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Category Archives: Publications
The Beastie Boys Don’t Live Here Anymore
I tell myself stories in the dark, Anya. It helps. Or maybe it doesn’t. Maybe it makes things worse. Or keeps everything the same. Which is a different kind of worse. Anya I long to reach you only because I … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged brooklyn lore, John Biscello, no man's brooklyn, storytelling, the basement, the dark, the urban way
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Osmosis
The coke parties were my favorite. It was when everyone was happiest. Everyone usually meant my mother, father, and their friends, Tony and Dina. My mother would tell me—Tony and Dina are coming over tonight—and I knew that meant … Continue reading
Between Stations
I was on the subway platform waiting for the train when I spotted a thin girl in torn jeans and bright green tank-top walking in my direction. Her hair was a bushel of unruliness. As the girl drew nearer … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged Brooklyn, first love, girl interrupted, John Biscello, no man's brooklyn, Prose, subway encounter, train station
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Anya and the Dark
Remember when we were kids and we’d sometimes have sleepovers and listen to the dark together? That’s what you called it, Anya, listening to the dark. Sometimes we’d pretend to be camping. We’d set up a tent and eat candy … Continue reading
Posted in photography, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged alley, anthony distefano, first love, John Biscello, New York, no man's brooklyn, shadowlands, street photography, the dark
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The Factory
Review of Hiroko Oyamada’s award-winning debut novel, The Factory. The year was 1936, when an indefatigable tramp served as a working-class Virgil in guiding audiences through the hellscape of big business industry and assembly line madness. The tramp, of course, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Press, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged book review, contemporary Japan, fable, John Biscello, new directions publishing, novel, The Factory
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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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