That's good cardio

Shome Dasgupta just emailed me to recommend this video, suggesting an IsReads posting at second base. Ha.

The best is when he runs into the stands, then back out.

New IsReads interview posted

At the blog, I just posted an interview with Daniel Joseph Wolfe, who hangs up poems around Baltimore for IsReads. The image above is from Daniel's doodle blog, Sad Bumblebee.

The new issue is coming soon, featuring more cities than ever. Poems!

 (Photos by Daniel Joseph Wolfe)

isReads in Indianapolis

Christopher Newgent posted poems for isReads #7 in his city, Indianapolis. They will appear in the new issue, coming soon. I interviewed Christopher about the project over at www.isreads.com.

Come Hear Me Play Songs b/w isReads OMG

I always used to play songs
You know, by myself
That was back in the day
At least 4 years ago
I'm doing it again
On Sunday
At 6pm
Yes


Wait, where?
At El Rancho Grande, in Baltimore, at Falls and The Avenue


Would be awesome to have people see this, my comeback show


Justin Sirois is reading from MLKNG SCKLS, to boot



And not to bury the lead or whatever, but isReads 5 is now LIVE
At least on the BIR site, the official site hasn't been uploaded yet
And neither has the Nashville site
But the Pittsburgh site and the Baltimore site is live
Give it a looksie
This is not the "official announcement"
This is for the people who read this blog
You can go look at it early
There will be more content added for Pittsburgh
And whatnot
So anyway, let me know about broken links you find


CHECK THIS OUT
THIS IS AWESOME

THANKS TO SHERRIE FLICK AND ADAM ATKINSON
WHO DID THE PITTSBURGH IS READS VERSION
THEY ARE AWESOME, TIRELESS
THEY MADE THIS PROCLAMATION HAPPEN:



WHEREAS, Gist Street Reading Series, Open Thread and isReads have teamed up to form a local edition of isReads, The Journal Outdoors, and
WHEREAS, the isReads, The Journal Outdoors program has already been successfully held in Nashville and Baltimore, and
WHEREAS, the mission of The Journal Outdoors is to place poetry and fiction where people would not expect it: at bus stops, in grocery carts, under rocks and in doorways, and
. . . [it goes on]
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby declares July 21, 2009, "Journal Outdoors Day" in the City of Pittsburgh.



Can I like use this to get into college or something?

Posting Is Reads v5 cont.