This is the seventh installment in a series of 11 audio poems collectively known as "The Benjy Poems," written and directed by Benjamin Hackman, and produced and engineered by Craig Saltz.
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What German I knowIs from movies and Karl MarxSo: Arbeiter, Schnell!
Read MoreMichelle Syba tells the story of how a hike in the Mexican jungle made her rethink her faith. She told her story live at This Really Happened at the Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival on April 26, 2013.
Read MoreJeff Gandell tells the story of how he came to believe that losing his virginity would help him stop losing his hair. He told his story live at This Really Happened at the Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival on April 26, 2013.
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Arrive at eveningMen urinate by the SeineNotre Dame looms dark
Read MoreJoshua Levy tells the story of how his fear of a turtle helped him learn to swim. He told his story at This Really Happened at the Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival on April 26, 2013.
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Just here, GenevaGood food makes me weep sadlySo f*ck you, Nashville
Read MoreThis is the sixth installment in a series of 11 audio poems collectively known as "The Benjy Poems," written and directed by Benjamin Hackman, and produced and engineered by Craig Saltz.
Read MoreMatt Goldberg tells the story of a surprising outcome of a rite of passage. He told his story live at This Really Happened at the Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival on April 26, 2013.
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In the wake of the 10th anniversary of the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, I declare that there is a new stereotype in town. Wait! I know, stereotypes are bad… But hear me out with this one, if only to curse me with accurate citations when you’re done reading.
Read MoreThis is the fifth installment in a series of 11 audio poems collectively known as "The Benjy Poems," written and directed by Benjamin Hackman, and produced and engineered by Craig Saltz.
Read MoreAndrea Stanford tells the story of how her upstairs neighbours ruined her Type A pregnancy planning. She told her story at This Really Happened at the Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival on April 26, 2013.
Read MoreThis is the fourth installment in a series of 11 audio poems collectively known as "The Benjy Poems," written and directed by Benjamin Hackman, and produced and engineered by Craig Saltz.
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“Comics” summons flashes of Archie and Sunday newspaper strips, or superheroes saving first world society from certain peril. “Graphic novels,” on the other hand, recalls quirky autobiographical tomes of adolescent ennui. Truth be told, comics can be all of those things, and more, but never by definition.
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Back by popular demand, This Really Happened returns to the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival, on April 26th at the Opus Hotel in Montreal. Come hear stories about reinventions, reincarnations, and major rewrites. Get your tickets early as last year’s event sold out!
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Les Nombrilistes hire a Frenchman named Didier to translate your Mile End novel, The Fractured Hipster. Sadly, Didier has never set foot in Montreal.When Le branché débranché comes out, your young protagonist, Julian, buys his cigarettes chez l’Arabe, goes out with a nana, wears pull-overs and baskets, washes his clothes at a pressing, and eats myrtilles and pastèque. He swears by yelling, “Putain de merde!”
Read MoreThis is the third installment in a series of 11 audio poems collectively known as "The Benjy Poems," written and directed by Benjamin Hackman, and produced and engineered by Craig Saltz.
Read MoreThis is the second installment in a series of 11 audio poems collectively known as "The Benjy Poems," written and directed by Benjamin Hackman, and produced and engineered by Craig Saltz.
Read MoreThis is the first installment in a series of 11 audio poems collectively known as "The Benjy Poems," written and directed by Benjamin Hackman, and produced and engineered by Craig Saltz.
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