It's paperback
Has a Color version, 12.99
or Black and White 19.99
Two brand new flash fictions of mine are in it (see below)
All the news, that's never fake.
It's paperback
Has a Color version, 12.99
or Black and White 19.99
Two brand new flash fictions of mine are in it (see below)
On In Other Words, (my last post) I briefly spoke to Eric Lee Freedman, and James Bryant about my NDE.
After that one, I had the pleasure of speaking about it fully, and also explain why I usually don't speak on it,on Tricia Barker Barton's Near Death Experience podcast. Tricia wrote the book, errrrr, a book on it, and appeared on my Virtual Dire Literary Series. She is quite an extraordinary human being even in human form. My experience of over 40 years ago changed my life in so many was, and only now am I ready to talk about it.In Other Words, a show hosted by James Bryant and Lee Eric Freedman, is a podcast where writers talk about their lives outside of writing.
00:00 Opening 02:56 Feeding feral cats, 09:07 Nearly failing out of college 13:11 Fun Size Candy vs. Minis 17:12 Having a Near Death Experience 25:00 Being the "go to" guy for useless information in conversation 27:50 Auditioning for Jeopardy and "Stump the Blob" Games Shows on the same day 31:20 Being a Strat-0-Matic Geek 36:00 Electric Football Game was the most disappointing game of my childhood 38:56 Segment: Would You Rather have the olfactory senses of a dog or see more colors in the electromagnetic spectrum like a mantis shrimp?
So today, November 3, is my birthday, and as an alcoholic, I’m expecting a parade. Won’t happen, but for the past 10-13 or so years, I’ve found that my sober anniversary is a much bigger, more important and brings me much more joy. It marks the anniversary of a change of the better of me, something I am proud of, and something I feel good about when I help others. In three days, November 6, if I can get to three more midnights, I’ll celebrate 13 years of being sober. There will be others celebrating that with me, those who made the same decision I did, and found that their life really began at that point, rather than ended. Oh, and I will get a present---not the one I get every day by being sober, but the one below. I'm very excited to receive it! (Plus read the features of this thing! High Quality 3D Graphics, for example)
So in three days: November 6.
If you follow me or read me, November 6 marked a decided milestone in my life. On that day in 2010 I stopped drinking, stopped using, became clean and sober, without ever having the need to go back to it. (Note: Need is different than want, and I may have thought that I wanted to, but when push came to shove I didn’t).
I’ve thought about this and a lot of other things today, (because I tend to overthink),
and concluding that stopping was not because of something associated with that
particular birthday. Perhaps I was reflecting upon my life on that day (I tend to do
that too) and it had some influence, but mostly, I stopped, was because my life wasn’t what I
wanted it to be. I was settling for less, my emotions were all
over the road, and my personal relationships were pretty non-existent. I was in rough shape physically and mentally.
I’ve written about this subject here in the past nearly every year and if you want more details go to the right side of this news/blog thing and open up entries from early November, 2010 and on. (Let me help you)
Also, there in the search bar (look hard, it's small) if you plug in
words, for example, sober, sobriety, alcohol etc., various entries will
also come up. (Go ahead, stick your name in there too, to see if I wrote about
you).
Always such an honor to be nominated. Thank you Robin Stratton and Big Table Publishing for the nomination, and for publishing many of my books. Although I Never Called You Beautiful does not appear on-line. It is within the pages Best of Timothy Gager: Poems, Essays, and Stories, 2002-2022. It also appears in another secret book, whish is sort of like a secret menu item---and only one of those exists in the world. So, there's that. So very grateful to be nominated for the 18th time.
Maybe #18 will be the charm?
This poem is not published on-line
Labor Day at the Border Café a flash fiction went live today on 10 X 10 Flash, Issue 12.
The journal is Zvi Sesling's marvelous creation and is in the link below.
click here for 10 X 10 Issue 12
One of the first Tex-Mex Restaurants in my area was The Border Café in Harvard Square (The El Phoenix Room was the other. I could never get past the redundant "The El"). Boy, years back, would I go there and pre-game before any Cambridge event.
That one closed in 2020, but I would drive to the other Burlington to enjoy their food, but no longer the Margaritas. Interesting thing happened there the last time I went, and I've not been back since. You can read about it in this issue of 10 X 10 Flash Fiction, Issue 12. The piece is personal and partially true..
I don't submit work all that often anymore, but I always want to submit to Heather Sullivan and Rusty Barnes who put out Live Nude Poems.
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Like the title says.
lNP is a simple blog journal no frills (see masthead above) except the editors who know a thing are two about a thing or two. Funny thing about the sub-title you know it came from people asking, "What's Live NudePoems?" Well, it's like the title say, so, take a hike, son.
If you dive into their submissions statement, you'll find this (so yahoo!):
In trying to sum up what our aesthetic at Live Nude Poems will be, we are drawn to the idea and function of poetry. In our opinion, we’ve always believed that poetry must serve a purpose – to enlighten, to explain and by doing so, bring a greater understanding of self. We have a job to do as poets, even if only to better know our own humanity. We're certainly not here to argue what art is or why we write. We write because we have to, and the work is unique to each of us. Knowing that, we would like to showcase poetry that breathes and presents moments in time, work that helps us understand you, tells a story, changes the reader--if only for a second.
LINKS TO ALL 2023 PODCASTS
Here is the series full count to date. We have a great schedule in the fall, opening
with Marianne Leone who was the first feature on Virtual Dire on Zoom.
Here is the NEXT 14!
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LIVE TOTAL
February-March 2001 - First Tuesday reading at Cantab Underground 2
June 2001-Aug 2002- First Friday, Out of the Blue Art Gallery 15
168 Brookline St., Cambridge
Sept 2002-Oct 2011-First Friday, Out of the Blue Art Gallery 110
106 Prospect St., Cambridge
Nov 4, 2011- -First Friday, Yarrow 1
106 Prospect St., Cambridge
Dec 2011-Sept 2014-First Friday, Out of the Blue Art Gallery 34
106 Prospect St., Cambridge
Oct 2014-Nov 2017-First Friday, Out of the Blue Too 38
541 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge
Dec 2017-June 2018 First Saturday Afternoon, The Middle East Cafe
480 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge 7
July 2018 First Saturday Afternoon, Zuzu
480 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge 1
September
14: Matthew Olzmann
29: Special Friday Dire: Jennifer Friedman Lang
October
19 Eliz McKim
November
16: Enzo Silon Surin
23: OFF
30: Josh Barkan
December
7: Laura Zigman
14: Tom Laughlin
20: OFF
27: OFF
Due to Facebook and other technical difficulties not of my own, the readings by JD Debris and Frances Donovan were not recorded. Huge apologies to them.
Another way to keep up with all of the recordings after the fact, subscribe to my YOUTUBE
5.4.23 Jane Roper
6.1.23 Jon Wesick
6.22.23 John Fulton
6.29.23 Tricia Barker Barton
7.13.23 Cynthia Atkins
7.27.23 Katie Moulton
8.10.23 Yael Goldstein Love
8.24.23 Julia Lisella
In this issue Michael Ansara, Richard Hoffman, Kathleen Aguero, Denise Provost, Ted Kooser, Jennifer Barber, Marge Piercy, Laura Cherry, Chad Parenteau, David Miller, Lawrence Kessenich, Danielle Legros George,Carla Schwartz, Zvi Sesling, Dennis Daley and more ...
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The published poem is titled, "Recipe Stupid Men Use to Capture Women." I've made it no secret that I disapprove up the tricks men use in regards to other men and in regards to women in order to court them. I believe I've used the word "hate" often. So to the person I observed doing everything I wrote in this poem...fuck that guy.
Please support the jouranl by considering a purchase. It is beautiful, and the Media Mail costs alone can put any journal in the red.
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