Versus

Versus
“The combination of the two marks a prodding of humanity and the human psyche that is sometimes dark, sometimes ethereal and sometimes humorous. The text, featuring the potent voices of Mark Flanigan and Nick Barrow, marks a dark, scathing, humorous and insightful form of poetic storytelling that becomes even more expressive via live performances.” – Cincinnati CityBeat
VERSUS
Poems by Nick Barrows (“The Rabbit Punch Defense”) and
Mark Flanigan (“Journeyman’s Lament”)
$9.99

ABOUT MARK FLANIGAN
Mark is a poet, performer, columnist and writer of fiction. After an 11 year run, his “Exiled” column is now archived at semantikon.com and citybeat.com, while a compilation, Exiled on Main Street: Dispatches, Diatribes, Stories and More from the Urban Core is forthcoming.

Previously, his free ebook, Minute Poems, is available online from Three Fools Press. In January 2014, Flanigan co-founded an open/feature reading, Word of Mouth Cincinnati, and in November 2015 his poem “The Bell Ringer’s Song” won the grand prize in the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s One City, One Symphony Poetry Contest.

Most recently, Flanigan was the editor and wrote the afterword for Aralee Strange’s posthumous poetry collection, The Road Itself (Dos Madres Press). Additionally, his free ebook, Minute Poems, is available online from Three Fools Press. More work and information can be found at the author’s personal website, markflanigan.com.

ABOUT NICK BARROWS
Nick Barrows came from the hills of the Westside of Cincinnati, Ohio were he began his first days of memory behind the bar of his father’s Tavern down by the River Ohio. His works have appeared in Forklift, Ohio: A Journal of Poetry, Cooking, & Light Industrial Safety, Trained Monkey Press, Aurore Press, and the website Semantikon. He was also the music editor for The Citizen. Music escapades include The 4 Track All-Stars, Eagle To Squirrel, and Jack Burton Overdrive. In 2007 Barrows released his chapbook Rockets on Bibles and in the past few years he has been seething in the concrete and playing concertina.

9780615710648 | Pub Date November 3, 2012 | 7.44 x 9.69 | 100 pages | $9.99

Mark Flanigan reads the One City One Symphony 2015 grand prize winning poem, “The Bell Ringer’s Song”. Recorded live on March 5, 2015 in Columbus, Ohio.