being alive in 1995

a chronicle in poems, prose, and dirty pictures

Compiled by Don Shewey 



ADVICE TO YOUNG ARTISTS    AGING    AIR CONDITIONING    ANGELS    ANGER    ARTIST AS CURATOR    
THE BAPTISM OF SOLITUDE    BREATHE    CHAST    CHEER UP    CRAZY    CRITICISM    DEPRESSION    DESIRE    
DHARMA BITCH    ESSENTIALS    FAILURE    FAITH 
FAMILIES WHO DON'T GET IT    FLYING    FUN    GENERATIONS    GOD'S PANTS    HATE    HIGH
HURT    IDEAS    IDENTITY    IMAGES OF INITIATION    INSTINCT    JERSEY GIRLS    KIDS 
LANGUAGE OF THE OTHER WORLD    LOVE    
MARRIAGE    MEDITATION    
MICHAEL VENTURA'S SOLUTIONS TO EVERYTHING    MISERY MISTAKES    MULTICULTURALISM    THE MYSTERY    
THE MYTH OF THE FAMILY    MYTHS OF ROMANTIC LOVE
ON FIRE    PATIENT TRUST    PUBLIC SEX    QUEER
THE ROAD AHEAD    SELF-COMPASSION    SELF-KNOWLEDGE    SEXUAL HEALING    SEXUAL LIBERATION AS ANTI-FASCISM    SHE SHOULD KNOW    SILENCE   SPIRITUAL SENIORITY    TEACHERS    TITANISM    TOUGH JOBS    U    VIDEOLATRY    WHO AM I?    WRITING    (E)XAGGERATE    X-WHORE    
XYZ PORTFOLIO



                                 
1995 THANKS TO

robert abramson * joseph aldo * margo anand * clint anderson *michael baker * john ballew * bob bannon * rob bauer *scott baum * branden blinn * robert bly * rob brezsny * scott bromley * michael bronski * aa bronson * collin brown * julia cameron * greg carmean * anne cattaneo * andrea chapin * bob cornfield * rob costin * jim curtan * ira estes * harry faddis * alan finger * mark fockler * richard foreman * emmett foster * neal fox * ellie fuchs * natalie goldberg * david guy * thich nhat hanh * daniel hart * keith hennessy * stephen holden * bell hooks * lidell jackson * heather jeanis * julia jellison * jill johnston * eric jones * steve karakashian * michael kimmel * joseph kramer * jeff kubis * jonathan labman * richard l. * ernest lehrer * jonathan lerner * david lida * judy mam lida * dave macdonald * chester mainard * jamie marks * mel mckinney * dee michel * stan mobley * bruce mundt * dave nimmons * scott o'hara * martin prechtel * andrew ramer * harvey redding * jairo rodriguez * paul schmidt * sarah schulman * jim shewey * anna deveare smith * steve soba * alisa solomon * valerie sosnow * john strausbaugh * liz swados * king thackston * mark thompson * max toledo * billy toth * patricia tucker * jonathan van meter * dirk velten * tim whiteside * joan witkowski * gary wright * ashley nicole young



RIP

reza abdoh * marc brody * david christopher * c.m. dumonde * doug fraser * essex hemphill * frank maya * tim melester * paul monette * george osterman * yitzhak rabin * david silber * dale wells





Today, like every other day, we wake up empty
and frightened. Don't open the door to the study
and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument.

Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.

-- Rumi