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Under the Influence #5, The Literary Psyche
Under the Influence #5, The Literary Psyche
UNDER THE INFLUENCE #5, THE LITERARY PSYCHE
written by Kurt Baumeister October 12, 2018 ran initially at Entropy Magazine
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Wherein Michael A. Ferro regales us with tales of reading anti-plotter David Foster Wallace. Chris Campanioni makes up words (a tactic I hold in high esteem) as he discusses everything from digestion to the nature of possibilities. Poet, editor, and…
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3 Poems: Mecca, Tsarist Pop Star, and God and Judy Garland
3 Poems: Mecca, Tsarist Pop Star, and God and Judy Garland
THREE POEMS BY KURT BAUMEISTER Publishing initially by Five:2:One on September 23, 2018 #thesideshow, Micro-poetry, September 2018 creative writing, literary, poems, poetry 25
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MECCA
She dances death magic in white linen dress, careless eyes, sad, blue fire, her speech the slow, easy prose of alleyways and lost marks slain, she thinks in poetry, dreams…
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PAX AMERICANA Review/Author Interview at RAIN TAXI
PAX AMERICANA Review/Author Interview at RAIN TAXI
Published initially by Rain Taxi ROCK STARS, SECRET AGENTS, AND AMERICAN MYTHS: A CONVERSATION BETWEEN CONSTANCE SQUIRES AND KURT BAUMEISTER
Pax Americana Kurt Baumeister Stalking Horse Press ($19.99)
Live from Medicine Park Constance Squires Univ. of Oklahoma Press ($19.95)
Live from Medicine Park is a pure distillation of the dream that is America, one with little time to waste on the…
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UNDER THE INFLUENCE #4, REDISCOVERY
UNDER THE INFLUENCE #4, REDISCOVERY
written by Kurt Baumeister September 12, 2018 Published initially by Entropy Intro
Wherein you will learn of David Leo Rice’s ten mental locks, Marcy Dermansky’s ability to see romance in the confluence of pierogis and roaches, how Stephen Dunn’s poetry makes Kenzie Allen feel at home anywhere in the world, Kevin Catalano’s thoughts on semicolons and Faulkner, Pam Jones’s envy for Jeanette…
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UNDER THE INFLUENCE #3, REDISCOVERY
UNDER THE INFLUENCE #3, REDISCOVERY
written by Kurt Baumeister August 8, 2018
I’m changing the format here a bit. I’ll have some words on the month’s contributions at the end. For now, let us celebrate the contributors.
Kerry Cohen was just on the Today Show a couple weeks ago. Yeah, that Today Show. Holy Hades!
Bud Smith is a one-man literature factory. Every time I turn around, dude got another book.
Susan Nordmark is a…
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Under the Influence #2, Son of Kid of Baby
Under the Influence #2, Son of Kid of Baby
UNDER THE INFLUENCE #2, SON OF KID OF BABY written by Kurt Baumeister July 10, 2018 (ran initially at Entropy Magazine)
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other word would smell as sweet;”
– Juliet, Act II, Scene II of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
In school, we’re taught we can give things names and in doing so cast a sort of spell, that we can create a shared…
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THE ARENA OF LOVE, a short story
THE ARENA OF LOVE, a short story
Sunday Stories: “The Arena of Love” By Sunday Stories On June 10, 2018 · 0 Comments · In Sunday Stories
The Arena of Love by Kurt Baumeister
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The Little, Blue Gumshoe
Reginald Van Meter wasn’t blue, but he looked it. And not euphemistically, in some down-in-the-mouth, bummed-out-pumpkin sense. Reg didn’t look blue because his wife, kids, and beloved dog, Sinatra, had left him. Though…
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Under the Influence #1, The Origins Issue
Under the Influence #1, The Origins Issue
written by Kurt Baumeister June 5, 2018
I remember the clarity of that day’s sky, horizon-filling and cornflower blue, the sunshine that dominated the quad beyond the windows of the university library. Which is ironic, since I was inside paging through back issues of literary journals. Maybe I remember the sky so vividly because of what I found in those magazines.
There was one in…
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THE BOOK OF LOKI, a novel excerpt (published initially by GUERNICA)
THE BOOK OF LOKI, a novel excerpt (published initially by GUERNICA)
The Book of Loki Either way, the fact that she thinks I’m the Norse god, Loki, is a bit troubling. Primarily because I am the Norse god, Loki, and that’s not something I’ve been looking to feature here on Earth.
Fiction by Kurt Baumeister
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Wicked Impulses
A double-steepled, bronze-bricked…
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Entropy Magazine's "Under the Influence": Call for Submissions
Entropy Magazine’s “Under the Influence”: Call for Submissions
LITERATURE UNDER THE INFLUENCE: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS written by Kurt Baumeister April 13, 2018 Announcing a new feature for Entropy called Under the Influence. If you want to contribute, pick a writer who has influenced your writing and write 100 words on that author, mentioning at least one significant, illustrative work. It’s that simple. To keep this as relevant as possible, I’d ask you NOT to…
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PAX AMERICANA Selected to Best of 2017 List (PANK Magazine)
PAX AMERICANA Selected to Best of 2017 List (PANK Magazine)
Best Books of 2017 POSTED ON DECEMBER 21, 2017 The year is almost over and it’s time to revisit some of my favorite reads of the year. As with any list, this is not as extensive/inclusive/comprehensive as I’d like it to be, but having to do other things besides reading severely cuts into the amount of time I can spend inside books (if you have any leads on a gig that pays you to read whatever you…
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PAX AMERICANA: Coverage on National Book Critics Circle Blog by Daisy Fried
Nov. 8 NBCC/Lit Mixer, plus new bios of Vladimir Lenin, James Wright, Alexander Calder and More by daisy fried | Nov-06-2017 NBCC and Lambda are hosting a literary mixer next Wednesday, November 8th at Folksbier in Brooklyn. Details are available here. John Domini interviews Jenny Erpebeck for Bookforum, and praises her novel Go, Went, Gone as “a fresh career benchmark.” In Vol. 1 Brooklyn,…
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Pax Americana reviewed by critic John Domini for Volume 1 Brooklyn
Pax Americana reviewed by critic John Domini for Volume 1 Brooklyn
Pop Culture Tropes and Chilling Satire: A Review of Kurt Baumeister’s “Pax Americana” By John Domini On September 18, 2017 · 0 Comments · In Book Review, Featured, Lit. These are dark times for black comedy, especially if a humorist takes on American politics. A mere novel, it would seem, can never match the Real World. The problem clearly occurred to Kurt Baumeister, because he took his nasty…
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Pax Americana Reviewed at The Brooklyn Rail
Pax Americana Reviewed at The Brooklyn Rail
Kurt Baumeister’s Pax Americana by Gabino Iglesias The current political panorama will undoubtedly produce some outstanding critical fiction. Thankfully, we don’t have to wait long because some of it is already here. Kurt Baumeister’s Pax Americana, his first novel, is a strange hybrid narrative that weaves together a science fiction drama with a hilarious thriller and sprinkles the mixture with…
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The Nervous Breakdown's Review Microbrew, Volume 8
The Nervous Breakdown’s Review Microbrew, Volume 8
The Nervous Breakdown’s Review Microbrew, Volume 8 By Kurt Baumeister August 24, 2017 Books & Publishing The Gypsy Moth Summer by Julia Fierro Powered by prose at once enchanting and colloquial, true, vividly-realized characters, and a literary voice that practically reverberates with authority, Fierro’s The Gypsy Moth Summer may not only be this year’s best second novel, but its best book…
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TNB Book Review: The Sarah Book, by Scott McClanahan
TNB Book Review: The Sarah Book, by Scott McClanahan
TNB Book Review: The Sarah Book, by Scott McClanahan By Kurt Baumeister July 03, 2017 Fiction Reviews “Country roads, take me home To the place I belong West Virginia, mountain momma Take me home, country roads” -John Denver, “Take Me Home, Country Roads” If I were partial to the Denver School of Criticism, I might spend hours coming up with pithy sobriquets for Scott McClanahan. I’d call him…
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TNB Book Review: Joseph by Dena Rash Guzman
TNB Book Review: Joseph by Dena Rash Guzman
TNB Book Review: Joseph, by Dena Rash Guzman By Kurt Baumeister June 30, 2017 Poetry Reviews “I Dug the Hole Already, joseph” My beauty a shovel. A spoon of aconite and arsenic. In your mouth refusing food. To beg instead a stylish garter drama. Prussic acid gimlet. Open veins bleed hell. I’ll ring your bell, son. I will ring your bell. –Dena Rash Guzman, Joseph The word “revelation” is a…
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