blackgirl on mars: notes on a life in copenhagen (or how my alienation brings me closer to people).

Lodden Land from ThorstenCoo on Vimeo . I'm a big admirer of Gina Thorstensen's work. Here's the illustration she has in Bureau 39... gina thorstensen's "love is a fish" as featured in bureau 39, issue #1

I worked with the artist to this video on Bureau 39. I love her work. And the song is pretty lovely too... adios, the lab

brown unboxing bureau 39, a series of 50 handcrafted books made in copenhagen, dk Chances are you have held a BQP publication in your hand. If so, you have experienced the power of each books' individuality, uniqueness. These books are not massed produced, but each a work of art, a performance piece, a statement of the book . I am a Brooklyn-based writer/artist who currently live in Copenhagen, Denmark. In 2007 I founded Bandit Queen Press. Using nothing but the words from my heart, paper pleasing to the touch, a stapler and photocopier machine, I produced 100 handmade, individually unique copies of my first collection of poetry entitled The Organist's Daughter . Four years later and three more titles under its belt, Bandit Queen Press is about living beyond survival mode and the power inherent in creative sovereignty. Bandit Queen Press's last creation, Bureau 39 , is a limited edition literary zine featuring the works of New York-based poets such as Willi...

Life goes a lot faster than I can write...and even though I said I would be on vacation til the 14th, well, I just can't keep myself away. I think it is official: this has been one of the best summers I have experienced in a long time, and I didn't even leave the country! First was the great move: moving from one part of Copenhagen, a pretty posh side to a more working class neighborhood. I do miss my old apartment and neighborhood, it was a great peak into a world I'm not usually privy too, but I am loving my new neighborhood too! It reminds me of Brooklyn, Queens even. And the apartment is mine! It is close to Kai's school! It is close to all Kai's friends! And it is close to his dad as well! So, needless to say, my little boy is pretty happy with the move. After getting the apartment semi-functional, I spent some time up North in a small, old fishing village called Tisvild e. There's a fantastic beach, surrounded by the woods. There was a lot of Nature, some...

Bandit Queen Press is Proud to Present The first edition of the zine Bureau 39: The Ultimate Weapon This is an Open Call for Complete and Utter Submission: Bureau 39 wants your creation: Writing (creative or otherwise); illustration, photography. Send in your creative response by July 31st , subject line "Bureau 39" to submissions@banditqueenpress.com. Be sure to include in your byline, any websites or creations you want others to know about. Bureau 39 is spearheaded by Brooklyn born writer Lesley-Ann Brown and NYC writer/musician Claudius Pratt. Visit www.blackgirlonmars.blogspot.com for more information on Bandit Queen Press. Bureau 39 will be published in Copenhagen, Denmark and at a website near you…