AW'S & L-BO NORTHWEST TOUR !!!
Get ready you rain soaked, polar fleece wearin', book readin', weed legalizin', gay marriage havin', livin' in a gorgeous place just seething with that good kinda earth magick type'a people, it's time...
View ArticleOVERBOARD: Resurrection!
Hooray! Huzzah!Overboard is back in print thanks to Antonia Pinter & Patricia No at Publication Studio Portland. Gorgeous cover art by Colter Jacobsen.You can order a copy of your very own...
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How to honor my dead fatheron this the lucky 17 anniversary of his deathSeventeen years ago today, May 5thyou died and you knew it.Cinco de Mayo, which it will never be.For me it will always be May...
View ArticleEtel Says it Well
Kathleen Weaver : You also write that the truest love is to love the Stranger in opposition to your own brother.Etel Adnan : That's it. There is a big misunderstanding in the 20th century. You have so...
View ArticleFrom the Vaults
A story written back in 2006 when I was living in Grass Valley and being 22 or 23.The poet went for a walk in the snow.It was Christmas Day and he and his family had just finished eating dinner.They...
View ArticleDaily Rough for a Rough Present
8.6.11Everything is super fuckednot just me I have learnedand though it makes me queasyit makes me long for it coming faster onThings will break down and explodethey will, it will, we will, sera,...
View ArticleWolfgang Puck : Rough for Rough
Wolfgang Puckthat's gourment upchuckhe's throwing up his handsthose toolsthat fashion foods into S shapes with a double IIpassing through andchanging everything to glosslike Mom with my nameL's in...
View ArticleBeneath the BART the Beach
The BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) platform is a nice place to sunbathe.Bring a parasol, a beach blanket, some sunscreen.Sit/Lie on the platform - relax.Sit/Lie behind the yellow safety strip.Keep hold...
View ArticleGermans Telling Stories to Children
This is WernerThis is WolfgangThese are their stories:
View ArticleThings My Mother Told Me That May or May Not Apply to the Occupation Movement
1) "Look like you're having fun and they'll join you."This statement feels very applicable. Remember the student protests in Chile in which it looks like thousands of students gathered (on June 24,...
View ArticleWishlist or: What you Can Get Me on Black Friday
1. I already mentioned this, but I'll say it again: An MC Hammer led flash dance at Oscar Grant Plaza.2. A van with a Blue's Brothers style sound system (that means huge) strapped to the roof touring...
View ArticleDear Poets,
As poet, Camille Roy, recently said,“LANGUAGE IS THE LAST COMMONS THAT THEY HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO ENCLOSE. YOU CAN SELL PAINT BUT YOU CAN’T SELL WORDS.”So, in that spirit and inspired by the poets and...
View ArticleEast Coast Tour Dates!
WE'RE GOING ON TOUR ! Me and Steve Orth sans van or band + buses and poets. We'll be leaving for the East Coast next weekend, so if you're East Coast inclined, we'd love to see you and maybe you'd like...
View Article3.19.2012
Manhattan, eerily quiet center of empireno bad part of townzucotti parkchildren of paradisecarnival in the streetsthe pantomime cries outconfetti as rainlet's raise the may poleplant flowers in the plaza
View ArticleOVERBOARD BOOK RELEASE : Helluv Belated Self Promotion
Back in April, when Steve and I returned from our mini East Coast reading tour (much to our mutual weeping and wailing), sad to be off the road, but glad to be back home, we celebrated the release of...
View ArticleMOBILE LIBRARY WISH-LIST
Look at this sweet van!Inspired by projects like the Mobilivre and the Zine Mobile we (Steve Orth & Lindsey Boldt) bought this van, from a sweet family in San Jose, to turn it into the Bay Area's...
View ArticleOverboard is Out of Print but Don't Be Sad...
As you may or may not know, Publication Studio Berkeley, Colter Jacobsen's branch of Publication Studio has retired and his beautifully printed and bound (print on demand) books along with, including...
View ArticleA New Piece of the Internet
I wrote something about color, professors, pants and Max Ernst and now it's up on this super interesting site, This Recording.Meanwhile, I looked through the archives of this blog last week and laughed...
View ArticleSock Monkey What You Tryin' Ta Prove
Someone hosted a sock monkey making party, something typically cute, DIY, Olympia-style, and I went with a few friends from the coffee shop where we all worked and flirted.The sock monkey that resulted...
View ArticleArticle 7
If Eileen Myles inspires me to write something, I will feel very grateful.Thank you, Eileen Myles.Gratefully,Lindsey
View ArticleNew Chapbook : TITTIES FOR LINDSEY from OMG !
I'm so happy to announce the publication of my many-years-in-the-making chapbook, Titties for Lindsey out now from OMG! You can order your own copy for $5 here:...
View Article"Escape from Century Hills" by Steve Orth and Lindsey Boldt
ESCAPE FROM CENTURY HILLS A new play from the writer/director teamthat brought you "My Breakup" and "Dating by Consensus". Produced in January 2013 for Small Press Traffic's Poets Theater.From Left:...
View ArticleHannah Wiener/The Fast/Clairvoyant Journal
Approaching 30 (NEXT MONTH!). Feeling that I will be able to live better after this date. More engaged. Less fearful.As a child, I was sure that I would die in a convenience store robbery before my...
View ArticleNever Ending Poetry
Since the East Bay Poetry Summit ended, I have been exhausted. I keep taking naps. At first, I thought I had caught Steve's cold, which he battled valiantly throughout the weekend, even serving as DD...
View ArticleSonnet 18 Translation
for the 8th Grade Class of Visitacion Valley Middle School(This image was bitten from Alli Warren's [smarty-pants] post over at Harriet blog. Thanks, AW's!)Should I say yer super smokin hot, boo?cuz...
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