DogPunk & Psychedelic Stinky Cat: Kyle Hemmings' Blog

OF Zoos

2013-05-21T06:22:00.001-07:00

I have a mini-collection of 6 poems accompanying some photos and artwork titled When We Were Young. Check out the rest of the contributors. Some truly amazing work. http://www.ofzoos.tk/2.1=kylehemmingsa.html

New Chapbook of micros up at Scars

2013-05-09T04:58:00.003-07:00

I Was Charles Bronson's Secret Hostage. A collection of micros. http://scars.tv/pdf/2013/20120507I-Was-Charles-Bronsons-Secret-Hostage-by-Kyle-Hemmings.pdf

Four Poems up at Subterranean Quarterly

2013-04-03T19:12:00.000-07:00

Some poems that started in a Zoetrope poetry office http://stquarterly.com/current-issue-spring-2013.

Some stuff up at Zombie Logic Review

2013-03-21T17:43:00.001-07:00

My kind of zine. <a href = "http://zombielogicreview.blogspot.com/2013/03/poems-about-charles-bronson-and-clint.html">Clicky</a>

Lindenwood Review

2013-03-12T14:39:00.001-07:00

Lindenwood Review accepted a poem of mine, "Queen Marie." Very happy.

Proposed Book Cover for New Chapbook

2013-02-27T11:21:00.002-08:00

My proposed book cover for my new chapbook from Brass Tack Press--In the Junkyards.

Postcards-Prose and Poetry

2013-02-07T15:41:00.001-08:00

Have a pic and a poem up at Postcards-Prose and Poetry. Some excellent work there. http://postcardpoemsandprose.wordpress.com/2013/01/30/princess-liparty-animals-by-kyle-hemmings/

City of Kats--ready for sale

2013-02-03T13:38:00.002-08:00

My collection of both old and new hybrid poems/prose is now available from Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing as kindle, nook, or pdf. Don't deprive yourself. Grab a kitty! This is a city that doesn't sleep. It purrs from the outskirts of your inner life and pukes warm milk. Your back alley or mine. Also available on Amazon. http://perpetualpublishing.com/city-of-kats/

New Poem accepted in Irish Pub

2013-01-17T13:04:00.001-08:00

My tiny poem "I Am a Windshield Wiper," was accepted by The Moth, a new print Irish publication.

Attended the 52/250 reading last night at the KGB bar

2012-12-17T22:03:00.001-08:00

There was a great turnout there, and love the ambiance of the room adorned with Russian paintings, pictures, etc. I met the lovely Cynthia Litz, a great writer and member of Zoetrope, and saw some regulars there, such as the flash gurus Robert Vaughn and Susan Tepper. I read two of my Cat People pieces. Hosted by Michelle Elvy. I spent the rest of the night like a black cat stalking the streets of Manhattan that I've come to love, and dancing until 4:00 a.m. (Yes, Martha, even at this age), then, drifting towards home in the wee hours of the morning . Reminded me of earlier times. Should be some interesting videos of the night's readings. A great collection of artists from all over the world, some really amazing writers.

My new collection of prose & poetry has been published

2012-12-06T13:38:00.000-08:00

My new collection of prose & poetry titled Void & Sky has been published by Outskirts Press in both paperback and as an ebook. Please buy it because you should. http://outskirtspress.com/void_and_sky/

In Those Days We....

2012-12-03T22:26:00.001-08:00

IN THOSE DAYS WE is a collection edited by Jennifer L. Tomaloff that looks at our past, and forges new lives from old photographs. Featuring written works by some of the best writers this side of the web: Len Kuntz, Robert Kloss, Norman Lock, Molly Gaudry, J. A. Tyler, Kathryn Rantala, Ben Tanzer, Ryan W. Bradley, Andrew Borgstrom, Meg Tuite, Parker Tettleton, Marcus Speh, Chad Redden, Robert Vaughan, J. Bradley, and David Tomaloff

And moi.

Incredibly delicious photos of a bygone era that never truly went away.

http://issuu.com/bendinglightintoverse/docs/inthosedaywe/1

Meg Tuite Interviews Me at Connotation Press

2012-12-01T16:03:00.001-08:00

Meg Tuite interviws me at Connotation Press, Dec. issue. A great zine and check out these other writers/artists.

Two pieces up at The Prose-Poem Project

2012-11-25T19:07:00.000-08:00

A great issue for the fall, with many amazing writers. I love this zine! Check it out!

Iggy Pop. An Amazing Career.

2012-11-08T03:47:00.000-08:00

I have to admit. I've been a life long Iggy Pop fan. I remember the first time I heard The Stooges on WFMU when I was a kid. Their first album had just come out. I thought at first it was a raw, more primitive version of The Rolling Stones. And I always loved Ron Asheton's guitar work. Thought it fitted perfecty the style of music The Stooges were making.

Their first three albums didn't sell very well. I remember having all three, including what many consider to be their proto-punk masterpiece--Raw Power, where James Williamson took over lead guitar. I remember watching Iggy on TV circa 1970, jumping before a crowd and smearing his chest with peanut butter. Behind him, The Stooges played "TV Eye." Wow. How time flies. Was it that long ago?

And there was the now legendary confrontations between The Stooges and the Motorcycle gang members in an audience in the Michegan Thearter, in Detroit, around 1974, shortly before The Stooges broke up. On the live album, "Metallic K.O." you supposedly can hear beer bottles being thrown on stage, whizzing and bouncing off of guitar strings. And then, Iggy challening, taunting members of the motorcycle gang, warning them to stop heckling the band (he's only around 5'7"), or he's going to jump offstage and kick their ass. They dared him. Iggy got beaten up pretty bad. The gang members told him that if he ever plays there again, they would kill him. After getting out of the emergency room, Iggy and The Stooges played there the next night.

Eunoia Review...

2012-11-08T01:27:00.003-08:00

has accepted a short story of mine--Giddy for Life, due for publication next year. After so many rejections, it feels good to get published.

Visceral Uterus

2012-11-06T21:37:00.001-08:00

...has accepted my poem "Mark Down." My kind of zine, dark & edgy.

Fat City Review

2012-11-06T09:11:00.001-08:00

Got a prose poetry piece up at Fat City Review, "Walk with Me." Some excellent art work, as well as beautiful writing.

The Prose-Poem Project

2012-11-06T08:57:00.002-08:00

The Prose-Poem Project has accepted some poems of mine for their next issue. Since prose poetry is a big part of what I do, this makes me happy.

Up at Misfits Miscellany

2012-10-23T03:20:00.001-07:00

Up at Misfits Miscellany with a new poem, Invisible Monkeys #16. Check it out, some familiar names, in great company here. http://misfitsmiscellany.wordpress.com/poets-page/

My collection of both old and new work--City of Kats

2012-10-07T04:53:00.003-07:00

Perpetual Motion Machine Press has agreed to publish my collection of new and old prose and poetry pieces called City of Kats. Some of the pieces have appeared in Cat People, but the collection includes new stuff and pieces that were never included in the Cat People chapbook. Should be out by early next year (2013). http://perpetualpublishing.com/authors/kyle-hemmings/

Acceptance by Mikrokosmos Journal

2012-09-27T12:12:00.002-07:00

Mikrokosmos Journal accepted a poem of mine titled "Tina Fey Lives Two Doors Down." It is affiliated with Witchata State University, and is a print publication.

Nominated for Best of Net

2012-09-22T19:45:00.000-07:00

The editor of Rose Red Review has nominated two of my Manga Girl Pieces for Best of the Net. And Drunken Monkeys has nominated one of my City of Love poems. That really makes my day. Will they win? Do they have a chance? I don't care. Being nominated is an award in itself.

Me reading some Manga Girl Pieces in East Village

2012-09-21T18:50:00.001-07:00

I was invited by the new lit zine, Newer York, to read some pieces, along with other contributors. They really put on a great show, lots of performance art and a cool mime. It was held in a backroom of the Vig Bar in the East Village. My friend was there in attendence to lend support. Thank you, Lester! A true gentleman and scholar. Lots of talent in that room. Outside the streets were buzzing with so many people, many, I'm sure, who were there to catch the San Genero Festival. Later on, I got buzzed. Very buzzed.

Since my blog got hacked into

2012-09-12T13:04:00.002-07:00

and I lost some of my saved stories on the pages--I will be posting work on the home page of this blog.