The Tokyo-Van Nuys Express - Rick Lupert

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Résumé :
Rick Lupert's 25th collection of poems and latest travelogue written in Japan while visiting Tokyo, Kyoto, and Hiroshima, follows in the footsteps of Richard Brautigan and is loosely inspired by his title The Tokyo-Montana Express. Follow Lupert through Japan with his signature wit and poet's eye as your guide, as he stands in the mysterious stick line, as indescribable food is put in his mouth (and described anyway), as a monkey crawls on his head, as Hiroshima looms at the end of it all. One of the smartest, funniest poets around. -Alexis Rhone Fancher, poetry editor, Cultural Weekly, seven-time Pushcart nominee One of my favorite poets -Amber Tamblyn, author and actress Rick Lupert is a writer's chef - Derrick Brown, poet and publisher, Write Bloody Publishing I know of no other poet able to establish intimacy with the audience as fast as Rick Lupert. - Brendan Constantine, poet, teacher, Red Hen Press and Write Bloody Publishing. Rick Lupert is a treasure. His poetry surprises us with a unique perspective that is both tender and wise. In a live environment I find Rick delightfully funny and arrestingly poignant. - Dan Nichols, Touring Jewish Musician Rick has a voice and style of his own. His take on life will show you things you have never seen or imagined before! - Craig Taubman, Music Pioneer, Community Organizer

Biographie:
Rick Lupert has been involved with poetry in Los Angeles since 1990. He is the recipient of the 2017 Ted Slade Award, and the 2014 Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center Distinguished Service Award, a 3 time Pushcart Prize Nominee, and a Best of the Net nominee. He served as a co-director of the Valley Contemporary Poets for 2 years, and created Poetry Super Highway. Rick hosted the weekly Cobalt Cafe reading for almost 21 years which has lived on as a weekly Zoom series since early 2020. His spoken word album Rick Lupert Live and Dead featured 25 studio and live tracks. He's authored 27 collections of poetry, including I Am Not Writing a Book of Poems in Hawaii, The Tokyo-Van Nuys Express, and God Wrestler: A Poem for Every Torah Portion (Ain't Got No Press) and edited the anthologies A Poet's Siddur, Ekphrastia Gone Wild, A Poet's Haggadah and the noir anthology The Night Goes on All Night. He also writes and draws (with Brendan Constantine) the daily web comic Cat and Banana and writes a Jewish poetry column for JewishJournal.com. He has been lucky enough to read his poetry all over the world. https://poetrysuperhighway.com/ https://www.jewishpoetry.net/ https://facebook.com/rickpoet https://www.catandbanana.com/...