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All My Books

Posted on November 10, 2025 by John Biscello

It was such a pleasure getting to be a guest on All My Books, a program on MET Radio (Toronto Metropolitan University), and chat about the writing life, creative process, indie publishing, and other related topics. The show will air this … Continue reading →

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Breastitution

Posted on November 7, 2025 by John Biscello

Posted in Audio, Poetry, Prose, Uncategorized, Video | Tagged ballgame over, breasts, god breast america, lyrics to go, playitslant, satire, Spoken Word, voltaire for president, wordplay, words be like | Leave a comment

New Romantics

Posted on November 6, 2025 by John Biscello

The call, and calling…

Posted in Audio, Cinema, photography, Poetry, Prose, Theater, Uncategorized, Video | Tagged . spoken word, calling, dreams, liminal groove, lyrcis to go, new romantics, Poetry, shamanic bop, slow burn, verses from the abstract, visionaries, visionspeak, wonder, wordpray | Leave a comment

Furies in Chaos

Posted on November 2, 2025 by John Biscello

Candice Louisa Daquin’s insightful review of The Last Furies published in the November issue of Synchronized Chaos (an interdisciplinary journal of art, music, culture, science, and literature). Excerpt from the review: “Viola felt as if she were watching a scene … Continue reading →

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American Poem

Posted on October 28, 2025 by John Biscello

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Reading at Teatro Paraguas

Posted on October 24, 2025 by John Biscello

I am excited to be doing a reading and book-signing at Teatro Paraguas in Santa Fe, NM. I got to see Theater Grottesco’s inspiring experimental production, Action at a Distance, this past May at Teatro Paraguas, and fell in love … Continue reading →

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Review in the Compulsive Reader

Posted on October 20, 2025 by John Biscello

Louis Greenstein’s review of The Last Furies appearing in the Compulsive Reader. Excerpt:“The Last Furies inhabits a shamanic, liminal world where fantasies, yearnings, and radio waves merge to reveal secrets of the universe and mysteries of the human consciousness. From … Continue reading →

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Because the Night

Posted on October 14, 2025 by John Biscello

Half-punk-scarecrow, half-mystic-urchin, Patti Smith seems to exist on the yellowed edges of saudade: the time-carved café table, the books she carried with her on her trips (as trusted and beloved companions), the way she packs light like The Fool, her … Continue reading →

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Book Launch

Posted on October 13, 2025 by John Biscello

Video clip from Last Furies book launch (10/9/25)

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Sepia

Posted on October 12, 2025 by John Biscello

Nostalgia is a death-trap, eating its own tail and leading nowhere. Nostalgia copulates with ghosts in dusty storage rooms and snakelike corridors. Now and again and again now never is nostalgia’s recipe and calling card. Nostalgia is the last picture … Continue reading →

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