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Announcing Moonstone Chapbook Launch
When Larry Robin reached out to me to me about the Moonstone Chapbook Contest I did not know which manuscript he was talking. Around the...
Karol Olesiak
Sep 132 min read


Press Release: Two New Poetry Chapbooks Coming Soon! About to Publish with Moonstone Press and Finishing Line Press
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESan Francisco, CA — August 24, 2025 I’m thrilled to announce that two new poetry chapbooks of mine are forthcoming —...
Karol Olesiak
Aug 232 min read


Karol Olesiak
Apr 3, 20220 min read


Easter Has Come Again
Last Easter I planned on releasing a spoken word album with Brandon Mhoon and Victor Inzunza and perhaps that was a little too ambitious....
Karol Olesiak
Feb 28, 20221 min read


Spoken Word Album to be Released this Easter
So during this pandemic I have been having zoom meetings and conference calls With Victor Inzunza and Brandon Mhoon about a spoken Word...
Karol Olesiak
Jan 30, 20212 min read


In Defense of Play
In both lucid and abstractionless moments of clarity, I resolve that the game is one of the foundational tenants of reality. All higher inte
Karol Olesiak
Apr 17, 20202 min read


Kantor Dada
I have been listening to sound poems by Hugo Ball. At The New School where I was exposed to sound art/audio theory and wrote poetry, I...
Karol Olesiak
Oct 21, 20191 min read


democracy & Utopia
There is a robust stage of a revolution and then there is the interim. Peaceful transition of power should never be understated..I see...
Karol Olesiak
Oct 17, 20191 min read


Vachel Lindsay
Brought singing poetry to popularity — he traipsed America championing villagism. Vachel was contemporary of Frost, at the dawn of...
Karol Olesiak
Sep 27, 20191 min read


Distancing Effect
Twin Peaks: Firewalk With Me found-me. I was 12. In Paris. I had bought a switchblade on Marché aux Puces de Saint-Ouen. When David...
Karol Olesiak
Sep 25, 20191 min read
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