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Tag Archives: New York
Brooklyn in Taos
Review of No Man’s Brooklyn in this week’s edition of the Taos News, as well as an interview about the novel, growing up in Brooklyn, and the writing life. No Man’s Brooklynby John BiscelloCSF Publishing (2021, 164 pp.) “Anya, a … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, Books, photography, Press, Prose, Publications
Tagged anthony distefano, Brooklyn, CSF Publishing, interview, John Biscello, Literary, new novel, New York, no man's brooklyn, Prose, Review, Taos, Taos News
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Before the Big Bang Makes A Sound
Listen closely. You will hear the rhythmical jazz of a leaky faucet. The creaking floorboards in the attic of memory. The sound of a heart crunching beneath the weight of a life, and then again, that heart’s resilient rising announced … Continue reading
Arson & Grace
Collection of plays forthcoming from CSF Publishing. Arson & Grace Think of this collection as a black-market passport to a realm of lucid dreams and savage jest. Or as the splintered signpost to a crossroads where pop culture, mythology and … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, Books, photography, Press, Publications, Theater
Tagged american railroad, book, CSF Publishing, John Biscello, New Mexico, new publication, New York, oregon, play collection, plays, Theater
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Jackson Pollock
Out of silence, and lidded smolder, arose a localized storm. You could say it was a balletic squall forecasting its own tyrant reign and fall, a fate designed to galvanize and then blackout not so gently into that goodnight exit … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, photography, Poetry
Tagged 1950s, Abstract Expressionism, action painting, Jackson Pollock, John Biscello, New York, Poetry, pop mythology, primal grafitti, shamanic art, tribute
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Runes
Fall in the city. A building offers the glyphic runes of a tectonic language in relief that goes unnoticed by the woman who has just seen her lover listening to another woman closely. #19 from Untitled Film Poems Image by … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, Cinema, photography, Poetry
Tagged cindy sherman, John Biscello, lovers, New York, photo, Poetry, untitled film poems, untitled film still
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The Double
There was a staggered repeatability to her days which she counted upon for a semblance of security and rightness, so you can imagine her surprise when she looked across the street and saw a woman identical to her, same head … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, Cinema, photography, Poetry
Tagged cindy sherman, John Biscello, New York, photography, Poetry, untitled film poems, untitled film still
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Street Corner Lore
The red light green light of young love and longing in a world of urban lore. Excerpt from No Man’s Brooklyn.
Posted in Audio, Books, Prose, Uncategorized, Video
Tagged Brooklyn, coming of age, John Biscello, New York, old school, romance, the way we were, urban lore
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Glow
Childhood and coke parties. Excerpt from No Man’s Brooklyn.
Posted in Audio, Books, Prose, Uncategorized, Video
Tagged Brooklyn, childhood, family matters, John Biscello, New York, novel, Prose, urban lore, Video
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Straight Outta Brooklyn
Urban slice-of-life in this live reading from my novel, No Man’s Brooklyn, at last November’s Prose Month event. NO MAN’S BROOKLYN: From the valentine boneyards of working-class Brooklyn, comes a tale of first love, lost innocence, tragedy, and forgiveness. Daniel Trovato, … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Books, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized, Video
Tagged Brooklyn, John Biscello, New Mexico, New York, no man's brooklyn, novel, performance, prose month, the writing life, video clip
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Present Musings
Houses of a Crystal Muse, featuring the poetry of John Biscello and Antoinette Nora Claypoole, and images by Issa De Nicola and Anthony Distefano, is now available in two editions: black and white and full color, with alternate covers. Purchase here. … Continue reading
