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YES this is the official site of emily xyz, poet, performer, vocalist...
NEW from NYU Press --
"UP IS UP BUT SO IS DOWN: New York's Downtown Literary Scene, 1974-1992" -- BIG, beautiful, amazing anthology featuring work by many of the unique writers and artists who put the DOWN in downtown. Includes a substantial excerpt from Emily XYZ's first poem for multiple voices, "PHIL SPECTOR" (1986). This poem has never been published anywhere else.
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Myers Bartlett at Queensland Poetry Festival, Brisbane, Australia
EMILY & MYERS CELEBRATE 15 YEARS OF 2-VOICE POETRY -- JUNE 14, 2007 This June marks 15 YEARS that Myers and I have been reading together. Unbefuckinlievable!! but TRUE -- we did our first performance at the Caravan of Dreams restaurant on East 6th St. in Manhattan on June 14, 1992, part of a reading series curated by Edwin Torres. That was the first time I ever met Edwin, who is still one of our best friends on the poetry scene. Myers Bartlett is a Pisces and a mysterious person, very smart and with a great voice and a great sense of rhythm -- absolutely essential for reading my work. Also very funny! We've had some great moments and some terrible half-hours reading poetry all over the damn place these last 15 years. She knows about everything from lipstick to exchange rates, and drives very well on the left-hand side. Who could ask for anything more! EMILY & MYERS on YOUTUBE EMILY & MYERS AT BOWERY POETRY
CLUB 4/19/07 We saw a lot of dear friends there that night who we hadn't seen in ages. THANK YOU to Carmel, Barbara, Cathy R, our lawyer friend Harry Cummins (of Wilkofsky Friedman Karel & Cummins) and surprise guest Dan DeMars (of DeMars Guitars) for coming out! And to "best fan," Bruce Hodges, who we always love to see. And to George Wallace, who's doing that Thursday night series at BPC. And to Bob and BPC, of course. EMILY XYZ TALKS TO ROXY RAMONE If you've visited this site before, you probably know I wrote (in 2005) a "fake interview" w/ Roxy. I'm thrilled to now be working on the real thing! I hope to get enough material by summer's end to write at least a great article for some lucky magazine...or better yet, a great book. Roxy was also friends with the late, great Anya Phillips -- an influential punk-rock lady whose importance has been overlooked. |
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Emily XYZ at Queensland Poetry Festival
and finally, a synopsis of the play I'm workin on... STATE SALE, a play by Emily XYZ
Soleil d'Or (Pernet-Ducher 1900) |
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Still in print!! "THE EMILY XYZ SONGBOOK" -- The only collection of Emily XYZ's 2-voice poems. Book/CD features all the best XYZ work. Perform them w/ your friends! "XYZ's readings demonstrate her real powers for all to hear. A breakthough." -- Publisher's Weekly "Bravura poetry in a bravura production. This is the CD of the year!" -- poetry.about.com US & Canada, orders: www.rattapallax.com Foreign orders, please request info here
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