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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
loudpoet.com is Command Central for Guy LeCharles Gonzalez, variously known as:
- Host, Nuyorican Poets Café’s Open Room (1997-1998)
- 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)
- Founder, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Spindle Magazine (2007-present)
Also…
- Army Veteran: SPC, 63B1P - 2/5th SFG(A), Ft. Campbell, KY (1991-1993)
- Circulation Assistant and Fullfillment Manager, Poets & Writers (1997-1998)
- Membership Manager, The Academy of American Poets (1998-1999)
- Advertising Sales Director, Writer’s Digest (2008-present)
And…
- Native New Yorker (1969-present)
- Malcontent (1986-present)
- Aspiring novelist and screenwriter (1991-present)
Contact: glecharles [at] loudpoet [dot] com
