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Since I've moved to Missoula, the Street Lit authors in Austin have moved to a new site at http://streetlitauthors.org/, run by the awesome Tony Nuñez and Phil Force. 

Below you'll find Street Lit news posts from my Austin years with the group, and a selection of the creative works of the
 Street Lit Authors Club. I'll be posting new works from the Missoula folks sooner than later, so keep an eye on us. We've got great things in the works.

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Austin Chronicle's "Best of Austin" award for Street Lit!

11/23/2016

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Street Lit & Barry Maxwell, the Austin Chronicle's Best of Austin,
Amazing!
The Austin Chronicle awards a
Critics Choice "Best of Austin" back pat to Street Lit:

Best Life Changer, 2016!

Thank you so much!


Happy Thanksgiving, y'all.

In the lull between dinner and second dinner, I offer up a thank you to all you folks who've helped Street Lit this past year, and since we began back in 2013. The books keep coming, and keep getting read. (That pipeline always needs filling!)Cash donations ebb and flow with the season, and have continued to sustain the Street Lit Authors Club. I've been able to keep the coffee hot, and pens and paper on hand. We've had donations come through our Amazon wish list, and it's always gratifying to walk into the Saturday workshop with a copy of "Bird by Bird" or "This Word Now" for a writer who needs it.

A special thanks to all the folks who've come to visit the workshop or helped out behind the scenes, and at the ARCH. Knowing you have our back and wish us well is part of what keeps us going. With the world around us in such turmoil, the words are a source of strength we can consistently rely on. Thank you ALL for helping with that.

If you can give, please do! 
(If not, please share this w/your friends!)
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I saw a cute little movie on Facebook this week, about 10 things to be happy about. The first was a roof over your head. On the list were things like clean sheets, warm socks, and people around you who care. I was saddened by an animation that was meant to remind the viewer to be grateful--7 out of 10 of the "requirements" were things so many do not have. So yes, be grateful, be happy, and don't forget to be kind.

Happy holidays!
Barry & the Street Lit Authors

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The Art of Profound Expounding

11/6/2016

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PictureFrom the Aliyah Suite: "The Hope" Salvadore Dali
The Art of Profound Expounding 
by Joshua Michael Braun

I am expunding profundity
And expounding profoundity
Experimenting with rotundity
Rotating with a wondrous air

Like a carousel at the fair
Goddamn Longhair
He said as he stared and stared
And stared

At me in the rain
That day I was feeling profane
But in a good way
On a good day
It’s just a little bit hard to explain

So said The Man
Before he leapt from The Cliff
And Then
Burst In
To Flames

Yes, Chives, that will be all
Thank you
The End
Goodnight

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Silent Night

11/5/2016

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Picture
Silent Night
by Cindy Savage

Each of their breaths
while almost silent,
speak uncountable words,
     for those that know the song.

Quiet tears, heavy sighs
mumbled prayers while asleep,
for deliverance,
     from demons
  or from demons, even.

The stains left behind 
     from the evening’s repose
I shall only guess at origins
     acidic tears, poison fluids, some with orts still attached
and times more solid than dreams.

The slow shuffle of feet,
the slower eyelids
hesitant to greet the day
will return to roost
with the setting of the sun

to once again raise a chorus
     of silence that screams.

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