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boice-Terrel Allen

About Me

boice-Terrel Allen is the author of the doublebook Screwball Comedy/Stories Going Steady, a novel-in-stories and short story collection under one cover. He is also the author of two novels, Janet Hurst and The Daughters of a Mother and the editor of Coloring Book: An Eclectic Anthology of Fiction & Poetry by Multicultural Writers. He holds degrees from both the University of Pittsburgh and New York Universitys Graduate School of Journalism. Allen has been the recipient of grants and scholarships from the Multicultural Arts Initiative, the Pittsburgh Foundation and the Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Foundation. He's also turned his eye to fashion by designing a collection of graphic tees. In 2005, Allen exhibited his first art installation, based on Screwball Comedy/Stories Going Steady, at the Mattress Factory museum in Pittsburgh. He's currently adapting Stories Going Steady into a screenplay.To order any of Allen's titles, ask for them at your favorite bookseller or online at http://www.amazon.com or http://www.rattlecat.com
HALF-BROTHER ft. Alan Cohen (Live from Bowery Poetry Club, NYC)
ITCHY BOYS ft. Alan Cohen (Live from Bowery Poetry Club, NYC)
PAUPER'S GRAVE ft. Alan Cohen (Live from Bowery Poetry Club, NYC)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 13/11/2005
Band Website: http://www.rattlecat.com
Influences: Literary: Gayl Jones, Truman Capote, Junot Diaz, Alice Munro
Music: Madonna, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, Joni Mitchell, Beatles, Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Marley Morrissey and the Smiths and many more...
Sounds Like: Elvis Costello, The Beatles, Morrissey and your favorite playlist!
Record Label: Rattlecat
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

boice, madonna and the new york post---of course!

hello, if you don't know, let it be told, i am a longtime madonna fan. 25 years. she is my top friend. so of course i was at her april 30 promo show in new york. i was interviewed by nypost.com who po...
Posted by on Fri, 02 May 2008 11:03:00 GMT

A DUO OF NEW SONGS

just posted 2 new songs from the forthcoming HOW TO BE AN ADULT cd: "hector" and "here's the sin"
Posted by on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:42:00 GMT

New Post: A MELANCHOLY HOLIDAY SONG...

hey, i've been feeling all xmas-y and i wanted to share the mood with you. what better way than with a song for the season? especially a melancholy one. so here it is friends, my first holiday tune, ...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:51:00 GMT

LIVE PERFORMANCES from the Bowery Poetry Club, NYC

hiya, just posted 3 songs from my first show performing my original songs: half-brother, itchy boys and pauper's grave.  the videos were from the nov. 14 buzz party at the bowery poetry club in n...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:37:00 GMT

bookslut.com interview by john zuarino

read this great mini-interview by fellow scribe john zuarino at bookslut.com: http://www.bookslut.com/blog/archives/2007_10.php011925  
Posted by on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 07:37:00 GMT

2 BIG NYC EVENTS NXT WEEK + 3 new & free downloads

hello all, in case you didn't know, next week there's two big events. info below. hope you can attend. also, 3 new demos are up for free downloading. thanks to everyone who's shown me such great suppo...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 07:21:00 GMT

POSTED: 3 new demos

3 hot new demos for your pleasure and free to download. -"Pauper's Grave" -"Now That You've Found Someone Else" -"BMOC" Enjoy!!!!!!! btw, don't wanna hear sheezy about loving the new britney.:)
Posted by on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:34:00 GMT

the future...

okay, so i'm currently prepping for an exciting year.  this fall i'll be releasing my debut music cd entitled HOW TO BE AN ADULT.  check out the just added track from it, "not enough." ...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:13:00 GMT

MOVING

It's finally happening. Yours truly will be moving to NYC.  It's been a great run in Pittsburgh and I'm ready to spread my wings.  I hope everyone will come out to celebrate my departure wit...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:49:00 GMT

STORIES GOING STEADY excerpt

an excerpt from the short story eventually... I'm interested in the spaces between contradictions. That crack between juxtapositions. The notes between the notes. The proverbial reading between the l...
Posted by on Tue, 02 May 2006 16:04:00 GMT