| ABOUT— |
WORMS occurs
once a month at the ZODIAC in Baltimore [1726 N Charles
Street].
If you are interested in reading at a future WORMS
or would like to suggest someone, please
send a message to—
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'I have said to
corruption,
Thou art
my father: to the worm, Thou are my mother, and my sister.' |
| Job. |
'But I am a worm,
and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.' |
| Psalm
XXII. |
'And immediately
the angel of the LORD smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and
he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.' |
| Acts. |
'where the
faculties of the skull no longer admit the worms of the senses' |
| Allen
Ginsberg's Howl. |
'& see the
slow worm
of fascism
pop out
Reagan headed
from a cancerous
nose' |
| Amiri
Baraka's The Pause of Joe. |
'I wish you all
joy of the worm.' |
| Antony
and Cleopatra. |
'The worms were
hallow'd that did breed the silk;/ And it was dy'd in mummy which the
skillful/ Conserv'd of maiden's hearts.'
|
| Othello. |
'A man may fish
with the worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of the fish that hath
fed of that worm.'
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| Hamlet. |
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| UPCOMING— |
| 7
M A Y
2010 |
ERIC PAUL is a writer and musician living in Providence, RI. He is the
lead singer and lyricist for the bands Arab On Radar + Chinese Stars.
He has released 3 books on Heartworm Press: I Offered Myself
As The
Sea, Love In The Monkey Cage, and Pussy
Pow Wow. Eric never forgets to
brush his teeth and comb his hair but always seems to forget to take
his medication.
BLASTER AL ACKERMAN is a Baltimore legend and sociable recluse. Genius
hitmaker.
R.M. O'BRIEN was born in Oswego, New York in 1983. He was awarded a BA
in Liberal Studies from Purchase College only after he agreed to pay
$50 to be registered in a "dummy" class. If he is known at all, it is
probably as the principal songwriter and singer for Nuclear Power
Pants. To date, O'Brien has self-published a small handful of poetic
tracts which he leaves around wherever, and he curates the monthly
reading series WORMS in Baltimore, Maryland, where he lives with a man,
a woman, and a dog.
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