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THE LITTLE RED BOOK SERIES

DUFUS - A Poetry Journal





































The Last Print Issue (Nov. 2006)

 

 

A Brief History of the Lummox Journal

RD (Raindog to his friends) started  the Lummox Journal in October 1995 after an unpleasant experience with a poetry festival in Long Beach, CA. It lasted 11 years in a print format, before making the move to cyberspace.

In the beginning, it was published every month, at least for the first eight years. Then, it was published bi-monthly.

Initially, the LJ was in a larger format (8.5 by 11 inches) than its  'digest' form.  It was sold in a few stores around Los Angeles and had a limited subscription base.  "I always said that I'd do it as long as I had subscribers...but I never dreamed it would go on so long!" 

In 1997, thanks in large part to YAZOOTA, the LJ became the piece of art that it was to be known for.  His tireless efforts brought the wonders of HI-TECH computer graphics to the very LOW-tech world of small press publishing. 

Over the years, the LJ became a forum where writers could express themselves freely.  Contributors included Todd Moore, whose essays on the state of the art of poetry became a mainstay.

In addition to interviewing over one hundred poets, artists & musicians during its eleven year run, the Lummox Journal also published hundreds of poems in its annual ALL POETRY issue (published each year in April). 

From 1996 to 2000, each August, the LJ published a special issue dedicated to the memory of Charles Bukowski, a poet who continues to be an influence on many of the poets who submit their work.  Some of these writers were featured in the book, LAST CALL: The Legacy of Charles Bukowski, an anthology of writing by some 42 writers/poets that I believe show the influence of Buk's work on the small press, published in 2004 by Lummox Press (SEE LINK ABOVE).  That same year, in August, the Lummox Journal published it's 100th issue, a milestone of sorts.

In addition to publishing other poets and writers, as well as the work of visual artists such as Claudio Parentela and Norman J. Olsen, the Lummox Journal was an outlet for RD's own vision of all things poetic (and then some), be it in the ongoing View from Down Here or his semi-regular contributions to the poetry that appeared in nearly every issue. You'd think he'd run out of topics to explore!

2006 saw the final year of the print version of the Lummox Journal.  It was a helluva long run, but it was time for the old dawg to "hang up his gloves" and move onto dawgy heaven, AKA cyberspace.  So here's to a new beginning and a new presence on the web!






NEW LRB FROM LUMMOX PRESS

Outrun Your Fate (The Story of Neddy Smith) by Glenn Cooper

The Painter by Marie Lecrivain

Digging My Own Grave (& Enjoying the Work)by Ed Jamieson, Jr.

ALSO AVAILABLE FROM LUMMOX PRESS

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Featuring the work of CC Russell, G Hagen Hill, Rebecca Morrison, Jayne Lyn Stahl, Micheal Lefanto, Bretton Holmes, Doug Draime, Ron Lucas, Alan Catlin, S.A. Griffin, Will Taylor Jr., Joe Speer, Larry Tomoyasu, Michael Meloan, Dan Fante, Iam Rawkinrec, Gerald Locklin, Éric Dejaeger, Isaac Edwards,  Lindsay Wilson,  Mark Terrill, Henry Denander, Roger Lahu, Linda Lerner, Jack Foley, Joy Buckley, Edward Field, Jay Alamares, Ed Jamieson JR, Gerald Nicosia, Charles Ries, Christopher Presfield, Todd Moore, Scott Wannberg, Charles Potts, Frank Palmisano III, Alex Thiltges, Ann Menebroker, Michael Basinski, William Morrison & RD Armstrong; with Illustrations by: Claudio Parentela, Henry Denander & Iam Rawkinrec. 

NAMED BEST POETRY ANTHOLOGY 2004 !!     

by Muses Review

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An interview done in May 2002 by Eskimo Pie Girl
 (Sacramento Poetry, Art & Music aka SPAM) with RD, warts and all.

                             A new interview done in Nov. 2005 - RD talks about doing the Lummox Journal for TEN years!
                            Recent interviews with Lummox Journal artist, Claudio Parentela & poet/writer, Dan Fante Interview.
 
More interviews from past issues of the Lummox Journal.
 
Meet the staff who made Lummox the internationally renowned magazine that it was...
 
Essays on the nature of the beast known as poetry:

Poetics: Todd Moore & Violet Jones

Poetics 2: Robert Peters & RD Armstrong

Poetics 3: Frank Palmissano III

Poetics 4: Steve Goldman & Joe Farley.

 
In Memory of... Remembering John Thomas, William McClain, Tony Scibella, Paul Brooks, Jack Shafer, Rick Weinberger and Anne Silver 
 
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