Ā.S. Ősel

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Ananda Selah Osel is an avant-garde poet and polemic writer rooted in Seattle, Washington. He has engaged in intense studies of Hinayana Buddhism and atheism, both have massively influenced his work. His rationalist views are as overwhelmingly evident in his essays and editorials as his affinity for the nihilistic are in his poetry. Ananda's work has appeared in an assortment of diverse publications including Word Riot Magazine, The League of Laboring Poets, 63 Channels, Zygote In My Coffee, Cause & Effect Magazine, Eloquent Atheist Magazine, decomP, and Denver Syntax among others.

Osel is the co-founder of the now defunct Activism for Humanity, and former president of the Black American Student Association. Ananda's latest collection, The Meter is Running & We're Almost Out of Change, is available from the Proletariat Press.

Currently Ananda is drudging toward a degree in Psychoneuroimmunology. He is the founder of The CommonLine Project. The Project is based out of Seattle, Washington and publishes interviews and verse.

"The Author was deeply involved in independent photography for years before he started writing poetry and non-fiction for online magazines. Ananda's autobiographical works of poetry are intensely raw and habitually profane. Often Osel's poems uses exceedingly coarse language and imagery to reach the reader. Ananda writes with little or no "word play" and rarely uses metaphor when addressing his subject. This no-nonsense methodology has made Osel a favorite of the alternative lit press and a monster to those accustomed to the traditional absolutism of the poetry cosmos.

Currently Ananda resides in Seattle, Washington where he is the Editor-In-Chief of The CommonLine Project. He is unmarried and has no children. "

(2007, April) Bang!

Buy Books & Magazines

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63 Channels Magazine
(2008 Spring/Summer) 63 Channels Magazine

This all poetry issue from 63 channels features seventy pages of poetry, and is perfect bound. The issue contains poetry by Osel and other prominent small press poets. Purchased this and other small press magazines at LuLu.com for $6.15 plus shipping.

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Cause & Effect Magazine #6
(2008) Cause & Effect Magazine

The first all poetry issue of Cause & Effect Magazine is packed full of work by the poets you love and hate, love to hate, and hate to love. The six issue will feature recent work by Ananda as well as other cult writers. It is available direct from the publishers website for 5.99 plus shipping.

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The Meter is Running & We're Almost Out of Change
(2008) The Proletariat Press
by Ananda Selah Osel

This chap is the latest of Ananda's Selected Poems series and the follow up to his critically acclaimed book A SonofaBitch (2007). The book is available for purchase direct from the publishers website for a mere $6.00.

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A SonofaBitch
(2007) The Proletariat Press
by Ananda Selah Osel

This chap is the first of Ananda's Selected Poems series. A SonofaBitch represents the best of Ananda's magazine publications for the year 2007. The book is available from the publishers website for $4.00.

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Zygote In My Coffee # 4
(2007) Tainted Coffee Press

The new Zygote continues in the tradition of great underground publishing. It contains work by Ananda as well as other underground poetry icons. It is available direct from the publishers website for a mere $7.00 (includes shipping). The book is 150 pages and perfect bound.

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Interviews

An Interview with Ananda @ Word Riot Magazine

An Interview with Ananda @ Eloquent Atheist Magazine

An Interview with Ananda @ Unlikely 2.0

Reviews

The Meter Is Running & We're Almost Out of Change Reviewed by Neil Hirsh in Word Riot Magazine

Past, Current and Future Projects

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The CommonLine Project
In early April 2007 The CommonLine Project joined with the poets featured in The Apocalyptic to form issue four under the new title of The Commonline Project. The site has published hundreds of writers from 12 countries. The Project is currently expanding and is quickly gaining readers throughout the country and overseas.

Vanessa Kelly Wilken
Ananda and Vanessa have embarked on a joint venture through The CommonLine Project to promote Vanessa's outstanding artistic vision. Vanessa has also become the artistic consultant and managing editor at the Project. Buy or commission work from Vanessa at her website.

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Director

The CommonLine Project / February 2007 - Present

Non-Fiction

I Took A Swallow Of My Own Spit / The Local Writer, March 07

Essay

The Influence of Piety: Same-sex Marriage / The Eloquent Atheist, December, 2007

Poetry [chronologic samples]

Laymen of History / Identity Theory, Spring 07
Don't Push, He Cannot Understand / The CommonLine Project, Issue 0.2
Blessed Beside Bombardment / Poets Against the War, Spring 07
The Genius of the American Man / Orange Room Review, June 07
Virginia Polytechnic Institute / The CommonLine Project, Issue 0.4
Lines Of Nirvana / Silenced Press, July 07
The Coffee Scene / Zygote In My Coffee, Issue 93
Dull Stories, Perky Nipples / Hecale (UK), Summer 07
Here (I Am) / Hecale (UK), Summer 07
Laymen Of History / Hecale (UK), Summer 07 (re-published from Identity Theory)
Resemblance of the Meerkat /Zygote In My Coffee, Print Ed. # 4 / Summer 07
The Verge / Poets Against the War, Summer 07
Dead Animals on the Sidewalk / Madswirl, Fall 07
The Final Stretch / Madswirl, Fall 07
Maps / Madswirl, Fall 07
My Harborer / The Aggregated Press, Issue 04
Something at 1:12 am / Ya'Sou!, Fall 07
Jesus is Definitely Sleeping / Ya'Sou!, Fall 07
The Real Humanists / The Eloquent Atheist, Nov 07
Alone With All Of You / The Eloquent Atheist, Nov 07
Vinegar, Cardboard & Buddha / The Cerebral Catalyst, Nov 07
The Way It Is / Unlikely 2.0, Jan 08
The City: Fuck Dat Nigga In Da White Hat / Unlikely 2.0, Jan 08
And We Have Been Fighting Already / Unlikely 2.0, Jan 08
Drinking the Young Blackbird / The CommonLine Project, Issue 0.13
Thirty-Seven Hundred & No Heater / Madswirl, 08
The Black Overcoat One Way People / Madswirl, 08
Improprieties In Late January / Madswirl, 08
The Last Poem of the Night / Gloom Cupboard, #31
My Harborer / Denver Syntax, Spring 2008 (first published by The Aggregated Press)
A Waste, A Very Sad Waste / The CommonLine Project, Summer 08
Soul Tragedy of Errors / The CommonLine Project, Summer 08
Thirty-Seven-Hundred & No Heater / Word Riot, July 08 (first published by Madswirl)
Once in a While / Word Riot, July 08
D.A.R.E. / Word Riot, July 08
Improprieties In Late January / Castaway Poetics, Vol. 1 (first published by Madswirl)
The Verge / Castaway Poetics, Vol. 1
Some Advice / Castaway Poetics, Vol. 1
Black Sand / Castaway Poetics, Vol. 1
Boston's Lights Cringe / Castaway Poetics, Vol. 1
Buried in Vienna / decomP, October 08