A Celebration for Mick Cusimano

 

From Richard Cambridge:

 

We will be celebrating the life and art of poet, artist, and filmmaker Mick Cusimano this Friday, November 11 at Somerville's Arts at the Armory.

Where Are the Young Ones?

There was a tribute to the late poet, cartoonist and filmmaker Mick Cusimano earlier this September.  One of the people posting about the event asked where the young poets were. 

I wouldn't have been able to go even if I knew about it. I'm an old man now, so even if I had gone, I would have been to help with the "youth shortage." Still, I know the reason why there weren't young poets there.

RIP Mick Cusimano

Mick Cusimano passed away last weekend, and the first thing I felt was regret.

Among my on-hold Stone Soup history projects, I wanted to reach out to recording artist Tracy Chapman. Why? Because of this written account from Mick on his website on the early days of Fire of Prometheus: 

Old Bill Barnum Interview Found!

Squawk was a literature zine put out by Mick Cusimano and a host of others. When I've seen an old issue, I usually see some good stuff. A while back, someone handed me issue #48 of Squawk with a pretty lengthy Bill Barnum interview by Jessa Piaia. In the interest of not wanting to lose this to time, I've prepared a PDF file of the interview. If you are interested in reading the interview, you can find it by clicking here.