Upcoming Readings & Panels
SEPTEMBER 25, 2008 at 7:30 PM- Fixx Reading Series, The Book Cellar at Lincoln Square, Chicago, IL
Readers: Reb Livingston, Jill Alexander Essbaum and Gina Frangello
Past Readings
Cheryl’s Gone, Washington, DC (July 2008); Cadmium Text Series, Kingston NY (April 2008); MicroPress Poetry Pageant, Stain Bar, Brooklyn, NY (February 2008), The So and So Series, Boston, MA (December 2007); Dire Literary Series, Cambridge, MA (December 2007); KGB Bar, NYC (December 2007); What’s New In Poetry Series (Emory University), Atlanta, GA (February, November 2007); Earshot at The Lucky Cat, Williamsburg/Brooklyn, NY (November 2007); Emergency Reading Series at Kelly Writers House, Philadelphia, PA (November 2007); Towson Arts Collective, Towson MD (October 2007); Frequency Series, NY, NY (October 2005, May 2006, May 2007); series A, Chicago, IL (May 2007); Mt. Vernon Poetry Festival at George Washington University (April 2007); Apache Cafe, Atlanta, GA (March 2007); PUSSIPO at Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA (February 2007); The Ordinary Evening Reading Series, New Haven, CT (December 2006); Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT (December 2006); Behind the Egg: A reading series, Albany, NY (December 2006); i.e. Poetry series, Baltimore, MD (June, July 2005, January, December 2006); MiPO Reading Series; NY, NY (October 2006), Soon Productions, Albany, NY (August 2006); Grace Church Poetry Coffee House, Washington, DC (March 2006), LIT/Redivider/Kitchen Press Reading, Austin, TX (March 2006); MiPOesias Reading, Miami, FL (November 2005); Carrboro Poetry Festival, Carrboro, NC (May 2005); Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA (July 2002); Bennington College (January 2001); Cafe Con Amore, St. Paul, MN (October 1999); Borders Bookstore, Pittsburgh, PA (May 1998), Enlightenments on WRCT, 88.3 FM; Pittsburgh, PA (1993), Prosidy on WYEP, 93.1 FM; Pittsburgh, PA (1992)
Past Panels
“Publishing” Marist Writing Institute, (Marist College, Poughskeepsie, NY, August 2008); “Web Markets and Marketing” (Conversations and Connections, Washington, DC, April 2008); “Small Press Publishing” (The New School, New York, NY, March 2008); “Online Publishing” (Writing by Degrees Conference, Binghamton, NY, September 2007); “Making Connections: Networking and the Business of Writing” and “Writers and the Web: Markets, Tools, and Connections” (Conversations and Connections, Bethesda, MD, May 2007); “DIY Publishing: Chapbooks, Zines, Webzines, Blogs, Collectives & Etc.” (Associated Writing Program Conference, Austin, TX, March 2006); “Literary Magazines” (F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Conference (Montgomery College, Rockville, MD, October 2005); “Songs of Myself” and “Everyone’s Blogging—Should You?” (James River Writers Conference, Richmond, VA, September 2005); “Literary Journals” and “Literary Blogging” (Fall for the Book Festival, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, September 2005); “Literature on the Web” (Bethesda Literary Festival, Bethesda, MD April 2005)
Invited Speaker
Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY April 2008; Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA March 2008
Audio of poems can be heard at PennSound, Emergency Reading Series and From the Fishouse.
Books
Your Ten Favorite Words (Coconut Books, 2007)
The Bedside Guide to No Tell Motel - Second Floor (anthology, co-editor with Molly Arden, No Tell Books, 2007)
The Bedside Guide to No Tell Motel (anthology, co-editor with Molly Arden, No Tell Books, 2006)
Chapbooks
Wanton Textiles (co-author, No Tell Books, 2006)
Pterodactyls Soar Again (Whole Coconut Chapbook Series, 2006)
Poems
Forthcoming . . .
“Diminished Prophecy 1:4,” “Diminished Prophecy 1:5,” “Diminished Prophecy 1:6,” “Diminished Prophecy 3:1.” “Diminished Prophecy 5:1” and “Diminished Prophecy 5:2”; Wildlife Poetry Magazine (Issue #2)
“Diminished Prophecy 6:3” and “Litany for the Wrong Bygone”; Gargoyle Magazine (Issue 53, Summer 2008)
“Spell for Sipping the Elixir,” “Spell for Lunching After the Death” and “Lament for Origin”; Anti- (2008)
Now Available . . .
”Diminished Prophecy 6:1“ and ”Diminished Prophecy 6:2“; Spooky Boyfriend (Issue 1, Summer 2008)
”The First Chronicle of Marriage,” ”The Second Chronicle of Marriage,” ”The Fourth Chronicle of Marriage,” ”The Fifth Chronicle of Marriage“ and ”The Ninth Chronicle of Marriage“; P.F.S. Post (Summer 2008)
“Diminished Prophecy 1:1”; 32 Poems (Spring 2008)
”Lament for Fronting,” ”Lament for Bust,” ”Lament for Mutation,” ”Lament for Must,” ”Lament for Hush“ and ”Lament for Them“; Coconut (Issue 12, 2008)
”Lament for Damsel“ and ”Lament for Sideshow“; The American Poetry Review (March/April 2008)
”The Third Chronicle of Marriage,” ”The Sixth Chronicle of Marriage,” ”The Seventh Chronicle of Marriage“ and ”The Eighth Chronicle of Marriage“; MiPOesias (December 2007)
“Litany for the Pang”; If Poetry Journal (December 2007)
”Litany for the Fishyman,” ”Prophecy 4:1“ and ”Prophecy 4:2“; Night Train (October 2007)
“What There Wasn’t Time to Mention: Notes”; The Hat (Issue 7, 2007)
“Diminished Prophecy 2:1,” “Diminished Prophecy 2:2” and “Diminished Prophecy 2:3”; FOURSQUARE 2.2 (2007)
“Lament for Beau,” ”Lament for Little Lamb,” ”Lament for Acrimony,” ”Lament for Ha“ and ”Lament for Miscreant“; Caffeine Destiny (Fall 2007)
“At Last and Everlasting“ and ”Finite and Fortnight“; Jumps (Issue 1, 2007)
“Good Night I Swear” and “He Will”; The Concher (Issue 1, 2007)
“What Doesn’t Do,” ”Things Get,” ”Frankness and Light,” ”Poem for Make Believe“ and ”Inept Photography“; Tool a Magazine (Issue 8, 2007)
“Fragile Takes Stand,” ”Tuning Out“ and ”Wind Like Swayze“; The Scrambler (2007)
Sampling of poems reprinted from Wanton Textiles and other publications; Beltway Poetry Quarterly (2007)
“The Miser(ables),” ”Ours Alone“ and ”The Spirit to Adopt“; past simple (Issue 1, 2006)
“God Gets Close”; OCHO (Issue 5, 2006)
“Seven Spell,” ”Brevity is Not My Soul,” ”Another Roundabout“ and ”On Realizing There Won’t Be a Ceremony.”; Melancholia’s Tremulous Dreadlocks (Issue 2, 2006)
"Luna Park"; The Carolina Quarterly Emerging Voices Poetry Project (Volume 57, No. 3, 2006)
"Wanton Textiles" (co-author); Fringe Magazine (Issue 2, March 2006)
"Wifely Attempt at Poem"; MiPOesias (Volume 20, Issue 2, 2006)
"Cold Storage," "My Lover Beside" and "Still Feeling It"; MiPOesias (Volume 20, Issue 1, 2006)
"Ugly Girl Anthem," "Who the Man Was," "Off Vermont" and "Nothing Like Us"; mem (Issue # 3, 2006)
"Delicious Marriage"; Pip Lit (Issue # 2, 2005)
"Apologies for Ice," "My Lover Never," "Rare Hawk Evident" and "Tonight I Doze"; Coconut (Issue # 2, 2005)
"Brunch With Cordelia," "Clutch" and "Retention"; Kulture Vulture (Issue # 3, 2005)
"Sink the Girl" and "When the Moment Turned"; DUCKY (Issue # 5, 2005)
"Parts," "And the Point Is?" and "Love, Sincere": Rock Heals (2005)
"Pine Box," "June Sense" and "Much We Could Do"; SOFTBLOW (2005)
"When Dogs Rule"; 42opus (Volume 5, Issue 2, 2005)
"What We Say"; Esther Press (2005)
"That’s Not Butter"; MiPOesias (Volume 19, Issue 3, 2005)
"The Skirmish"; Unpleasant Event Schedule (2005)
"Wanting to Be a Man of Saturn" and "Quantity of the Quality"; Vs. (2004)
"Comfortable Ass Clicking Garments"; Good Foot (Issue # 5, 2004)
"Inquiry" and "Muse Vs. Law"; 5AM (Issue # 20, 2004)
"Meditations on Heritage," "Color of Ass" and "Thoughts on Indoor Living"; LIT (Issue # 8, 2004)
"On the Way"; F U: An Anthology of Fuck You Poems; Slope (Issue # 17, 2003)
"Missing in Suburbia"; 5AM (Issue # 17, 2002)
"Born with a Pewter Spoon"; LIT (Issue # 5, 2001)
"Depression"; 5AM (Issue # 13, 2000)
Anthologies
“Uncommon Concubine” (poem); The Bedside Guide to No Tell Motel - Second Floor (No Tell Books, 2007)
"That’s Not Butter" (poem); Best American Poetry 2006 (Scribner, 2006)
“No Bra Required” (poem); The Bedside Guide to No Tell Motel (No Tell Books, 2006)
"Thoughts on Indoor Living" (poem); In Our Own Words: A Generation Defining Itself - Volume 6 (MWE Enterprises, 2005)
"Depression" (poem); It’s All Good: How Do You Like It Here NOW? (Manic D Press, 2004)
Interviews
“Interview with Ravi Shankar;” The Best American Poetry Blog (July 2008)
“Interview with PF Potvin;” The Best American Poetry Blog (July 2008)
“Interview with Bruce Covey;” The Best American Poetry Blog (July 2008)
“Interview with Jill Alexander Essbaum;” The Best American Poetry Blog (July 2008)
“Interview with Shafer Hall;” The Best American Poetry Blog (July 2008)
“Interview with Laurel Snyder;” The Best American Poetry Blog (July 2008)
“Interview with Rebecca Loudon;” The Best American Poetry Blog (July 2008)
“Interview with Hugh Behm-Steinberg;” The Best American Poetry Blog (July 2008)
"Interview with April Bernard" Post Road
Columns/Essays
“Crucial Holiday Poetry Shopping” (column); The Happy Booker (December 2006)
"Crucial Rooster" (monthly poetry column); The Happy Booker (August 2006)
“On Being the Asshole” (guest blogger); The Happy Booker (July 2006)
"Crucial Rooster" (monthly poetry column); The Happy Booker (May 2006)
"Crucial Rooster" (monthly poetry column); The Happy Booker (April 2006)
"Crucial Rooster" (monthly poetry column); The Happy Booker (March 2006)
"Poet on Poets" (on Amy Gerstler); Beatrice (February 2006)
"Crucial Rooster" (monthly poetry column); The Happy Booker (February 2006)
"Crucial Rooster" (monthly poetry column); The Happy Booker (January 2006)
"Crucial Rooster" (monthly poetry column); The Happy Booker (December 2005)
"Crucial Rooster" (monthly poetry column); The Happy Booker (November 2005)
"Crucial Rooster" (monthly poetry column); The Happy Booker (October 2005)
"Crucial Rooster" (monthly poetry column); The Happy Booker (September 2005)
"Crucial Rooster" (monthly poetry column); The Happy Booker (August 2005)
"Crucial Rooster" (monthly poetry column); The Happy Booker (July 2005)
"Crucial Rooster" (monthly poetry column); The Happy Booker (June 2005)
"Crucial Rooster" (monthly poetry column); The Happy Booker (May 2005)
"Give the Boot to the Muse; Behold the Power of Duende" (essay); Drunken Boat (Issue # 4, 2002)
Book Reviews
Second-Hand Souls by Nichita Danilov (review); NewPages (July 5, 2004)
Instrumentality by Ravi Shankar (review); NewPages (July 5, 2004)
Fire Eater by Kathleen Jesme (review); NewPages (February 1, 2004)
Vanished Act: The Life and Art of Weldon Kees by James Reidel (review); NewPages (February 1, 2004)
Father of Noise by Anthony McCann (review); NewPages (February 1, 2004)
Reb(ecca) Livingston is a poet, editor and publisher.
Author of Your Ten Favorite Words (Coconut Books, 2007), Pterodactyls Soar Again (Whole Coconut Chapbook Series, 2006) and co-author of Wanton Textiles (No Tell Books, 2006), her work appears in literary magazines and has been nominated for two Pushcart prizes. ”That’s Not Butter“ appears in The Best American Poetry 2006 (Scribner). She has Creative Writing degrees from Bennington (MFA) and Carnegie Mellon (BA).
She keeps a poetry blog that is updated on a regular basis.
Reb and Molly Arden edit No Tell Motel, an online poetry journal devoted to meaningful and discreet poetic encounters, and the The Bedside Guide to No Tell Motel anthology series.
Reb is the editor and publisher of No Tell Books.
The Burlesque Poetry Hour, a monthly poetry reading series in Washington, D.C., was co-founded by Reb with Carly Sachs.
Interviews available at What to Wear During an Orange Alert, Mipoesias, Here Comes Everybody, The Scrambler, Very Like a Whale, The Best American Poetry, horse less notes, Shikow, Bigmouth Indeed Strikes Again, Women of the Web Wide Poetry World, Business of Words and CruelestMonth.com (HarperCollins poetry blog). Audio of poems can be heard at PennSound, Emergency Reading Series, The Joe Milford Poetry Show and From the Fishouse.
Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she now resides in the greater Washington, D.C. area with her husband and son. Once she worked for America Online. Although that was a long time ago.
Currently I’m working on my next book, God Damsel. Poems from this manuscript can be found in The American Poetry Review, Coconut, Caffeine Destiny, P.F.S. Post, Night Train, 32Poems, MiPOesias, Spooky Boyfriend, If Poetry Journal, FOURSQUARE and forthcoming in Wildlife Poetry Magazine, Anti- and Gargoyle.
Also, Charles Jensen and I are in the early stages of creating an anthology—more details on that soon.
