The Tao of Jesus Crisis

In this week's Worldwide Hippies Book Nook

2012-02-05T20:24:22Z

I'm thrilled to appear in this week's Worldwide Hippies Book Nook. Many thanks to Diana May-Waldman for including me and my poems!

http://www.worldwidehippies.com

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Knightmares!: This Un and A Taste of Heaven

2012-02-02T15:42:53Z

Thanks to Christina Brooks for uploading this clip of me reading two poems at bela dubby in Lakewood, Ohio, during Writing Knights Presents: Knightmares! on October 29th, 2011. The first, "this un," was recently published in Rising in Hope: A Tinfoildresses Anthology and the second, "A Taste of Heaven," appears in my newly released Recycled Karma Press chapbook Water Works.

http://youtu.be/ShEkneZf8ns

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Water Works poetry chapbook published by Recycled Karma Press

2012-01-30T13:09:40Z

My latest (and I think best) chapbook, Water Works, has just been published by Recycled Karma Press of Waterford, Michigan. It features 25 poems on more than 30 pages (soy ink on 100% recycled paper), gorgeously handbound by editor Heather Ann Schmidt using silver cord and Japanese Chiyogami. I'm very pleased. While they last, you can procure a signed copy by sending $10 to John Burroughs, 420 Cleveland Street, Elyria, Ohio 44035. Or order via PayPal.

I would love to just give them away to friends, as is often my custom. But because I desperately need to pay our electric bill and buy ink to honor my Crisis Chronicles Press publishing commitments, I can't do that this time. However, if you order Water Works by the end of the first week in February, I will gladly send you a free copy of my Low Kay Shun broadside (recently published by NightBallet Press) as well.

I am grateful for your love and support!

shortest poem in the book

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can't be two places at once, but can be at one

2012-01-25T11:32:10Z

Two very good poets with recent Crisis Chronicles Press chapbooks will be reading at venues on opposite sides of Cleveland this Thursday, January 26th, 2012. Alas, neither I nor you will be able to attend both. But if you can attend at least one, I think that would be really super duper groovy.

Writing Knights Press Presents: Thirty Years of Knight -- 7 p.m. at bela dubby, 13321 Madison Avenue in Lakewood, Ohio -- will feature poetry and music by Heather Ann Schmidt and more.

Poetry Back in the Woods -- 7 p.m. at the Bertram Woods branch of the Shaker Library, 20600 Fayette Road in Shaker Heights, Ohio -- will feature poetry by J.E. Stanley and more.

Click any link for more details;
Make it to one of these gigs without fail.

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Celebrate the 1-year anniversary of Snoetry 2: A World Record Winter Wordfest on February 8th 2012 at Mac's Backs Books on Coventry

2012-01-23T12:12:46Z

On February 8th 2012 (7 p.m.) at historic Mac's Backs Books on Coventry in Cleveland Heights, see three great Ohio poets who read at Snoetry 2 and have had chapbooks recently published by Elyria, Ohio, presses.

T.M. Göttl -- A Hurricane of Moths [NightBallet Press]
J.E. Stanley -- Rapid Eye Movement [Crisis Chronicles Press]
Terry Provost -- An Uncountable Infinity of Orgasms [NightBallet Press]

An open mic will follow the featured poets! Thanks to NightBallet publisher Dianne Borsenik and Mac's Backs proprietor Suzanne DeGaetano for bringing this very special event to life.

Mac's Backs Books on Coventry
1820 Coventry Road.
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
(216) 321-2665
www.macsbacks.com

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Half Write

2012-01-22T16:00:21Z

T.S. Eliot
said poetry
is not
a career.

He was only
half right.

It's not
a car
but it is
an ear.

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True Life is Online

2012-01-19T14:24:57Z

MTV aired True Life: I'm a Sex Offender last night and it's already available for your viewing pleasure (or displeasure) online:

Get More: True Life, Full Episodes

http://www.mtv.com/videos/true-life-im-a-sex-offender/1677462/playlist.jhtml

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Join Me at Playtime This Wednesday with Writing Knights

2012-01-17T12:24:33Z

For about six of my eleven years in prison, I lived and breathed theater. It was my primary creative output, sometimes consuming 60-70 hours of my week. The last play I wrote and produced at Marion Correctional Institution was Easter 2001's Is This The King? (click here to hear a song from it). My friend Bill Hamann talked me into returning to the Ministry for a few months in 2002 to write songs for, serve as musical director for and (the real draw) play Judas Iscariot in his Easter play In Remembrance. But by that time I was feeling burned out with the politics and long hours required to get it done well (and, of course, the requirement that every play be somewhat Christian in nature). Plus, I was hopeful that I would be getting released in the next couple of years, so I wanted to spend more time focusing on that (and some other things).

Since 2002 I've not been involved in anything strictly theater related, until now -- getting my feet wet this Wednesday (1/18), our usual Lix and Kix night, during Writing Knights Press Presents: Playwriting Knights I. I'll be giving voice to two characters (Smokey and Don, a hippie and a thug) in a staged reading of Dru Brumbaugh's play Break a Leg at bela dubby art gallery and beer cafe in Lakewood (also our usual Lix and Kix venue). The event begins promptly at 8 p.m. and will also serve as a 30th birthday celebration for Writing Knights publisher Azriel Johnson. Apparently there will be verbal stage directions and we won't be off-book, so this is a step or two shy of a full blown production, but I'm gonna have a lot of fun with the script and I'm certain it'll be even more fun if you are present.

bela dubby
13321 Madison Avenue
Lakewood, Ohio 44107
216-221-4479

Writing Knights on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/writingknights

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Green Goes Stanley Chap

2012-01-15T18:51:16Z

Scott Green, former president of the Science Fiction Poetry Association, posted a review of J.E. Stanley's new Crisis Chronicles Press chapbook Rapid Eye Movement on his blog. Thank you, Scott!

Follow Scott Green's notes on poetry markets and more at http://greengenrepoetry.blogspot.com.

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I Want My MTV: "I'm a Sex Offender"

2012-01-13T19:44:50Z

I haven't watched MTV since the early 1990s. But if we still had cable, I'd watch this.

These facts may not be mentioned during the program, but these young men are not only officially "ineligible" to use Facebook because of their status, they're also ineligible to particpate in programs funded by Department of Labor grants "to help former offenders gain career skills and rejoin community life." But Charles Manson and Mark David Chapman, when they're released, will be eligible.

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A Thousand Voices, some inspired by Lorain County

2012-01-12T12:38:33Z

Despite never feeling I have enough time to read, I'm always in the middle of several books at once. One of these that stands out at present is Christina Brooks' recently published A Thousand Voices: a city shaman's notebook, which I gratefully received as a Christmas present before I had an opportunity to procure a copy from the author or publisher in person. Sure, I've known Christina for over four years and she's done so much for the poetry community in general and Crisis Chronicles in particular. Sure, it's great to see kind words about me in the dedication. Sure, her chapbook features stunning cover art by Steven B. Smith (you know I love his work because I've used it for the covers of five Crisis Chronicles Press titles). And sure, A Thousand Voices includes a whopping 50-or so poems, including several inspired by my Lorain County and even a poem of Christina's that I published last year in the Crisis Chronicles anti-censorship anthology Fuck Poetry. But there are more reasons than these for me (and you) to want to read this collection of poetry. Visit The Poet's Haven, procure a copy and find out for yourself.

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Muddy Tinfoil Me

2012-01-07T23:58:55Z

While reading a couple good poetry/art magazines online yesterday, I was pleasantly surprised, honored, et cetera to see my name appear two times: first accompanying an epigraph to a poem by Dianne Borsenik in the Spring 2010 issue of Muddy River Poetry Review (click the link, go to Archive and scroll down to her name to read it) and second in Heather Ann Schmidt's interview of Chansonette Buck in the just published 2012 issue of Tinfoildresses. Thanks to my friends for stroking my ego and making me feel warm, fuzzy and important for an evening. Now I'm back to the work of perhaps turning that myth into reality. Wish me luck.

To buy the new Tinfoildresses in paperback, visit http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/tinfoildresses-2012/18809254

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New and probably temporary Facebook account

2012-01-04T16:49:32Z

It's http://facebook.com/lorcalives

No, I'm not calling myself Lorca. This was an old, neglected d.a. levy and then Lorca "fan" page of sorts that I've repurposed and changed to reflect my real name (but Facebook won't let me change the URL).

I've also recreated the Crisis Chronicles Press page on Facebook:
http://facebook.com/crisischroniclespress

But the best place to find me is still here. My promised new year website changes have been delayed but are still coming as soon as I can find the time. Meanwhile, in my relatively new role as the Ohio Poetry Association's webmaster pro tem, I've remade the OPA blog page: http://ohiopoetryassn.blogspot.com

Hope to see you at one or all of the above!

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Broadsided by NightBallet

2012-01-02T21:37:17Z

Though NightBallet Press has been in existence for less than a year, it is already setting high standards in poetry publishing, having produced gorgeous new chapbooks by Jack McGuane, Chansonette Buck, Ralph La Charity, Terry Provost, George Wallace and T.M. Göttl -- in addition to its acclaimed 2011 broadside series. I'm pleased to announce that on December 29th, NightBallet published a broadside of my poem "Low Kay Shun":

"Low Kay Shun" is one of my favorite pieces to perform, and editor Dianne Borsenik did a lovely job on this publication. For the cover she chose a photo I took earlier this year on a trip to Detroit. I'm extremely pleased with how it turned out.

This is actually my second NightBallet broadside, the first being "For Change Is," published in September to give away at our 100 Thousand Poets for Change event in Elyria. In all, the press has published ten poetry broadsides so far. The other eight feature poems by Alex Gildzen, Heather Ann Schmidt, Tim Murray, Dianne Borsenik, Jack McGuane, Steve Brightman, John Dorsey and Dan Smith.

While they last, NightBallet is offering its whole set of ten 2011 poetry broadsides (including my two) for only $5 (which includes postage). What would Jesus Crisis do? Buy the set.

Visit NightBallet Press at http://nightballetpress.blogspot.com -- and don't forget to check out the aformentioned chapbooks there as well.

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Free Poetry from Chicago

2011-12-30T01:41:41Z

I received this in the mail today, the third time in the past few years that a free book has arrived unexpectedly from The Press of the 3rd Mind in Chicago. They'll send you free off-the-hook poetry, too. Be a good sport and send them one of your publications as well.

I think I might have to borrow the "Chronic Crisis Press."

The Press of the 3rd Mind
1301 N. Dearborn Ave., Suite 1007
Chicago, IL 60610

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Align in The Artistic Muses

2011-12-27T02:10:46Z

A never before seen or heard poem of mine, "Align," begun in 2008 and finished the day I submitted it, this fall, appears in an anthology just published by northern Ohio's own True Colors Press. Other poets represented in The Artistic Muses: Inspiration from Various Poets include Tom Adams, Jameson Bayles, Dianne Borsenik, Shelley Chernin, Catherine Criswell, Suzy Dean, Dan Doughtry, Charlie Guzman, Jim Higo, Andrew Hooper, Shawn Leckey, Pietros Maneos, Terry McGoldrick, Micheál O'Coinn, Antonio Palomo-Lamarca, Siddartha Pierce, Heather Ann Schmidt, Craig Scott, J.E. Stanley, Vladimir Swirynsky, Douglas Turner Jr., Caili Wilk, Eva Xanthopoulos & Catherine Zickgraf. At under seven dollars, you can't beat it. Check out a preview here and then buy it if you're so inclined.

Official website: http://www.theartisticmuse.com

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Crisis Chronicles Press publishes Rapid Eye Movement by J.E. Stanley

2011-12-25T18:12:18Z

Rapid Eye Movement is a collection of 17 poems by Ohio's own J.E. Stanley. This 20-page chapbook, saddle stitched and lovingly hand-assembled using high quality white and black cardstock with ivory pages, is available for only $5 US (plus $1 for shipping) from Crisis Chronicles Press.

cover foto/collage: Looking Up by Steven B. Smith

Or mail $6 in any form to John Burroughs c/o Crisis Chronicles Press, 420 Cleveland Street, Elyria, Ohio 44035.

J.E. Stanley is an accountant and on again/off again guitarist from the grayscale suburban wilderness of Northeastern Ohio where he is lucky enough to hang out with the Deep Cleveland Poets and the Cleveland Speculators. He is the author of Dark Intervals (vanZeno Press), Dissonance (Deep Cleveland Press) and co-author, with Joshua Gage, of Intrinsic Night (Sam’s Dot Publishing). His work has appeared in Amaze, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Cinema Spec, the Deep Cleveland Junkmail Oracle, Paper Crow, The Rhysling Anthology, Scifaikuest, Sein und Werden, Star*Line, Sybil’s Garage and numerous other mainstream and genre publications. He continues to assert that, winged or not, Man was always meant to fly; the moon and stars were just put there as incentives.

Find the author at http://jestanley.blogspot.com.

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Facebook kicks me out

2011-12-23T02:51:33Z

The good news: Mom came home last night after a week in the hospital. That means a whole lot more than the bad news. I'm very grateful for all your kind wishes on her behalf.

The bad news: when I returned to Mom's house with her groceries this afternoon I tried to log into Facebook and got this message: "Upon investigation, we have determined that you are ineligible to use Facebook. Unfortunately, for safety and security reasons, we cannot provide additional information as to why your account was disabled. This decision is final."

No explanation, no appeal. The only possible reason I can imagine for them deeming me ineligible is the same reason MySpace deleted my personal profile in 2007: my nearly 20-year-old felony conviction. According to info on Facebook's Help page: "Convicted sex offenders are prohibited from using Facebook. Once we are able to verify a user’s status as a sex offender, we immediately disable their account and remove their account and all information associated with it." I have blogged extensively about my 11 years in prison (from 1993 to 2004), and it has never been a secret. I have been also been active on Facebook for 4 years (since December 2007) and never been a threat to anyone's safety or security.

I'm not sure what exactly to do about this. At first I was in shock. Then I began crying, feeling an incredible sense of loss. Then I became angry at the injustice. Now I'm feeling a bit numb. I'll try to write more soon. Please know that I love you.

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Water Works to flow in the new year

2011-12-19T17:23:04Z

My latest chapbook, Water Works, will be published by Recycled Karma Press sometime in 2012. Stay tuned.

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Change in the Machine

2011-12-10T05:42:51Z

A recent poem of mine, "Being the Change Is Not Enough" appears in the gorgeous Vending Machine: Poetry for Change Volume Two anthology recently published by The Poet's Haven.

(dig this cover art by Craig Firsdon!)

Even if you don't give two shits about my poem (or even one shit), the book is full of good stuff by a lot of poets I like -- and you can get it for FREE (well, kinda) by simply bringing non perishable food items to this Saturday's Poet's Haven event featuring Zach Ashley and Autumn Aki (which includes the release of Christina Brooks' chapbook, also published by The Poet's Haven). Something for everybody! For more info on this fab event, click here to visit the Facebook event page or check out this flyer designed by Poet's Haven guru Vertigo Xavier:

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