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Category Archives: Publications
Surrealism in Paris
Review of Sue Roe’s In Montparnasse: The Emergence of Surrealism in Paris, from Duchamp to Dali A fish rides a bicycle into the Seine. The fish begins to drown and then remembers that it is a fish and starts to … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, Books, Press, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged art life, John Biscello, montparnasse, paris, Prose, Review, riot material, Surrealism, the left bank
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Gusty Winds May Exist
Gusty Winds May Exist. This was the sign I saw on the highway when driving back from Albuquerque. Gusty Winds May Exist. Which, speculatively insinuates, they may also not exist. A climate conundrum and barometric riddle to challenge everything you thought you knew about … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema, photography, Poetry, Press, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged ballad of the cuckoos, cindy sherman, indie cinema, John Biscello, photography, Poetry, riot material, wind-surfing
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Devils in Daylight
Review of Junichiro Tanizaki’s Devils in Daylight appearing in Riot Material. “I would call back at least for literature this world of shadows we are losing. In the mansion called literature I would have the eaves deep and the walls dark, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Press, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged book, japan, John Biscello, junichiro tanizaki, novel, Review, riot material, voyeurism
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Arclight in the Gyroscope Review
Review of Arclight appearing in the Gyroscope Review. “Arclight, by poet John Biscello, is an intriguing book brimming with possibilities. The book is divided into six diverse sections that carry themes through each section and tie them together with spirituality and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Poetry, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged book review, gyroscope review, Indie Blue Publishing, John Biscello, poems, poetry collection
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A Girl Goes Into the Forest
Review of Pel Alford Pursell’s A Girl Goes Into the Forest. In the dream I was sitting with my mother in a restaurant lobby, waiting to be seated for dinner. The hostess came over, asked me my name, which I … Continue reading
Biscello & Badalamenti at the Rose City Book Pub
June 6 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Rose City Book Pub, 1329 NE Fremont, Portland, OR 97212 Portland’s new chill-n-chat literary hotspot, the Rose City Book Pub, will host Unsolicited Press authors, John Biscello and Frances Badalamenti, who will be reading from their respective … Continue reading
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Tagged frances badalamenti, John Biscello, nocturne variations, novel, oregon, portland, Reading, rose city book pub, unsolicited press
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Working Class Super Hero
(Excerpt from Raking the Dust) Monday morning. I sat in my yard, drank coffee and flipped through the newspaper, eventually making my way to the section I had been avoiding: the classifieds. With perfunctory listlessness I circled the jobs that … Continue reading
Proxy Among the Spiders
Review of Jean Fremon’s Now, Now, Louison, a “life imagined” of the artist and sculptor, Louise Bourgeois. There once was a little girl named Louise. Sweet, endangered, watchful and tragic, this little girl, who in her permeable nomenclature was also … Continue reading
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Tagged art life, jean fremon, John Biscello, Louise Bourgeois, new directions publishing, Review, riot material, sculptor
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Book Giveaway
In honor of National Poetry Month (and April’s Fool’s Day) I will be giving away ten digital copies of my poetry collection, Arclight, to the first ten respondees. To request a copy, email me: johnbiscello@gmail.com. Cheers, and in the immortal … Continue reading
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Tagged arclight, book giveaway, collection, Indie Blu(e), John Biscello, national poetry month, Poetry
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The Emissary
My review of Yoko Tawada’s dystopic delight, The Emissary, a.k.a., The Last Children of Tokyo. I have seen the future and it’s murder — Leonard Cohen, “The Future” Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Death walks into a bar, wielding … Continue reading
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Tagged award-winning book, dystopic, japan, John Biscello, new directions publishing, Review, riot material, yoko tawada
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