GTAV and the Communist Manifesto (and Derek)

I found the Communist Manifesto on the list of free ebooks available on Kindle, so naturally I downloaded it, and read it on my smart phone. I’ve read it before, and each time I’m struck by how right on the predictions of captitalism’s demise is, and by the naivete of the solutions offered. Maybe naivete … Read more

2 Tons of Gravel

Sounds intimidating, no? 2 tons, that must be a lot of gravel, #2 crushed, for those scoring at home. It will be dumped in my driveway on Weds, to fill holes in my driveway. It’s not that much, really, enough for about 20 feet of rut… I’m so excited. Summer is withering into Fall, time … Read more

Almost——>

Soon I will get back to blogging, I promise myself. Finished some projects, had a great party, now, time to get back to these goddamn cds and so forth, In the meantime, a great article by Chris Hedges: http://www.bostonreview.net/us/war-betrayal-chris-hedges?

Some Poems

By me–this journal has an interesting idea, everyone who submits then votes on other submissions, 3 rounds of voting, and the top however many get in the journal. It’s certainly a different approach than the editor or editorial board as guardian of taste… http://www.sixfold.org/PoSum13/Pietrzykowski.html

Pretty pretty

“An aesthetic response to forms is essential to the attainment of an authentic subjectivity and a creative self-illuminating awareness that is immersed in nature beyond the vacillations of personal emotion” –Heine   The judgment of a thing as beautiful is typically predicated on comparison, that the characteristics of the beautiful thing are superior to another, … Read more

Moving

Hey hey, new(ish) book of poetry by me available! No Tribe, No Tribute poems by Marc Pietrzykowski Print: $13. 82 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1479212637 ISBN-10: 1479212636 I am about to start moving this blog, the Pski’s Porch site, and also my music sites to Rebelmouse, in order to spend less time dodging spam and phishing posts. … Read more

New Book And Readings

I will be reading from my new book, and will have copies for sale, here: April 25th – Niagara Falls Culinary Institute, 28 Old Falls Street, Niagara Falls, NY. May 9 – Talking Leaves Books, 3158 Main Street, Buffalo, NY. Wahoo! No Tribe, No Tribute poems by Marc Pietrzykowski Print: $13. 82 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1479212637 … Read more

Coevolutionary Fitness

I just started reading Not By Genes Alone, a book about gene–culture coevolution, the idea that human behavior is based on the interaction of biology and culture, that culture affects the evolution of our biological states, of our genes, and not just the other way around. It’s a way of thinking around the nature/nurture debate, … Read more

After the Fall

If No Moon is a book of poems by Moira Linehan, published as part of the Crab Orchard Review series in 2006. I read one of her poems online, I can’t remember where, and liked it enough to seek out more, and then to buy the book. I’ve read it through a few times now, … Read more

New Book

Oh such a lax blogger I’ve been. And shall continue to be for a few days, stopping now only to advertise a new book I’ve done with an artist friend. Instead of doing the usual reading tour, I’m going to try and upload some videos of images from the book and myself reading them (unless … Read more