Toylit

Your Problem Is Not Too Much War, But Too Little [Today's News Poem, Feb 7, 2010] “The Dollar is our currency, but your problem” -Joh...

To generate the content that bloggers are getting income by stealing. By copyrighting your works online and posting them on your own site, i...

On the page. Enough of that and I might drop the price of the day's News Poems down to $2.50. Update: Hell, if I get enough clicks, I...

CombatVerse! is a game I developed. A way of dueling with verse. It uses audience participation, but it also uses formal rules. Play with i...

Not decided yet, but I think month's winner gets a cash prize if it's legal and feasible. Go here for rules. I'm not sure if it...

Strawberry Press is Toylit's New York City doppleganger. I do poetry--he does prose. Both were distributed by hand through their respec...

Why Every Master Should Have a Memory Hole, Feb 6, 2010 “Conservative commentator Andrew Breitbart, who gave an electric speech Saturday m...

I hope to have operational by the end of the day my two new blogs: combatverse.blogspot.com and combatprose.blogspot.com After taking care o...

Consider this your stage or if you prefer, a kumate arena. Anyone can post on this thread, SO LONG AS THE WRITING IS LITERARY! Verse, prose,...

I'm going to publish daily editions of Toylit electronically and will publish the print editions every two weeks. That way, I don't ...

Zinetips The above guide will give you the basics on how-to, w/ print. An important skill. Cross-training will get your blog traffic. I circ...

Literary writers are at a disadvantage compared to other writers. Serious writing isn't considered performance art. Writing that fails i...

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A comprehensive collection of the last 15 news poems. If you want to see a complete collection with a completed poetic narrative, this is it...

I Cut My Hair [Today's News Poem, Feb, 5, 2010] “Shares were mixed in the last hour, with Wall Street indexes bouncing back after bein...

For those of you who wanted to see what the final drafts of the news poems would look like, this is it. This edition has the finesse and pol...

We know that the sketch can sometimes be more interesting than the finished painting--if only for the unrealized possibilities. Toylit is sk...

Clans and Clerics, Feb 4, 2010 By Khakjaan Wessington "… I still will tell you that I believe the situation in Afghanistan is serious. ...

Anti-News is still an evolving concept, but Toylit has a fairly unified aesthetic. I welcome submissions, but require a query and abstract w...

"This limited edition, Feb 3, 2010 print edition of Toylit includes edits made on February 3, 2010. Of note are the revisions to Haitia...

After the Philosopher's Stone By Khakjaan Wessington “...Western experts suggested the civilian space programme provided cover for Iran’...

Here's a slogan I believe: 'slogans are stupid.' Slogans stifle thought and create false dualisms. They ignore outright the poss...

All the Old Cat Ladies By Khakjaan Wessington “When nurses once placed the cat on the bed of a patient they thought close to death, Oscar ...

Deficits and Treasure By Khakjaan Wessington “The budget plan, which would take effect when fiscal year 2011 begins on October 1, projects a...