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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.

A Dream Grows in Brooklyn

New edition of No Man’s Brooklyn available. “Biscello succeeds in bringing to life both Daniel as well as the intriguing milieu that created him: stoops, city parks, 40-ounce bottles of malt liquor.”–KIRKUS REVIEWS NO MAN’S BROOKLYNFrom the valentine boneyards of … Continue reading →

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Fortress of Solitude

Excerpt from The Jackdaw and the Doll “Yokoyama’s graphite illustrations …fashion an understated, symbolic elegy for a famous literary voice … Poetic descriptions of Kafka’s storytelling deftly capture the relationship between existential terror and creative production … Accomplished, graceful mythmaking … Continue reading →

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Dilate

Audio and text versions of my piece, “Apocalypse Now & Again” appearing in the inaguaural online issue of Dilate Magazine. ABOUT “This is your last chance. After this there is no turning back. You take the blue pill, the story ends; … Continue reading →

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Jackdaw and the Doll (2nd Edition)

After a brief period of being out of print, a new edition of The Jackdaw and the Doll is now available. “Yokoyama’s graphite illustrations …fashion an understated, symbolic elegy for a famous literary voice … Poetic descriptions of Kafka’s storytelling deftly capture … Continue reading →

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Days of Lives

From the series, Japan Poems. Umbrella between friends, shadows cast for none to see– Summer festival.

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Accord

From the series, Japan Poems. At the festival, clouds and sunshine commingle– Drums thunder in sync.

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Sensorial

From the series, Japan Poems. Wherever you go, rhythm feeds the spectral flow– A moveable feast.

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No Godot Here

From the series, Japan Poems. Waiting in the rain for a train that never comes– Blues for Dr. Seuss.

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Gloam

From the series, Japan Poems. Strangers on a bridge, enveloped in twilight mist– Songs for vanishing.

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Blue

From the series, Japan Poems. Blue umbrella floats over the course of a bridge– Longing traced in mist.

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