Publications

 

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 (Issue # 7, 2003)

 

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)

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Reb Livingston is a poet and editor of No Tell Books, a press devoted to poetry, and No Tell Motel, an online poetry magazine.

Email: reb *at* rebaroni *dt* com

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Published by Coconut Books (2007)

Published by No Tell Books (2007)

Published by No Tell Books (2006)

Published by Whole Coconut Chapbook Series (2006)

Edited by Reb Livingston & Molly Arden
ISBN: 1-4116-6591-0