.

David Newman wore a highly patterned wintery snowflakey blue and white sweater that had pom-poms. His girlfriend Regan wore a very, very Christmasy sweater, which held several seasonal objects at the top. It was certainly of the caliber of sweaters worn by 2nd grade math teachers.

JT wore a sweater that combined Christmas colors in the most hideous way imaginable.

Cara Blue Adams wore a flowery short sleeved shirt that was sort of saying, "I'm not traditional Christmas, but I'm still Christmas. We spend Christmas in Hawaii when we can and when not, we have a luau with our neighbors."

Shelby Goddard wore an extremely patterned sweater that said, "I'm so hip, even on Christmas
when wearing a godawful sweater."

Helana Brigman went with the stripes. Maia and Aimee with the shiny things, I believe.

Tyler Smith wore a form-fitting off-white grandmother sweater with tiny flowers in neat columns.

Entertainment to Make Your Eyes Bleed!

Oh dwindling followers of BR Tentacles. Direct your attention hither to theavantguardian.org, and my new weekly column about film, possibly, and all things that pique and prod.

This week, an exploration of Arnold Schwarzenegger's famous unproduced project, "Crusade". Blood, guts, castration, donkey carcasses!

Here's a taste of the blood and guts spectacle:

Lumpy, in the Corner

The egg-plant roll-ups
were perfectly seasoned and you
and I conversed about art,
ignoring the fact that
our cat had caught a mouse and
was sitting with the dead thing
Over in the corner.

We talked for a while,
The eggplant grew cold, the cheese
Lumpy, our conversation, wilted
And then I saw that
down under our cat’s paw,
the mouse was alive
still struggling in the corner.

We tried to keep eating
and focused on tomatoes
while meatballs were looking
like little live mice.
Or the eggplant, lying there
suffering and squirming
While the cat was satisfied
Over in the corner.

The cat, he refused
to take the mouse outside
And it hobbled across
our red tile floor.

We tried to keep eating
But dinner was ruined
Everything lumpy
And over in the corner.

Book Covers

Oh beautiful beautiful designs that we will have no control over when we publish our books. Here's a website dedicated to 'em. Maybe take note of the specific designers and plead with them to throw you a bone when your manuscript is hot for a rollout.

Unmoveable Feast

Unmoveable Feast is collecting for a second issue, in hot pursuit of all things amusing or amazing but especially: book reviews, videos, essays, interviews, music, art, or film reviews. Hybrid creative works also sought.

Update by Newman

David Newman links to a more informative article about NO Public Library's amazing book printing machine. It's gathering dust. Unused. Unloved. Alone. One of a dozen such machines in the world and it's consistently out-of-order. A shame.

Apparently you can print a book for about $5. Right now my thesis would cost 5 bucks to print one-sided laser-style on 8.5x11 paper at the library. I'd take the amazing book printed version in a heartbeat.

If it's working when I'm ready for it.

Enthralling...

Music video by Marcel Dzama for the Department of Eagles.

You don't need a huge budget to make magic.

On-Demand Books

...now at the New Orleans Public Library?

That's what this article says.

Pudding Pie

Cool whip
chocolate pudding
graham cracker crust
sprinkles
almonds


Freeze.

It tastes different at varying temperatures.

Innovation Station

Nick Cave (of Bad Seeds fame) (Red Right Hand, etc.) has written a novel and released it as an iPhone app, that clever bugger. It combines traditional reading (text), plus the ability to switch to audio book and video performance without losing your place.

Hurray technology + writing + reading.

Video here.

At the Shrimp and Petroleum Festival

Five

...watch sunset.....

Four!
...stuff pepper...

THREE!
...take nap....

TWO!
...install groundcover...

ONE!

feed anteater

submit

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