“Maps of Fallen Skies” was written after a strange fever-dream. When I woke up, drenched in sweat with a Nyquil hangover, I had this weird feeling that my “real life” was on “pause” somewhere, just waiting for me to get back to it. I grabbed a notebook and wrote this down in five minutes without [...]
November 22, 2009
Categories: Book Reviews/Criticism, Fiction, Nonfiction and Antifiction, Reviews and Criticism . Tags: dreams about maps and hidden things, feel like i have a hidden life, Nyquil dreams, poetry, strange dreams . Author: Gregory Purvis . Comments: Leave a Comment
I’m writing some more for the XSEX Webzine. If you are 21 and want to read some smutty smut, check out XSEX.
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November 22, 2009
Categories: Uncategorized . . Author: Gregory Purvis . Comments: Leave a Comment
NOTE: This is a poem from Stripmine, a book of poetry and essays I’m publishing online and in print. I’m doing some limited-edition books–each one is one-of-a-kind, unique, hand-lettered titles, heavy paper, textured inserts, signed and numbered, etc. They are available for $50. Email gregorypurvis@live.com for details. “Blur” is written “in character” and relates a [...]
November 22, 2009
Categories: Book Reviews/Criticism, Fiction, Nonfiction and Antifiction, Reviews and Criticism . Tags: African American ghost stories, Atlanta, Deep South, dirty south, dirty south poetry, East Point, ghost poems, ghost stories, haunted Atlanta, haunted places, haunted poems, poetry, southern haunts . Author: Gregory Purvis . Comments: Leave a Comment
GENTLEMEN! YOU CAN’T FIGHT IN HERE! THIS IS THE WAR ROOM! “Dr. Strangelove”
After a two week hiatus (okay, “more or less”), I’m patrolling the television airwaves last night, looking for blog fodder. I’m basically thinking about breaking new ground with raw, undiluted honesty. Meaning, I’ve been toying with the idea of blogging about some of the real-life [...]
November 6, 2009
Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction and Antifiction . Tags: American violence on TV, fort hood investigations, Fort Hood Tragedy Hype, military homicide, military violence, Murders, news reporting in US violent, nidal malik hasan, TV news blog violence . Author: Gregory Purvis . Comments: Leave a Comment