Paul Corman-Roberts. Courtesy Twitter.
Paul Corman-Roberts (born 25 September 1967) is an American poet, prose author, editor, and activist.
Life[]
Corman-Roberts was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Eureka, California.[1]
He earned an M.A.-M.F.A. degree in poetics from New College of California's Graduate Poetics Program.[2]
He has worked most of his life as a labor union activist (ILWU, CWA,SEIU) an arts activist (he was a co-founder of the Wasteland Comedy Troupe in Las Vegas NV) and even for a few years as a member of the United States Air Force (in the 820th RED HORSE.)[3]
He is the author of several poetry and flash fiction collections, and was the poetry editor for Cherry Bleeds, an online literary magazine.[3]
His work has appeared in the Bay Area Poets Anthology, Canopic Jar, Cherry Bleeds, Ellipsis, Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal, Muse Apprentice Guild, New Review, Omega: Online literary journal, Poetry Super Highway, Prosodia, SoMa Literary Review, Taj Mahal Review, Tea Party Magazine, The November 3rd Club, and Zygote in My Coffee.[1]
In 2010 he agreed to pen a monthly column, "Dispatches from Atlantis," for Red Fez, where he also serves as a fiction editor. He is also an editor for Full of Crow Press.[3]
He currently lives in Alameda, California, having lived in Oakland, California previously.[1]
Recognition[]
In October 2010, "Call Me Mister" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.[3]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Coming World / Gone World: Poems in the dialectic of abomunism, 1993-2006.. Berthoud, CO: Howling Dog Press, 2006.
- Obituaries Found On the Backs of Cocktail Napkins, Zygote in my Coffee, 2007.[3]
- Necom(Muter) Tainted Coffee Press, 2009.[3]
- 19th Street Station (chapbook). Full of Crow Press, 2011.
- Notes from an Orgy. Paper Press, 2014.[2]
- We Shoot Typewriters. Oakland, CA: Nomadic Press, 2015.
Paul Corman-Roberts Reads "The Abomunauts Are Coming"
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[4]
See also[]
References[]
=Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Paul Corman-Roberts, Poets & Writers. Web, Mar. 26, 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Poetry at La Val's, Theatre Lunatico. Wordpress, Web, Mar. 26 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Paul Corman-Roberts, Literary Underground Wiki. Web, Mar. 26, 2019.
- ↑ Search results = au:Paul Corman-Roberts, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Mar. 26, 2019.
External links[]
- Poems
- "The Crux" at Eye on Mars (12/14/08)
- "Ninth Day", Zygote in my Coffee (10/06)
- Prose
- "Double Lanes", 42opus (3/2/03)
- "And They Were Ashamed" at X-R-A-Y
- Toxic Vaudeville reviewed by Vampyre Mike Kassel
- Books
- Paul Corman-Roberts at Amazon.com
- About
- Interview with Paul Corman-Roberts, Drinks with Tony
- Red Fez Radio #9 with special guest Paul Corman-Roberts, Red Fez Publications
- "(Neocom)muter",Paul Corman-Roberts reviewed at Crow Reviews, Full of Crow (May 2009)
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