Bøger af Peter Carlaftes

In MAINTENANT 18, contemporary dada writers and artists from around the world redistribute a wealth of new ideas, to shape public opinion using the theme of PLUTOCRAZY. "Timely and relevant." -Tribe LA Magazine.  "Proof that dada is not dead." -MADJAN Magazine (Serbia)Creativity is the currency here and the amount has no limit. In nearly 250 pages of full color art and incisive writing, MAINTENANT 18 separates Merch and State by forging a non-monetary vision which exposes strategies to achieve socio-political and economic equality and serves against the military-industrialist complex linking warfare with capitalism, shining a light through every crack for "we the people." Features the work of artist and writers from around the world, including cover art by Molly Crabapple. A fascinating collection of contemporary dada art and writing from around the world that proves dada continues to be a pertinent artistic response to the madness of modern society. As author Richard Loranger (Mammal) notes: "Three Rooms Press, which has been producing Maintenant since 2008, calls this a journal, but it's more like a series of pageants, or more to the point, anti-pageants, glorious protest parades that fill the streets with punk and jazz and graffiti and wry ire, pausing before the grandstand only to burn flags, fling mirrors, and enact human realness. And what better time for it!"The Maintenant series, established in 2008, explores themes of politics, humanity, philosophy, and current concerns from an antiwar, anarchic (and often eye-opening) perspective. Past issues include work by artists Mark Kostabi, Raymond Pettibon, Joel Hubaut, Heide Hatry, Avelino de Araujo, Pawel Kuczynski, Inas Al-Soqi, Giovanni Fontana, Nicole Eisenmann, Syporca Whandal, and Kazunori Murakami; past writers have included Gerard Malanga, Charles Plymell, Andrei Codrescu, Harry E. Northup, Malik Crumpler, Maw Shein Win, and more, with a strong contingent of artist-writers from the world of punk rock, including Thurston Moore, Exene Cervenka, Alice Bag, Mike Watt, Bibbe Hanson and more. Complete list of contributors to Maintenant 18:Derek Adams, Jamika Ajalon, Youssef Alaoui, Linda J. Albertano, Austin Alexis, Joel Allegretti, Maureen Alsop, Santiago Amaya, allison anne, Wayne Atherton, Liz Axelrod, Mahnaz Badihian, David Barnes, Amy Barone, Vittore Baroni, Anthony Bartolla, Gedley Belchior Braga, Regina Lafay Bellamy, C. Mehrl Bennett, Volodymyr Bilyk, Mark Blickley, Jill Blocker, Bob Branaman, Anaïs Bucher, Imanol Buisan, Fork Burke, Mary Campbell, Billy Cancel, Angela Caporaso, Peter Carlaftes, Nick Cash, Mutes César, Neeli Cherkovski, Lynette Clennell, Terese Coe, Giuseppe Colarusso, Chuck Connelly, Jack Cooper, Andrei Cordrescu, Lars Crosby, Malik Crumpler, Rafeal Cruz, Jeffrey Cyphers Wright, Tchello D'Barros, Wer Da, Steve Dalachinsky, Lillian Davies, Allison A. Davis, Holly Day, Avelino De Araujo, Laine Derr, Dario Roberto Dioli, Rachel Dixon, Sam Dodson, Pete Dolack, Gabriel Don, Carol Dorf, Paul Dorn, Sophie Dunér, Nicole Eisenman, Alejandro Escude, Salvatore Esposito, Massimo Fantuzzi, Jeff Farr, Becky Fawcett, Rich Ferguson, Luc Fierens, Maria Filek, Kathleen Florence, Giovanni Fontana, Michael C. Ford, Robert C. Ford, Dorothy Friedman, Thomas Fucaloro, Ignacio Galilea, Sandra Gea, Michael Georg Bregel, Kat Georges, Christian Georgescu, Mimi German, Robert Gibbons, Gordon Gilbert, Allen Ginsberg, Ed Go, Gemma Goette, S.A. Griffin, Fausto Grossi, Egon Guenther, Genco Gulan, Janet Hamill, Bibbe Hansen, Jesper Hasseltoft, Heide Hatry, Robert Hieger, Karen Hildebrand, Mark Hoefer, Bob Holman, Matthew Hupert, Annaliese Jakimides, Marta Janik, Ruud Janssen, Mathais Jansson, Lisa Marie Järlborn, Jerry Johnson, Boni Joi, Colleen Surprise Jones, Milana Juventa, Jerry Kamstra, Suzi Kaplan Olmsted, Marina Kazakova, Linda Kleinbub, Dr. C. Kleinhans, Doug Knott, Ron Kolm, Daniel Kolm, Mark Kostabi, Eleni Kourti, Pawel Kuczynski, Bénédicte Kusendila, D.L. Lang, Wang Lan, Gary Lawless, David Lawton, Serge Lecomte, Jane LeCroy, Sarah Legow, Margaret Leonard, Patricia Leonard, Linda Lerner, Misa Levey, Alexander Limarev, Jon Longhi, Richard Loranger, Mina Loy, Maria Magnetic, Sara Maino, Gio Makyo, Jaan Malin, Sophie Malleret, Robyn Mallery, Jessica Manack, Fred Marchant, Elena Marini, Sofie Matonis, Malak Mattar, Norm Mattox, Bronwyn Mauldin, Jesse McCloskey, Prince McNally, Philip Meersman, Sharon Mesmer, Charles Mingus III, Lois Kagan Mingus, Andriana Minou, Richard Modiano, Mike M. Mollett, Thurston Moore, Luiz Morgadinho, Aleksandar Mrdjen, Carli Munoz, Larry Myers, Uche Nduka, James B. Nicola, Gerald Nicosia, Harry E. Northup, Irina Tall Novikova, Anna O'Meara, Valery Oisteanu, Ruth Oisteanu, Marc Olmsted, Jane Ormerod, Yuko Otomo, Bibiana Padilla-Maltos, Csaba Pal, Ersébet Palásti, Gay Pasley, Giorgia Pavlidou, Puma Perl, Robert Petrick, Raymond Pettibon, Charles Plymell, Kai Pohl, Renaat Ramon, Nicca Ray, Sabine Remy, Mado Reznik, Travis Richardson, Wes Rickert, Walter Robinson, Benjamin Robinson, Edel Rodriguez, Thaddeus Rutkowski, Martina Salisbury, Phil Scalia, William Seaton, Beatriz Seelaender, Jack Seiei, Silvio Severino, Sheree Shatsky, Susan Shup, Bertholdus Sibum, Angela Sloan, Phil Demise Smith, Marina Solé, J. R. Solonche, Orchid Spangiafora, Marilyn Stablein, Gerd Stern, Eva Helene Stern***, Richard Stone, W. K. Stratton, Belinda Subraman, Neal Skooter Taylor, Fred Tomaselli, Zev Torres, John J. Trause, Uzomah Ugwu, Miss Unity, Nico Vassilakis, Jimmy Vega, Bart Verburg, Maggs Vibo, Benito Villa, Lynnea Villanova, Voxx Voltair, Barranca Vos, Matina Voussou, Silvia Wagensberg, Anne Waldman, George Wallace, Scott Wannberg, Carl Watson, Mike Watt, Poul Weile, Ingrid Wendt, Michael Whalen, Ben White, Allison Whittenberg, A. D. Winans, Francine Witte, Yaryan, Lorene Zarou-Zouzounis, Larry Zdeb, Elzbieta Zdunek, Nina Zivancevic, Joanie HF Zosike

In his impressive third volume, Peter Carlaftes digs into the beauty—and lunacy—of contemporary culture and its tendency to masque and disrupt the sustainability not just of the planet, but human nature itself. The poems in Life in the Past Lane are both daring and discreet, ranging from full frontal assaults on political and religious cults to tender, discerning, intimate studies of the challenges of self-faith, relationships and maintaining quiet equilibrium in the noisy space of modern life.Risk-taking and endlessly innovative, Carlaftes offers poems that dare to ask questions to which there is no answer, and to answer the unasked. It looks at the past clear-eyed, without reverence, and studies the place in the road where we are now, weaving cultural and personal memory with the currency that too-often ignores how we arrived. This extraordinary collection, relentlessly accessible, surprises with the depth of poems and the clarity of the thoughts, concepts, and execution that forged them.

“A compilation of leading Dada-influenced artists from around the world." ‿TRIBE LA Magazine The 2022 edition of the world‿s premiere journal of contemporary dada writing and art continues a revolutionary approach to creation, inspired by the Dada movement. These days you hear a lot about NET ZERO, in reference to steps being taken to combat climate change. NET ZERO refers to the balance between the amount of greenhouse gas produced and the amount removed from the atmosphere. At this time, NET ZERO is an ambition lacking absolute definition as corporate energy titans pledge distant adherence without clear or immediate commitments to act. In fact, these so-called “innovativeâ€? scions of wealth seem to not even be able to remove the layer of hot air greenhouse gases spewing from the mouths of the pundits and politicos pushing the affirmation of their endlessly pernicious promises. Enter NYET ZERO. With NYET ZERO, MAINTENANT 16 makes an artistic power grab using DADA‿in the form of original art, poetry, and writing aimed at exposing the hypocrisy of the engine-idle rich on recycled paper. We can change the now with art and thought. Otherwise, the future has NOTENTIAL. When the corporate powers that be control all of the energy resources, Art Becomes A Necessity!!! Or as Tristen Tzara put it in his Dada Manifesto, “Dada Dada Dada, a roaring of tense colors, and interlacing of opposites and of all contradictions, grotesques, inconsistencies: LIFE!â€?For the first time since debuting in 2008,  MAINTENANT 16 includes work from all seven continents on the planet, with more than 250 creators from 35 countries. The MAINTENANT series gathers the work of internationally-renowned contemporary Dada artists and writers. MAINTENANT 16 offers compelling proof that concepts of Dada continue to serve as a catalyst to creators more than a century later.  Contributors to Maintenant 16 include: Derek Adams • Susan Shoshannah Adler • Jamika Ajalon • Ina Al-soqi • Youssef Alaoui • Linda J. Albertano • Austin Alexis • Joel Allegretti • Santiago Amaya • Avelino de Araujo • Wayne Atherton • Liz Axelrod • Mahnaz Badihian • Amy Barone • Vittore Baroni • Amy Bassin • Brent Bechtel • Peter Beda • Regina Lafay Bellamy • C. Mehrl Bennett • Carla Bertola • Volodymyr Bilyk • József Bíró • Lucy Jane Bledsoe • Mark Blickley • Karen Boissonneault-Gauthier • Clemente Botelho • Bob Branaman • Kathy Bruce • Michael Lane Bruner • Imanol Buisan • Fork Burke • Billy Cancel • Angela Caporaso • Peter Carlaftes • Mutes César • Peter Ciccariello • Hal Citron • Lynette Clennell • Andrei Codrescu • Terese Coe • Roger Conover • Anthony Cox • Lars Crosby • Malik Ameer Crumpler • Tchello d‿Barros • Wer Da • Steve Dalachinsky • Allison A. Davis • Heather Dawish • Holly Day • Quỳnh Iris de Prelle • Laylah DeLautréamont • Lily Despic • Sam Dodson • Bruce Louis Dodson • Gabriel Don • Carol Dorf • Robert Duncan • Malcolm Easton • Salvatore Esposito • Jeff Farr • Becky Fawcett • Federico Federici • Rich Ferguson • Cheryl J. Fish • Kathleen Florence • Giovanni Fontana • Robert C. Ford • Kofi Fosu Forson • Patrick Forsythe • Abigail Frankfurt • Dorothy Friedman • Thomas Fucaloro • Ignacio Galilea • Sandra Gea • Kat Georges • Christian Georgescu • Robert Anthony Gibbons • Mark Glista • Gemma Goette • Gustavo Gómez-Mejía • S.A. Griffin • Fausto Grossi • Meghan Grupposo • Egon Guenther • Genco Gulan • Elancharan Gunasekaran • Ana-Maria Guta • Janet Hamill • Bibbe Hansen • Jesper Hasseltoft • Heide Hatry • Erica ESH Henry • Aimee Herman • Jan Herman • Karen Hildebrand • Mark Hoefer • Lawrence Holzworth • Richard Humann • Matthew Hupert • Frie J. Jacobs • Ayushi Jain • Annaliese Jakimides • Mathias Jansson • Jerry T. Johnson • Boni Joi • Milana Juventa • Marina Kazakova • Anthony D. Kelly • Rose Knapp • Doug Knott • Ron Kolm • Mark Kostabi • Eleni Kourti • Hope Kroll • PaweÅ¿ KuczyÅ¿ski • Zygimantas Kudirka • Bénédicte Kusendila • David Lawton • Serge Lecomte • Jane LeCroy • Sarah Legow • Patricia Leonard • Linda Lerner • Martin H. Levinson • Alexander Limarev • Richard Loranger • Ruggero Maggi • Sara Maino • Gerard Malanga • Jaan Malin • Sophie Malleret • Mary Rose Manspeaker • Philippe Marcade • Fred Marchant • Eliette Markhbein • Bronwyn Mauldin • Jesse McCloskey • Philip Meersman • Lois Kagan Mingus • Charles Mingus III • Julian Mithra • Richard Modiano • Mike M. Mollett • Thurston Moore • Luiz Morgadinho • Alexander Nderitu • Dustin Nelson • J. D. Nelson • Karen Neuberg • Gerald Nicosia • Lance Nizami • Harry E. Northup • Anna Gabrielle O‿Meara • Ruth Oisteanu • Valery Oisteanu • Suzi Kaplan Olmsted • Marc Olmsted • John Olson • Jane Ormerod • Yuko Otomo • Bibiana Padilla Maltos • Csaba Pal • Lisa Panepinto • Pamela Papino-Wood • Gay Pasley • John S. Paul • Oladipo Kehinde Paul • Giorgia Pavlidou • Puma Perl • Raymond Pettibon • Charles Plymell • Renaat Ramon • Nicca Ray • Mado Reznik • Travis Richardson • Wes Rickert • Benjamin Robinson • Radoslav Rochallyi • L. Rose • Alison Ross • Martina Salisbury • William Seaton • Jack Seiei • Silvio Severino • Susan Shup • Bertholdus Sibum • Paul Siegell • Denise Silk-Martelli • Zoltan Simon • Lily Simonson • Neal Skooter Taylor (LA Dada) • Angela Sloan • Valerie Sofranko • Paul Sohar • Pere Sousa • Orchid Spangiafora • Dd. Spungin • Marilyn Stablein • Laurie Steelink • J. J. Steinfeld • Christine Sloan Stoddard • Thomas Stolmar • Rich Stone • W. K. Stratton • Belinda Subraman • Kelly Talbot • Zev Torres • John J. Trause • Ann Firestone Ungar • Yrik-Max Valentonis • Anoek van Praag • Lynnea Villanova • Barbara Vos • Matina Vossou • Silvia Wagensberg • George Wallace • Scott Wannberg • Mike Watt • Poul R. Weile • Syporca Whandal • Brenda Whiteway • Maw Shein Win • A. D. Winans • Tracy Witt • Francine Witte • Jeffrey Cyphers Wright • Yaryan • Gerald Yelle • Karen Romano Young • Andrena Zawinski • Larry Zdeb • Nina Å¿ivanÄ?eviÄ¿ • Joanie HF Zosike

I Fold With The Hand I Was Dealt by Peter Carlaftes furthers the exploration of the ups and downs of modern life by a true master of contemporary poetry. Carlaftes offers a brilliant poetic voice, filled with drop-dead humor, searing insight and resilient originality, even while resonating with overtones of Bukowski, Baudelaire, Dave Barry and Kurt Vonnegut.

Playwright Carlaftes presents three compelling dramas in "Triumph for Rent--Spin-Dry, Hunger," and "Frontier A-Go-Go."

Carlaftes has honed his intense, insightful, and inspiring poetic voice on the playgrounds of the Bronx, and, later the bars of Manhattan. His is a brilliant poetic voice, filled with drop-dead humor, searing insight, and resilient originality.

"A Year on Facebook" by Peter Carlaftes (184 pages, Three Rooms Press, 2010) is a comical trajectory through the chronological events of the past year via daily updates from the insightful and irreverent pontiff of pun: Peter Carlaftes. Call it Groucho Marx meets Kurt Vonnegut and they become BFFs in this irreverent, hilarious book. In this day of the tell-all journal, Carlaftes’s book, exposing the foibles of our seemingly civilized sensibility, reveals both how — and like — it is. Iconic from conception, "A Year on Facebook" is a one-of-a-kind literary experience that raises the bar for the idealist in us all. As one commentator summed up, "I wonder if you know, Peter, how many times you make me laugh out loud with your status updates. Guess it doesn’t matter. Just keep me laughing, please. :)"

In Teatrophy: Three More Plays, critically-acclaimed playwright/author/poet Peter Carlaftes offers a trio of brilliant and intense modern plays that inspire on both page and stage. In Anti, Carlaftes explores a frightening futurein which government surveillance and data mining is the normthrough the eyes of a theater director on the verge of giving up hope. The chilling psycho-sexual drama Closure examines the relationship between a woman whose sister was abused a child, and the rapist-murderer that stalks her outside her therapists office. In the tender and humorous Inside Straight, characters must confront their lovers sudden shift in sexual orientation as a gay man and a lesbian woman discover they are attracted to each other. The San Francisco Bay Guardian praised the play: Inside Straight is a comedy of eros! . . . A restive heart knows no logic or permanence. All three plays share a passion for beautifully drawn, full characters and powerful moments that force them to expose the true identity they work so hard to hide. As the SF Weekly raved, As with Strindberg, Beckett or even Sartre, Carlaftes message seems to be something we intuit, like music.