A YEAR OF BOOKS [2022]

Happy New Year! I hope that 2023 brings each of you good health, security and stability, love, productivity, and pure … More

First Cut: Interview with Scott Cumming

The tenth book in the First Cut Poetry series, A Chapbook About Nothing by Scott Cumming, was released one year … More

First Cut: Interview with Steve Lambert

The ninth book in the First Cut Poetry series, The Shamble by Steve Lambert, was released one year ago. To … More

On Re-Reading My Own Book

Yesterday, I re-read my debut poetry collection, History of Present Complaint, for the first time since its release in February … More

First Cut: Interview with Gabriel Hart

The 12th book in the First Cut Poetry series, Hymns from the Whipping Post by the multi-talented Gabriel Hart, was … More

First Cut: Interview with Dan Sherven

The celebrate the release of the 11th book in the First Cut Poetry series, Live to the Point of Tears … More

A YEAR OF BOOKS [2021]

As with last year, I kept a list of every book I read (for pleasure, not work) throughout 2021. In … More

First Cut: Interview with Stephen J. Golds

The first book in the First Cut Poetry series, Poems for Ghosts in Empty Tenement Windows I Thought I Saw … More

Review: First Cut #7 – Christopher

Book: Abandoned Accounts: Poems 2020-2021 Author: Roy Christopher Publisher: Close To The Bone (July 2021) Book #7 in the First Cut series Buy here: ebook / paperback * Roy … More

‘AN INTERVIEW WITH POET SUPERSTAR HLR BY STEPHEN J. GOLDS’

https://punknoirmagazine.com/2021/07/24/an-interview-with-poet-superstar-hlr-by-stephen-j-golds-2/ This time last year, I was trying to talk the editor of an Indie Crime Press into letting me … More