Robert Rosen

Two months ago, the photographer Marcia Resnick shot the picture you see here and on my home page. This will be the official Beaver Street author's photo. (If the author's photo is here can the cover be far behind?) I'm very happy to have had the opportunity to work with a photographer as talented as Marcia, and I'm delighted with this artful shot. If you're not familiar with Marcia's work, please check out her website. It's a treat to look at. And please stay tuned for more news as the publication of Beaver Street draws ever closer.

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Erich von Pauli Addresses the British Empire on the “Beaver Street” Issue, the first of many Beaver Street promotional videos, is scheduled to be officially released in early August; it’s “unlisted” on YouTube. But I’m offering a sneak preview to the readers of this blog.

The video is intended as parody. If you find Nazi humor offensive, please don't watch it. But if you enjoyed The Producers, Mel Brooks's 1968 film, then Erich von Pauli might be your cup of tea. I encourage you to watch it in the full-screen mode.

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OK, it's true, at least one person in Germany has pre-ordered Beaver Street sight unseen. There is a "verkaufsrang" or "sales rank" as we say here. Kudos to Mark the K, the artist who created the poster on my home page. Any other insurgents out there? Read More 

The publication date is still six months away, but Beaver Street: A History of Modern Pornography is now available for pre-order on Amazon UK for £11.95. There is no better way to join the Beaver Street Literary Insurgency. Read More 

The good folks of Beaver Street, in Santa Rosa, California, have kindly extended this invitation to have me read from Beaver Street when it's published this coming October. I am so there.

My most recent Nowhere Man interview, in English and Spanish, which ran the other day on 10 Mathew Street, a Spanish website devoted to the Beatles, is a good example of why I've been struggling for the past six years to learn to speak Spanish. I want to be able to communicate with people who are this enthusiastic about my work. The interview also marks a transitional point in my career--it's the first time I've spoken in detail about my new book, Beaver Street, which will be published in the UK, in October, by Headpress. Read More 

A few days ago I posted the above image on my home page. It's going to be part of the promotional campaign for my new book, Beaver Street: A History of Modern Pornography, which will be published in the UK, in October, by Headpress. The drawing was done by a young German artist, Mark Kaufman, a big fan of my previous book, Nowhere Man. The energy and skill that he put into the graphic is a beautiful example of what I've come to call "The Beaver Street Literary Insurgency." Simply put, a literary insurgency is when people spontaneously embrace the work of an author they enjoy reading. I hope someday you, too, will join us.

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Se armo una cadena y necesitamos que publiquen esto en sus muros...CRUZ ROJA CHILENA -Santiago Tel.(2)7771448-7771216 Fax(2)7370270-(2)7776038-mail:comunicaciones@cruzroja.cl // La Ayuda. Demos Una Mano Por Todo Chile. PD: CADENA DE ORACION A LA 23.00 POR LOS DESAPARECIDOS Y LOS QUE YA NO ESTAN CON NOSOTROS... PASENLO EN SU MURO

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By Javier Foxon

Bob,
thank god me and family are alright.. now, while im sending you this email.. there are still some little movements of the earth (replicas) from that earthquake..man.. it was like apocalypse now.. but here in Viña and Valparaiso the earthquake was tender.. well of course some people died, but it is nothing compared to the shit going on in the south of the counrty..

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Early this morning an 8.8-magnitude earthquake--the largest in 50 years--struck Chile. My thoughts are with my friends in Santiago, Valparaiso, and Viña del Mar. If you look at my home page, you can see a picture of some of them--the staff of Paniko.cl. Unfortunately, this site, as well as many other Chilean sites, are not working at the moment. Read More 

A cultural icon of Jamie Gillis's stature deserves a proper New York Times obit. By "proper" I mean a 2-3 column head, photo, and 1,000 words minimum.

I'd like to share with you a post by the Mexican journalist Ricardo Otero Mackinney about his trip to New York in December. He writes about meeting me in Strawberry Fields, tracking down a copy of Nowhere Man, then coming to my house to have me sign it. The piece is called Fue un martes en Strawberry Fields (It Was a Tuesday in Strawberry Fields). Read More 

Yesterday, the Venezuelan arts journalist E.A. Moreno-Uribe posted an interview with me on his site, El Espectador Venezolano. I talk about Yoko Ono's sterilized perpetuation of the John Lennon myth, Lennon's assassin, Mark David Chapman, and a new Venezuelan play by Paúl Salazar Rivas, Yo Soy John Lennon (I Am John Lennon). Read More 

I'm delighted and relieved to announce that an Italian edition of Nowhere Man: The Final Days of John Lennon will be published this year by Coniglio. This calls for a slice of pizza and a glass of Chianti. Hell--make that a whole pie and a bottle.