Author Archives: John Biscello

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About John Biscello

Originally from Brooklyn, NY, novelist, poet, performer, playwright and filmmaker, John Biscello, has lived in the high-desert grunge-wonderland of Taos, New Mexico since 2001. He is the author of six novels, Broken Land, a Brooklyn Tale, Raking the Dust, Nocturne Variations, No Man’s Brooklyn, The Last Furies, and No One Dreams in Color; a collection of stories, Freeze Tag, two poetry collections, Arclight and Moonglow on Mercy Street; and a fable, The Jackdaw and the Doll, illustrated by Izumi Yokoyama. He also adapted classic fables, which were paired with the vintage illustrations of artist, Paul Bransom, for the collection: Once Upon a Time, Classic Fables Reimagined. His plays have been staged and performed both nationally and internationally.

David Lynch & Agnes Obel

What qualifies as an artistic wet dream for me: David Lynch remixing Agnes Obel’s “Fuel to the Fire.” The tune is like mainlining dark chocolate with hints of winter and opium. Listen here.

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Tow

Is grace not near grief, a mirror’s oblique run of necessary doubles, how we, with hearts in tow, to drift and slow bleed, ask of tides a lone dock among so much sea.

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Pucker

Lust, the secret lives of blood-engorged hands parting cellular veils to court a lasting pucker.

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Ink

Devotion, the day you ink small miracles in a palm not your own.

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Slow-Dancing for Beginners

It is not about holding her perfect, just so, in a prescribed manner, but rather, can you slowpour your breath into one another’s hips and clefts while swaying? It is the mutual pressing of scars together, a controlled friction that … Continue reading →

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Liason

Adore, the charmed offspring of Love’s prickly liason with Innocence before it ripens and falls.

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Endanger

Savior, how we endanger mirrors without further reflection.

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Braille

Touch, how her body becomes a pulsing slate of Braille, your fingers, unfinished, running on

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Reading/Book-signing in Santa Fe

Upcoming reading/book-signing for Raking the Dust in Santa Fe (May 21st @ 2pm). Details here.

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Graze

Clouds, how we graze upon the incalculable breadth of God, storm watch notwithstanding.

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