WELCOME TO POETRY LP LIVE! On May 21st San Diego's badass independent publisher, Puna Press, hosted an insanely awesome beautiful rowdy poetic musical cool fun loud quiet eclectic event entitled Poetry LP. It was held out one of Puna's personal favorite spots: The Whistle Stop Bar in South Park, San Diego. The event served as a release party for the new poetry books by Anna Zappoli and Adam Greenfield. It was also the first time in a long time that all of Puna's writers were together in one place and each of them did a special reading, along with several other wildly talented San Diego poets and a musical performance by the groovy Dani Bell & the Tarantist. Hosted by Puna's own Ted Washington, Poetry LP was more than just an excuse (though we did indeed party hard), it was an occasion which brought together a real family of artists and writers to share one another's company, work...and a beer (or five). This Say Something, Anything special is a series of the captured recordings by Puna Press's writers from Poetry LP. So power through them all or listen to each one at your leisure, but either way join the drunken love-fest, as Ted says in his intro: "We're having the party now." 

More on Ted Washington and the purchase of his books and art can be found at: http://punapress.com/contributors/ted-washington/

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WELCOME TO POETRY LP LIVE! On May 21st San Diego's badass independent publisher, Puna Press, hosted an insanely awesome beautiful rowdy poetic musical cool fun loud quiet eclectic event entitled Poetry LP. It was held out one of Puna's personal favorite spots: The Whistle Stop Bar in South Park, San Diego. The event served as a release party for the new poetry books by Anna Zappoli and Adam Greenfield. It was also the first time in a long time that all of Puna's writers were together in one place and each of them did a special reading, along with several other wildly talented San Diego poets and a musical performance by the groovy Dani Bell & the Tarantist. Hosted by Puna's own Ted Washington, Poetry LP was more than just an excuse (though we did indeed party hard), it was an occasion which brought together a real family of artists and writers to share one another's company, work...and a beer (or five). This Say Something, Anything special is a series of the captured recordings by Puna Press's writers from Poetry LP. So power through them all or listen to each one at your leisure, but either way join the drunken love-fest, as Ted says in his intro: "We're having the party now." 

More on Ed Decker and the purchase of his book, Barzilla, can be found at: http://punapress.com/contributors/edwin-decker/ 

Puna Press Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Puna-Press-63149058362/

Say Something, Anything Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saysomethinganything

WELCOME TO POETRY LP LIVE! On May 21st San Diego's badass independent publisher, Puna Press, hosted an insanely awesome beautiful rowdy poetic musical cool fun loud quiet eclectic event entitled Poetry LP. It was held out one of Puna's personal favorite spots: The Whistle Stop Bar in South Park, San Diego. The event served as a release party for the new poetry books by Anna Zappoli and Adam Greenfield. It was also the first time in a long time that all of Puna's writers were together in one place and each of them did a special reading, along with several other wildly talented San Diego poets and a musical performance by the groovy Dani Bell & the Tarantist. Hosted by Puna's own Ted Washington, Poetry LP was more than just an excuse (though we did indeed party hard), it was an occasion which brought together a real family of artists and writers to share one another's company, work...and a beer (or five). This Say Something, Anything special is a series of the captured recordings by Puna Press's writers from Poetry LP. So power through them all or listen to each one at your leisure, but either way join the drunken love-fest, as Ted says in his intro: "We're having the party now." 

More on Ola Hadi and the purchase of her book,The Moon & Metaphor, can be found at: http://punapress.com/contributors/ola-hadi/ 

Puna Press Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Puna-Press-63149058362/

Say Something, Anything Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saysomethinganything

WELCOME TO POETRY LP LIVE! On May 21st San Diego's badass independent publisher, Puna Press, hosted an insanely awesome beautiful rowdy poetic musical cool fun loud quiet eclectic event entitled Poetry LP. It was held out one of Puna's personal favorite spots: The Whistle Stop Bar in South Park, San Diego. The event served as a release party for the new poetry books by Anna Zappoli and Adam Greenfield. It was also the first time in a long time that all of Puna's writers were together in one place and each of them did a special reading, along with several other wildly talented San Diego poets and a musical performance by the groovy Dani Bell & the Tarantist. Hosted by Puna's own Ted Washington, Poetry LP was more than just an excuse (though we did indeed party hard), it was an occasion which brought together a real family of artists and writers to share one another's company, work...and a beer (or five). This Say Something, Anything special is a series of the captured recordings by Puna Press's writers from Poetry LP. So power through them all or listen to each one at your leisure, but either way join the drunken love-fest, as Ted says in his intro: "We're having the party now." 

More on Michael Klam and the purchase of his book, Emma and the Buddah Frog, can be found at: http://punapress.com/contributors/michael-klam/

Puna Press Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Puna-Press-63149058362/

Say Something, Anything Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saysomethinganything

WELCOME TO POETRY LP LIVE! On May 21st San Diego's badass independent publisher, Puna Press, hosted an insanely awesome beautiful rowdy poetic musical cool fun loud quiet eclectic event entitled Poetry LP. It was held out one of Puna's personal favorite spots: The Whistle Stop Bar in South Park, San Diego. The event served as a release party for the new poetry books by Anna Zappoli and Adam Greenfield. It was also the first time in a long time that all of Puna's writers were together in one place and each of them did a special reading, along with several other wildly talented San Diego poets and a musical performance by the groovy Dani Bell & the Tarantist. Hosted by Puna's own Ted Washington, Poetry LP was more than just an excuse (though we did indeed party hard), it was an occasion which brought together a real family of artists and writers to share one another's company, work...and a beer (or five). This Say Something, Anything special is a series of the captured recordings by Puna Press's writers from Poetry LP. So power through them all or listen to each one at your leisure, but either way join the drunken love-fest, as Ted says in his intro: "We're having the party now." 

During the Poetry LP event Ted announced Kara Goldfarb's (Puna's editor and podcast host) departure to New York, though she still does work for the press remotely. Along with the announcement, kind words and the promise of a final martini. For Kara's bio: http://punapress.com/contributors/kara-goldfarb/ 

Puna Press Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Puna-Press-63149058362/

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WELCOME TO POETRY LP LIVE! On May 21st San Diego's badass independent publisher, Puna Press, hosted an insanely awesome beautiful rowdy poetic musical cool fun loud quiet eclectic event entitled Poetry LP. It was held out one of Puna's personal favorite spots: The Whistle Stop Bar in South Park, San Diego. The event served as a release party for the new poetry books by Anna Zappoli and Adam Greenfield. It was also the first time in a long time that all of Puna's writers were together in one place and each of them did a special reading, along with several other wildly talented San Diego poets and a musical performance by the groovy Dani Bell & the Tarantist. Hosted by Puna's own Ted Washington, Poetry LP was more than just an excuse (though we did indeed party hard), it was an occasion which brought together a real family of artists and writers to share one another's company, work...and a beer (or five). This Say Something, Anything special is a series of the captured recordings by Puna Press's writers from Poetry LP. So power through them all or listen to each one at your leisure, but either way join the drunken love-fest, as Ted says in his intro: "We're having the party now." 

More on Anna Zappoli and the purchase of her book, From Somewhere Else, can be found at: http://punapress.com/contributors/anna-zappoli/ 

Puna Press Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Puna-Press-63149058362/

Say Something, Anything Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saysomethinganything

WELCOME TO POETRY LP LIVE! On May 21st San Diego's badass independent publisher, Puna Press, hosted an insanely awesome beautiful rowdy poetic musical cool fun loud quiet eclectic event entitled Poetry LP. It was held out one of Puna's personal favorite spots: The Whistle Stop Bar in South Park, San Diego. The event served as a release party for the new poetry books by Anna Zappoli and Adam Greenfield. It was also the first time in a long time that all of Puna's writers were together in one place and each of them did a special reading, along with several other wildly talented San Diego poets and a musical performance by the groovy Dani Bell & the Tarantist. Hosted by Puna's own Ted Washington, Poetry LP was more than just an excuse (though we did indeed party hard), it was an occasion which brought together a real family of artists and writers to share one another's company, work...and a beer (or five). This Say Something, Anything special is a series of the captured recordings by Puna Press's writers from Poetry LP. So power through them all or listen to each one at your leisure, but either way join the drunken love-fest, as Ted says in his intro: "We're having the party now." 

More on Adam Greenfield and the purchase of his book, Regarding the Money, can be found at: http://punapress.com/contributors/adam-greenfield/ 

Puna Press Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Puna-Press-63149058362/

Say Something, Anything Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saysomethinganything

WELCOME TO POETRY LP LIVE! On May 21st San Diego's badass independent publisher, Puna Press, hosted an insanely awesome beautiful rowdy poetic musical cool fun loud quiet eclectic event entitled Poetry LP. It was held out one of Puna's personal favorite spots: The Whistle Stop Bar in South Park, San Diego. The event served as a release party for the new poetry books by Anna Zappoli and Adam Greenfield. It was also the first time in a long time that all of Puna's writers were together in one place and each of them did a special reading, along with several other wildly talented San Diego poets and a musical performance by the groovy Dani Bell & the Tarantist. Hosted by Puna's own Ted Washington, Poetry LP was more than just an excuse (though we did indeed party hard), it was an occasion which brought together a real family of artists and writers to share one another's company, work...and a beer (or five). This Say Something, Anything special is a series of the captured recordings by Puna Press's writers from Poetry LP. So power through them all or listen to each one at your leisure, but either way join the drunken love-fest, as Ted says in his intro: "We're having the party now." 

Like a particular poet (or multiple) from the Poetry LP series? All their books are available at: http://punapress.com/product-category/books/

Puna Press Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Puna-Press-63149058362/

Say Something, Anything Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saysomethinganything

Chad Deal won an award from MENSA for his short story on nearly losing his genitals at Burning Man. And that’s not even the most interesting thing covered during this episode’s interview. He also won a blog contest by the San Diego Reader, which got him out of the pizza joint he was working at and landed him in Tijuana. In an ongoing project he calls Tortilla Rituals, Chad chronicles his own personal experiences with the people and places he encounters in the mysterious city he now resides in. He maintains a freelance writing career as well, but expressively discusses the coolness of creative nonfiction and the ways in which journalism can still be lyrical and story-like. Even his poetry is genre bending, with a rambly, Jack Kerouac-esque, prose style. Also discussed: The blog that kept him connected to the world during some worldly travels, a switch from studying mushrooms to studying creative writing, and what bar Spanish in Mexico consists of. Check out some of his writing here: http://palmtreeandmoon.tumblr.com/ and here: http://blogabond.com/chaddeal and his writing for the Reader here: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/staff/chad-deal/. Chad also plays in bands. The song used in the opening and closing of the episode is called Heirloom by his band gravyyard: http://gravyyard.bandcamp.com/.

In this podcast episode with Adam Greenfield we get personal, which is fitting because his latest (and FIRST) book, Regarding the Monkey, is a collection of very personal and autobiographical poems. It’s a book edited and published by yours truly, Puna Press, so you know it’s void of any bullshit. And that is kind of Adam’s whole philosophy anyway. As he says in the episode, “you kind of reach a point in your life where you’re just like, fuck it.” Even though the therapeutical process of writing out an emotional story can be tough, Adam says that finding the actual words to describe how he’s feeling is easy. We also somehow get into conversation on the importance of wearing clean underwear everyday and how acceptable is it to be found naked in the middle of the street post earthquake or tornado. But it all relates (we swear!) back to the idea of writing without caution or fear that somebody is going to find it. The idea that you have to “just say it.” Which also ties nicely back to the title of this podcast. So it all wraps up in a weird angsty bow, placed on top of gift that is telling you life is short (really, it’s backed up by astrophysics) so seriously, go do something. You DO have a choice.

Adam’s book, Regarding the Monkey, is for purchase at punapress.com. His own podcast, Gutter Talk, which consists of incredible interviews with all different professionals in the comic book world, can be found at: http://www.makingcomics.com/guttertalk/ and he’s on twitter @SDGreeny