ANNOUNCING BIG BRIDGE ISSUE 14, 2.0
TWO GREAT FEATURES
I. ROCKPILE on the road, www.bigbridge.org/rockpile
Blogs, photos, videos from David Meltzer, Michael Rothenberg, Terri Carrion and friends documenting a two month on the road adventure of collaboration. Meet The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Burnett Thompson, Marty Ehrlich, Bob Malone, Joseph Cunliffe, Gregory Davis, Roger Lewis, Jarmal Watson, Julius McKee, Larry Sawyer, Jacob Eckert, Ellen Miller, Dave Black, Dan McNaughton and The Spider Trio, Michael Stephans, Lindsey Horner, Bill Zavatsky, Johnny Lee Schell, John B. Williams, Bill Zavatsky, Joe Sublett, David Henderson, Theo Saunders, John B. Williams, Debra Dobkin, The Thunderbird Poetry Orkestra, Wanda Phipps, Isabel Rivero, Dan Godston, Suzi Winson, The Gershwin Hotel, Murat Nemat-Nejat, Ammiel Alcalay, Jim Feast, Harris Schiff, Christa Hillhouse, Jason Braun, John Roche, Dan Godston, Ammiel Alcalay, Jim Christy, Robert Priest, The Rabbles, Marina Lazzara, J.Lee, Dave Mairs, Jamie Kimmel, Charlie Huisken, Sarah Browning, Carlo Parcelli, Brian Gilmore, Jay Jackson, Carl Atkins, Michael Kelleher, Jerry Hill, Mic Boshans, David A.N. Jackson, Jason Braun, Michael Castro, Shirley LeFlore, Marc Singer, K. Curtis Lyle, Alexander Balogh, Sean Arnold, Niagara Falls, Howard Schwartz, Philip Gounis, Dreamland Barbecue, Francesco Levato, Art Lange, Joe Wetteroth, Brian Pardo, Tim Keenan, Tom Hibbard, Geoffrey Gatza, Bill Lavender, Lewis Schmidt, George Kimball, Joan Delott, Avi Frishman, Kelly Bucheger, Randy Cauthen, Evan Christopher, John Werick, Doug Dreishpoon, Nicki Gonzalez, Richard Miller, Don West, Laura Mattingly, Dennis Fomento, Danny Kerwick, Renee Baker, Satya Gummuluri, Jimmy Bennington, Kenneth Rexroth, Thelonius Monk, Louis Armstrong and a cast of thousands.
II. BIG BRIDGE NEW ORLEANS ANTHOLOGY
STURM UND DRANG
http://www.bigbridge.org/BB14/NO1.HTM
Edited by Dave Brinks and Bill Lavender
OLD SCHOOL POETS AND POETRICS:
Ralph Adamo, Katya Apekina/David Weinberg, Bill Berkson, Edmund Berrigan, Joseph Bienvenu, Louis Braquet, Dave Brinks, Lee Ann Brown, Paul Chasse, Andrei Codrescu and Ruxandra Ceseranu, Richard Collins, Jack Collom and Maureen Owen, Thaddeus Conti, Jonathan Cott, Joel Dailey, Andy di Michele, Margot Douaihy, Johnette Downing, Brad Elliot, Lenny Emmanuel, Brett Evans, Vincent Farnsworth, Gina Ferrara, Karen Finnigan, Skip Fox, Jackqueline Frost, Elizabeth Garcia, John Gery, Kelly Gartman, Philip Good, Nancy Harris, Khaled Hegazzi, Anselm Hollo, R. Moose Jackson, Kevin Johnson, Phil Johnson, Jamey Jones, Pierre Joris, Rodger Kamenetz, Herbert Kearny, Daniel Kerwick, Jonathan Kline, Bill Lavender, Hank Lazer, Benjamin Lowenkron, Ben Luton, Jenna Mae, Laura Mattingly, Bernadette Mayer, Lee Meitzen Grue, Bill Myers, James Nolan, Biljana Obradovic, Amy Ouzzonian, Arthur Pfister, Valentine Pierce, Quess, Chuck Perkins, Jimmy Ross, Jerome Rothenberg, David Rowe, Eero Ruutitila, Edward Sanders, Frank Sherlock, Harris Schiff, Harris Schiff, Lewis Schmidt, Jean-Mark Sens, Christopher Shipman, John Sinclair, Hal Sirowitz, Jennifer Stewart, Stuart Strum, Chris Sullivan, Eric Sweet, Quo Vadis Gex-Breaux, Larbaud Valery Translations, Gordon Walmsley, Jerry W. Ward Jr., Kelcy Wilburn, Andy Young, and Bill Zavatsky
ARTIST’S WORKS:
Bill Berkson and Molly Springfield, Louis Braquet, Dave Brinks, Mina Brinks, Megan Burns and Dave Brinks, Jamie Chiarello, Thaddeus Conti, Michael Fedor, Daniel Finnigan, Alex Haverfield, Pat Kaschalk, Herbert Kearney, Jonathan Kline, Bill Lavender, with Terrance Sanders, Joseph Makkos, and Chandler Fritz, Joseph Makkos, John Sohr, Joshua Walsh, William Warren, Miriam Waterman, Kristen Wetterhahan, Romano Zamprioli
ESSAYS AND DISCOURSE:
Max Cafard: Deep Play in the City, Surre(gion)al Explorations and Lisa Suarez: Playing Chicken with Reality
FICTIONISTAS:Katya Apekina, Summer Brenner; Jonathan Cott; Moira Crone, Marci Davis, Susan Kirby-Smith, Dave Parker, J. Patrick Travis
INTERVIEWS:
Dave Brinks with Peter Anderson, John Sinclair, Bill Zavatsky; Ogoanah with Niyi Osundare
BOOK REVIEWS:
William Allegrezza's Review of I of the Storm, by Bill Lavender; Reginald Martin's Review of The Katrina Papers, by Jerry W. Ward Jr.; Adam Peltz's Review of The Caveat Onus, by Dave Brinks; Megan Sanders: On What Cannot Be Written; Responses to Edward Sanders' Poems for New Orleans; Megan Sanders: The Messiness of Life; Skip Fox's For To (Blazevox, 2008)
AND A WHOLE LOT MORE!!
Long Live New Orleans!!!
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SPECIAL NOTICE:
Helping to sustain renewable, arboreal ecosystems while celebrating the written word
Mary Sands Woodbury, guest editor and webmaster of Big Bridge, editor of Jack Magazine and Beat Generation News, recently launched Moon Willow Press, a small, independent press with a green initiative. MWP also offers inexpensive editorial services for more than just books