This is the official site of Birdsong Micropress, a lil publishing outfit located in Williamsburg (not the historic one), and is comprised of an array of serialized zines and one-shots by various birdsong writers/artists, and the interview series Five on It. Contributors comprise The Birdsong Collective.


Category: Five On It


Five On It with Ethan Shoshan

Posted on June 7, 2011 by admin

Ethan Shoshan is a social ecologist and interdisciplinary artist in NYC. He is currently working on a solo exhibition, Falling Towards Light, a mixed-media installation casting rainbows amidst moth-eaten clothes and fire to suggest a mastication of identity, immigration, sex, … Continue reading →



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Five On It with William Johnson of Mary Literary

Posted on June 1, 2011 by admin

Founder, editor, and publisher of Mary: A Literary Quarterly, William Johnson, has described gay sex as his entrée into literature, which is a refreshing reversal of perspective insofar as it retains both sex and art without sacrificing one at the … Continue reading →



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Five On It with Oliver Bendorf

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Roy

I read Oliver Bendorf’s poem “Catch a Body” (Blood Orange Review 5.1) at a moment in a day in a time in my life when the decision to move away from everything I loved was weighing me down hard. The … Continue reading →



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Five On It with Sophie Blackall

Posted on April 12, 2011 by KNayNay

One Valentine’s Day while flitting around on the internet (which I never do cause I am bad at it), I came across a listing for a Missed Connections inspired art show at the Transit Museum of all places which sounded … Continue reading →



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Five On It – with Angelica Bess

Posted on March 22, 2011 by KNayNay

Angelica Bess is the resident soul-styling hot mama in Brooklyn based Body Language.  The band, which calls their mega-danceable beats “electronic jamz” or funk pop, just returned from being on road for over a month with the trip hop trio … Continue reading →



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Five On It– with Mike Young

Posted on March 15, 2011 by admin

Mike Young co-edits one of our favorite lit mags, NOÖ Journal, and his debut collection of short stories, Look! Look! Feathers, just came out from Word Riot Press in December. Mike’s got some poems up on Bomb Magazine’s blog, and … Continue reading →



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Five On It- with Blake Butler

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Tommy

Although his new novel There is No Year won’t be coming out for a month, Blake Butler takes to the streets of the city this week with several members of Gotham’s literati (including birdsong interviewees like Melissa Broder, Ben Greenman, … Continue reading →



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Five On It– with Xenia Rubinos

Posted on March 1, 2011 by admin

As a few of us here at the birdsong HQ head to Austin for SXSW next month, we’ve been checking out some of the emerging showcase lineups (and on occasion, trying to get in on them), and were delighted to … Continue reading →



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Five On It- with Jennifer Michael Hecht

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Tommy

A year ago this time I was in the New School’s MFA poetry program, and one of my favorite professors was poet, historian, philosopher, author and world famous skeptic, Jennifer Michael Hecht. She taught me a lot in her classroom, … Continue reading →



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Five On It- with Brian Kenny

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Tommy

-Hands Tshirt by Brian Kenny New York-based artist Brian Kenny has worn many hats in his time– gymnast, vocalist, go-go boy, visual artist, poet, etc. etc. etc. The list just grows. Whatever means his creative ambition takes, it’s assured of … Continue reading →



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