3rd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 25 :: M. KROCHMALNIK GRABOIS on CHARLES BUKOWSKI :: John Fante Was L.A. and Bukowski Was L.A. and I Am L.A.
[box]Editor's note: Sometime early this year, I'd been corresponding with a new contributor about the upcoming print magazine, and invited him to submit a piece for this year's series. This contributor was M. Krochmalnik Grabois, and what was to follow
3rd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 5 :: EDWARD TONEY on LOUIS REYES RIVERA
Are You With Me? (Louis Reyes Rivera 1945 - 2012) from ivarad on Vimeo. [Thanks to 30/30/30 2013 participant, JP Howard, for bringing us Edward Toney for this year's series! Here's JP's wonderful piece on Pat Parker. We love person to
3rd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30:: DAY 4 :: LAURA HENRIKSEN on HELEN ADAM (1909-1993)
[Editor's note: I've loved Helen Adam ever since I heard an excerpt of the above, her "Cheerless Junkie's Song," podcast back in 2007. I was happy to find this rare video footage of her singing the song on the
3rd Annual NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 3 :: BARRETT WARNER on KEITH DOUGLAS (1920-1944)
The first poems or stories anyone writes are often letters, which is why young letters—those written before the writer has developed his genre and style and voice—are helpful when looking at a mature author. Included in the Keith Douglas archive
REMAIN COMPOSED :: TODD LEREW :: FIELD NOTES :: THOUGHTS on MUSICAL FAILURE, PT. I
Latest sounds by Todd Lerew [box] For this special feature in our ongoing Field Notes series (where creators from all disciplines shine light behind the curtain at their daily practice -- revealing the often messy, sometimes frustrating, surprisingly beautiful life along
EDITORIAL:: #WORLDPOETRYDAY :: AWARENESS, INTENTION, GRATITUDE
A question to our creative audience - poets and non poets alike: if we imagine ourselves in an epic, global room, whose hand would I see raise when asked if you were aware that today is World Poetry Day, an
REMAIN COMPOSED :: LAURELLO, LEREW, and WARREN :: FIELD NOTES from THE AMERICAN COMPOSERS FORUM FINALISTS
[textwrap_image align="left"]http://www.theoperatingsystem.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2012_NWF_SoPercussion_305x305.jpg[/textwrap_image] [textwrap_image align="left"]http://www.theoperatingsystem.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Unknown.jpeg[/textwrap_image] The Operating System is pleased to introduce you to our newest guest contributors - composers Michael Laurello, Todd Lerew, and Kristina Warren. Just recently, these extraordinarily talented folk were chosen from hundreds of applicants as finalists in the
COMMUNITY :: THE INSTITUTE OF NARRATIVE GROWTH : CAITS MEISSNER and MARK GONZALES
There is nothing more at the heart of The Operating System than a deep belief in the transformative power of creative practice -- of storytelling and narrative practice, in particular. In light of that, nothing could give me more pleasure
AWESOME CREATORS :: An Interview with KNOW HOW MOVIE's Director Juan Carlos Piñeiro Escoriaza
In today's special edition of the AWESOME CREATORS series, editor Lynne DeSilva-Johnson joins in conversation with Juan Carlos Piñeiro Escoriaza, director of "KNOW HOW" - the first ever feature film written and acted by foster care youth. Check out the
A VERY SPECIAL INVITATION to THE 3rd ANNUAL POETRY MONTH 30-on-30-in-30 SERIES
The Operating System is thrilled to invite you to participate in the 3rd Annual 30-on-30-in-30 Poetry Month Celebration! In this series, we invite creative people from a range of backgrounds to share a story about how their work has been
