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j. bradley

About Me

J. Bradley is the founder of the Broken Speech Poetry Slam, Florida's longest running poetry slam. Several electronic magazines and traditional magazines adopted his work. You can read more on J. Bradley's official blog, Failure Loves Company @ iheartfailure.wordpress.com

My Interests

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Member Since: 28/08/2004
Band Website: iheartfailure.wordpress.com
Band Members: j. bradley
Influences: Derrick Brown, Rachel McKibbens, My wife, Jameson
Sounds Like: Failure having sex with fire ants and narcoleptic anteaters.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

November Poetry News

Here's where I've been in poetry world:Thirteen Myna Birds has three of my poems up.  Check them out before they are euthanized.  PANK Magazine has five of my poems.  You not only get to read them but...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:49:00 GMT

Dodging Traffic Release Party Tonight!

This Friday at Stardust Video & Coffee (1842 Winter Park Rd), Ampersand Books proudly presents J. Bradley's first collection Dodging Traffic.    Widely published, loved, and admired, J. Bradley's f...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:26:00 GMT

Dogzplot - Fall 09

My poems "Endowment" and "Doing It Norse Style" is up the fall issue of Dogzplot.  Check it out.P.S.: Roxane Gay is not only an amazing editor, but an amazing writer.  I heart her story, "The Gentle A...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:03:00 GMT

Victor Von Doom to Walt Disney

We are visionaries, you and I, our imagination like our power limitless; we make people bleed so easily, don't we? But as you made brooms dance, dwarfs believe they had names, feasted on the ...
Posted by on Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:43:00 GMT

Wow

People like me.  They really like me (and the August issue of Pank).
Posted by on Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:20:00 GMT

Kill Author

Four of my poems are up on Issue Two of Kill Author.  Click and find out which ones.
Posted by on Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:13:00 GMT

How Esmeralda Estrus Got Her Revenge

My epic, "How Esmeralda Estrus Got Her Revenge", is up in this month's issue of PANK Magazine.  Many many many many thanks to Laura Yes Yes for commissioning the poem and to the editors for picking it...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:27:00 GMT

Danse Macabre

My poems Lesson Plan and Why There Are No More Unicorns, My Child are in the Stonewall issue of Danse Macabre.  Click here to read it.
Posted by on Sat, 01 Aug 2009 06:39:00 GMT

I Am The Willing Epicenter of a Poetry Explosion

My poem, "Missing Person", is in Issue 27 of Right Hand Pointing.  Click on the title to read it.But wait, there's more.My poem, "I"m Not Saying I Wish Death Upon You", is in this month's issue of Thi...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:16:00 GMT

Pure Francis

My poem, "Time Capsule", is in this week's issue of Pure Francis.  Click on the title to read it.
Posted by on Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:03:00 GMT