While living in Germany in the 1980s Belinda began Gypsy Literary Magazine and Sanctuary Tape Series where she published writings and vocal performances of poets from many countries. Sanctuary ran about 6 years and Gypsy for 10 years before its resurrection in 2004. She also published many books under the VERGIN PRESS imprint including VOCES FRONTERIZAS, writings based on life on the U.S./Mexican border sponsored by the El Paso Public Library as well as THE GULF WAR: MANY PERSPECTIVES, EARTH
An Interesting Fact
Belinda Subraman Presents produces the Gypsy Art Show which specializes in interviews and performances of poets, writers , musicians and occasionally has an interview with an outstanding contributor to another field..
Originally (in 2005) Belinda Subraman Presents was the umbrella name for several shows produced by Belinda. This is why if you want to download to your ipod you need to subscribe to Belinda Subraman Presents rather than to the Gypsy Art Show.
Original poetry and music from around the world this time featuring Jim Clark, Dee Sunshine, Tom Bradley, Tree Riesener, David Seddon, City of Statues, Linda Benninghoff, Swapan Basu, Shanti Perez and Casey Mensing. Photo by Aad de Gids.The show is located hereI will review 3-5 minute mp3 submissions or original poetry, music or songs on an ongoing basis. Please announce the name of your poem/piece and YOUR Name at he beginning of your submission. If you have collaborators, announce them too... Read Full Story
Editor Sally Drumm, a retired Marine and president of Milspeak Foundation, developed Milspeak Seminars because she recognized the value of narrative as a stress management tool for military people. She is a former editor of Apostrophe: USCB Journal of the Arts. Her memoir, essay, fiction and drama have been well received within the U.S. publishing community.Order book from Press53 Each of MILSPEAK’s selections is a carefully crafted reminiscence, the telling of a particularly eventful moment... Read Full Story
Helen Losse is the author of Better With Friends (Rank Stranger Press, 2009) and two poetry chapbooks, Gathering the Broken Pieces, available from FootHills Publishing, and Paper Snowflakes, published by Southern Hum Press, and the Poetry Editor of The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature. Better With Friends is a book of poetry that explores the intersections of memory (factual and embellished), dreams (daydreams and night dreams), reverie, and prayer, so that all of one’s thoughts c... Read Full Story
This is too good to be true. Oh the jokes and lame suggestive statements I can make here. Why am I the last to know? For those of you who still do not know, here is the news. There is a Sarah Palin sex doll that states clearly on the box, "This is not a Sarah Palin blow up Doll." No, it's the real thing! Just kidding, I guess.The doll has many conveniences over the real thing. She doesn't make stupid statements. She cannot see Russia. She does not try to read everything in front of he... Read Full Story
>As a frequent reader of the really weird news and follower of lunatic cults, I think I can guarantee beyond all doubt, the world will end December 21,2012, at 12:21 pm. I even assigned the exact time. I am a seer. I foresaw the assassination of JFK, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the failure of Beanie Babies futures, that New Coke was a dud, and Bush would go to war in the Middle East. In all fairness, I have to admit it was at least 30 years after the fact when I saw Oliver Stone's movie, "J... Read Full Story
What is a Get out of Hell Free Card? Aren't we all looking for this? Haven't we all have done something we feel sure will land us a hot seat in hell, something where we violated a trust or confidence that contaminated our soul? We walk the world somberly awaiting our fate. What can be done about it? Do we get a second chance? The answer is "Hell yes, we do".In Monopoly, there is a Get out of Jail Free Card. It may be used at the player's discretion when he/she gets in a bind. No punishment,... Read Full Story
What is a Get out of Hell Free Card? Aren't we all looking for this? Haven't we all have done something we feel sure will land us a hot seat in hell, something where we violated a trust or confidence that contaminated our soul? We walk the world somberly awaiting our fate. What can be done about it? Do we get a second chance? The answer is "Hell yes, we do".In Monopoly, there is a Get out of Jail Free Card. It may be used at the player's discretion when he/she gets in a bind. No punishment,... Read Full Story
“Born in Minneapolis, MN, in 1955. As a single mother and scientist for many years, I made art at night and first started exhibiting this work in 1996. Made of textiles, paper, paint, and objects, these collages and sculptures were influenced by art brut and the alchemy of turning trash to treasure. One of my interests in making art has always been invention; some of my influences are memories, fantasies, and various forms of mysticism.” "I examine the anxieties and exigencies of everyday li... Read Full Story
“Born in Minneapolis, MN, in 1955. As a single mother and scientist for many years, I made art at night and first started exhibiting this work in 1996. Made of textiles, paper, paint, and objects, these collages and sculptures were influenced by art brut and the alchemy of turning trash to treasure. One of my interests in making art has always been invention; some of my influences are memories, fantasies, and various forms of mysticism.” "I examine the anxieties and exigencies of everyday li... Read Full Story
Tom Bradley presently collaborating on a graphic ekphrasis in verse and an illustrated novel with artists David Aronson and Nick Patterson respectively, both to be published by Crossing Chaos Enigmatic Ink, and a nonfiction flip book with Deb Hoag for Unlikely Books. Further curiosity can be indulged at Tom Bradley and Wikipedia.Synopsis: A pair of rival hypnotists stage an increasingly bizarre series of shows across America, mesmerizing teenagers in an Indian Reservation, a Mormon polygamis... Read Full Story
