March 2013
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"The family kept a dress from each of the...
I was taught that a line of poetry should stand alone.
No. I don’t believe in such isolation.
The line above is devastating, not by itself, but because it is part of this story.
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Watch Your Words Dance
I have the honor of sharing a small 6’x5’ space at the Roger Smith Hotel’s Window at 125 tomorrow with dancer Deborah Lohse. I’ll be doing words and she’ll be doing dance, and hopefully our two arts will find a way to interact.
I have an hour and I want your words to offer to Deborah. Starting at 4pm, today, March 5th, tweet a line to me @faceturnsread. You are more...
October 2012
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March 2012
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February 2012
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January 2012
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October 2011
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September 2011
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Jokes Told to Me By a 5-Year-Old Last Night
manabouttown:
A house is built; it breaks itself; and then it is built again.
A woman walks into the kitchen. She is crying, so she sits down. She can do whatever she wants.
Kaya walks into the kitchen, but there is nothing there. So she walks into the living room, but there is nothing there either.
August 2011
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ofanotherfashion: Alba Barrios, Frances Silva, and Lorena Eucinas (L-R) are pictured here in their prison-issue cardigan sweater, dress, and perfectly coiffed hairdos. They were arrested in connection with a slaying at Sleepy Lagoon in Southeast Los Angeles. The photo was taken in 1942. Credit: Los Angeles Public Library
July 2011
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Beautiful →
pennyloafa:
Lovely. The mundane meets the sublime. These are worn-out frying pans. They look like planets, galaxies, and suns.
Featured on the Bloodjet Hour with Tamiko Beyer,... →
Join Rachelle as she talks with Hossannah Asuncion, author of FRAGMENTS OF LOSS and Tamiko Beyer, author of BOUGH BREAKS, on Tuesday, July 12th at 11 am PST / 2 pm EST.
To listen live, click here.
the trail of single piano notes.
June 2011
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A woman walking with cane accidentally brushed up against me while about the “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty” exhibit at the MET. I smiled at her to communicate an I’m sorry/It’s okay. She said, “If you want to go on a diet, wear this” and pointed up to one of the Guido Palau masks.
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6/13 Reading with Julie Klausner (FREE POPSICLES!) →
Reading tonight!
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HOSSANNAH ASUNCION
this and that. here, here and here.
JULIE KLAUSNER
Julie Klausner is a comedy writer/performer, podcaster, and author. Her first book, I Don’t Care About Your Band, was released in 2010 from Gotham Books.
In July 2010, Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s…
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May 2011
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A friend telling me about her echocardiogram
yesterday, i watched my heart and i cried all through the echo. it is like a little mouth with its beating. whooom whooom whooom, it says, and i wanted to hug it and say, beat forever! little hungry heart.
Dinner #1 with Monica Ong and Shelly Oria
supperclubseries:
The first dinner is an early dinner set for June 4th at 4pm. Monica is traveling from out of state and I have promised Filipino food.
The menu is still being finalized, but the main dish will either be a version of chicken adobo or ginataang gulay (vegetables in coconut milk).
If you are interested in being one of the four dinner guests please send me a message.
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April 2011
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