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Background
Born and raised in the Midwest. Studied political science and psychology and at The University of Iowa. In San Francisco started SINK Press, and coordinated The Canessa Park Reading Series from 1987-93. In 1993 created The List of Experimental Poetry/Art Magazines. Available on the web at www.selbyslist.com, the list has become an important source of info for innovative writers and artists around the world.
Performance
In addition to the Bay Area, readings in New York City (Ear Inn, St. Mark's, The Knitting Factory), Boston (Word of Mouth), Phoenix (Scottsdale Art Center), Los Angeles (Beyond Baroque), Minneapolis (Center For Book Arts), Seattle (Bumbershoot, Subtext), San Diego (Beyond the Page), Vancouver (Kootenay School of Writing), London (Subvoicive), Portland, Cleveland, Washington D.C., Toronto and Montreal.
Poetry Books
Instar (San Francisco: SINK Press, 1989), Barricade (Providence: Paradigm Press, 1990), House of Before (Hartford: Potes and Poets, 1991), Sound Off (St. Paul: Detour, 1993), No Island (NY: Drogue Press, 1995), The Big R (NY: Angle Press, 1998), Task (Tenerife: Zasterle, 1999), Twist of Address (Exeter, England: Shearsman Books, 2007).
Film History
Dark City: The Film Noir (Jefferson NC: McFarland & Company, 1984). This book has remained in print for over two decades and is now considered a classic in the field. Historical research has continued unabated and a new book on film noir is nearing completion.
Anthologies
The Art of Practice: Forty-Five Contemporary Poets (Hartford: Potes and Poets, 1994), Primary Trouble: An Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry (Jersey City: Talisman House, 1995), The Gertrude Stein Awards in Innovative American Poetry: 1994-95 (Los Angeles: Sun and Moon Press, 1996), Word Score Utterance Choreography (London: Writers Forum, 1998), Loose Watch (London: Invisible Books, 1998).
Art, Visual Poetry
Art in group shows and four collections of visual work: Stigma (Oakland: Score, 1990), Malleable Cast (Cleveland: Generator Press, 1995), Problem Pictures (Berkeley: SINK Press, 2003) and Flush Contour (Rockhampton, Australia: Otoliths, 2008).
Magazines
Appearance in hundreds of publications, including American Letters & Commentary, The Black Warrior Review, Boundary 2, Caliban, Central Park, Chicago Review, Colorado Review, Crayon, Denver Quarterly, Dimensao, Doc(k)s, Electronic Poetry Review, Facture, First Intensity, House Organ, Jacket, Long News, Mirage #4 Period(ical), New American Writing, Object Permanence, O.blek, Offerta Speciale, Painted Bride Quarterly, Poetry Daily, Queen St. Quarterly, Rampike, Remap, Rhizome, Ribot, Shearsman, Slope, Spanner, Stride, Sulfur, Talisman, Teraz Mowie, Untitled, Ur-Vox, Verse, Volt, The Washington Review.