VERY VERY VERY VERY

So, you might have heard that on Wednesday the tenth of February we hosted a night of music, art & literature at Holocene. You might have heard correctly. VERY NICE NIGHT was very nice indeed, and included the premier of Zachary Schomburg's debut collection of film-poems entitled LITTLE BLIND THING. The night was a reading/ installation/ party/ concert and we at PC enjoyed it oh so very much. We hope you enjoyed it, too.

The photos above are courtesy of Mr. Schomburg, who besides being a stellar poet is something of a whiz behind both a still and moving-picture camera.

Attention! We are still accepting submissions for the forthcoming third issue of POOR CLAUDIA. Please send electronic copies of your poetry, prose, essays, or art to editors@poorclaudia.com!

FILMS + POEMS

Poor Claudia is delighted to announce the release of Zachary Schomburg's LITTLE BLIND THING, a collection of twelve film-poems on DVD. Those of you who are interested in catching a sneak peek of Zach's new work should plan to stop by Holocene this Wednesday for PC's VERY NICE NIGHT, an evening of all things nice (re: books, films, art, music, dancing, drinking, conversation, &c). Not only will a few of the films from LITTLE BLIND THING be on display throughout the evening, but Zach will take the stage to read some new work. And, of course, we will be selling LBT for a very reasonable sum of ten American dollars. If you absolutely cannot wait, or if you cannot make it to Oregon by Wednesday, then you can pick up your copy of LITTLE BLIND THING on our interweb site.

See you there!

IDOL IDYLL #2: JOAN DIDION

Joan Didion is our perfect writer. Brash, brave, reckless, an itinerant intellectual who took her writing seriously enough to call it a "craft". No drinks during the drafting but a tall scotch before revision. Forget Tom Wolfe, Didion was the greatest American essayist of the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Here is a short video of JD accepting the NBF's lifetime achievement award in 2007.

Absolutely essential reading:
SLOUCHING TOWARDS BETHLEHEM
THE WHITE ALBUM
PLAY IT AS IT LAYS
A BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
POLITICAL FICTIONS
WHERE I WAS FROM
THE LAS THING HE WANTED
or save yourself some dollars by buying WE TELL OURSELVES STORIES IN ORDER TO LIVE, seven volumes of JD's nonfiction as collected by the Everyman's Library

IN MEMORIAM

The original PC studio is no more! Many have clamored for proof of its existence and now that the premises have been razed we finally feel comfortable sharing the evidence.

RIP, good lady!