Remembering Anselm Hollo, BOTD in 1934. A review of his collected poems published in 2024. thenewblackbartpoetrysociety.wordpress.com/2024/05/30/t...

Sad to hear of Glen Baxter's passing. A remarkable genius of the non sequitur. This is the pencil drawing he did for the cover of my 1977 poetry selection Fast Asleep from Z Press. I wanted a cross between a cheap detective novel and a tawdry sex paperback. Glen's illustration did not disappoint.

Pulled some proof for set 6 of the Woman Poets Postcards series. Stencil and lino on recycled cardboard inserts.

Modern Capitalism resembles Feudalism more and more.

Frank O'Hara BOTD in 1926, from the Smoking Poets series, 4x5 lino print

Remembering Jim Harrison (1937-2016). from the Smoking Poets series, 4x5 lino print.

Work, Work, Work! Work more, always work more.

From an interview David Graeber gave about Bullshit Jobs. davidgraeber.org/interviews/i...

From his book, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory (2018)

A parting thought for the day

“Since one cannot know a radically better world is not possible, are we not betraying everyone by insisting on continuing to justify, and reproduce, the mess we have today? And anyway, even if we’re wrong, we might well get a lot closer.” - David Graeber

Year of The Fire Horse (4724) postcard printed on repurposed cardboard, stencil and stamps

It never ends well when one person has a lot of power over another.

Most work is caring for other people.

Starting on Monday, Blue Sky will be Russian River Books & Letters only social media site. Looking forward to building the page up and interacting with all of you bibliophiles!

You will be seeing us a great deal more on here and please come visit our little bookstore if you find yourself in the West Sonoma County!

Earthly, Poems by Jean Follain, & Jump Cuts, Essays by Mark Polizzotti from The Sound Cave thenewblackbartpoetrysociety.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/w...

A sirventes (an old Occitan curse) for the current occasion.

owenhill2.substack.com/p/ode-to-sun... Book recommendation:

Here's a terrific review of my novel Ode To Sunset, A Year In The Life Of American Genius by Owen Hill, author of The Giveaway. Read it and then subscribe to his substack. owenhill2.substack.com/p/ode-to-sun...

When you see comments on Social Media defending the violence of ICE, it is worth keeping this quote in mind.

Year End Recommendations from The New Black Bart Poetry Society; noir fiction and Black poetry. thenewblackbartpoetrysociety.wordpress.com/2025/12/29/y...

Remembering Jerome Rothenberg BOTD in 1931 thenewblackbartpoetrysociety.wordpress.com/2018/09/04/r...

'On Capitalism’s Endless Busywork.' davidgraeber.org/articles/is-...

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We recently published a lesser known article by David Graeber written in 2013 called - Buncombe. Here is the piece and an extract. davidgraeber.org/articles/bun...

Remembering Joanne Kyger BOTD in 1934, from the Smoking Poets series, lino reduction print, 5x7

@xileinparadise.bsky.social - Remembering the great Joanne Kyger on the anniversary of her birth - allenginsberg.org/2025/11/t-19....

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Neo-Liberalism, Trickle-down economics, Thatcherism or whatever you call it really has more in common with fundamentalist religion than anything else.

The Fall of America (after Larry Rivers and Bruegel, the Younger)

Something for the "spirit" of the day: "Every time I catch one the other two getaway."

it is characteristic of American genius that the casual eye does not easily distinguish it from charlatanry. Purity of intention lies at the center of American achievement. Modern American writing is about honesty. The American tradition is to offer discovery, not virtuoso performances. H Kenner

Back in 2010, David Graeber wrote, Against Kamikaze Capitalism This is a quote from that piece.

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Raymond Chandler, Raymond Queneau, Raymond Roussel walk into a bar.

Modern capitalism has more in common with Feudalism and the oldstyle slave-system than most people realize. From: davidgraeber.org/articles/tur...

“For a taste of today’s finest pulp – a blend of the West Coast-immediacy of Raymond Chandler, the irreverence of Groucho Marx, the gonzo of Hunter S. Thompson, the imagination of Philip K. Dick, the profound wit of Mark Twain – dive into Ode To Sunset, A Year In The Life Of American Genius.

"The colonized is indebted to the colonizer for being colonized." David Graeber speaks about the brutality of Debt in history.

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Thanks to Tim Hunt for the terrific and insightful blurb. How to Order in comments.

In 2011. David Graeber wrote the book: Revolutions In Reverse. A lesser known book than his other books, but still a good source to teach us about how the system works.

Terrific poems & remembrances of Alice Notley at The Brooklyn Rail by Anne Waldman, Eleni Sikelianos, Eileen Myles, Brenda Coultas, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Evelyn Reilly, The Friend, & Lee Ann Brown. brooklynrail.org/tribute/alic...

Look what come my way today. Can't say I'm disappointed (didn't think I would be).

“Pick your picaresque heroes; Pat Nolan’s Carl Wendt stakes his claim on the streets and in the clubs, libraries and bedrooms of SF. Ode to Sunset is many things, not least of which a hilarious send-up of Bay Area poetry’s poseurs.” —Dan Coshnear, author of Occupy