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The world as we see it, unedited and unsanitized. Got a raw, fleshy rant? Contact the mysterious and magical JD Finch .
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Friday, 23 March 2007 Trying to understand poetry and writing movements J. D. Finch 641
Tuesday, 20 March 2007 Book Reviews and Negativity in the Lit World Victor Schwartzman 1001
Saturday, 17 March 2007 Squeezing the Juice: What is Wrong with Mainstream Publishing Victor Schwartzman 324
Saturday, 03 March 2007 Call Any Vegetable (And Eat It) J. D. Finch 399
 
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  • 1000th Monkey  ( 1 items )
    The Outsiders' zeen.
  • Outsider Writer Interviews  ( 31 items )
  • Agit Prop 101  ( 35 items )

    Agit Prop Poetry 101

    Give us poetry that pushes the envelope, that makes people think, that has edge and heart--and is about important societal issues. Sorry, this ain't the page for poetry about you, your sex life, or how much you drank last night. This page is for poetry about 9/11, Katrina, Iraq, Global Warming, Religious Extremism, Corporate Control. You know the issues--hell, these days even our pets are not safe!

    Left wing, right wing, chicken wing...it doesn’t matter. What does matter is passion, anger, and wanting to change this world for the better!

    What are we looking for? New: it should be previously unpublished on paper by someone else (websites and self-publishing, send it in). Length?: does size really matter--isn’t it what you do with it? Content: must be about a major public issue (no naval gazing, we don’t care about you or your little dog either!). Submit: by email, with the text of your poems in the body of the email. NO MORE THAN THREE POEMS AT A TIME. Submit to: Victor Schwartzman ( \n victors@mts.net This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or through the link to Victor at the top of the Review page. Do you get paid: I don't know, do you? Can you lend me some money?

    Submitters retain all copyrights, apart from us being able to post their work, and with an option to put the poems into a book.

    Bring it on! Mission (soon, maybe, eventually) accomplished!

  • Virtual Roundtable  ( 6 items )
    Welcome to the Virtual Roundtable! Where hot and controversial topics about the weird world of writing are debated and dissected by the most outsiderist minds of the century! Agreement? Unlikely! Interesting reading? Certainly!
  • Of Interest  ( 21 items )
    Various things, found here and there, not by us, but of interest...
  • Outsider o' the Month!  ( 17 items )
    Everything you didn't realize you needed to know about a particular outsider writer!
  • Call for Submissions  ( 91 items )
    Outsider Writer publishers and promotes zines and journals in need of good, alternative writers. Apply within! Got an announcement? Contact our red hot fire engine of poetry, Marissa Ranello .
  • News  ( 41 items )
    What new in the literary world...
  • Reviews  ( 196 items )
    OW! reviews what's out there - Indie Books, Zeens, websites and more!

    Currently our review blog, run by our lovable, ritalin-requiring 61-year old energizer-bomb Victor Schwartzman. Please contact Victor to submit books for reviews or to review something for us!
  • Lit Circus  ( 192 items )
    Our rapid fire expose of outsider writer talent! A rapidly rotating lit-zeen of poetry, prose and more! For general questions, queries etc, contact our Little John of the lit world , Pat King.

    New Poetry Guidelines Are Now Posted Here ! Still have questions? zap em on over to - outsiderwriter@yahoo.com

    Please send short fiction to Karl Koweski - Here!
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