Virtual Bloof Books tour...

...with audio, video, & photos galore. See how we roll. HERE.

Some things, appearing

• An excerpt from "The Seam" in the new RUIN issue of Women's Studies Quarterly 
• "Sometime I'll perfect my adoration" today in the Advent Calendar at Delirious Hem (audio)
• Another excerpt from "The Seam" in the current issue of Eoagh

I think that's it for now. Another excerpt from "The Seam" will be in the next issue of ElevenEleven, in January, and some of the other poems from the book will be in the next Court Green.

[Update] Whoops, I forgot one:

• On this page and also in iTunes, you can listen to a recording of the reading I did on November 9 at the Emory University Barnes & Noble. (Also there are lots of other recordings available there, including my Bloof buddies Peter Davis & Sandra Simonds, and Maureen Thorson & Patricia Lockwood, who also read with us that evening.)

Bloof Tour begins this weekend!

**Even if you're not in one of these towns, you might support our tour by buying a Bloof book or sending a gas-money-diner-grub PayPal donation to sales[at]bloofbooks[dot]com. Everyone who helps out this way will receive a surprise package from the road.**


***UPDATE: A couple of folks asked about pre-ordering the forthcoming books. Yes, you can do that! PayPal $16 (each, we'll throw in free shipping) and include your mailing address and title in the "special instructions" box. JOAN by Anne Boyer and The Blank Verge by me will be available in Spring 2012. Thanks for this great idea!***


Friday, November 4 in Brooklyn at 7:00 PM

ANNE BOYER, David Blair & Ryan Eckes
Hosted by Dorothea Lasky
The Multifarious Array
Pete's Candy Store
709 Lorimer Stree
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
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Saturday, November 5 in Philadelphia at 7:00 PM


ANNE BOYER, SHANNA COMPTON, JENNIFER L. KNOX & MAUREEN THORSON
Hosted by Debrah Morkun & Kim Gek Lin Short
The General Idea Series
Fergie's
1214 Sansom Street
Philadelphia, PA
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Monday, November 7 in Indian Springs, AL (near Birmingham) at 7:30 PM


ANNE BOYER, SHANNA COMPTON & MAUREEN THORSON
Hosted by Jessica Smith
Indian Springs School Library
190 Woodward Drive
Indian Springs, AL


Tuesday, November 8 in Tuscaloosa, AL at 7:00 PM


ANNE BOYER, SHANNA COMPTON & MAUREEN THORSON
Hosted by Daniela Olszewska
Green Bar
2209 4th Street
Tuscaloosa, AL


Wednesday, November 9 in Tallahassee, FL at 8:00 PM


ANNE BOYER, SHANNA COMPTON, SANDRA SIMONDS, MAUREEN THORSON, PATRICIA LOCKWOOD & JOSEPHINE YU
Hosted by Grey Book Press & the Nighthawk Review
Fermentation Lounge
113 All Saints Street
Tallahassee, FL
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Thursday, November 10 in Atlanta, GA at 8:00 PM
ANNE BOYER, SHANNA COMPTON, PETER DAVIS, SANDRA SIMONDS, MAUREEN THORSON & PATRICIA LOCKWOOD
Hosted by Bruce Covey
Emory Barnes & Noble
1390 Oxford Road on the Emory Campus
Atlanta, GA
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Friday, November 11 in Water Valley, MS (near Oxford) at 7:00 PM
SHANNA COMPTON, PETER DAVIS, SANDRA SIMONDS, MAUREEN THORSON & EMILEIGH BARNES
Hosted by Tim Earley
Bozarts Gallery
403 North Main Street
Water Valley, MS
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Saturday, November 12 in Fayetteville, AR at 7:30 PM
SANDRA SIMONDS, MAUREEN THORSON, PETER DAVIS & SHANNA COMPTON with CHRIS MARTIN & MARY AUSTIN SPEAKER
Hosted by Matthew Henriksen, Kaveh Bassiri & Roger Barrett
Improved Lighting Series
Nightbird Books
205 Dickson Street
Fayetteville, AR
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Sunday, November 13 in Kansas City, MO at 4:00 PM
SANDRA SIMONDS, PETER DAVIS & SHANNA COMPTON
Hosted by Jordan Stempleman
A Common Sense Reading Series
Cara & Cabezas Contemporary
1714 Holmes Street
Kansas City, MO
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WHEW!

Upcoming, outgoing

First on Thursday, in Our Nation's Capital, there is this:

Then in two weeks or so, in NYC, there is this:

For a finale, I will be driving a rental car of poets in shifting configurations through the south, beginning November 7 (slightly different order now than shown, but still in that distinctive b-for-bloof shape):

Details here.

If you're out there somewhere, please come say hi. This is my favorite part.

Declaration of the Occupation of New York City

Posted on September 30, 2011 by NYCGA THIS DOCUMENT WAS ACCEPTED BY THE NYC GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling of mass injustice, we must not lose sight of what brought us together. We write so that all people who feel wronged by the corporate forces of the world can know that we are your allies.

As one people, united, we acknowledge the reality: that the future of the human race requires the cooperation of its members; that our system must protect our rights, and upon corruption of that system, it is up to the individuals to protect their own rights, and those of their neighbors; that a democratic government derives its just power from the people, but corporations do not seek consent to extract wealth from the people and the Earth; and that no true democracy is attainable when the process is determined by economic power. We come to you at a time when corporations, which place profit over people, self-interest over justice, and oppression over equality, run our governments. We have peaceably assembled here, as is our right, to let these facts be known.

They have taken our houses through an illegal foreclosure process, despite not having the original mortgage. 

They have taken bailouts from taxpayers with impunity, and continue to give Executives exorbitant bonuses. 

They have perpetuated inequality and discrimination in the workplace based on age, the color of one’s skin, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation. 

They have poisoned the food supply through negligence, and undermined the farming system through monopolization. [Also protest this by choosing a natural whole foods diet, denying your $ to makers of processed foods.]

They have profited off of the torture, confinement, and cruel treatment of countless animals, and actively hide these practices. [Also protest this by going vegan, denying your $ to animal agriculture's factory farms, slaughterhouses, and packing facilities--which also notoriously abuse their workers.]

They have continuously sought to strip employees of the right to negotiate for better pay and safer working conditions. 

They have held students hostage with tens of thousands of dollars of debt on education, which is itself a human right. 

They have consistently outsourced labor and used that outsourcing as leverage to cut workers’ healthcare and pay. 

They have influenced the courts to achieve the same rights as people, with none of the culpability or responsibility. 

They have spent millions of dollars on legal teams that look for ways to get them out of contracts in regards to health insurance. 

They have sold our privacy as a commodity. 

They have used the military and police force to prevent freedom of the press.  

They have deliberately declined to recall faulty products endangering lives in pursuit of profit. 

They determine economic policy, despite the catastrophic failures their policies have produced and continue to produce. 

They have donated large sums of money to politicians, who are responsible for regulating them. 

They continue to block alternate forms of energy to keep us dependent on oil. 

They continue to block generic forms of medicine that could save people’s lives or provide relief in order to protect investments that have already turned a substantial profit. [Also protest this by choosing a natural whole foods diet, which will likely reduce dependence on the products of the Insurance industry and Big Pharma.]

They have purposely covered up oil spills, accidents, faulty bookkeeping, and inactive ingredients in pursuit of profit. 

They purposefully keep people misinformed and fearful through their control of the media. 

They have accepted private contracts to murder prisoners even when presented with serious doubts about their guilt. 

They have perpetuated colonialism at home and abroad. They have participated in the torture and murder of innocent civilians overseas. 

They continue to create weapons of mass destruction in order to receive government contracts. *

To the people of the world,

We, the New York City General Assembly occupying Wall Street in Liberty Square, urge you to assert your power.

Exercise your right to peaceably assemble; occupy public space; create a process to address the problems we face, and generate solutions accessible to everyone.

To all communities that take action and form groups in the spirit of direct democracy, we offer support, documentation, and all of the resources at our disposal.

Join us and make your voices heard!

*These grievances are not all-inclusive.