Publisher's Synopsis
The Sparring Artists is an illuminated Special Edition anthology featuring 138 contributing "Sparring Artists" from the popular multi-media series Sparring With Beatnik Ghosts. The anthology is comprised of poetry and prose combined with art and photographic intensifiers throughout. Contributors include: Youssef Alaoui, Tzvi Ben-Aretz, Lawrence Berger, Iris Berry, Ava Bird, Lee Boek, Jim Bolt, Laurel Ann Bogen, Matthew Bowers, Jack Bowman, Bob Branaman, Lynne Bronstein, Michael Lane Bruner, Jeffrey Bryant, George Milo Buck, Charles Bukowski, Rex Butters, Don Kingfisher Campbell, Juan Cardenas, Jessica M. Wilson Cardenas, Peter Carlaftes, Mona Jean Cedar, Margot Chereau, Neeli Cherkovski, Andy Clausen, Ann Cohen, Brendan Constantine, Ordell Cordova, Paul Corman-Roberts, Cathyann Cusimano, Nancy Davenport, John Dorsey, Tim Eagan, Craig Easley, Stuart Ellis, Ana Elsner, William Everson, Alexis Rhône Fancher, Christopher Felver, Rich Ferguson, Fitz, Jack Foley, Michael C Ford, Amelie Frank, Joe Funk, Bea Garth, Nelson Gary, Jay Green, S.A. Griffin, Sharon Griffin, Spencer Griffin, Jonathan Harris, Elyse Hart, Brian Hassett, Lewis W. Hine, Michael Layne Heath, Mark David Hoefer, E Penniman James, Jimmy Jazz, James Evert Jones, Gary Justice, Jerry Kamstra, Karen Kaplan, Royal Kent, Joe Kidd, Lalo Kikiriki, Doug Knott, Marc Kockinos, Ron Kolm, Lady Michal Lauren, Ron Lampi, D.L. Lang, Michael Leon, Linda Lerner, Jessica Loos, Kirk Lumpkin, Luna (TransSurreal Studios), Rick Lupert, Peter Marti, Ellyn Maybe, Lewis MacAdams, Kris Miller, Richard Modiano, Mike M. Mollett, K.R. Morrison, Phillip T Nails, Bob Newick, Gerald Nicosia, Harry Northup, Heather Nova, Marc Olmsted, Suzi Kaplan Olmsted, Jane Ormerod, Indiana Pehlivanova, Lorraine Perrotta, Jose Antonio Pineda, Koshal Poddar, John Pusey, Kennon B. Raines, A.Razor, Frank Rios, Lynn Rogers, Ivan Salinas, Egon Schiele, Elena Secota, Matt Sedillo, Ella Seneres, Alene Smith, Emi Motokawa Sonksen, Mike Sonksen, Jeanne Marie Spicuzza, Carl Stillwell, S.B. Stokes, Daniel Stolpe, Kevin Patrick Sullivan, Mani Suri, PJ Swift, William Taylor, Jr., Jimmy Townes, Don La Viere Turner, Pamela Twining, Chris Vannoy, Merritt Waldon, George Wallace, T Mike Walker, Scott Wannberg, Marcia Ward, Pam Ward, Dig Wayne, ruth weiss, Melissa West, Blair Wilson, Steven C Wilson, A.D. Winans, Tracy Witt, Daniel Yaryan and Hannah Yaryan.
