Last updated: 4 days ago
Benjamin Norman Pierce is a professional dishwasher with BA's in Philosophy, History, and English. He practices Hermetic magick. He paints in tempera and draws in chalk or pastels, and does some work in purely digital media as well, and has had graphics published in Ancient Heart, Convergence, and Moebius. He self-published a novel, "Snuck Past Death and Sleep." and has an album of Lovecraft-inspired ambient music,"Al-Azif", and another album of idiosyncratic electronica, Three Hooks, available on Soundcloud and Bandcamp. he participates in the informal musical collective headed by King Seesar known as the "New Eldritch Cult".
He has published poetry in Lilliput Review, Poesy, Dragonfly, Raintown Review, Red Owl, Scifaikuest, Free Verse, Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Calendar, Primordial Traditions, Convergences, Acme: a Journal of Critical Geography and Journal of the Western Mystery Tradition, Convergences, Chiron Review, Euphony, Alchemy, Poetica Review, The Bees Are Dead, Portland Metrozine and Innumerable Stumble. He has lived in Madison co-operative houses, most recently Nottingham Co-op, since 1989. He was an enthusiastic participant in the 2011 occupation of the Wisconsin state capitol building. He is a regular participant in Open Mike Nights and displays art in small galleries and coffee houses as the opportunity arises.
He has published poetry in Lilliput Review, Poesy, Dragonfly, Raintown Review, Red Owl, Scifaikuest, Free Verse, Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Calendar, Primordial Traditions, Convergences, Acme: a Journal of Critical Geography and Journal of the Western Mystery Tradition, Convergences, Chiron Review, Euphony, Alchemy, Poetica Review, The Bees Are Dead, Portland Metrozine and Innumerable Stumble. He has lived in Madison co-operative houses, most recently Nottingham Co-op, since 1989. He was an enthusiastic participant in the 2011 occupation of the Wisconsin state capitol building. He is a regular participant in Open Mike Nights and displays art in small galleries and coffee houses as the opportunity arises.
