In the fall of 2007 a man by the name of Oscar Varona, from
Madrid, emailed me in regards to a pathfinder I did on Kenneth Patchen. That emailed turned into several emails,
turned in to an almost-decade long friendship, in which Oscar and I have shared
our views and thoughts on everything from writing to art to relationships to
internet porn to politics to you name it.
In short, the guy is a class act all the way.
Oscar is also a fantastic artist as well. He is the author of a book of short stories
Tremolo (2003), and he has been published in several journals including: Mondo Kronheca Literature, Metazen, AscentAspirations, and Groenlandia. Oscar was
also an editor of Madrid’s own Delirio, a cultural journal that ran from
2009-2012. I’ve even had the good
fortune to publish Oscar Varona in an issue of Pittsburgh’s own The New Yinzer
when I acted as a guest editor back in 2009.
Aside from
writing Oscar Varona is also one hell of an artist. His pictures and collages have been exhibited
in Madrid. You can read a wonderful
interview with him HERE at Jung Katz, and see some more of his art HERE as well.
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