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Dragonfly on a Dog Chain

I have danced on a knife all my life / because I thought it was honest — Simon Joyner

10.26.2011

history is a made thing. it doesn't just happen. it's made and recorded, and that record is part of its making. history is made of subjects and objects. to witness is to be a subject in history. to witness is to not allow others to make the story for you. let's say Oscar Grant's name and know what we mean when we say it. let's say Scott Olsen's name and know what we mean when we say it. let's stay peaceful and know what we mean when we stay.




Oakland Police Critically Injure Iraq War Vet Scott Olsen During Occupy March: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/26/iraq-vet-oakland-police-tear-gas_n_1033159.html




WOMAN IN WHEELCHAIR GASSED BY OAKLAND PD:



SHOT IN THE HEAD WITH A TEAR GAS CONTAINER:



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Mike Young is the author of Look! Look! Feathers, a book of stories, and We Are All Good If They Try Hard Enough, a book of poems. He edits NOÖ Journal, runs Magic Helicopter Press, and writes for HTMLGIANT. He lives in Baltimore, MD.
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Readings

4/27/12: At Chop Suey in Richmond, VA with Mark Cugini, Joe Hall, and Adam Robinson. More info TBA.

Look! Look! Feathers



EXCERPTS:

"The Peaches Are Cheap"
"No Such Thing As a Wild Horse" (audio)
"What the Fuck is an Electrolyte?"
"Burk's Nub"
"Same Heart They Put You In"
"Mosquito Fog"

REVIEWS:

Publishers Weekly
The Brooklyn Rail
decomP
Nylon
The Rumpus
Portland Mercury
Barn Owl Review
The Collagist

We Are All Good If They Try Hard Enough



REVIEWS:

@ Vouched Books
@ JMWW
@ Casey Mensing's blog
@ decomP
@ Emerging Writers Network

EXCERPTS:

in Glitterpony
in No Tell Motel
in Coconut

MC Oroville's Answering Machine

The Cinnamon Urns!

Random List of Some Online Publications

  • 2 Poems / BOMB
  • from "Let's Build the Last Song and Sneak Away While Everyone Is Listening" / Glitterpony
  • "You Can Know That Wait Means Stay" / La Fovea (scroll down to read)
  • "What I've Learned From Sleeping In New England" / Sixth Finch
  • "Is This a Poem For the Year 2219?" / Spooky Boyfriend
  • "Let's Invite Permission" / No Tell Motel
  • "Tell Me And I Will Know" / No Tell Motel
  • "If I Crash My Love Goes With Me" / No Tell Motel
  • "Eh Is Right" / Idiolexicon
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  • 2 Poems / Jellyfish
  • "The Peaches Are Cheap" / Hobart
  • "The Fire Hazard" / Alice Blue
  • "It Ain't Me, Babe" / Nerve
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