tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28122877788486312872024-02-07T03:13:39.423-08:00MATHER SCHNEIDERpoetry and prosematherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812287778848631287.post-42734300988141655442013-09-06T04:32:00.002-07:002013-09-06T04:32:44.762-07:00This blog is now out of service. I have a new website matherschneider.wix.com
link <a href="http://matherschneider.wix.com/mather-schneider">H E R E</a>. matherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812287778848631287.post-13834204733733166312011-11-24T05:57:00.000-08:002011-11-24T05:58:09.712-08:00THANKSGIVING POEMThanks to DO NOT LOOK AT THE SUN, for publishing my <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=270045949712938&set=a.253011528083047.76479.163557403695127&type=1#!/photo.php?fbid=270045949712938&set=a.253011528083047.76479.163557403695127&type=1&theater">poem</a>matherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812287778848631287.post-16980005295471672292011-11-15T05:31:00.000-08:002011-11-15T05:33:08.555-08:00ROBERT COOPERMAN REVIEWS HE TOOK A CABThanks to Bob Cooperman who reviews my book Chamber Four <a href="http://chamberfour.com/2011/11/14/review-he-took-a-cab/">HERE</a>.matherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812287778848631287.post-75316712037153398932011-11-13T07:48:00.000-08:002011-11-13T07:49:14.221-08:00BE MINEA new poem <a href="http://clutchingatstraws.wordpress.com/2011/11/12/be-mine/">HERE</a>.matherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812287778848631287.post-84878764770797684442011-11-01T06:00:00.000-07:002011-11-01T06:27:51.486-07:00BOOK REVIEW AT CLUTCHING AT STRAWSThanks to Shawn Misener at Clutching at Straws for reviewing my book, even though he thinks I lack FLOW. Check it out <a href="http://clutchingatstraws.wordpress.com/2011/11/01/clutching-at-book-review-he-took-a-cab-by-mather-schneider/">HERE</a>.matherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812287778848631287.post-79364470381046879692011-10-27T06:58:00.001-07:002011-10-28T17:10:19.879-07:00NOTHING BUT A HUMAN BEINGI have a story on Scissors and Spackle called <a href="http://www.scissorsandspackle.com/index.php/october/mather-schneider/">NOTHING BUT A HUMAN BEING</a>.matherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812287778848631287.post-53080066946646384432011-10-25T19:51:00.000-07:002011-10-25T19:52:51.612-07:00THE JEEPI have a story published by Rusty Barnes on Fried Chicken and Coffee <a href="http://www.friedchickenandcoffee.com/2011/10/24/the-jeep-by-mather-schneider/">HERE</a>.matherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812287778848631287.post-38917577033477387182011-10-19T07:03:00.000-07:002011-10-19T07:08:07.591-07:00BOOK REVIEW OF HE TOOK A CAB AND INTERVIEWGeorge Anderson of Australia reviewed my book <a href="http://www.nyqbooks.org/title/hetookacab">HE TOOK A CAB </a>and interviewed me <a href="http://georgedanderson.blogspot.com/2011/10/book-review-mather-schneider-he-took.html">HERE</a>.matherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812287778848631287.post-42761872247137526662011-10-19T07:01:00.000-07:002011-10-19T07:07:12.437-07:00SHORT STORY ON ZYGOTE IN MY COFFEEThanks to Brian Fugett at Zygote In My Coffee for publishing my story <a href="http://www.zygoteinmycoffee.com/100s/issue135late.html">LATE</a>.matherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812287778848631287.post-3269013490683796752011-10-15T05:38:00.000-07:002011-10-15T05:39:31.439-07:00M.P. POWERS REVIEWS HE TOOK A CAB<a href="http://mppowers.wordpress.com/2011/10/15/he-took-a-cab-by-mather-schneider-my-review/">HERE</a>matherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812287778848631287.post-33731700315234595422011-10-14T14:47:00.001-07:002011-10-14T14:48:24.615-07:00TWO POEMS AT PANKThanks to Roxane Gay and staff for publishing a couple of my poems on <a href="http://www.pankmagazine.com/two-poems-30/">PANK</a>.matherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812287778848631287.post-57242068649225201072011-10-14T14:42:00.000-07:002011-10-14T14:49:24.846-07:00BOOK REVIEW ON POET HOUNDThanks to Paula the Poet Hound for reviewing my book <a href="http://www.nyqbooks.org/title/hetookacab">HE TOOK A CAB </a>on her site <a href="http://poethound.blogspot.com/2011/10/he-took-cab-by-mather-schneider.html">HERE</a>.matherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812287778848631287.post-30561434303833919572011-10-14T14:39:00.000-07:002011-10-14T14:49:50.068-07:00BREAKING THE HOLDING PATTERNThanks to Annmarie Lockhart for putting a poem of mine on Voxpoetica <a href="http://poemblog.voxpoetica.com/2011/10/09/breaking-the-holding-pattern.aspx">HERE</a>.matherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812287778848631287.post-67257424281286149722011-10-12T05:48:00.000-07:002011-10-12T05:50:00.166-07:00ESCAPE INTO LIFEThanks to Kathleen Kirk for putting up some of my work on Escape Into Life <a href="http://www.escapeintolife.com/poetry/mather-schneider/">HERE</a>matherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812287778848631287.post-16781635490562873912011-10-01T04:06:00.000-07:002011-10-01T04:07:02.385-07:00SHORT INTERVIEW AT SMOKELONG<a href="http://www.smokelong.com/interview/matherschneider33.asp">HERE</a>matherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812287778848631287.post-69933898353725641882011-09-23T13:54:00.001-07:002011-09-23T13:55:01.171-07:00NEW RIGHT HAND POINTING IS UPCheck it out <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/44righthandpointing/">HERE</a>.matherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812287778848631287.post-85009272003877496252011-09-17T07:10:00.000-07:002011-09-18T14:55:34.550-07:00MY NEW BOOK<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVFbn_fRr9leAiY2PNKYNFSBFai3yLppPyPDcy8GiHzA2VIPO-5KlGezfBoh2koA5xCGNEr-YKDZD7dCYWdPdWbK6h-KdUGHG9fZ_UdPwepjwb6XkdGHqtnSyDVbOz8rlldnVzjQBc1Wg/s1600/backcover.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 206px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVFbn_fRr9leAiY2PNKYNFSBFai3yLppPyPDcy8GiHzA2VIPO-5KlGezfBoh2koA5xCGNEr-YKDZD7dCYWdPdWbK6h-KdUGHG9fZ_UdPwepjwb6XkdGHqtnSyDVbOz8rlldnVzjQBc1Wg/s320/backcover.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653331863006440226" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUttvBlvdwuh10ZyA8Y5QDqN7CFYy856HVv8lI-L4VyCA4Upeiqp-iPpyTp7v4VsVJJDMx1-R7Mf_1dRlFHniEWzBPddPxiCwziEYzVNCpMRp-QrFOr7_I7dfX8b6w8aZ5N2j7p00VlZQ/s1600/bookcover.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 207px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUttvBlvdwuh10ZyA8Y5QDqN7CFYy856HVv8lI-L4VyCA4Upeiqp-iPpyTp7v4VsVJJDMx1-R7Mf_1dRlFHniEWzBPddPxiCwziEYzVNCpMRp-QrFOr7_I7dfX8b6w8aZ5N2j7p00VlZQ/s320/bookcover.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653331798497972626" /></a><br />buy it <a href="http://www.nyqbooks.org/title/hetookacab">HERE</a>matherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812287778848631287.post-90143688623574066042011-09-14T18:39:00.000-07:002011-09-14T18:42:21.990-07:00JIM VALVIS INTERVIEWJim Valvis is interviewed at Murder Your Darlings by CL Bledsoe <a href="http://clbledsoe.blogspot.com/search/label/An%20Interview%20with%20Jim%20Valvis">HERE</a>.matherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812287778848631287.post-37347502061285255972011-09-11T15:19:00.001-07:002011-09-11T15:38:58.723-07:00HE TOOK A CAB<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjToyQ01HigFHNCut8B7tRBHUrRUzo-yVlE_9NAl7ucxlmRaqyCrXOnZZ-q3W-Dk2ZAm19F1s-wObbWsx6baFFHUNMd3d51JnXimf2pJxjKh7tqmmm0O6lFG91nIOvBd7Or9tEnHyQ7oao/s1600/100_1970.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjToyQ01HigFHNCut8B7tRBHUrRUzo-yVlE_9NAl7ucxlmRaqyCrXOnZZ-q3W-Dk2ZAm19F1s-wObbWsx6baFFHUNMd3d51JnXimf2pJxjKh7tqmmm0O6lFG91nIOvBd7Or9tEnHyQ7oao/s320/100_1970.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651231379870624050" /></a><br />My new book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/He-Took-Cab-Mather-Schneider/dp/1935520210/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1315768987&sr=1-3">HE TOOK A CAB </a>is finally out and for sale!<br /><br />This book was beautifully put together by Raymond Hammond and the others at New York Quarterly Press. It's 108 pages of my best poetry, much of which takes for its subjects the world of cab driving and the streets of Tucson. There are some other poems which are purely lyrical and I am proud as hell of this book. It's also got one of my drawings on the cover. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/He-Took-Cab-Mather-Schneider/dp/1935520210/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1315780135&sr=1-3">Buy it you won't be sorry.</a><br /><br />I will be posting reviews as I can manage to get them. If anyone would like to review this book, contact me please.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/He-Took-Cab-Mather-Schneider/dp/1935520210/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1315780135&sr=1-3">HE TOOK A CAB</a>matherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812287778848631287.post-87306625972307451292011-09-06T17:44:00.001-07:002011-09-11T15:40:25.314-07:00BOOK REVIEW OF DROUGHT RESISTANT STRAINRusty Barnes reviews DROUGHT RESISTANT STRAIN <a href="http://www.livenudepoems.com/2010/11/mather-schneiders-drought-resistant.html">HERE</a>matherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812287778848631287.post-21383733471438388442011-09-06T17:34:00.001-07:002011-09-06T17:34:56.210-07:00THIS ANIMAL KNOWINGI have a poem on Bluestem <a href="http://www.bluestemmagazine.com/?p=1071">HERE</a>matherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812287778848631287.post-78489833577615053262011-09-05T10:34:00.001-07:002011-09-05T10:35:19.306-07:00MISSION STAIRS<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJi_yPB6U7SXLRLlrxqOfXCG_M8tWA7-X1fR2wgGczfk-R-ofxZnK5PZy4ARf28YaGOUe45kKbePAQaCS718MzT_lJyy12fRmqOmFybCiqm-lSAQioY_vtdCBpYoSxbu95P3-aWlrM5Q/s1600/100_1971.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJi_yPB6U7SXLRLlrxqOfXCG_M8tWA7-X1fR2wgGczfk-R-ofxZnK5PZy4ARf28YaGOUe45kKbePAQaCS718MzT_lJyy12fRmqOmFybCiqm-lSAQioY_vtdCBpYoSxbu95P3-aWlrM5Q/s320/100_1971.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648930459879281810" /></a>matherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812287778848631287.post-41995530202305272892011-08-30T18:18:00.000-07:002011-09-11T15:41:18.750-07:00THE RACKA new story of mine is published on Fried Chicken and Coffee <a href="http://www.friedchickenandcoffee.com/2011/08/30/the-rack-fiction-by-mather-schneider/">HERE</a>matherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812287778848631287.post-28569275135613611362011-08-26T08:52:00.001-07:002011-08-28T08:16:13.145-07:00GENERAL REVENUE CORPORATIONThis poem was published in the latest Main Street Rag:
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<br />GENERAL REVENUE CORPORATION
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<br />I used to work for a collection agency
<br />so I know: you invent a code name
<br />and sit at a desk with a headset and dial
<br />hundreds of telephone numbers each day
<br />to try to find people and convince them
<br />to pay old defaulted bills plus interest.
<br />My technique was to lever on their
<br />loved ones, religion, to come down hard
<br />on morality, duty, guilt, etc. Anyway,
<br />now it’s years later and some collector
<br />who calls himself “Eric” has been looking
<br />for me. He phoned my boss. I called him back.
<br />“You found me, Eric,” I said, “you’ve
<br />earned your seven bucks an hour.” “I
<br />try,” he said. He was a laid back, good-cop
<br />kind of guy, a pal, a technique I never
<br />cared for. It was an old loan: eight grand.
<br />“I’ll pay you 25 bucks a month,” I said.
<br />“200 is as low as it goes,” he said. “Sure,
<br />Eric,” I said, “I’ll give you 50 dollars
<br />a month.” “150,” he said, “Now I’m already
<br />breaking policy.” “85,” I said. “Let me
<br />talk to my supervisor,” he said. “By the
<br />way,” I said, “how’d you find me?” “I
<br />Googled you,” he said, “I found out you
<br />were a writer and a taxi driver in Tucson,
<br />then I called all the taxi companies.”
<br />“Pretty good,” I said. “Thank you,” he said.
<br />“By the way,” I said, “I don’t make a penny
<br />for the writings.” “Don’t worry,” he said,
<br />“I believe you.” There was a small silence
<br />before he put me on hold so he could
<br />go talk to his stupid supervisor.
<br />matherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812287778848631287.post-75444037632660868442011-08-18T07:19:00.000-07:002011-08-18T07:20:41.756-07:00DROUGHT RESISTANT STRAIN is now on AmazonDavid Bates from Interior Noise Press has got my book DROUGHT RESISTANT STRAIN on Amazone. Check it out and buy a copy <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0981660614/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_dp_Vsftob09RTDG5">HERE </a>matherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.com0