FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Underground Literary Alliance
presents
The Idiom Magazine Anthology with Walking English publication action-reading
An evening of underground poetry, music, artwork, and other hijinx
Contact:
Frank D. Walsh
Underground Literary Alliance
nohbard@gmail.com
Gina Renzi
The Rotunda
gina@TheRotunda.org
February 23, 2009
PHILADELPHIA, PA—On Saturday, March 7th, from 6PM until 10 PM,
The Rotunda (4014 Walnut St., Philadelphia) will host “The Underground Literary Alliance presents: The Idiom Magazine Anthology with Walking English publication action-reading”, featuring poetry, music, underground artwork by Kali Clark, and other literary high-jinx by: ULA members Mark Baird, anthology editor and publisher; Frank Walsh (FDW) reading poetry from the book; Walking English notables and anthology asst. editors Chris McIntyre and Steve McNamara; Erin, Matt and Eric Broomfield of Carnivolution and West Philth Productions (just back from a European tour of their “Squidling Brothers Circus Side-Show”) and Special Guest appearances by lit-crit promoter KING Wenclas recently returned from Detroit; poet and vocalist Rebecca Roe of the Mighty Paradocs; musician Shakespearian Anna Christie; and Devin D’Andrea, epic bard.
Chris McIntyre’s writing is both self-refelective and keenly observant of the world around him. He notices things like park benches going out of style and the anger he feels for Walt Whitman both the man and the bridge.
Steven McNamara is a retired ferris wheel operator. His poetry focuses on the eternal aspects of life derived mainly from his time spent crossing the country, seeing a groundhog predict the weather 10 years in a row, and some time in Peru building houses.
Mark Brunetti is the publisher of The Idiom Magazine. He won the 2007 Do-It-Yourself Book Competition based out of Los Angeles for his poetry chapbook, “Airplane Lies and other Poems Without a Home”. His lines are simple and concrete, while still attempting to be lyrical and poetic.
The Idiom Magazine is going into its 4th year of publication. It won the London Book Festival: Magazine Category in 2007 and was banned from Rutger’s zine festival for obscene material and a 4 1/2 foot paper mache volcano which attracted a lot more attention than expected. The Idiom Book is 18 bucks but the Idiom is sympathetic to economical strain.
The Idiom Anthology, which includes all issues comprising volume I and II of the magazine— the largest underground ‘zine in New Jersey— and is for sale on Amazon.com will be available at the Rotunda at a deal. Also, copies will be officially presented during this event to the Kelly Writers House at Penn, the Lancaster Avenue Autonomous (LAVA) space library, as well as West Philly neighborhood Free Library branches.
The ULA is the most radical and notorious underground lit and arts Alliance in the USA with active members in Europe. For over eight years its advocacy and direct action has gained interest and coverage in the local, regional, national and international media. As of 2008. the ULAPress has placed a line of independent alternative populist novels, trade-books, and affiliated “zeens” in independent bookstores across the country as well as e- books and a ULAPress store on the web. In Philadelphia this line of publications can be found at West Philly Comics, Germ Books, and the Wooden Shoe.
On display at the event will be samples, replete with contact information, for sale, trade, and perusal, of current ‘zeens and meta-’zines from around the Country as well as heaping helpings of propaganda, circulars, and other diverse affects committed to the rising tide of the underground literary resistance.
Free and open to the reading/writing public. Attend, collaborate, commiserate, and instigate.
All event participants are available to be interviewed even photographed by local journalists and reporters to the extent civility permits.
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