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AVAILABLE NOW from Propaganda Press: The Bones of Saints Under Glass – poems by Jeff Fleming with an intensely cool cover by HOSHO McCREESH!  read all about it here and here.

jeff fleming has been writing poetry since he weighed less than a hundred pounds. in a past life, the one before children, he edited/published CannedPhlegm and then Cranial Tempest, both poetry magazines.

rumor has it he spent six years getting a four year degree at Michigan State University, mostly because he didn’t have a clue what to do with his life, partly because he needed to work full time to pay the rent. he emerged mostly intact with a BA in English, emphasis in writing, and a healthy respect for vodka that continues to this day.

fleming has written three novels that are sitting in a box in his garage.

if asked his greatest influences he would probably say his 12th grade creative writing teacher (Mrs. Shoemaker), Shakespeare, Raymond Carver and any number of other well-known poets.

the truth is always darker.

fleming is thrilled to see nibble reach her first anniversary!

his poetry has recently been featured in Blossums (forthcoming), Ibbetson Street Press (#25), Lummox Journal (forthcoming),  xenith (June 10), kipple (April 30), Poieses (#2, #3), Right Hand Pointing (#23, #24), Ink, Sweat & Tears (Jan 1), Bottom of the World (#2), a handful of stones (Nov 24, Dec 7, Jan 20, Feb 25, Dec 7, Jan 5), 63 Channels (#36), Origami Condom (#10), Best Poem (July 28), Brevities (#67) and Pocket Change (Aug & Sept).

one of fleming’s poems will appear on a broadside from The Guerilla Poetics Project (allegedly).

fleming is a founding member of the Melville-Sun Poetry Collaborative.

his poetry has been described as “mature, intelligent, empathetic….good stuff.”  he writes “with a steady blend of emotion, experience, universality, and objectiveness.”

fleming currently lives in a house on a hill in the fog with his wife and his two sons.