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Dreaming in Syndication
by Photios Giovanis
Winter 2003

Loving architectonics multiplying.
Familial synergists.

Non-evidentiary reproductive processes.
Filmic dispossession.

Auto mechanical fibrillation.
Episodal contingencies.

Today’s blueprint-concept.
Tomorrow’s richly paneled households.

The precarious drama of the staircase.
Law of returning incipience.

Many brothers free to choose
Between encumbering masculinities.

Lilting cult-headed children.
Silent incorrigible children looking.

Three prefabricated sisters.
Their muscular remonstrations

Involuntarily tearing at ideality.
And they knew they were much more than a bunch.


A native of the Bronx, Photios Giovanis is a poet, drag performer, bartender and computer-geek currently living in Brooklyn.


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The Rail invites you to a reading with Jason
Flores-Williams and Brian Carreira, along with musical
guest Steve Strunsky of the Lonesome Prairie Dogs.

Thurs., Sept. 22, 8:30 p.m.
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OFF THE RAIL FALL 2005 at the Central Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library - Grand Army Plaza
(718) 230-2100 in the 2nd Floor Auditorium

Tuesday, Sept. 13 from 7 till 9
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The Independent Press Association-NY recently honored The Brooklyn Rail with the following awards:

1st place: Best article about Immigrant Issues or Racial Justice--Gabriel Thompson, "One Immigrant's Journey" (September 2004).

1st place: Best article about the Arts*--Amy Zimmer, "The Brownsville Rec. Center" (April 04)

2nd place: Best article about the Arts--Brian Carreira, "Harlem Arts: A Faux Renaissance" (Dec 03/Jan 04).

2nd place: Best editorial or commentary--T. Hamm, "The Issue is Free Speech" (Dec 03/Jan 04).

3rd Place: Best Investigative News Story--Marjory Garrison, "Minimum Matter of Survival" (May 04)

Honorable mention: Best Investigative News Story--Williams Cole, "Housing vs. the RNC" (June 04).

Honorable mention: Best Original Feature--Yvette Walton, "My Life in the NYPD" (Dec 03/Jan 04).
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