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MEL C. THOMPSON
Spoken Word Artist
Current Contact Data:
Mel C. Thompson
237 Kearny Street, # 102
San Francisco, CA
94108-4502 , USA
melcthompson@yahoo.com
www.melcthompson.com
(925) 435-8554
More Melvin Photos:
For more photos, click on the link below to see an eight-page scrapbook of images.
The Mel C. Thompson Online Scrapbook
Fun Photo From The Booetry Event In Pleasanton:
Click on the link below to see a fun rencent photo of Melvin reading live in Pleasanton at the Booetry Halloween event. This event was hosted by the lively and gracious Deborah Grossman, Poet Laureate of Pleasanton. In the photo we also see the Teen PL of Plesanton, the Amazing Robert Castro in full regalia along with Cher Wollard, New PL of Livermore:
Pleasanton Poets Live
Featured At Frank Bette Center for the Arts:
Mel C. Thompson and the mystic, enigmatic poet and pianist Steve Arntson appeared at the Frank Bette Center for the Arts in Alameda, California on Saturday, November 14th at 7:00PM. The event was hosted by the fabulous Jeanne Lupton. Frank Better Center for the Arts is located at 1601 Paru Street in Alameda, CA.
Mini-Review In ZYX #51:
A nice mini-review has appeared in the paradoxically-dated, December, 2009 issue of ZYX. The nicely-crafted paragraph publicizes "A Short Unbound Publication Held Together By Staples." This was the short split-chap project authored by Mark Sonnenfeld and Mel C. Thompson earlier this year. ZYX does massive quantities of reviews for the underground zine world and is a fantastic community service. It is edited by Arnold Skemer. To contact ZYX, or learn more about the zine, or get copies of it, write to:
ZYX
58-09 205th Street
Bayside, NY 11364
Spoken Word Video On You Tube:
A video of Melvin reading live spoken word was posted on You Tube after the August 23rd, Dublin, California event. You have to turn the volume up a bit to hear the sound on this one, since I often opt not to use the microphone when performing live. To view this video click on the link below:
Melvin Live In Dublin
Part Three Of The Secret Tome Now Available:
Sample poems from part Three of this onging multi-part work are now available on the web. They exude the very same symptoms, illnesses and syndromes that were shown in parts One and Two. The reason for continuing down this path may not be apparent to the thoughtful, selfless literary critic, but to my more bitter readers and those who share my chronic self-absorption, nothing could be more joyful than spending some quality time with these spite-filled, self-referential works.
The Secret Tome Part Three
Featued At Old Saint Raymond's Church:
On Sunday, August 23rd, 2PM - 4PM, Mel C. Thompson featured With Deborah Fruchey and Lee Rossi at Dublin's beautiful Old Saint Raymond's Church. The event was hosted by Ronnie Holland, Dublin's poet Laureate. Wine and Cheesecake were among the highlights of the delicacies provided by the caterers. We were also grateful for the other folks on hand who helped organize the event and for those who contributed photography and videography. Plus, additional cheers go out to the open-mic readers and the audience who bought our books generously.
For more information on the burgeoning Dublin poetry scene, visit the Poet Laureate's web pages at:
Dublin's Poet Laureate
Published In Sunken Lines
A wonderfully colorful and beautifully produced Delaware Valley web-zine has published a suite of four Melvin poems: The Ancient Masters, Armchair Cartographer, Call For Submissions and Upon Closer Inspection. To see my poems on this site, click the link below:
Four-Poem Suite In Sunken Lines
To check out the rest of this artful publication, go to:
www.sunkenlines.com
Published In Poor Mojo's Almanack
Thompson's poem "Peet's Harbor & Redwood Creek" were included in the July 23rd issue of Poor Mojo's Almanack. This dynamic publication is very creatively edited by a person named The Giant Squid. Actually, I have never seen this person, so I cannot rule out the possibility that a giant squid is editing the magazine. I hear cephalopods are very intelligent creatures. The Giant Squid is also a very inventive stream-of-consciousness writer worth checking out. Click on the link below to read Melvin's Poems in this zine:
Melvin's Poems In Poor Mojo's Almanack
And check out Poor Mojo's Almanack home page:
www.poormojo.org
Featured At Bird & Beckett of San Francisco on July 20th:
On Monday, July 20th, at 7PM, Mel C. Thompson and the iconic, award-winning poet Julia Vinograd featured at the phenomenal Bird & Beckett, a wonderful bookstore, a legendary live-jazz venue and a great stage for spoken word artists and poetry aficionados. The event was be hosted by the inimitable poet and musician Jerry Ferraz. This haven of culture and learning is at 653 Chenery Street in the lovely Glen Park District of San Francisco. For more information on other Bird & Beckett events, click on the link below:
www.bird-beckett.com
Published In Over The Transom:
Jonathan Hayes produces this well-edited, edgy zine out of San Francisco. He published my sexual-spiritual poem "The Hand Job That Saved The World." I had the pleasure of reading this publication this morning and especially noticed several great poems in there by A.D. Winans and Glen Chestnut, two solid Bay Area wordsmiths and storytellers. Over The Transom accepts submissions through e-mail and U.S. Mail. To submit poems or inquire about obtaining issues of the zine, contact:
Jonathan Hayes,
Editor
Over The Transom
825 Bush Street, #203
San Francisco, CA 94108
jsh619@eathlink.net
Also note, Hayes and his publisher, Silenced Press, will be issuing his polyphonic, polyvisual, mini-epic consciousness-journey called T(HERE). This book is a good read if you have a wide-open mind, whether through years of Zen meditation, decades of scholarly philosophical investigation or a few really wild acid trips. To contact Silenced Press, go to:
www.silencedpress.com
Check The Blog For Additional Mel C. Thompson News:
Please go to the upper left of this home page and click on "Blog" to read more about recent spoken word events and additional publishing activity surrounding the spoken word works of Mel C. Thompson. To explore older news of Thompson's exploits, click the "Older Entries" link on the blog page.
Current Chapbook Manuscript Projects:
See Excerpts from Mel C. Thompson Manuscript Chapbooks:
To view sample poems from any of the chapbook excerpts available online, please click on "Links" at the upper left of this web page.
Get The Complete Texts:
If you prefer to view these chapbooks in full print version, mail me any donation of postage stamps and let me know which booklets you are interested in. I will send you a copy of the chapbooks via US Mail. Or, if you would like PDFs, notify me and I will email the PDFs to you for free. (See contact information at the top of the page.)
Biographical Data:
For a full ten-page biography of the artist, complete with "too much information" about personal-confessional matters, click on the link below. This biography is not only accurate, but will surely be "more than you want to know."
Melvin's Inexcusably Self-Indulgent Autobiography
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