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Local artist publishes graphic novel
February 11, 2009
FERNLEY--Local artist, writer, and director Pan Pantoja has just released his first graphic novel entitled, "God Comes Near In Us."
The book will be available at Dharma books in Reno Nevada beginning February 28th. The novel published in association with www.theinquisitionpoetry.com is currently available on its web site.
The Inquisition is a web site created with grant money from the Nevada Arts Council and whose goal is to give Northern Nevada writers a voice to inspire others.
PAN , by whom the author likes to be known , has created a graphic novel for all ages.
He will be having a book launch/signing at Prism Magic clothing in Sparks Nevada on Saturday February 28 at 5 p.m.
The author can also be seen directing a hip hop opera which will debut in Reno on May 30. As well as a solo art exhibit June 1 at the McKinley Arts and Cultural Center.
Lahontan Valley News (December 31, 2008)
Ferris Jones is soliciting poems from northern Nevada poets for a publication sponsored by the Nevada Arts Council.
Mary Jean Kelso/LVN photo
FERNLEY - Ferris E. Jones (also known as Ed) is becoming good at acquiring grants from The Nevada Arts Council. This is his second year to garner an award, the Jackpot Grant, to publish poetry by Nevada poets.
“Forty-five people vied for three grants through the Nevada Arts Council,” Jones said. “You have to submit a long explanation of what your project is.”
For his efforts, Jones was awarded $600 to publish a book of poetry by northern Nevada poets. He will rely on volunteers to help with the project in order to stretch the money far enough to cover the costs.
Jones used last year’s grant to produce a quarterly brochure, “The Inquisition,” dubbed the “voice of Nevada poets.” The brightly colored publication is offered free in racks inside various establishments, including the Fernley Starbucks store and other sites throughout northern Nevada.
“We have them in nine local cities and libraries as far away as Hawthorne,” Jones said. “When we have a poetry gathering in Fernley it brings people from Reno, Smith Valley, Stagecoach, Yerington, Dayton, Fallon and Wadsworth.”
The poetry reading draws a crowd that fills the local coffee house to capacity, Jones said.
He, along with volunteers, maintains a Web site which is a “non-profit community for poets.” Jones says he didn’t set out to be non-profit, but has not been making a profit on his many projects so far.
With the success of “The Inquisition,” Jones decided to use this year’s Jackpot Grant to produce a book of poetry by local poets and is looking for submission from which he plans to choose works from 50 poets to include in the book.
Currently in the planning stages, Jones says plans are for 100 pages in a soft covered publication. “It may be illustrated,” he added.
Jones started writing around age 16. “It was music first. Lyrics. Songs that were basically poetry,” he said. He kept journals and, 30 years ago, as a student at the University of Nevada Reno, produced his first poetry leaflet.
“It was a crude version of ‘The Inquisition’ during the 80s,” he stated.
In the early 1990s he began to see his pieces published in magazines and periodicals. While working a full-time job, Jones published his first book of poetry in 2004.
Until recently he wrote, “specifically poetry. Now, I’m trying my first attempt at a screen play called ‘The Pool,’” Jones said.
As for the Fernley poetry gatherings, “I’ve been in Fernley eight years. I felt like we needed something to get people together. There was nothing to pool all the local people together and poetry gatherings are relatively inexpensive things to do,” Jones said.
Nevada poets who are interested in submitting their work for publication in the book will receive a free copy of the finished product if their work is selected for print. The book will be launched at Starbucks in Fernley during a March poetry gathering. It will be for sale on Amazon.com, lulu.com and barnesandnoble.com. Other items Jones is involved with are on Cafepress.com/ferrisjones where poetry and Lyon County-related products such as T-shirts, mugs and hats are available.
Submissions are open from January 1 to February 15. Mail manuscripts to: The Inquisition, P.O. Box 257, Fernley, NV, 89408.
For more information, visit the Web site www.theinquisitionpoetry.com, or contact Jones at ferris_jones@sbcglobal.net.
July 16th, 2008
See a movie of this
event.
I suppose
that Starbucks granted us a little free floor space in hopes
of boosting the evening's revenue tonight. The gathering drew
about forty people, but I'm not sure how many of them actually
purchased a cup of coffee.
Ferris Jones was there. He organized the whole affair.
Trevor Crow served as Master of Ceremonies for the evening.
Trevor has a lot of tats - "My name is Trevor, fuck with
me never" and "Hot Pizza". The latter was
probably a commemoration of his job at the local pizza place
in Fernley.
Trevor began the evening with a little hip hop poetry, then
performed a blues type reading while Pan played a the
harmonica.
Pat, a self-proclaimed potentialist poet, took a turn at the
mic and gave his his very best Tom Waitz impression for the
first read.
Pan's next reading contained the words shit, piss and fuck all
in the same verse.
A very nice lady stepped up to face the crowd and read her
poem about food.
I guess the point she was trying to make was something about
French fries, but I'd have to read a transcript to be sure.
No poetry gathering would be complete without a cowboy poet.
Ray Freeland took the honors in that category.
Michelle read her poem about spreading her legs and her
uterus...
Honest to God, I'm not making this up.
Morgan, a high school girl, read us a poem about her feelings
and the guy who dumped her.
I gave Morgan a big cheer when she was done. Little girls need
encouragement.
Eventually, it was my turn.
I read a couple of poems that received a good round of
applause.
Then I went for a couple of short stories.
They liked the stories. I made them laugh
Submitted photo Fernley author Ferris (Ed) Jones has collaborated on a
new book with Russian author Sergey Streltsov.
Fernley resident Ferris (Ed) Jones has published a book with Russian poet
Sergey Streltsov titled "The Confessions of a Christian and The
Anti-Christ and NWO." The collaboration consists of poems from Streltsov
and an essay by Jones.
The book contrasts the religious views from both ends of the spectrum.
Besides this publication, Ferris Jones has also released his fourth book,
titled "Poetry and the New World Order, Part 1." Jones. who began his
career with submissions to magazines. also has a poem in the May issue of
"Write On Magazine."
Jones publishes the monthly poetry leaflet "The Inquisition," which
contains the work of mostly local poets. Submissions can be sent to his
Web site at www.theinquisitionpoetry.com.
Jones plans to publish another book similar to "The Inquisition" this
year. The book will feature the work of Nevada poets just as in the
previous collection.
He is also collaborating on several other books due out this year.
Along with local poets and writers Trevor Crow and Chris Nolan, Jones will
hold a poet and author gathering on July 16 at 7 p.m. at the Fernley
Starbucks. Several authors and as any other individuals who wish to share
theri works will read. There will be a special edition of "The
Inquisition" featuring the work of approximately 30 local poets given away
free to all attendees.
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Trever Crow
By Daniel Riggs
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Big man and the Biggest Little City: Trever Crow.
PHOTO BY NICK HIGMAN
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See Trever Crow perform with Spoken Views at Se7en Tea House Thursday,
June 19. 8 p.m. All-ages. No cover.
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Trever Crow is weary of classifications. He should be. Put in a room of poets, Crow stands out like a sore thumb.
Standing at 6-foot-4 and sporting tattoos of what appear at first to be
totally random shit—like the Pizza Hut delivery boy tattoo on his
forearm—Crow’s appearance can be a bit off-putting for the traditional
poetry enthusiast. He’s also a rapper.
Luckily, Crow happens to be one of the nicest guys in the world.
The 27-year-old Fernley native and disabled veteran of the U.S. Marine
Corps, cites fear as his main inspiration. Not stage fright, real fear.
Before he had ever performed, he thought he had cancer.
“It was a thing I wanted to do before I die, go to an open mic,” he says.
“And then my doctor called me and said, ‘It’s moving, it’s spreading, it’s
growing.’ It freaked me out,” Crow says of the disease. “I had never been so
scared in my life.”
Doctors never figured out what “it” was.
Crow, now an official member of the Spoken Views poetry collective, was
first introduced to the group through local rapper and poet Richie Panelli,
a 10-year veteran of hip-hop who calls himself Apprentice. (It’s interesting
that Crow was introduced to the Reno poetry and hip-hop scenes by a man who
calls himself Apprentice.)
“Between all the tips and encouragement I’ve got from these other rappers
in town, I can rap now,” says Crow. “I’m not the best, but I’ve learned. … I
recorded my first rap a couple weeks ago off of one of Richie’s beats.”
While humble and enthusiastic, Crow is a novice rapper. He describes
himself as recently becoming a fan of hip-hop and says he is just now
discovering artists like Sage Francis, a well-known rapper and slam poet.
Acknowledging the potential assumptions one could make about him, Crow
simply defines himself—he’s a writer.
“I’ve been a writer my whole life. But as a performer, I’ve only been
doing it about a year.” He also writes screenplays and comic books.
What seems most interesting about Crow is his ability to ignore what
people think, to be completely pleasant in conversation and to put his
message out there.
“You gotta take action,” Crow says. “You can’t just have an idea and not
share it with the world.”
Crow released his first album earlier this month; a full-length
collection of poems over hip-hop beats called Poems to Trip To.
“It’s poetry. I guess a lot of people call it spoken word,” Crow says of
the album. “But my style’s not traditional spoken word. It has a rap feel,
but I don’t rap on it. It was a real struggle for me to learn how to rap.”
He has convinced some great local rappers to come onboard with his
project though. Panelli, a highly regarded beat-maker in town; Iain Watson,
Spoken Views co-founder and local rapper/beat-maker who goes by Emic on the
mic; Darren Toomer, one of the best freestyle emcees and live performers
around; and other local hip-hop artists have all contributed beats or verses
for Crow’s new album.
The album itself is out there, something to trip to. It gives a lot of
food for thought.
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May 11, 2008
submitted to FernleyNews.com
Fernley resident Ferris E. Jones publishes book with Russian
poet Sergey Streltsov.
The book is entitled, The Confessions of a Christian and The Anti-Christ and
NWO.
The collaboration consists of poems from Streltsov and an essay by
Jones.
The book contrasts the religious views from both ends of the spectrum.
Besides this publication Ferris Jones has also released his fourth book
entitled, Poetry and the New World Order Part 1.
Mr Jones who began his career submitting to magazines also has a poem in
the May issue of , Write On Magazine.
Mr Jones also continues to publish the monthly poetry leaflet,The
Inquisition.This contains the work of mostly local poets. Submissions can be
send via his web site
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