http://buckdowns.com Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:53:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 190+ pages of past fragments of future poems, available now at lulu.com. http://buckdowns.com/2010/01/02/hopper-102009/ For those of you who prefer using Amazon to PayPal, here are links to Marijuana Softdrink and Recreational Vehicle at Amazon Marketplace: Marijuana Softdrink Recreational Vehicle http://buckdowns.com/2009/12/04/recreational-vehicle-marijuana-softdrink-now-available-at-amazon/ The gang up at Narrow House is ready for you to have a copy of the i.e. Reader. Dozens of great poets, from D.C., Baltimore, and elsewhere, have read at Michael Ball's i.e. series over the years. Now the i.e. Reader brings them together again, in a convenient and beautiful paperback. Click ... http://buckdowns.com/2009/10/22/ie-reader-coming-soon/ We're big fans of the DCAC here at buckdowns.com, so it's a great pleasure to get to read there again, especially with Maureen Thorson, whose Twenty Questions for the Drunken Sailor is available at last from the Dusie gang. The reading is part of DCAC's Fall open house, Saturday Oct. 3. ... http://buckdowns.com/2009/09/17/october/ Looks like my friend Dan Gutstein is on the bench & won't be able to do the reading at the Big Bear Cafe this Thursday, so Wade has asked me to fill in. It'll be a fun night; Lindsay Bernal & Jennifer Cho will also be reading, and music will be ... http://buckdowns.com/2009/09/15/a-late-substitution/ Two poems from always materialized appear in the new issue of word for/word.  They're part of a feature on political poetry put together by Tom Hibbard. Click here to get to the new issue. Thanks to Tom, and to Jonathan Minton, the editor of word for/word. http://buckdowns.com/2009/09/11/word-for-word/ Jim Sottile has been making videos of friends of his reading Buck Downs poems. Here's his latest: dead girl on the landing http://buckdowns.com/2009/09/03/another-video-by-jim/ Here's some info about two readings in September: 9/5 -- Poets in the Park, Sherwood House, Cromwell Valley Park -- This is a day-long and will include a lot of fun, including Ric Royer & Lauren Bender from Baltimore and WE ARE SCIENCE! from DC -- I'll be reading from 1:30-2:30 ... http://buckdowns.com/2009/08/24/september-revised/ Copies of selected tasty shavers have been landing in the mailboxes of contributors and supporters, angels all. The initial reaction in summary: tasty shavers rock ass. Buy a copy today. [ad#shaver1] Or send over a contribution, and get on the list for this and future stuff from the BD word-hoard. http://buckdowns.com/2009/08/21/tasty-shavers-drop-in-august/ Baltimore's Art in the Park is happening Saturday September 5, and I'll be reading from 1:30-2:30 as part of the fun. Rain or shine, we'll be at the Sherwood House, 2175 Cromwell Bridge Road. The event goes from 10-5, so bring a picnic basket and enjoy the day. Thanks to Christophe Casamassima ... http://buckdowns.com/2009/08/10/september-2/