Author: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Two very good friends of mine have recently had books published, one non-fiction and one fiction, and I highly recommend that you pick them up.  You can get both of them on Amazon (use the links below) or at most decent bookstores. Words in Your Face: A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slamby Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz I actually appear prominently in Words In Your Face (Chapter 18), at the center of one of the two key controversies that led to the expansion of the poetry slam beyond the confines of the Nuyorican Poets Café,…

What's your musical horoscope?  (Put your player on shuffle and write down the first 10 songs that come up.)  Creative Zen 4GB A Little of Your Time - Maroon 5 No One - Alicia Keys Beautiful - Christina Aguilera This Ain't a Scene, It's An Arms Race - Fall Out Boy Strobelite Honey - Black Sheep Say Goodbye - Dave Matthews Band Over You - Daughtry Crooked Ass N**** - 2Pac The Choice is Yours - Black Sheep Youth of the Nation - P.O.D. Gonna be a rough day, it seems! Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Shooting War Anthony Lappe Shooting War posits a world gone mad in the wake of Dubya’s ill-conceived war on terror, delivering some unexpected LOL moments without straying too far from a very serious underlying message. Check out my full review on PopCultureShock. Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Back-to-School 2007 Isaac and India both had their parent-teacher conferences this week, but because I stayed home with them Tuesday and Wednesday as they were sick, Salomé had to attend both meetings solo in the evening.  While I've met both of their primary teachers, she'd only spoken with them over the phone and via email, so it worked out okay, especially since she has the insider's take on what questions to ask beyond "how are they doing?" Both reports were good, with Isaac's teacher raving over his writing, in particular, while India, after some early difficulties, has adapted very well to her new setting. When it comes…

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It's Spindle's penultimate update before the official launch in January and it's the most eclectic mix of poetry, fiction, non-fiction and photography yet, including the debut of our first column, Mahogany Browne's Coffee & Brooklyn (C&B), and the latest Notable New Yorker interview, Ivan Brandon: Crime Comics Czar. Log on now to check out new poetry, fiction and photos from Patricia Smith, Steven Allan, Michael Cirelli, Kevin Coval, Steven M. Johnson, Adam Kazmierski, Lisa Marie Kelleher, Peggy Landsman and Marie-Elizabeth Mali. Also, sign up for one (or more) of our free enewsletters to receive email udpates from your favorite sections whenever…