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First Person Intense is a collection of first-person writing in a variety of styles - although "style" may be the wrong word for the integrity of the writing. First person writing means that someone is speaking directly to you, not crafting a story for your entertainment. And that's the power of first-person "intense," a face-out manner of writing that abandons much of the traditional structure of fiction (the arc of the narrative, omniscient viewpoint, dialogue, character development, denouement, beginning, middle, and end) and nonfiction (which often seems to be written by nobody or a committee, carefully refraining from bias or personal opinion). This anthology was originally published in 1978, and was popular with creative writing classes as well as the general market, as a study in writing with honesty, authentic voices speaking without the mask of characterization. This second printing retains most of the original pieces, including a Vietnam vet's powerful stories, a voyage across America in search of meaning, a prison letter, an excerpt from an as yet unpublished Charles Bukowski novel (by permission of the publisher), the admission by Fielding Dawson of first ambitions to be a writer (a young man wishing to be complicated). A few additions include a schizophrenic, a Peace Corps teacher, a story from junior high. None of these are perfect - perfection is not sought in real first-person writing - but all give plenty of taste of personality, vulnerability, openness. If you like, you can call this a "school of writing." First Person Intense was originally assigned an ISBN number by Mudborn Press. After the dissolution of that partnership in 1981, one of the partners, Sasha Newborn, established a new publishing operation, Bandanna Books. Although the original ISBN number is retained for the reprint of FPI, this book is now available only from Bandanna Books. A publication akin in spirit to FPI is Berlin (www.createspace.com/4329110), a bilingual anthology, guest edited by Mitch Cohen, who lived in the divided city of Berlin in the 1970s and 80s, gathering stories and poems from East Berlin and West Berlin. An inside look at a place of high art and high tension. A new chapter in publishing direct works has opened with TimeWell, an online litmag that mixes up contemporaries with classics. Subscribe at www.timewellsp.net, or submit stories or poems.… (more)

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Newborn, Sasha (editor)Editorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Drake, Albertmain authorsome editionsconfirmed
Anderson, Hollysecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Berne, Stanleysecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Brown, Jamessecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bukowski, Charlessecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Clifton, Merrittsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Cook, Geoffreysecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Cuelho, Artsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Currey, Richardsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Dailey, David G. (Riverat)secondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Dawson, Fieldingsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Fox, Hughsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Grayson, Richardsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kostelanetz, Richardsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Livingston, Garysecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Mackay, P.D.secondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Middendorf, Ingeborgsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Myers, George Jr.secondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Ossman, Davidsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Prado, Hollysecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Sklar, Mortysecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Dedicated to those who dare to be vulnerable
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Listen, you haven’t been paying attention, We’ve been writing right
at you for years, I brought these writers together so that you can see
the difference, academic prose is dead, most magazine lit is phony
and I’ll tell you why, and what we’re doing about it. You won’t see
right away but by the time you finish this book, you won’t settle
for the crap being packaged as literature, I mean, some books are
commissioned! I’m talking about the change that some of us have
been making in our writing that even we didn’t notice until after our
so-called experimental stories were published side by side with the
best of the constructed stories. I believe in mythologies of writing,
and I think we just outlived one—which is exactly why the older
stories seem constructed to us. The new wave of writing that I’m
talking about—face-out writing—hasn’t been analyzed and criticized
to death because our audience, the people who’ve listened, don’t
think that way, we/they don’t read Bukowski or Grayson or Hugh
Fox for elegance of structure or three-dimensional characters or plot.
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I had forgotten where my room was, which floor it was on. All
I wanted, finally, was to get back to my room. I tried all the doors
again, this time silently, very conscious of my shorts and stockings.
No luck. “The greatest men are the most alone.” (Charles Bukowski)
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First Person Intense is a collection of first-person writing in a variety of styles - although "style" may be the wrong word for the integrity of the writing. First person writing means that someone is speaking directly to you, not crafting a story for your entertainment. And that's the power of first-person "intense," a face-out manner of writing that abandons much of the traditional structure of fiction (the arc of the narrative, omniscient viewpoint, dialogue, character development, denouement, beginning, middle, and end) and nonfiction (which often seems to be written by nobody or a committee, carefully refraining from bias or personal opinion). This anthology was originally published in 1978, and was popular with creative writing classes as well as the general market, as a study in writing with honesty, authentic voices speaking without the mask of characterization. This second printing retains most of the original pieces, including a Vietnam vet's powerful stories, a voyage across America in search of meaning, a prison letter, an excerpt from an as yet unpublished Charles Bukowski novel (by permission of the publisher), the admission by Fielding Dawson of first ambitions to be a writer (a young man wishing to be complicated). A few additions include a schizophrenic, a Peace Corps teacher, a story from junior high. None of these are perfect - perfection is not sought in real first-person writing - but all give plenty of taste of personality, vulnerability, openness. If you like, you can call this a "school of writing." First Person Intense was originally assigned an ISBN number by Mudborn Press. After the dissolution of that partnership in 1981, one of the partners, Sasha Newborn, established a new publishing operation, Bandanna Books. Although the original ISBN number is retained for the reprint of FPI, this book is now available only from Bandanna Books. A publication akin in spirit to FPI is Berlin (www.createspace.com/4329110), a bilingual anthology, guest edited by Mitch Cohen, who lived in the divided city of Berlin in the 1970s and 80s, gathering stories and poems from East Berlin and West Berlin. An inside look at a place of high art and high tension. A new chapter in publishing direct works has opened with TimeWell, an online litmag that mixes up contemporaries with classics. Subscribe at www.timewellsp.net, or submit stories or poems.

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FPI was published simultaneously as issues #7 and #8 of Rockbottom Magazine, and as First Person Intense (book). The entries of Fielding Dawson and Charles Bukowski are used by permission of Black Sparrow Press; the Bukowski entry in the original printing predates BSP publication by a few months.
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