: About Me

First a road manager and back-up singer for the rock group, Cottonmouth in the mid-70's, Justice Putnam then re-emerged with the Laguna Beach Free Poets briefly, part of the Los Angeles Art/ Performance/ Poetry/ Dance/ Punk movement during the early 80's. His poetry and prose has been published in Elektrum Magazine, Vol. No. Magazine, American Poetry Anthology, Literatus World Review, The Berkeley Daily Planet, The San Francisco Chronicle and other academic, small press, print and online journals.

He has also traveled around the world with a keen interest in music, art, photography, literature and culinary culture; living for short times in France, Italy, Japan and Mexico.

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BEAUTY, TRUTH AND BIBLIOMANIA "Why do you have four books by Bukowski?" she seemed disturbed as she closed "The Most Beautiful Woman In Town". "I'd have more of his opus," I answered, "I'm slowly re-building my library." "But I don't understand, you like Bukowski?" "Sure," I responded, a little tentative, not quite understanding her question, "I've always been attracted to his writing style. He is very spare." "But Bukowski is a misogynist and you have four of his books!" she pointed at my bookcase. "South Of No North", "Factotum" and "Women", plus the one she was returning to the shelf in...

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