Hey! I have a new chapbook out, Lip Service from Slack Buddha Press. Come celebrate this momentous literary occasion in the LOUNGE at REDCAT on Sunday, March 22 at 2pm with readings from myself, Will Alexander and Teresa Carmody and you can pick up your very own copy of Lip Service at the event. You can also order a copy online from Slack Buddha if you are so inclined. best Mathew Timmons
*** LIP SERVICE
By
Mathew Timmons ***
To celebrate this momentous literary and cultural occasion, there will be a reading/release party!
with readings by Will Alexander Teresa Carmody & Mathew Timmons
in the LOUNGE At REDCAT on Sunday March 22nd at 2:00 pm Free ***
Thus, Lip Service A Reading/Chapbook release party
with readings by Will Alexander Teresa Carmody & Mathew Timmons
in the LOUNGE at REDCAT Sunday, March 22 at 2pm Free
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And as an added bonus incentive for joining us, you can pick up your own copy of Lip Service at REDCAT.
Or, to let you off the hook, but continue your celebratory obligation, you can order a copy online here,
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LIP SERVICE By Mathew Timmons
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Will Alexander is a poet and visual artist. Working from Los Angeles, he has updated the surrealist vision to write his own cosmic parables, in his own electric incandescent language. Alexander's writing represents a complex distillation of images from many fields, including botany, astronomy, psychology, physiology, mysticism, and history. His books include Above the Human Nerve Domain, Exobiology as Goddess, Asia & Haiti, Towards the Primeval Lightning Field (essays), The Stratospheric Canticles and Sunrise and Armageddon. He has two works forthcoming: Alien Weaving (Green Integer) and Sri Lankan Loxodrome (Canopic Publishing). The International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, England named Will Outstanding Scholar of the 20th Century, and he was also recognized by the Whiting Foundation for exceptional literary achievement in New York. In 2002 Will received a fellowship for poetry from the California Arts Council.
Teresa Carmody is the author of Requiem, (Les Figues, 2005) and the recent chap/micro books Eye Hole Adore (PS Books, 2008) and Your Spiritual Suit of Armor by Katherine Anne by Teresa Carmody (Woodland Editions, 2009). Other work has appeared in the emohippus greeting cards series, Slope, Fold Appropriate Text, American Book Review, Bombay Gin, and 4th Street. She was an organizer of the original Ladyfest (Olympia) and co-organizer of Feminaissance, a colloquium on women and writing at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. She lives in Los Angeles where she is Co-Director of Les Figues Press.
Mathew Timmons is a writer, curator and critic in Los Angeles. He curates the installation series, The Ups & Downs, at workspace and runs General Projects at Outpost for Contemporary Art. He also co-edits/curates Insert Press (w/ Stan Apps), LA-Lit (w/ Stephanie Rioux) and Late Night Snack (w/ Harold Abramowitz). A chapbook, Lip Service is recently out from Slack Buddha Press. His first full length book, The New Poetics (Les Figues Press), his micro-book collaboration with Marcus Civin, a particular vocabulary (P S Books), and a chapbook, Lip Music (By the Skin of Me Teeth), are forthcoming. His work may be found in various journals, including: P-Queue, Holy Beep!, Flim Forum, The Physical Poets, NōD, PRECIPICe, Or, Moonlit, aslongasittakes, eohippus labs, Area Sneaks, Artweek and The Encyclopedia Project.
As a complement to the College Art Association's 2009 Annual Conference program sessions, Afterall hosts a series of 30-60 minute conversations offering insights into Los Angeles and its cultural history, present and future. Scheduled events include interviews with local artists, roundtable discussions, and talks by critics, curators and scholars that bridge the distance between early artistic developments and current practice.
Location: CAA Book and Trade Fair Los Angeles Convention Center 1201 S. Figueroa Street Los Angeles, CA 90015
≡≡≡≡≡ Stephanie Rioux Co-hosts and Co-Produces LA-Lit with Mathew Timmons. Stephanie graduated from California Institute of the Arts with an MFA in Writing in Spring 2005. Her writings have appeared in the literary journals nocturnes (re)view, Trepan, Black Clock, and Primary Writing, and are self-published on the internet at tinyorganism. Stephanie teaches English and writing to middle school kids in Diamond Bar, California.
Co-hosted and co-produced by Stephanie Rioux and Mathew Timmons, LA-Lit interviews poets and writers in the Los Angeles area. Reflecting the shifting nature of Los Angeles as a place, this may mean writers that have lived in LA all their lives or writers who happen to be in LA for a few days. LA-Lit is a place for the literary culture of Los Angeles to develop and exhibit itself.
To listen to interviews, you can find links to all the files below. All of LA-Lit's interviews are also hosted on Penn Sound. You can also visit LA-Lit's website.
LA-Lit 1: Ara Shirinyan LA-Lit interviewed Ara Shirinyan in late August 2005. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 1 Part a & LA-Lit 1 Part b
LA-Lit 2: Stan Apps LA-Lit interviewed Stan Apps in early September 2005. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 2 Part a & LA-Lit 2 Part b
LA-Lit 3: Julien Poirier LA-Lit interviewed Julien Poirier on Sunday, September 18, 2005 at 5pm. Download the audio file here: LA-Lit 3
LA-Lit 4: Doug Kearney LA-Lit interviewed Doug Kearney on Thursday, October 13, 2005 at 5pm. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 4 Part a & LA-Lit 4 Part b
LA-Lit 5: Jen Hofer LA-Lit interviewed Jen Hoffer on Sunday, October 23, 2005 at 5pm. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 5 Part a & LA-Lit 5 Part b
LA-Lit 6: Amarnath Ravva LA-Lit interviewed Amarnath Ravva on Sunday, December 4, 2005 at 5pm. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 6 Part a & LA-Lit 6 Part b
LA-Lit 7: Jane Sprague LA-Lit interviewed Jane Sprague on Sunday, December 11, 2005 at 5pm. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 7 Part a & LA-Lit 7 Part b
LA-Lit 8: Diane Ward LA-Lit interviewed Diane Ward on Sunday, February 5, 2006 at 5pm. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 8 Part a & LA-Lit 8 Part b
LA-Lit 9: Guy Bennett LA-Lit interviewed Guy Bennett on Sunday, February 12, 2006 at 5pm. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 9 Pta & LA-Lit 9 Ptb
LA-Lit 10: José Alvergue LA-Lit interviewed José Alvergue on Sunday, February 19, 2006 at 5pm. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 10 Part A & LA-Lit 10 Part B
LA-Lit 11: Anthony McCann LA-Lit interviewed Anthony McCann on Sunday, April 9, 2006 at 5pm. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 11 Pta & LA-Lit 11 Ptb
LA-Lit 12: Matvei Yankelevich and Anna Moschovakis LA-Lit interviewed Matvei Yankelevich and Anna Moschovakis on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 at 8pm. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 12 Pta & LA-Lit 12 Ptb
LA-Lit 13: Bruna Mori LA-Lit interviewed Bruna Mori on Sunday, May 21, 2006 at 2pm. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 12 Pta & LA-Lit 12 Ptb
LA-Lit 14: Will Alexander LA-Lit interviewed Will Alexander on Sunday, June 25, 2006 at 2pm. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 14 pt a & LA-Lit 14 pt b
LA-Lit 1 Yr Anniversary LA-Lit celebrated its 1 Year Anniversary at Betalevel with a discussion of the experimental literary scene in Los Angeles on Sunday October 15 at 3pm. Download the audio files here: Discussion & Readings
LA-Lit 15: Chris Kraus LA-Lit interviewed Chris Kraus on Friday, November 3rd at 7pm. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 15 pt a & LA-Lit 15 pt b
La-Lit 16: Teresa Carmody LA-Lit interviewed Teresa Carmody on Sunday, November 19th at 3pm. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 16 pt a & LA-Lit 16 pt b
LA-Lit 17: Bay Poetics On Saturday, December 2 at 1pm, writers Del Ray Cross, Susan Gevirtz, Suzanne Stein, Stephanie Young and Magdalena Zurawski (whose work appears in the new anthology Bay Poetics edited by Stephanie Young) were our guests. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 17 Discussion & LA-Lit 17 Readings
LA-Lit 18: Sawako Nakayasu LA-Lit interviewed Sawako Nakayasu on Sunday, December 10th at 5pm. Download the audio files here: LA Lit 18 part a & LA Lit 18 part b
LA-Lit 19: Mark Wallace LA-Lit interviewed Mark Wallace on Saturday, February 3 at 3pm. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 19 pt a & LA-Lit 19 pt b
LA-Lit 20: Vanessa Place LA-Lit interviewed Vanessa Place on Sunday, February 25, 2007 at 3pm and Sunday, March 16, 2008. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 20 pt a & LA-Lit 20 pt b
LA-Lit 21: Maggie Nelson LA-Lit interviewed Maggie Nelson on Sunday, March 11 at 3pm. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 21 pt a & LA-Lit 21 pt b
LA-Lit 22: Mark von Schlegell LA-Lit interviewed Mark von Schlegell on Sunday, April 15 at 3pm. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 22 pt a & LA-Lit 22 pt b
LA-Lit 23: Lee Ann Brown LA-Lit interviewed Lee Ann Brown on Sunday, June 24 at 5pm. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 23 pt a & LA-Lit 23 pt b
LA-Lit 24: Christine Wertheim LA-Lit interviewed Christine Wertheim on Sunday, September 23 at 5pm. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 24 pt a & LA-Lit 24 pt b
LA-Lit 25: WeHo Book Fair-LA Avant Underground Panel Discussion LA-Lit moderated the LA Avant Underground Panel at the WeHo Book Fair on Sunday, September 30 at 11am with panelists Harold Abramowitz, Teresa Carmody, and Ara Shirinyan. Download the audio file here: LA-Lit 25 complete recording
LA-Lit 26: Demosthenes Agrafiotis LA-Lit interviewed Demosthenes Agrafiotis on Thursday, October 18 at 8pm. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 26 pt a & LA-Lit 26 pt b
LA-Lit 27: Masha Tupitsyn LA-Lit interviewed Masha Tupitsyn on Friday, October 19 at 8pm. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 27 pt a & LA-Lit 27 pt b
LA-Lit 28: Eileen Myles LA-Lit interviewed Eileen Myles on Sunday, November 4 at 5pm. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 28 pt a & LA-Lit 28 pt b
LA-Lit 29: Catherine Daly LA-Lit interviewed Catherine Daly on Sunday, November 11 at 5pm. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 29 pt a & LA-Lit 29 pt b
LA-Lit 30: Nada Gordon LA-Lit interviewed Nada Gordon on Sunday, December 2 at 1pm. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 30 pt a & LA-Lit 30 pt b
LA-Lit 31: Thérèse Bachand LA-Lit interviewed Thérèse Bachand on Sunday, March 9 at 7pm. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 31 pt a & LA-Lit 31 pt b
LA-Lit 32: Dan Machlin LA-Lit interviewed Dan Machlin on Saturday, April 12 at 2pm. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 32 pt a & LA-Lit 32 pt b
LA-Lit 33: Kristin Palm LA-Lit interviewed Kristin Palm on Sunday, June 1 at 3pm. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 33 pt a & LA-Lit 33 pt b
LA-Lit 34: Vincent Dachy LA-Lit interviewed Vincent Dachy on Monday, October 27 at 8pm. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 34 pt a & LA-Lit 34 pt b
LA-Lit 35: Lisa Samuels LA-Lit interviewed Lisa Samuels on Sunday, November 23 at 8pm. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 35 pt a & LA-Lit 35 pt b
LA-Lit 36: Harold Abramowitz LA-Lit interviewed Harold Abramowitz on Saturday, April 18 at 2pm. Download the audio files here: LA-Lit 36 pt a & LA-Lit 36 pt b
LA-Lit: Clouds :: November 21+22, 2008 at Betalevel and Center for the Arts Eagle Rock
LA-Lit celebrated its three year anniversary on Friday November 21 at Betalevel and on Saturday November 22 at Center for the Arts Eagle Rock. For over three years, LA-Lit has developed a new space for the literary culture of Los Angeles to develop and exhibit itself. Reflecting the shifting nature of Los Angeles, LA-Lit has conducted well over thirty interviews with poets and writers who have lived in LA all their lives as well as writers who have visited LA for only a few days. Please join us for LA-Lit: Clouds :: a two day conference in Los Angeles connecting the de-centered literary culture of LA in an effort to investigate it’s current manifestations and to develop a sense of LA’s inherent literary spontaneity.
LA-Lit: Clouds :: Schedule Friday November 21: 8:00pm-11:00pm: Perform and Celebrate at Betalevel LA-LitCloudsDay1a (audio coming soon!) Stephanie Rioux, Mathew Timmons, Amarnath Ravva. [break] LA-LitCloudsDay1b (44:30): Intro comments by Mathew Timmons, (1:43) special introduction by Sawako Nakayasu, (5:39) Teresa Carmody, (14:10) introduction by Stephanie Rioux, (15:03) Lisa Samuels, (29:04) introduction by Mathew Timmons, (32:03) Stan Apps.
Saturday November 22: Confer at Center for the Arts Eagle Rock 12:00pm-1:30pm form-body-surface-material-method-growth-sound-mass -condensation-structure-elements-foreground-background Moderator: Mathew Timmons. Panelists: Stan Apps, Guy Bennett, Christine Wertheim, Ara Shirinyan LA-LitCloudsDay2Panel1 (1:32:09): Introduction by Mathew Timmons, (2:41) Stan Apps, (17:56) Guy Bennett, (30:24) Ara Shirinyan, (42:01) Christine Wertheim, (1:00:12) Q&A.
2:00pm-3:30pm atmospheric-nebulae-clarity-reveals-recreation-currents- groundless-textured-visible-droplets-interstellar-crystalline Moderator: Stephanie Rioux. Panelists: Will Alexander, Teresa Carmody, K. Lorraine Graham, Amarnath Ravva, Mark Wallace LA-LitCloudsDay2Panel2 (1:42:13) Introduction by Stephanie Rioux, (6:23) Teresa Carmody, (16:42) Amarnath Ravva, (26:11) Mark Wallace, (37:27) K. Lorraine Graham, (49:18) Will Alexander, (1:06:36) Q&A.
4:30pm-6:00pm Perform at Center for the Arts Eagle Rock Demosthenes Agrafiotis, Will Alexander, Guy Bennett, K. Lorraine Graham, Sawako Nakayasu, Ara Shirinyan, Mark Wallace, Christine Wertheim LA-LitCloudsDay2Rdng1 (45:28) Introduction by Mathew Timmons, (1:53) Christine Wertheim, (10:40) introduction by Mathew Timmons, (12:07) Ara Shirinyan, (30:28) introduction by Stephanie Rioux, (31:56) Guy Bennett [break] LA-LitCloudsDay2Rdng2 (1:06:39) Introduction by Mathew Timmons, (2:00) Sawako Nakayasu, (13:29) introduction by Stephanie Rioux, (14:56) Mark Wallace, (27:15) Introduction by Stephanie Rioux, (28:55) Demosthenes Agrafiotis, (35:56) introduction by Stephanie Rioux, (37:00) K. Lorraine Graham, (45:30) introduction by Mathew Timmons, (47:50) Will Alexander
≡≡≡≡≡ Mathew Timmons is a writer, curator and critic in Los Angeles. He is the General Director of General Projects at various locations including Outpost for Contemporary Art and The Ups & Downs, an installation series, at workspace. He also co-edits/curates Insert Press (w/ Stan Apps), LA-Lit (w/ Stephanie Rioux), Late Night Snack (w/ Harold Abramowitz) and he is the Los Angeles editor of Joyland. A chapbook, Lip Service is recently out from Slack Buddha Press. His first full length book, The New Poetics (Les Figues Press), his micro-book collaboration with Marcus Civin, a particular vocabulary (P S Books), and a chapbook, Lip Music (By the Skin of Me Teeth), are forthcoming. His work may be found in various journals, including: P-Queue, Holy Beep!, Flim Forum, The Physical Poets, NōD, PRECIPICe, Or, Moonlit, aslongasittakes, eohippus labs, Area Sneaks, Artweek and The Encyclopedia Project.
General Projects happen all over the place, generally speaking. Most of the General Projects spoken about here will primarily take place in Los Angeles or nearby. Generally, General Projects are run by General Projects General Director, Mathew Timmons, in collaboration with other artists, writers & curators.
Mathew Timmons is a writer, curator and critic in Los Angeles. He is the General Director of General Projects at various locations including Outpost for Contemporary Art and The Ups & Downs, an installation series, at workspace. He also co-edits/curates Insert Press (w/ Stan Apps), LA-Lit (w/ Stephanie Rioux), Late Night Snack (w/ Harold Abramowitz) and he is the Los Angeles editor of Joyland. A chapbook, Lip Service is recently out from Slack Buddha Press. His work may also be found in various journals, including: P-Queue, Holy Beep!, Flim Forum, The Physical Poets, NōD, PRECIPICe, Or, Moonlit, aslongasittakes, eohippus labs, Area Sneaks, Artweek and The Encyclopedia Project.
