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Tag Archives: riot material
Baffling the Sphinx
The word is my fourth dimension–Clarice Lispector And on the eighth and endless day, where the bottomless hallelujah meets Ouroboros, God created Clarice Lispector. Maybe. Maybe the music of that name was more pure music and vivid living syntax, and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Poetry, Press, Prose, Publications
Tagged agua viva, avant garde, Books, brazil, clarice lispector, cronicas, Prose, Review, riot material, too much of life, writing life
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A Door Behind A Door
An excerpt of my review of Yelena Moskovich’s scintillating third novel: A Door Behind A Door. Moskovich is one of my contemporary favorites, a bold and daring stylist who extends the frontiers of language and vision. In the afterlifeYou could … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, Books, Press, Prose, Publications
Tagged contemporary literature, indie press, new book, riot material, two dollar radio, Yelena Moskovich
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Four from Moonglow
Four of the poems from Moonglow on Mercy Street, appearing in the latest installment of Riot Material.
Posted in Books, photography, Poetry, Press, Prose, Publications
Tagged johnbiscello, new poems, Poetry, Publication, riot material
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Review of Invisible Ink
(Review of Patrick Modiano’s novel, Invisible Ink.) If there is a suitcase, forged documentation, café-life and tons of mileage accumulated tramping the streets of Paris, it’s a pretty safe guess that you are inside a Patrick Modiano novel. The French … Continue reading
Posted in Books, photography, Press, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged book review, exsistential mystery, france, John Biscello, new book, novel, patrick modiano, Prose, riot material, yale university press
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The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish
(Review of Katya Apekina’s stunning debut novel, The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish. ) Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the king’s horses and all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty … Continue reading
The Silence and Other Poems
“The Silence” and three other poems–“Into the Mystic,” “The New Romantics,” and “To the Lighthouse”–now appearing as a conceptual quartet in Riot Material.
Posted in Artwork, Poetry, Press, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged John Biscello, new poetry, Publication, riot material, word to the mother, Word Up
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Review of Virtuoso
“But I see my mind’s asleep. Were it to remain wide awake from this point on, we should quickly arrive at the truth, which may well be all around us now (its angels weeping)!” — Arthur Rimbaud, A Season in Hell … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, John Biscello, novel, Prose, riot material, two dollar radio, Yelena Moskovich
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The Fool
Review of Anne Serre’s The Fool (and Other Moral Tales). Among the linty cling of rumors and backwashed gossip spread around the barrooms and laundromats of the universe, circulates this mortuary nugget: Hey, did you know that Ego, when it … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Press, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged anne serre, fool's play, John Biscello, new directions publishing, Prose, Review, riot material, story collection
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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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