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foreplay ok, who's got the dirt? who's got the dirt? I got the dirt. dirt and grass, leftover cigarette butts, creepy crawling things from around and under buks' headstone...but i have it all inside baggie under zip n stuff. a month later it's still moist gooey and wriggly... (you sick fuck -somebody said)... that might be, but i got the baggie-O-bukdirt ! neener. and not only did i come back with buk-souveniers, i left some of my own...as you can see to the left...if you can decipher that mess i call a collage...I never claimed to be an arteeeest...just a freaky photOFantic. you can find more at smell ME.... anyways, i like it up here, think i'll keep this spOt (g). nonetheless...this issue is jampacked with all the good stuff you look for everymonth so... ...oK read it and leap into the-hold.com!  - --bukowski, wet dirt and overworked tongues on the loose ---night dave!   XO's cait

columnists/rants Untitled  Dave Dembinski dickens' journal  spokane county jail Dolomite  Dolomite Roadrage  Knight Hawk smell ME  cait collins the word poetry/prose/art book reviews -w/ Michael Basinski INTERVIEWS -w/ hold contribs. previous issue bukstuff features spoken hold chapbooks cafe soundoff GRAFITTI -messageboard current events themestream members FYI guestbook add YOUR link -view links memoirs the hold issue #1 KENT poetry slam mcn mcn issue#35 inside info about the-hold the hold reviews staff submissions webrings award contact

best wishes and haPpy birthday to hold contributor sheila murphy way kewl hat gurl. what's underneath? I wanna feather!...and teeth like that! yea! ::throwin confetti!!::: • important_announcements_to_thigh_sniffers • somebody asked me what this means. well ok. here's my detailed explanation: ART! Roadrage welcome back to Knight Hawk and the powerful Roadrage column. you don't want to miss this, and if you leave again buddy, i'm gonna beat the shit outta ya...heh and i miss yer art! OVA OPTICS by cheryl townsend hehheh...eggs are not just for hatching anymore...or for breakfast! (I'm gettin' a titty hard-on already!) dickens' journal i have about 50 letters from dickens to type out. one of these days, i'll have a shitload of stuff on this column but for now, read about dickens' upcoming sentencing. things are getting sticky! maybe i should start scanning... INTERVIEWS in celebration of the holds' upcoming 50th issue (November 2001), founder and maharajeee dave dembinski, co-editor Jay Miner and I have teamed together to INTERVIEW all of the contributors of the hold. this issue continues contributor interviews which proves to be not only interesting, intriguing but also I hafta say...these people eat life (luv) ..ha! anyways, by November, I will have assembled all of the issues of the hold (1 - 50) on cd, including these interviews, which will be distributed to all of the contributors. *Dave, Jay and myself will receive interview questions submitted by the contributors of the hold and anybody else insane that wants an answer - no dead animal questions, you'se! in the arts: (starting alphabetically)     "and god created man" by laura alleman www.cheshire-cat.org has taken a major design hit recently, with most of the member sites being updated. We've also added two new artists, Elliott & SilentDavid, and the Hold's Dan Symonds is trying to keep an online journal of sorts, called d-log. At the same time, www.cheshirecat.tv is going great guns, with five short films, a quiz show and an mp3 review series. We're filming new stuff in March, but we really need your clips to get it going. Got a camcorder? Then email us: smile@cheshirecat.tv and join in our experiment. Thunder Sandwich Broadside Edition is now online...read more contemporary poetry, prose and check out the art over the other side of the internet! Erosha edited by Donna Hill / Elaine Thomas is now updated! if you would like to submit to the most erotic journal on the internet, subject matter should be sensual, sensuous, erotic, provocative, and original. for poetry or art submission, click here for more details or for more information, email dmhill65@home.com now you can check out hold contributors not only once a month but during the month at themestream....check the list here! -- and join yourself! Michael Basinski Assistant Curator of the Poetry/Rare Books Collection of the University Libraries, SUNY at Buffalo offers us complete reviews of the poetry books of not only some of our contributors, but ezines and other books available online and in your local bookstore. Michael's poems, articles and reviews have appeared in numerous publications. send your book to Michael for review! ADD-ALL Search, compare, and save at 40 bookstores, 20,000 dealers, and millions of books. Looking for hard to find, used or out of print books? Why waste your time going from site to site? You can search all of them with just one click. If they have it, AddALL will find it. click here! (if you've updated your website....email me and I'll make a 'ta do' about it - even roll out a red carpet full of fleas...nah, fuck the fleas, make that a joint!) COMING NEXT MONTH the hold - issue 44 (doh)