Mary McColley Poetry
Poetry from Mary McColley, from Maine, and now living in the West Bank. Presented by Poetry Editor Jeff Kaliss. Mary McColley and I Zoom-chatted early in this April. During this […]
Geoffrey Heptonstall Poetry
Poetry of Geoffrey Heptonstall After what he counts as “a good year, in terms of publication”, Geoffrey Heptonstall, based in Cambridge, England has shared some of his poetry with us. […]
Book Reviews from previous On My Nightstand
arrhythmia, haiku by Bruce H. Feingold (Red Moon Press 2020) Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss, Poetry Editor Although I had an unforgettable and life-learning affair with […]
DeLorean Motor’s Walter Strycker—Interview
“The Most Interesting Man (you never heard of)” by J. Macon King 30 years after, John DeLorean’s friend and right-hand man revisited the 80’s quintessential corporate tale. This interview […]
An After-Party
Continued from Jerry Reflections by J.Macon King. And a view of Kristen Stewart! Kidding. Sadly On the Road star Kristen Stewart did not show. The man did show me, […]
Convoluted Backstory of Beat at the Sweet
Starring Kristen Stewart as Marylou. Kristen’s “Twilight” fame and desire to play the role helped save this long-awaited movie from development hell. From director Walter Salles and screenwriter […]
Interview with James Dalessandro—writer
Interview with writer James Dalessandro by J. Macon King This interview was originally done and published for our Fall 2018 edition. James Dalessandro seems to have mastered diversification of the […]
Beat at the Sweet Photos
Beat at the Sweet photos by poet and “Sparring Artists” founder Daniel Yaryan Wavy Gravy and saxman Phil Deal. Photo by Daniel Yaryan. Note that these are copyrighted photos. […]
The Last Bohemian Wizard by Daniel Yaryan
THE LAST BOHEMIAN WIZARD (In honor of novelist Jerry Kamstra) by Daniel Yaryan Ghostly visitors Save a place at the visionary table Where medicine does not speak The poltergeists creak […]
Jerry Kamstra Reflections
Jerry Kamstra Reflections—From the 10th plus 1 Anniversary of Beat at the Sweet by J.Macon King The late Jerry Kamstra and I were on the same poetry/music stage at the […]
And then there was this time…
Poems and kind words by Ari M. Maslow upon the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Beat at the Sweet. And then there was this time… Birth. And then […]
Literary Outlaw Jerry Kamstra
Jerry Kamstra (January 2, 1935 – November 26, 2019) was an American novelist, poet, artist and community organizer. Kamstra is best known for his novels Weed: Adventures Of A Dope […]
“Beat at the Sweet” Beat Poetry Tribute 10th plus 1 Anniversary
Beat at the Sweet Notes by J.Macon King Presented at Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley, California on January 8th, 2013. The Sweetwater is a relocated, expanded version of the […]
William Morris: Grandfather of Fantasy
William Morris: Grandfather of Fantasy William Morris (1834–1896) influenced the evolution of fantasy literature and his fantasy novels particularly influenced J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth series. “Morris inaugurates…fertile strand of materialist […]
Haiku
Five haiku poems from: everything with an asterisk: haiku of Bruce H. Feingold. Bruce H. Feingold has been a psychologist for nearly fifty years in the San Francisco Bay Area. Bruce’s […]
Read and Gift these Books
Circus of the Sun MillValleyLit editor-in-chief J.Macon King’s debut novel of 1979 San Francisco’s cultural, sexual and political maelstrom. “The most outrageously honest and erotic San Francisco novel since Jack […]