(image c/o Kilian) IN THIS POEM, “Life Cycle,” Kyle Van Horn describes the process each and everyone of us is destined to go through– at least until this age’s mega-billionaires succeed in their mad plan to merge us with robots! Until then, we’re stuck being human– which, when you listen to what that encompasses, is […]
IN THIS striking piece by John Biscello, the narrator takes a quick trip to heaven to meet “the bluest of blue angels.” The audio channels Marlene Dietrich’s provocative voice as evocative words jump out at the listener– headed toward an inevitable conclusion? Not to miss! Originally from Brooklyn, NY, award-winning author, poet, performer, and playwright, John Biscello, […]
WHAT! A New Pop Lit popcast? Why not? We’re calling it Maximum Literature– it will be designed to give the MAXIMUM in literary discussion, debate, and out-of-the-box ideas. Listen to this brief test episode to get a sense of what lies ahead.
The raging sea! Well captured in this spoken word poem by Daniel Miller, who has appeared previously at the New Pop Lit microphone as D. C. Miller. Take a listen.
NEW POP LIT’S OPEN MIC RETURNS — with a performance of a striking poem by an exciting new DIY talent from London, UK, Alisha J. Prince. Crimson chaos fills the gapsInside the council pavement slabsAnd torn and savaged pizza boxesRats and bats and cats and foxes The poem is called “Heaven Bound” and carries a […]
A HAMLET SOLILOQUY Keys to Understanding Shakespeare: “Writing had been around for millennia and printing for centuries before people got used to thinking of written words as anything more than a preserved form of speech. Literature was dominated by plays and poetry, both of which had been developed for public performance rather than individual contemplation. […]
New Pop Lit‘s Editor-In-Chief returns with a short editorial/rant about what this animal called “Pop Lit” is all about. We’re mad literary scientists, out to create not monsters, but ART as shocking and powerful as any man-made creature which can be imagined. . . .
Hello! We’re pleased to present another trip to the New Pop Lit microphone by Joel Allegretti, who returns with a humorous work inspired by Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, “The Walt Whitman Complex.” Listen in. (Then be sure to read Joel’s short story at NPL: “The Obb”!)
Today we have stepping up to the microphone Monty Milne, who describes himself as “a Poet, author, and lyricist who hails from the blue skies and still waters of Port Providence, PA.” Monty reads an intriguing piece titled “Chaos and the Cosmos”: a short rumination on “beer and cigarettes and television sets, to keep boredom at […]
Joel Allegretti is best known– especially on the east coast– as a poet. We happen to have a (fun? scary?) Halloween story from him coming next month to our main site– but we thought while we were at it we might as well also get this renowned performer to the New Pop Lit “Open Mic” […]
New Pop Lit Open Mic 