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APRIL 2008
Beginning the slow process of rebuilding / updating the site. Please bear with me if the place looks a bit messy in the meantime... watch out for for scaffolding and tins of paint...
JANUARY 2008
Beginning the slow process of rebuilding / updating the site. Please bear with me if the place looks a bit messy in the meantime... watch out for for scaffolding and tins of paint...
JANUARY 2008
Happy New Year. I will started an extensive updating frenzy on the site, as soon as my hangover dies away. in the meantime, I have new poems here: http://common-line.com/2007/12/tony-oneill.html
and I am working hard to get "Down and Out on Murder Mile" ready for its Fall 2008 release...
DECEMBER 2007
Hey, sorry for the lack of updates. There are some new poems up, you'll find them on the poetry page, but mistly I've been working on my two new books: "Hero Of The Underground", the memoir of NFL player Jason Peter which I have cowritten and is coming on on St Martins Press in the summer of 08, and tidying up the manuscript of "Down and Out on Murder Mile".... phew.
NOVEMBER 2007
Well, the big news is that I just signed with Harper Collins. Haper Perennial will release the follow up to "Digging the Vein", "Down and Out on Murder Mile" in the Fall of 2008. Crazy shit, I know.
JULY 25, 2007
Event confirmed
I will be performing as part of the Opium magazine Literary Death Match, Washington Square Park, 6:30pm More information HERE
JUNE 18, 2007
"Songs From The Shooting Gallery: Poems 1999 - 2006" is released. Please click HERE to buy directly from burning Shore Press, or (if you must) HERE to buy from Amazon
JUNE 1, 2007
New interview in Gothamist, up HERE
MAY, 2007
Event Confirmed...
Scheduled for Thursday, Jun 21st (7pm) McNally Robinson Booksellers, Prince Street, NYC — this is an historic appearance by Tommy Trantino (pictured), the prison author whose book Lock The Lock (Knopf, 1974) was lauded by luminaries such as Henry Miller, Allen Ginsberg, Kurt Vonnegut and William Burroughs. Trantino was convicted of the 1963 murder of two New Jersey police officers and spent many years on death row before his sentence was commuted to life. It was while in prison that he turned to art as a means of self-preservation, and his art and writing exudes a powerful influence on the underground writing scene. Tony O’Neill’s work has been championed by such important names in the American underground as Dan Fante, Dennis Cooper and John Giorno. He is the author of Digging The Vein, Seizure Wet Dreams and his latest, Songs From The Shooting Gallery: Poems 1999 - 2006. Tommy and Tony will read selections from their work as well as taking part in Q&A.
FEBRUARY 12th 2007
The Guardian's online edition recently posted 2 articles which reference my work, and the work of other young writers operating in similar circles... the pieces "Literature For The MySpace Generation" and "Surfing The New Literary Wave" can be found HERE and HERE
JANUARY 7TH, 2007
Hello, and happy new year... I will be reading at the Sunday Salon reading series on Sunday, January 21st. This event is held at the Stain bar, 766 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211... Also, Seizure Wet Dreams is finally available HERE!
NOV 1, 20006
I am incredibly proud to be a part of the Crossing Border festival in the Hague, Nov 17 - 20. I am reading with one of my favourite writers, Laura Hird, and on a bill with a lot of realy exciting writers, musicians and filmmakers. I am reading on Friday, Nov 17th. Tickets are available from the Crossing Border site.
OCT 5, 2006
New story HERE, and the reading at the KGB Bar is tomorrow night. Go HERE for more details
SEPT 29, 2006
The intro for by forthcoming book of poetry, "Songs From The Shooting Gallery" is available to preview HERE via the Burning Shore Press website!
SEPT 21, 2006
I have a short story, "The Doctor Takes A Walk" in issue four of a brilliant UK based journal "Dreams That Money Can Buy" alongside such leading lights of the UK lit scene as Sexton Ming, Stewart Home, Heidi James, etc. It's really a fantastic... well, I dont want to call it a magazine. It feels like a really well put together limited edition book. It's a thing of beauty. Go buy it HERE
SEPT 20, 2006
The Kerrang interview was... interesting. Tim Shaw - the DJ - suprised me by being incredibly anti-drug. Oh well, cue the outraged emails. On a much more fun note, 2 more readings have been booked. Wed the 27th at Think Coffee with Jolene Siana , a member of the Riot Lit collective (8pm) and on Friday Oct 6th at the KGB Bar with N. Frank Daniels and Jolene Siana (8pm). Please come down, they should both be really fun events!
SEPT 19, 2006
I am being interviewed on UK's Kerrang radio, Tuesday the 19th Sept. You can listen online if you are out of the UK, or check out 105.2fm. It takes place at 11:30pm UK time, 6:30pm NYC time. Check out their website to listen online...
SEPTEMBER 18, 2006
The launch of the RiotLit collective, of which I am a member. Check out www.riotlit.com for details
AUGUST 3, 2006
A new reading has been booked - August 31st at Bar 4 in Park Slope, Brooklyn. More details are HERE
July 14, 2006
DAZED AND CONFUSED has run a piece on me, written by Lee Rourke. Im stilll waiting for copies to hit New York, so I havent seen it yet. But I'm honored to be featured in one of my favourite magazines.
July 13, 2006
The UK edition of DIGGING THE VEIN (Wrecking Ball Press) has gone to the printers. So it should be in the stores soon. keep checking back for updates, but they've done a great job and I will post the cover art as soon as it is finalized.
July 12, 2006
SEIZURE WET DREAMS (Social Disease), my short story collection is almost ready to go to print... keep checking for updates.
July 10, 2006
DIGGING THE VEIN is shortlisted for the Hollywood Book Festival prize. In the end I didn't win, but got an honorable mention. Well, I didn't even know the book was nominated, so easy come easy go. I could have done with the $1000 dollar prize. However, I could see me walking around Hollywood with $1000 in my pockets ending rather badly...
Hey, sorry for the lack of updates. There are some new poems up, you'll find them on the poetry page, but mistly I've been working on my two new books: "Hero Of The Underground", the memoir of NFL player Jason Peter which I have cowritten and is coming on on St Martins Press in the summer of 08, and tidying up the manuscript of "Down and Out on Murder Mile".... phew.
NOVEMBER 2007
Well, the big news is that I just signed with Harper Collins. Haper Perennial will release the follow up to "Digging the Vein", "Down and Out on Murder Mile" in the Fall of 2008. Crazy shit, I know.
JULY 25, 2007
Event confirmed
I will be performing as part of the Opium magazine Literary Death Match, Washington Square Park, 6:30pm More information HERE
JUNE 18, 2007
"Songs From The Shooting Gallery: Poems 1999 - 2006" is released. Please click HERE to buy directly from burning Shore Press, or (if you must) HERE to buy from Amazon
JUNE 1, 2007
New interview in Gothamist, up HERE
MAY, 2007
Event Confirmed...
Scheduled for Thursday, Jun 21st (7pm) McNally Robinson Booksellers, Prince Street, NYC — this is an historic appearance by Tommy Trantino (pictured), the prison author whose book Lock The Lock (Knopf, 1974) was lauded by luminaries such as Henry Miller, Allen Ginsberg, Kurt Vonnegut and William Burroughs. Trantino was convicted of the 1963 murder of two New Jersey police officers and spent many years on death row before his sentence was commuted to life. It was while in prison that he turned to art as a means of self-preservation, and his art and writing exudes a powerful influence on the underground writing scene. Tony O’Neill’s work has been championed by such important names in the American underground as Dan Fante, Dennis Cooper and John Giorno. He is the author of Digging The Vein, Seizure Wet Dreams and his latest, Songs From The Shooting Gallery: Poems 1999 - 2006. Tommy and Tony will read selections from their work as well as taking part in Q&A.
FEBRUARY 12th 2007
The Guardian's online edition recently posted 2 articles which reference my work, and the work of other young writers operating in similar circles... the pieces "Literature For The MySpace Generation" and "Surfing The New Literary Wave" can be found HERE and HERE
JANUARY 7TH, 2007
Hello, and happy new year... I will be reading at the Sunday Salon reading series on Sunday, January 21st. This event is held at the Stain bar, 766 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211... Also, Seizure Wet Dreams is finally available HERE!
NOV 1, 20006
I am incredibly proud to be a part of the Crossing Border festival in the Hague, Nov 17 - 20. I am reading with one of my favourite writers, Laura Hird, and on a bill with a lot of realy exciting writers, musicians and filmmakers. I am reading on Friday, Nov 17th. Tickets are available from the Crossing Border site.
OCT 5, 2006
New story HERE, and the reading at the KGB Bar is tomorrow night. Go HERE for more details
SEPT 29, 2006
The intro for by forthcoming book of poetry, "Songs From The Shooting Gallery" is available to preview HERE via the Burning Shore Press website!
SEPT 21, 2006
I have a short story, "The Doctor Takes A Walk" in issue four of a brilliant UK based journal "Dreams That Money Can Buy" alongside such leading lights of the UK lit scene as Sexton Ming, Stewart Home, Heidi James, etc. It's really a fantastic... well, I dont want to call it a magazine. It feels like a really well put together limited edition book. It's a thing of beauty. Go buy it HERE
SEPT 20, 2006
The Kerrang interview was... interesting. Tim Shaw - the DJ - suprised me by being incredibly anti-drug. Oh well, cue the outraged emails. On a much more fun note, 2 more readings have been booked. Wed the 27th at Think Coffee with Jolene Siana , a member of the Riot Lit collective (8pm) and on Friday Oct 6th at the KGB Bar with N. Frank Daniels and Jolene Siana (8pm). Please come down, they should both be really fun events!
SEPT 19, 2006
I am being interviewed on UK's Kerrang radio, Tuesday the 19th Sept. You can listen online if you are out of the UK, or check out 105.2fm. It takes place at 11:30pm UK time, 6:30pm NYC time. Check out their website to listen online...
SEPTEMBER 18, 2006
The launch of the RiotLit collective, of which I am a member. Check out www.riotlit.com for details
AUGUST 3, 2006
A new reading has been booked - August 31st at Bar 4 in Park Slope, Brooklyn. More details are HERE
July 14, 2006
DAZED AND CONFUSED has run a piece on me, written by Lee Rourke. Im stilll waiting for copies to hit New York, so I havent seen it yet. But I'm honored to be featured in one of my favourite magazines.
July 13, 2006
The UK edition of DIGGING THE VEIN (Wrecking Ball Press) has gone to the printers. So it should be in the stores soon. keep checking back for updates, but they've done a great job and I will post the cover art as soon as it is finalized.
July 12, 2006
SEIZURE WET DREAMS (Social Disease), my short story collection is almost ready to go to print... keep checking for updates.
July 10, 2006
DIGGING THE VEIN is shortlisted for the Hollywood Book Festival prize. In the end I didn't win, but got an honorable mention. Well, I didn't even know the book was nominated, so easy come easy go. I could have done with the $1000 dollar prize. However, I could see me walking around Hollywood with $1000 in my pockets ending rather badly...