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Francois

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About Me

Francois Luong is an internet hoax. Somehow, the hoax caught on and more poems and reviews started appearing from France, the United States, England, Germany and Japan. The phenomenon known as Francois Luong is actually a joke planned by Martian terrorists.

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My Interests

poetry, translation, proscratination, philosophy, intellectual masturbation, coffee, art, painting, literary theory, cigarettes, photography, literary magazine

I'd like to meet:

Internet hoaxes and cultural terrorists

Music:

The Clash, New Model Army, The Blood Brothers, The Cure, Soundgarden, Queens of the Stone Age, Joy Division, The Beastie Boys, Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, Black Flag, Fugazi, Minor Threat, Portishead, The Mad Capsule Markets, Sonic Youth, The Kills, The Shins, The Mars Volta, Massive Attack, Blur, Bloc Party, Noir Désir, Suprême NTM, MC Solaar

Movies:

Takeshi Kitano, Wong Kar-wai, Dogme95, Lars Van Triers, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Federico Fellini

Books:

John Ashbery, Paul Eluard, Louis Aragon, Paul Celan, Emmanuel Levinas, August Kleinzahler, Jacques Roubaud, Ingeborg Bachmann, Michael Palmer, Frank Bidart, Andre Breton, Emmanuel Hocquard, Rae Armantrout, Robert Duncan, George Oppen, Louis Zukofsky, Mina Loy, Claude Royet-Journoud, Anne-Marie Albiach, Liliane Giraudon, Claude Royet Journoud, Edmond Jabes, Pierre Reverdy, Stacy Doris, Norma Cole, Josely Vianna Batista, Aase Berg

Heroes:

The National Endowment for Robots

My Blog

Got a Buck?

Observable Books needs your help! Go here:http://observable.org/dollar/This young poet thanks you....
Posted by Francois on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 04:11:00 PST

kill your blog

I am slowly, but surely removing every entry to this blog. But fear not, they are all archived at my old blog at http://neuroticme.livejournal.com. Meanwhile, I blog at http://fluong.blogspot.com.
Posted by Francois on Sat, 29 Apr 2006 04:01:00 PST

Poem: Sonnet to the Greatness of Ubuweb

I wrote this in five minutes as reply to Claire's blog entry. I didn't mean it to be a poem, or even a sonnet for that matter, but writing "Oh I love thee, Ubu" sounded like too much fun.Sonnet to the...
Posted by Francois on Thu, 19 Jan 2006 05:35:00 PST

Frank Bidart - <i>Stardust</i>

I finally got myself a copy of Frank Bidart's latest collection of poems, Star Dust. How can you not love Frank Bidart when he writes: You wear your body as if without illusions. You speak of former...
Posted by Francois on Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:17:00 PST

Stuff recovered

On the photograph, poets Jennifer Grotz and Tony Hoagland, at the CLMP Book Fair at Brazos Bookstore on February 7th 2004. Although both are somewhat narrative poets, Jenn is more of the lyric medit...
Posted by Francois on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Poetry Daily and a recipe

Gulf Coast, the literary magazine I used to intern for, is featured in Poetry Daily, with an essay by the poet Kathleen Ossip. .. Incidentally, you might also want to check out her first book of p...
Posted by Francois on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

The Catholic Church and Evolution

The New York Times reports that the Catholic Church is recanting its position toward the theory of evolution. Cardinal Schönborn is quoted saying: "Evolution in the sense of common ancestry might be ...
Posted by Francois on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Middlefinger & Batman Begins

The Proletariat was rather boring on Friday, as they recently changed the people in charge of Karaoke. So we all ended up going to Rudyard's, where we caught the last part of Middlefinger's set. Middl...
Posted by Francois on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Why Should Blog Entries Have Titles?

So, it seems I might become a food critic for this Chinese periodical.I really wish I could write the horoscope instead.Libra"A celestial object is expected to enter Uranus tomorrow. You might want to...
Posted by Francois on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Where I show how much of a dork I am ... Much literature ...

Just finished: -Kafka on the Shore, by Haruki Murakami -Gain, by Richard Powers -Where Shall I Wander, by John Ashbery Recently Acquired -Houseboat Days, by John Ashbery -On the Great ...
Posted by Francois on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST