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POEM FROM "DINOSAUR PORN"

Downloading Pornosaurus Rex
Instead of Downloading You

by Nathaniel G. Moore

Goodbye and goodnight cave girl extreme.
Your club asleep at cave mouth, your mouth
Deligent, lean.

I clean the barrel of my mischief.
Can it be you that I hear snoozing
In the Dino Mart staff lounge in leopard print
Tart wear? Let me view you, then,
Sweeping with terror broom, terribly constructed
Standing as when I drew near to the pile of dry leaves
And twigs where you would wait for me: yes, as I knew you then,

Even to the original nightmare blouse.
Or is it only the trees, and their dutiful chemistry in its twitchy night
Scratching at my cave door?

Dusty kisses travelling across the mulch and oh my manners.
You being ever so consigned to itemized profit sharing employee
Discount debate, heard no more of my poetry.

Thus I; cave slammed hard, leaves around me crying and pouting,
Wind a sore oozing cream across my chest, my nostrils delighted in thorns

And the pornography calling.

LILY ALLEN

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The Fear
Funny interview
Not Fair

It's a round up of Miss Lily Allen who inspired the raunch of Wrong Bar in many ways.

Lilyest Hobo

Maybe tomorrow

Dinosaur Porn

I will be reading at the launch of Dinosaur Porn at Supermarket this coming Thursday.
Also my chapbook Sensational Sherri will be available as well. And Let's Pretend We Never Met.



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The Bitter End Begins

A loveable Montreal improv group has taken the next step towards
legitimacy with a low budget, high-laugh six-episode webcast.

While it might not seem like a giant leap towards legitimacy, one can't help
but draw comparisons to modern comic television shows such as Arrested
Development or Curb Your Enthusiasm while watching the 17 minute
episodes that revolve around two brothers and their hipster Montreal
lifestyle. The two brothers are the over-serious aspiring novelist
Bernard and the ever-slacking Les (who is just out of rehab and
crashing on Bernard's small apartment floor).

Springing from Théâtre Ste-Catherine Sunday improv nights, more
specifically the Mile End comedy troupe The Bitter End--Dan Beirne,
27, Brent Skagford, 30, and Etan Muskat, 29, have taken their sardonic
brand of comedy from the stage to fully developed webisodes, with more
episodes planned (hopefully) in the near future.

The complete web series was made possible with a lot of help from
friends and family members and a $3,000 Jeunes Volontaires grant they
recieved earlier this year courtesy from the government of Québec.
Shot and edited over this past spring, the show includes soundtracks
from local musicians in Montreal such as Think About Life, and is
chalk full of hipster culture fusion: internet porn, Dr. Mario, and
Die Hard, while relying heavily on successful theme templates such as
romantic disasters, vocational disasters, and familial anxieties.

The troupe continues to do live shows and all the episodes are
available to view over and over again (trust me you'll rewatch them)
at www.thebitterend.tv

SENSATIONAL

– Black Bile Press Media Release –

New From Black Bile Press

One-offs Chapbooks Series Three, featuring:

Tony O’Neill
Julie McArthur
Nathaniel G. Moore

Black Bile Press is back with its third series of one-off, single story chapbooks by three of the literary underground’s hardest hitters.

Tony O’Neill is an internationally-renowned writer of salty fiction. His novels include Digging the Vein (Contemporary Press) and Down and Out on Murder Mile (Harper Perennial). Now Black Bile Press has the honour of publishing his chapbook Bill Bailey, a hilarious story about a man, a hirsute woman and an unlucky, yappy dog. This is a unique opportunity to own a limited edition O’Neill publication that will sell out quickly and never be reprinted.

Julie McArthur is a rising literary gem from Toronto. Her chapbook Men and the Drink centres on a woman’s survival strategy for dealing with men in her life. Told in McArthur’s deadpan, succinct style, the story blends humour and panache just so.

Nathaniel G. Moore is a well-known and respected writer of irreverent short fiction and the perfect fit for a Black Bile Press chapbook. His book “Sensational Sherri” is a ribald tale that mingles wrestling, pornography, booze, obsession and nostalgia like only Mr. Moore can.

This threesome of writers and their books represent the best of the best when it comes to fierce and fiery short fiction. Each story is published as a limited edition, single story chapbook, carefully assembled but anything but precious.

Order all three books for only $10.00 (plus $2.00 postage), for a ridiculously good final price of $12.00 for all three books. Or order one chapbook (please specify the title) for $6.00 ($5.00 for the book, plus $1.00 postage). US orders, the same price applies, as the exchange rate to Canadian currency will cover the higher postal costs. UK and RoW orders, please email firth@istar.ca for the price in your currency.

Order by sending a cheque (made payable to M. Firth) to:

Matthew Firth
Black Bile Press
573 Gainsborough Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario
K2A 2Y6
CANADA

Queries: firth@istar.ca

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TADDLE CREEK

The preview for my debut in Taddle Creek Magazine is online!

WRONG BAR @ WRONGBAR 25 NOVEMBER 8PM

Wednesday November 25, 2009 8pm
Wrongbar 1279 Queen Street West, 416-516-8677

Official launch and reading. Music 10pm. Hosted by Nathaniel G. Moore

Order the book.

Event listing

NO WAY OUT: OCTOBER 26 @ OSSINGTON

No Way Out: (A Reading At The Ossington during the International Festival of Authors)
Monday October 26th, 2009 8pm
The Ossington, 61 Ossington Ave, (just north of Queen) 416-850-0161

Featuring:
Sean Stanley
Robin Richardson
Sachiko Murakami
Angela Hibbs
Stacey May Fowles
Spencer Gordon
and others TBA
hosted by Nathaniel G. Moore

In the pre-dawn chaos of Halloween, Canzine, IFOA, and what is the fall book season, The Ossington proudly presents: NO WAY OUT an hour and ten minutes of the best poetry and prose you won't find at any red carpet gala by a thankless poluted lake. Not that there is anything wrong with ungrateful poluted lakes, or red carpet galas going on in October in Toronto. Back to the lecture at hand: for these writers, and the literary-crazed audience at The Ossington, there is NO WAY OUT! There will however be snacks, books, and beverages. Dress up and win a prize! Author bios may or may not be announced during the reading, but distinctions will be made well in advance of each reader.

Existere

A poem from my new collection is in the new issue of Existere. Check it out here: http://www.yorku.ca/existere/

wrong bar reading 21 October

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Before launching the book in November officially, Nathaniel G. Moore will make his third appearance at the Pivot Reading Series this year and promises to deliver something special from his new novel Wrong Bar (Tightrope Books, 2009). Come check it out on Wednesday October 21st, 2009 at 8 p.m. at the Press Club, 850 Dundas Street West in Toronto just west of Bathurst. The event is free.

ART BAR READING: NOVEMBER 10

I will be reading as part of The Art Bar Poetry Series on Tuesday November 10th, more on this as the facts become non-fiction. What I do know is this: the reading is at Clinton's on Bloor and Clinton. I will be reading new material from my new books.

The Art Bar Poetry Series is recognized as the longest running
poetry-only reading series in Canada.

Official site http://www.artbar.org

CANZINE IS COMING

Canada's Largest Zine Fair and Festival of Alternative Culture
Sunday, November 1, 2009
1pm - 7pm
The Gladstone Hotel
1214 Queen St. West (Queen just East of Dufferin)
Toronto

Canzine Olympics
This year, $5 at the door gets you the Olympic issue of Broken Pencil plus access to hundreds of zines, the upstairs art rooms, the Canzine olympics and other thrilling events.

PASTELS ARE PRETTY MUCH THE POLAR OPPOSITE OF CHALK (THE TORONTO SHOW)

Sunday, October 25th
at Mitzi's Sister 7pm
1554 Queen St. W., Toronto
Insomniac Press and Punchy Writers Series
launch new books by Angela Hibbs and Nathaniel G. Moore.
Wanton by Angela Hibbs (Insomniac Press)
Pastels Are Pretty Much The Polar Opposite of Chalk
by Nathaniel G. Moore (Punchy Writers)
With special guests Jason Camlot (The Debaucher) and David McGimpsey(Sitcom, Certifiable)and music by Puggy Hammer