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with Dr. Kane X. Faucher

Kane X. Faucher

"Most of my poems begin with putting together two terms according to etymology, or constructing neologism by mutating an etymological root, a shift in prefix, or a transfusion of lexical elements from one robustly accoutered word to a more sveltely defined one."

Kane X. Faucher, Ph.D, discusses poetry, language and philosophy

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Felino Soriano


“So much of my writing stems from wanting to exist within my need to view a ‘thing’ from a metaphysical vantage point. In doing this, I challenge a supposed truth of another, creating a counterexample.”

Felino Soriano discusses poetry, philosophy and jazz.

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Matina L. Stamatakis

“There’s always an element of desire that can be found in words; the desire to copulate with other words in a way that brings on a manifestation of bodies that coalesce, like in the art of dance and lovemaking.”

Matina L. Stamatakis discusses her poetry.

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Juliet Cook

“A more appealing idea to me these days is starting a piece at a place that’s not a definitive beginning and ending a piece at a place that’s not a definitive end, so it’s more like a piece of a larger whole or a continuation of a larger theme – or a misshapen appendage of a larger body.”

Juliet Cook discusses her writing and publishing.

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Carmen Racovitza

 

"I saw that when words were pulverized, they tended to arrange themselves in clusters of new, strong, unexpected meaning(s)..."

Carmen Racovitza discusses her work and its relationship to the history of Romanian literature.

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John C. Goodman

 

“Our shared reality is largely a linguistic structure. We shape reality by the way we use language. As our language evolves, what we call “reality” evolves along with it.”

John C. Goodman discusses poetry, language and the e-zine ditch,

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Robert Chrysler


"My work is firmly rooted in the world of dreams, non-linear spontaneity, the surreal."

Robert Chrysler discusses the motivations behind his book, Every Exit Impossible to Imagine with Wings (Trainwreck Press, 2008)

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John Moore Williams

 

John Moore Williams discusses his book, I discover i is an android (Trainwreck Press, 2008)

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