Join the Conversation (and enjoy some poetry)
This month, Shawn Marie's featured guest is poet, Rick Lupert
Rick Lupert | Poet Extraordinaire | Authored 17 Books | Founder of 'Poetry Super Highway' | CEO Cat and Banana | Graphic Designer | Music + Song Teacher
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At this month's conversation Shawn Marie + Rick will be talking about
why engage in art? poetry? the truth? and what's it got to do with your business?
making a "life" not just making a "living"
the business of poetry + the poetry of business
what does it really take to put yourself and your work out there?
doing what you love + loving the 'one' you're with
picking a lane when you have numerous passions
is it true what they say about the 'struggling artist'?
doing the work: inside and out
and inbetween our Q's, Rick will share some of his poetry (lucky us!)
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Professionally Speaking:
Rick Lupert has been involved in the Los Angeles poetry community since 1990. His poetry has appeared in numerous magazines and literary journals, including The Los Angeles Times, Rattle, Chiron Review, Stirring, The Blue Jew Yorker, PoeticDiversity.org, Zuzu’s Petals, Caffeine Magazine, Blue Satellite and others. In addition, Rick has authored 17 books, he's published and edited 3 Anthologies and he has 6 e-books. Check out his very impressive list below:
Authored Books | 17
- Paris: It’s The Cheese
- I Am My Own Orange County
- Mowing Fargo
- I’m a Jew. Are You?
- The Gettysburg Undress
- Stolen Mummies
- I’d Like to Bake Your Goods
- A Man With No Teeth Serves Us Breakfast
- We Put Things in Our Mouths
- Nothing in New England is New
- Sinzibuckwud!
- Feeding Holy Cats
- Death of a Mauve Bat (Ain’t Got No Press)
- Lizard King of the Laundromat
- Brendan Constantine is My Kind of Town (Inevitable Press)
- Up Liberty’s Skirt (Cassowary Press)
- (and his most recent) Making Love to the 50 Ft. Woman (Rothco Press)
Published + Edited Anthologies | 3
- The Night Goes on All Night - Noir poetry
- A Poet’s Haggadah - Passover themed poetry
- Ekphrastia Gone Wild - Poems in response to art
e-books | 6 (download them here!)
- Don't Blame Canada
- To Hell With Rick Lupert
- The Rick Lupert Fan Club
- On My Eventual Death
- Today We Bombed the Moon
- Rules for Poetry
As if that wasn't enough, Rick hosted the long running Cobalt Café reading series in Canoga Park, just shy of 21-years. (did I mention this was a "weekly" reading?)
Rick is the founder Poetry Super Highway, an online resource and publication for poets, where he also hosts an online poetry reading once a month. He's the creator and CEO of Cat and Banana, he works as a music and song teacher and he's a freelance graphic and web designer... for anyone who would like to help pay his mortgage.
Most importantly, Rick "lives" (yeah) in Van Nuys, California with his beautiful and brilliant wife Addie, their equally adorable son Jude, 4 cats and a frog.
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Statistics + Fun Facts
Vital:
- Born / weren’t we all: 10/10/1968
- Weight: not that much
- Height: see weight
- Eyes: 2
- Hair: Puh-lenty
- Home: Van Nuys, CA
Favorites
- Food: Brie Cheese + Watermelon + Pizza (not together)
- City: Paris
- Movie: Harold and Maude
- Number: hate numbers
- Writer: Richard Brautigan
- Simpsons’ Character: Homer
- Flower: Sunflower
- Band: Jane's Addiction
- Other Bands: Violent Femmes + Indigo Girls
- Animal: Monkey
ABOUT Truth is the New Black
TRUTH is a conversational + fireside style interview, curated and hosted by Shawn Marie Turi. She has honest + captivating conversations with savvy, creative, innovative entrepreneurs, fearless artists, brilliant trailblazers, and benevolent rule breakers. As a creative + strategic business development consultant, she's a champion for entrepreneurs and women, she believes deeply that 'Business IS Personal' and she holds the space for others to be empowered by that exact idea. In a beautiful "SALES FREE" space, you get to be part of genuine and inspiring conversation that goes deep, get's real and get's to the TRUTH of it all. The evening wraps with open 'all access' Q&A, where there's no questions off limits. Yeah. We go there and we can't wait to see you! Follow @shawnmarieturi
