WHO DOES THIS “GUY” THINK HE IS?

The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn’t require any.

–Russell Baker

Guy LeCharles Gonzalez is an old/new media pragmatist; (still a) publishing optimist, and a library advocate.

Professionally, he is the Director, Content & Digital Product Development for Media Source / Library Journals, LLC, and the former Director of Programming & Business Development for Digital Book World. He’s a published poet and journalist, former National Poetry Slam champion, and recently self-published an echapbook of poetry entitled Handmade Memories.

Personally, he’s a father, husband, poet, writer, reader, long-suffering NY Mets and Jets fan, and prefers Pumpkin, Barley Wine and India Pale Ales, Dona Paula Shiraz Malbec, and Four Roses and Buffalo Trace bourbons. The combination is wonderfully complicated and quite simple, really.

He can be rather outspoken at times and does not suffer fools gladly, so nothing on this site is meant to be representative of his employers — past, present or future.

You can also find him on Google+, Twitter, LinkedIn, Goodreads, Untappd, and, occasionally, in Botanica Bar, among other places, online and in real life. (Facebook is primarily for real-life family and friends, so don’t be offended if your friend request is ignored.)

NOTE: “Guy” is pronounced like “guillotine”, not “guidance”.

HOW DO I CONTACT THIS GUY?

• Email: glecharles [at] loudpoet [dot] com
• Google+: +Guy Gonzalez
• Twitter: @glecharles
• LinkedIn: guylgonzalez

WHAT’S THIS “LOUDPOET” NONSENSE?

loudpoet.com is Command Central for everything and anything that catches Guy’s fancy, currently an enthusiasm for Old and New Media with a publishing and marketing slant, and the occasional dash of poetry and pop culture.

Guy LeCharles Gonzalez has been variously known as:

• Host, Nuyorican Poets Café’s Open Room (1997-1998)
• Circulation Assistant and Fullfillment Manager, Poets & Writers (1997-1998)
• Membership Manager, The Academy of American Poets (1998-1999)
• Founder, curator and host of a little bit louder (1998-2001)
• Member of Nuyorican Poets Café’s National Poetry Slam Championship Team (1998)
• Co-author of Burning Down the House (Soft Skull Press, 2000)
• Board Member (Voting), Executive Council, Poetry Slam, Inc. (2001)
• Publisher of Comic Book Commentary (2004-2007)
• Contributing Editor for PopCultureShock.com (2005-2007)
• Advertising Sales Director, Writer’s Digest (2007-2008)
• Founder, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Spindle Magazine (2007-2009)
• Director of Programming & Business Development, Digital Book World (2009-2011)
• Director, Content & Digital Product Development, Media Source / Library Journals, LLC. (Present)

Catch the underlying theme? Also of note…

• Native New Yorker (1969 – 1980; 1997-1998; 2003-2008)
• Army Veteran: SPC, 63B1P - 2/5th SFG(A), Ft. Campbell, KY (1991-1993)
• Marketing Manager, Primedia (2001)
• Marketing Manager, SourceMedia (2004-2007)
• Publisher & Editorial Director, Horticulture (2008-2009)

FAVORITE QUOTES

“Be the change you want to see in the world.” –Mahatma Gandhi

“If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.” — Emile Zola

“Do, or do not. There is no ‘try.’” –Jedi Master Yoda