tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302678362010-02-04T20:20:58.329-07:00"...i know time heals wounds, but this one's gonna need stitches..."boomboomroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03827051940965428728oseljoseph@hotmail.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30267836.post-60610594044071841832009-06-09T19:07:00.049-06:002009-09-21T13:17:06.310-06:00<div align="justify"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>"</strong></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><em>Ananda Osel’s chapbook Dispatches from the Third World comes at us with a sense of urgency. The poems, all about his experiences in Thailand, are gritty, unfinished almost. Indeed, as the title suggests, they are “dispatches” sent quickly from author to reader. They ask to be listened to</em>.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>" </strong></span></div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><div align="right"> <br /></span></strong><em>--Erin Foran, Poetry Editor, </em><em><a href="http://www.wanderlustreview.com/?p=438" target="_blank">The Wanderlust Review </a></em><em> <br />___________________________________________________________________________________________________</em> <em><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong> <br /></div></strong></span></em><div align="justify"><em><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong> <br />"</strong></span>After I finished Dispatches I felt like I had traveled to Thailand without suffering through a day-long flight or adding a stamp to my passport. Osel is descriptive enough that he really does give the reader an honest snapshot of life...</em><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><em>" <br /> <br /></div></em></span></strong><div align="justify"></div><div align="right"><em>--Danielle Dreger-Babbitt, </em><a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-1361-Seattle-Books-Examiner~y2009m6d25-Ananda-Osels-Dispatches-are-far-from-absurd" target="_blank"><em>Seattle Book Examiner</em></a></div><div align="justify"><em>___________________________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br /></em><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><em>"</em></strong></span><span style="font-size:100%;">His poem "Black Overcoat One-Way People"...</span><em>is the kind of self-entitled Henry Rollins fuck-the-system bullshit that automatically makes everyone tired of angry young men and their viciously thin poetry.</em><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;">"</span> <br /> <br /></em></strong></div><div align="right"><em>--Paul Constant, <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Home" target="_blank">The Stranger</a></em></div><div align="justify"><em>___________________________________________________________________________________________________</em></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><div align="justify"></div></span><div align="justify"><em><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong></strong></span></em></div><div align="justify"><em><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong></strong></span></em></div><div align="justify"><em><span style="font-size:130%;"> <br /><strong>"</strong></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Osel and his work have become the subject of increasing interest due to his distinctive writing style, a sarcastic low-diction free verse approach dubbed Absurd Realism or Absurd Dirty Realism, in part because of it’s combination of minimalist realism, existential absurdism, and black humor....the majority of his work represents some of the most accessible and well written unrhymed free verse I’ve come across...</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>"</strong></span></div></strong></span><div align="justify"></div><p align="right"><em>--Janet Jonnes, <a href="http://the-beat.co.uk/breaking-the-anxiety-of-influence-ananda-osel%e2%80%99s-absurd-realism/" target="_blank">The Beat</a> <br />____________________________________________________________________________________________________</em></p><p align="justify"><em><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>"</strong></span>Osel’s work lives at the logical meeting point of philosophy and Dirty Realism, or minimalism. Not surprisingly, at nearly every turn his work and personal philosophy run antithetical to the prevailing mood of the literary establishment.</em><em><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">" </span> <br /></strong> <br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>"</strong></span>Think one part Husserl, one part Bukowski, and one part tragedy; with a punch in the face to boot.</em><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><em>" <br /></p></em></span></strong><div align="left"></div><div align="right"><em>--Andrew Wright, </em><a href="http://poetry.about.com/od/contemporarypoets/a/oselinterview.htm" target="_blank"><em>About.com</em></a><em> &amp; </em><em>Vain</em></div><div align="right"></div><div align="right"><em>___________________________________________________________________________________________________</em></div><div align="right"></div><div align="right"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"> <br /><em><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">"</span></strong>I suggest you pick up Osel's book and be introduced to one of the small press' most promising and controversial artists.<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">"</span> </strong> <br /> <br /></em></div><div align="right"><em>--Neil Hirsh, </em><a href="http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1525" target="_blank"><em>Word Riot Magazine</em></a></div><div align="justify"><em>___________________________________________________________________________________________________ <br /></em></div><div align="justify"> <br /><em><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">"</span></strong>Ananda Osel is a 21st century rebel poet, defining himself and his work in opposition to what he sees as the literary establishment, seeking a poetry that is simple and direct...<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">"</span></strong> <br /> <br /></em></div><div align="right"><em>--Margery Snyder, </em><a href="http://poetry.about.com/b/2009/03/11/ananda-osel-seeking-sincerity-directness-existential-philosophy.htm" target="_blank"><em>About.com</em></a></div><div align="right"><em>___________________________________________________________________________________________________</em></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"> <br /><em><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">"</span></strong>[Ananda's] observations about everyday life stand out in his poetry because they are both reckless and precise...<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">"</span></strong> <br /> <br /></em></div><div align="right"><em>--Ali Marcus, </em><a href="http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1464" target="_blank"><em>Word Riot Magazine</em></a></div></em><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.ananda-osel.com<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30267836-6061059404407184183?l=www.ananda-osel.com' alt='' /></div>boomboomroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03827051940965428728oseljoseph@hotmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30267836.post-66495479138661437182008-12-22T03:41:00.054-07:002009-11-11T18:53:05.222-07:00<strong>November 13, 2009 - Annoucement</strong> <br /><a href="http://www.alternativereel.com/includes/poets-corner/display_review.php?id=00062"target="_blank">Five new poems at Alternative Reel</a>. <br /> <br /> <br /><strong>July 27, 2009 - News / Announcement</strong> <br />Osel's book <em>Dispatches from the Third World</em> reviewed at <em>The Wanderlust Review</em>: <br />"<a title="Permanent Link to Foreign Correspondence: Ananda Osel’s ‘Dispatches from the Third World’" href="http://www.wanderlustreview.com/?p=438" target="_blank">Foreign Correspondence: Ananda Osel’s ‘Dispatches from the Third World’</a>" <br /> <br /> <br /><strong>July 7, 2009 - News</strong> <br /><em>Dispatches from the Third World</em> reviewed by the Seattle Book Examiner <br /><a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-1361-Seattle-Books-Examiner~y2009m6d25-Ananda-Osels-Dispatches-are-far-from-absurd" target="_blank">Visit Examiner.com to check it out. <br /></a> <br /> <br /><strong>June 3, 2009 - Announcement</strong> <br />Osel's <em>Dispatches from the Third World</em> has been released: <br /><a href="http://www.proletariatpress.org/2008/03/paypal-safer-easier-way-to-pay-online.html" target="_blank">Visit the Proletariat Press' bookstore to purchase your copy. <br /></a> <br /> <br /><strong>June 1, 2009 - Announcement</strong> <br /><em>A SonofaBitch</em> (2nd Revised Ed.) is now available for pre-order: <br /><a href="http://www.proletariatpress.org/2008/03/paypal-safer-easier-way-to-pay-online.html" target="_blank">Visit the Proletariat Press' Bookstore to purchase your copy <br /></a> <br /> <br /><strong>April 20, 2009 - News</strong> <br />Interview sketch posted at Seattle's <em>Vain Magazine</em>: <br /></em>"<a href="http://www.callmevain.com/2009/04/sketch-of-poetry%e2%80%99s-anti-hero-ananda-selah-osel-an-interview-by-andrew-wright/">Sketch of Poetry's Anti-Hero</a>: Ananda Osel" <br />An Interview by A. wright<strong><em> <br /></em></strong> <br /><strong> <br />April 8, 2009 - News</strong> <br />A new review has been posted at the United Kingdom's <em>The Beat</em>: <br />"<a href="http://the-beat.co.uk/breaking-the-anxiety-of-influence-ananda-osel%e2%80%99s-absurd-realism/">Breaking the Anxiety of Influence: Ananda Osel’s Absurd Realism</a>" <br />A review by Janet Jonnes <br /> <br /></strong> <br /><strong>April 1, 2009 - Announcement</strong> <br /><em>Zygote In My Coffee</em> releases its sixth print edition featuring work by Osel: <br /><a href="http://www.zygoteinmycoffee.com/taintedcoffeepress/zygoteprint6list.html">Visit the Tainted Coffee Press bookstore to purchase your copy</a> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><strong> <br />March 30, 2009 - Announcement</strong></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Osel's <em>Dispatches from the Third World</em> now available for preorder:</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><a href="http://www.proletariatpress.org/2008/03/paypal-safer-easier-way-to-pay-online.html">Reserve your copy from the Proletariat Press today </a> <br /> <br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> <br /><strong>March 25, 2009 -</strong> <strong>News/Interview</strong></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Ananda Osel answers questions at <em>About.com</em>: </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">"<a href="http://poetry.about.com/od/contemporarypoets/a/oselinterview.htm">Transgressing the Literary Zeitgeist with Absurdist Poet Ananda Osel" <br /></a>An interview by Andrew Wright</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> <br /> <br /><strong>March 25, 2009 - Poetry</strong></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Two new poems posted at <a href="http://poetry.about.com/od/contemporarypoets/a/oselinterview.htm">About.com</a>:</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">"<a href="http://poetry.about.com/od/poems/l/bloselcarnal.htm">The Carnal Hypothesis</a>"</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">"<a href="http://poetry.about.com/od/poems/l/bloselnirvana.htm">Lines of Nirvana</a>" <br /> <br /> <br /><strong>March 19, 2009 - Announcement</strong> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Osel scheduled to preform at the Seattle Public Library on March 21st: </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><a href="http://www.pw.org/content/ananda_osel">Visit the <em>Poets &amp; Writers</em> event page to see full details</a><em> <br /> <br /> <br /></em><strong>March 9, 2009 - News</strong></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><em>A SonofaBitch</em>, Osel's 2007 chapbook is going into its second printing. The book will be re-released in Summer 2009. <br /> <br /> <br /><strong>February 17, 2009 - Poetry</strong></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Osel's feature poem Aim for the Head or the Neck at <em>Neologist</em>:</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">"<a href="http://neo-log-ism.blogspot.com/2009/02/aim-for-head-or-neck.html">Aim for the Head or the Neck</a>" <br /> <br /> <br /><strong>February 9, 2009 - Announcement</strong></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Art section added. The "art" page will be populated during the Summer of 2009 and additional paintings will become available for sale via the website. <br /> <br /> <br /><strong>December 1, 2008 - News</strong></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Osel publishes article in the American Humanist Association's <em>The Humanist</em>:</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">"<a href="http://www.thehumanist.org/humanist/08_nov_dec/novdec08.html">U.S. Apology for Slavery - Apparently Not Front Page News</a>" <br /> <br /> <br /><strong>November 15, 2008 - Poetry</strong></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">3 new poems published at the world famous <em>StrangeRoad</em>:</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><a href="http://www.strangeroad.com/Poetry/AnandaSelahOsel.php">Read them now, if you want</a></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> <br /> <br /><strong>November 8, 2008 - News</strong></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Osel named as a finalist in the 08-09 Seattle Poet Populist competition:</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><a href="http://www.poetpopulist.org/current-poet.php">See the final results by visiting the the Seattle Poet Populist webpage</a> <br /> <br /> <br /><strong>October 15, 2008 - Poetry</strong></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">New poem at <em>decomP magazine</em>:</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">"<a href="http://decompmagazine.com/october2008.htm">Buried in Vienna</a>" <br /> <br /> <br /><strong>October 12, 2008 - Announcement</strong></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Section for press photo's added:</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Category will populate <br /> <br /> <br /><strong>October 8, 2008 - News</strong></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Osel article in the <em>Korea Times</em> about Obama and U.S. race relations:</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">"<a href="http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2008/10/137_32520.html">The Principal Hope &amp; Danger of Black America: Barack Obama (Part 1)</a> &amp; <a href="http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2008/10/137_32655.html">(Part 2)</a>" <br /> <br /> <br /><strong>September 18, 2008 - News/Announcement</strong></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">An idea is in the works for a full-length of poetry collection tentatively entitled <em>La Poésie de Sisyphos</em>. Perspective collaborators should send relevant information. <br /> <br /> <br /><strong>August 15, 2008 - Poetry</strong> <br />2 new poems featured at<em> Unlikely 2.0</em>: <br /><a href="http://www.unlikelystories.org/osel0808.shtml">"At About 4am" &amp; "Scruples Are Only Useful Sometimes"</a> <br /> <br /> <br /><strong>July 8, 2008 - Poetry</strong></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">3 new poems at <em>Word Riot Magazine</em>:</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><a href="http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1563">"Once In Awhile," "D.A.R.E.," and "Thirty-Seven-Hundred &amp; No Heater"</a></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><em> <br /></em></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><strong>June 22, 2008 - Poetry</strong></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><em>Madswirl</em> showcases Osel's work with six poems:</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><a href="http://www.madswirl.com/content/poetry/Ananda_Selah_Osel.html">Ananda Osel showcase</a> <br /> <br /> <br /><strong>June 1, 2008 - Poetry</strong></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">New poem at <em>Common Line</em>:</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><a href="http://common-line.com/2007/07/ananda-selah-osel_05.html">"Don't Burn Me When I'm Dead"</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.ananda-osel.com<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30267836-6649547913866143718?l=www.ananda-osel.com' alt='' /></div>boomboomroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03827051940965428728oseljoseph@hotmail.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30267836.post-55665020611126529332008-11-07T21:50:00.059-07:002009-11-29T12:14:52.949-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__fk6L_aa7hw/SxLHvyrNnGI/AAAAAAAABWg/cJYvqBKp3Jg/s1600/press-2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409605726296185954" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 310px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__fk6L_aa7hw/SxLHvyrNnGI/AAAAAAAABWg/cJYvqBKp3Jg/s320/press-2.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Ananda Osel</strong> is a writer and photographer who's around. He's the Editor of <em><a href="http://common-line.com/">CommonLine</a>,</em> an electronic literary quarterly. </span><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><div align="justify"><br />Osel's poetry has been featured or is forthcoming in the <em>New York Quarterly, Denver Syntax, The WanderLust Review, The Beat, Vain, About.com, Identity Theory, Word Riot, Silenced Press, Orange Room Review,</em> <em>Zygote In My Coffee, decomP, and others.</em><br /><br /></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Essays and other commentaries have appeared in <em>The Humanist, Washington Free Press, Word Riot Magazine, Korea Times, Kyunghyang Shinmun, Eloquent Atheist Magazine, </em>and others.<br /><br />Osel is the author of three critically acclaimed chapbooks of poetry: <a href="http://www.proletariatpress.org/2009/06/sonofabitch.html" target="_blank"><em>A SonofaBitch</em> </a>(2007, 2009), <em><a href="http://www.proletariatpress.org/2009/06/meter-is-running-were-almost-out-of.html" target="_blank">The Meter Is Running &amp; We're Almost Out Of Change</a></em> (2008), <em>and</em> <em><a href="http://www.proletariatpress.org/2008/12/consignment-faq.html" target="_blank">Dispatches From the Third World</a></em> (2009), all available from <a href="http://www.proletariatpress.org/" target="_blank">Proletariat Press</a>. Osel's forth collection, and first full-length collection, <em>Nevertheless, However, Furthermore, and Whatever</em>, is currently impending.<br /></span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="justify"></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="justify"></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.ananda-osel.com<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30267836-5566502061112652933?l=www.ananda-osel.com' alt='' /></div>boomboomroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03827051940965428728oseljoseph@hotmail.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30267836.post-81691096699064139852008-11-07T21:49:00.096-07:002009-11-10T23:12:46.117-07:00<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><p align="left"><a href="http://poetry.about.com/od/contemporarypoets/a/oselinterview.htm" target="_blank">About.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.alternativereel.com/" target="_blank">Alternative Reel </a><br /><a href="http://the-beat.co.uk/breaking-the-anxiety-of-influence-ananda-osel%e2%80%99s-absurd-realism/" target="_blank">Beat, The</a> (UK)<br /><a href="http://www.cemagazine.net/" target="_blank">Cause &amp; Effect Magazine</a><br /><a href="http://common-line.com/" target="_blank">CommonLine</a><br /><a href="http://decompmagazine.com/" target="_blank">decomP</a><br /><a href="http://www.gloomcupboard.com/" target="_blank">Gloom Cupboard</a><br /><a href="http://www.thehumanist.org/" target="_blank">Humanist, The</a><br /><a href="http://www.nyqpoets.net/poet/anandaosel" target="_blank">New York Quarterly</a><br /><a href="http://www.proletariatpress.org/" target="_blank">Proletariat Press, The</a><br /><a href="http://www.pw.org/content/ananda_selah_osel" target="_blank">Poets &amp; Writers Magazine</a><br /><a href="http://www.unlikelystories.org/" target="_blank">Unlikely 2.0</a><br /><a href="http://www.callmevain.com/" target="_blank">Vain Magazine</a><br /><a href="http://www.vanessawilken.com/" target="_blank">Venture Seventy-7</a><br /><a href="http://www.zygoteinmycoffee.com/" target="_blank">Zygote In My Coffee</a></p><p align="left"><br /></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.ananda-osel.com<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30267836-8169109669906413985?l=www.ananda-osel.com' alt='' /></div>boomboomroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03827051940965428728oseljoseph@hotmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30267836.post-31821240812686031922008-11-07T21:49:00.095-07:002009-11-04T09:16:09.286-07:00To subscribe to the mailing list simply send a blank email to <a href="mailto:oselananda@gmail.com">oselananda@gmail.com</a> with the word "subscribe" in the subject line.<br /><br />By subscribing to the mailing list you will receive infrequent updates about readings, new books, and other author happenings. 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If you wish to unsubscribe simply send a request via email.<div class="blogger-post-footer">www.ananda-osel.com<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30267836-3182124081268603192?l=www.ananda-osel.com' alt='' /></div>boomboomroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03827051940965428728oseljoseph@hotmail.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30267836.post-34020278841239300252007-05-01T17:12:00.143-06:002009-11-29T12:19:14.860-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__fk6L_aa7hw/SxLIwsLh1HI/AAAAAAAABWo/_de5KS2Z94w/s1600/IMG_2085-2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409606841244177522" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 206px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__fk6L_aa7hw/SxLIwsLh1HI/AAAAAAAABWo/_de5KS2Z94w/s320/IMG_2085-2.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:0;"><span style="color:#ffcc00;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Chapbooks</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><br /></span></span></span><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:0;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:#ffffff;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br />Dispatches</span></strong><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> From the Third World</span></strong></span><span style="color:#cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> by Ananda Osel</span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> (Proletariat Press, 2009)</span></em><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> -</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> This chapbook contains poetry written in, about, and inspired by the third world; in particularly South-east Asia. Every poem in this limited collection (23 poems, 37 pages) is previously unpublished and was composed in South-east Asia between March and May of 2009. The foreward to the book can be read at the publisher's website. </span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Dispatches</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> can be purchased directly from the publisher for a meager $9.00, shipping included.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:0;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:#cccccc;"><span style="color:#666666;"><a href="http://www.proletariatpress.org/2008/03/paypal-safer-easier-way-to-pay-online.html" target="_blank"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Buy Now!</span></strong></a></span><a href="http://www.proletariatpress.org/2008/03/paypal-safer-easier-way-to-pay-online.html" target="_blank"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></strong></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /><br /></span><strong><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A SonofaBitch</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> (2nd Revised Ed.) by Ananda Osel </span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Proletariat Press, 2009)</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> - This limited revised edition (30 poems, 44 pages) contains all the poetry from 2007's original edition plus an additional six poems. It is available for $9.00, shipping included.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:0;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:#cccccc;"><a href="http://www.proletariatpress.org/2008/03/paypal-safer-easier-way-to-pay-online.html" target="_blank"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Buy Now!</span></strong></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__fk6L_aa7hw/R-_1rdfkSyI/AAAAAAAAAYs/pb2SGmBB3mc/s1600-h/IMG_1228.jpg"></a></span><strong><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The Meter is Running &amp; We're Almost Out of Change</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> by Ananda Osel </span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Proletariat Press, 2008)</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> - This chapbook includes 24 poems on 43 pages. It is the first to follow Osel's first critically acclaimed book </span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A SonofaBitch</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> (2007). </span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The Meter</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> is available for purchase direct from the publishers website for a mere $9.00, shipping included.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:0;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:#cccccc;"><a href="http://www.proletariatpress.org/2008/03/paypal-safer-easier-way-to-pay-online.html" target="_blank"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Buy Now!</span></strong></a><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="color:#ffcc00;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Other Periodicals</span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:0;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><br /><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="color:#ffffff;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Zygote In My Coffee</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span style="color:#cccccc;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Winter 2009)</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> - Zygote In My Coffee re-emerges with its sixth print edition. Featuring work by famed underground authors including Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal, Rob Plath, Justin Hyde, Jack T. Marlowe, and Ananda Osel, this edition of Zygote is a welcome addition to any poetry collection.</span></span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:0;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://www.zygoteinmycoffee.com/taintedcoffeepress/zygoteprint6list.html" target="_blank"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Buy Now!</span></strong></a></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div></span></span></span></span><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:0;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The Humanist:</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A Magazine of Critical Inquiry and Social Concern</span></em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:0;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Nov-Dec 2008) -</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> This edition of </span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The Humanist</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> includes in-depth articles by Congressman Pete Stark, Maryland State Senator Jamie Raskin, Dean Emeritus of the Humanist Institute Robert B. Tapp, and columnist Ananda Osel among others.<br /></span></span><a href="https://www.americanhumanist.org/secure/sub_form.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:0;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Subscribe Now!</span></strong></span></a><span style="font-size:0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /><br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__fk6L_aa7hw/SJjpPMCoC8I/AAAAAAAAAdQ/8gwmgc4PRZ0/s1600-h/IMG_1435.jpg"></a></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:0;"><strong><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The League Of Laboring Poets</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Summer 2008 / Vol. 2 Issue 3)</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> - The League has done it again with their Summer 08 issue. The magazine contains work by some of the biggest underground names in poetry including, Lyn Lifshin, Spiel, Ananda Osel, and Richard Lighthouse. Support the small press and purchase your copy direct from the publishers website.<br /></span></span><a href="http://www.leagueoflaboringpoets.com/Subscription.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:0;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Buy Now!</span></strong></span></a><span style="font-size:0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /><br /></span><strong><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">63 Channels Magazine</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Spring/Summer 2008) - </span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">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.<br /></span></span></span><a href="http://www.lulu.com/content/2604730" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Buy Now!</span></strong></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__fk6L_aa7hw/R_k7w9fkS7I/AAAAAAAAAZ8/6b4Wriopze4/s1600-h/cemagcvr6th.gif"></a></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:0;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Cause &amp; Effect Magazine #6</span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Cause &amp; Effect Magazine 2008)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> - The first all poetry issue of Cause &amp; 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.<br /></span></span></span><a href="http://www.inkandblood.net/cemagazine/cestore/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Buy Now!</span></strong></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /><br /></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Zygote In My Coffee # 4</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Tainted Coffee Press, 2007) - </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The new </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Zygote </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">continues in the tradition of great underground publishing. It contains work by Ananda as well as other underground poetry icons. It is available </span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">direct from the publishers website</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> for a mere $7.00 (includes shipping). The book is 150 pages and perfect bound.<br /></span></span><a href="http://www.zygoteinmycoffee.com/60/zygotebookstore.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Buy Now!</span></strong></span></a><a href="http://www.zygoteinmycoffee.com/60/zygotebookstore.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:arial;" ></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.ananda-osel.com<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30267836-3402027884123930025?l=www.ananda-osel.com' alt='' /></div>boomboomroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03827051940965428728oseljoseph@hotmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30267836.post-24215528528889147272007-05-01T17:12:00.132-06:002009-11-06T16:53:51.939-07:00<strong><span style="color:#ffcc00;">Review</span></strong><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="justify"><br />"<a title="Permanent Link to Foreign Correspondence: Ananda Osel’s ‘Dispatches from the Third World’" href="http://www.wanderlustreview.com/?p=438" target="_blank">Foreign Correspondence: Ananda Osel’s ‘Dispatches...’</a>" @ The WanderLust Review<br />"<a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-1361-Seattle-Books-Examiner~y2009m6d25-Ananda-Osels-Dispatches-are-far-from-absurd" target="_blank">Ananda Osel's 'Dispatches' are far from Absurd</a>" @ The Seattle Examiner<br />"<a href="http://the-beat.co.uk/breaking-the-anxiety-of-influence-ananda-osel%e2%80%99s-absurd-realism/" target="_blank">Breaking the Anxiety of Influence: Ananda Osel’s Absurd Realism</a>" @ The Beat<br />"<a href="http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1525" target="_blank">The Meter is Running &amp; We're Almost Out of Change</a>" @ Word Riot Magazine<br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="right"></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="justify"><span style="color:#ffcc00;"><strong>Interview</strong></span> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="justify"><br />"<a href="http://poetry.about.com/od/contemporarypoets/a/oselinterview.htm" target="_blank">Transgressing the Literary Zeitgeist with Absurdist Poet Ananda Osel</a>" @ About.com </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="right">"<a href="http://www.callmevain.com/2009/04/sketch-of-poetry%e2%80%99s-anti-hero-ananda-selah-osel-an-interview-by-andrew-wright/" target="_blank">Sketch of Poetry's Anti-Hero: Ananda Osel</a>" @ Vain Magazine </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="right"></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="right">"<a href="http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1464" target="_blank">An Interview with Poet Ananda Osel</a>" @ Word Riot Magazine<br />"<a href="http://www.unlikelystories.org/marcus0408.shtml" target="_blank">An Interview with Ananda Osel</a>" @ Unlikely 2.0 </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="right">"<a href="http://news.khan.co.kr/section/khan_art_view.html?mode=view&amp;artid=200810291531215&amp;code=900315" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:85%;">가로지르기]“흑백 인종문제 여전히 변수 오바마 ‘백인 표’ 예측 어렵다</span></a>” @ Kyunghyang Shinmun<br /><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="right"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.ananda-osel.com<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30267836-2421552852888914727?l=www.ananda-osel.com' alt='' /></div>boomboomroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03827051940965428728oseljoseph@hotmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30267836.post-82656417173564339392007-05-01T17:11:00.046-06:002009-11-03T16:12:45.894-07:00<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="right"><span style="font-family:arial;">Send correspondence to: <a href="mailto:oselananda@gmail.com">oselananda@gmail.com</a></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="right"><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Review copies of any book may be obtained by contacting the publisher directly.</span></div></div><p><em> </p><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="right"><br /></em><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><em></em></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><br /><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><a href="mailto:aso-sel@hotmail.com"><br /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.ananda-osel.com<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30267836-8265641717356433939?l=www.ananda-osel.com' alt='' /></div>boomboomroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03827051940965428728oseljoseph@hotmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30267836.post-27069923455759682102007-05-01T15:58:00.086-06:002009-11-11T18:49:59.730-07:00<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#ffcc00;"><strong>Poetry Samples</strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> <br /> <br /></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://www.alternativereel.com/includes/poets-corner/display_review.php?id=00062" target="_blank">Conversation with Monk at 7-11</a> / Alternative Reel, November 09 <br /></span><a href="http://the-beat.co.uk/pretty-damn-good/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Pretty Damn Good</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> / The Beat, April 09</span> <br /><a href="http://www.callmevain.com/2009/04/sketch-of-poetry%e2%80%99s-anti-hero-ananda-selah-osel-an-interview-by-andrew-wright/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The United States of Someplace Else</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> / Vain, April 09 <br /></span><a href="http://poetry.about.com/od/poems/l/bloselcarnal.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The Carnal Hypothesis </span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">/ About.com, March 09 <br /></span><a href="http://poetry.about.com/od/poems/l/bloselnirvana.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Lines of Nirvana</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> / About.com, March 09 <br /></span><a href="http://decompmagazine.com/october2008.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Buried in Vienna</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> / decomP, October 08 <br /></span><a href="http://www.freewebs.com/theorangeroomreview/byanandaosel.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The Genius of the American Man</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> / Orange Room Review, June 07 <br /></div></span></span></li><ul><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></strong></ul><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ffcc00;"><strong>Essay/Op-Ed/Non-Fiction Samples</strong></span></p><p><a href="http://www.eloquentatheist.com/?p=128" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The Influence of Piety: Same-sex Marriage</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> [<em>essay]</em> / Eloquent Atheist Magazine, December, 07. <br /></span><a href="http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2008/10/137_32520.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The Principal Hope &amp; Danger of Black America: Barack Obama (P. 1)</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> <em>[op-ed]</em> / Korea Times October, 08. <br /></span><a href="http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2008/10/137_32655.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The Principal Hope &amp; Danger of Black America: Barack Obama (P. 2)</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> <em>[op-ed]</em> / Korea Times, October, 08. <br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /> <br /> <br /></span> <br /> <br /></span></p> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.ananda-osel.com<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30267836-2706992345575968210?l=www.ananda-osel.com' alt='' /></div>boomboomroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03827051940965428728oseljoseph@hotmail.com0