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R.D. Armstrong

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Born

in Lafayette, The United States

Website

http://www.lummoxpress.com

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Poetry, Short Stories, Literature & Fiction

Influences

Bukowski, Jim Thompson, Todd Moore, Jay Alamares

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January 2008

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RD Armstrong has been writing since high school, but it has only been in the last sixteen years that he has been his most consistent and prolific. Besides writing poetry and short fiction, he is also the publisher of the Little Red Book series (59 titles and counting)and for 11 years published the Lummox Journal, a small print digest of the literary arts. Many of the titles are available on the Lummox Press website.

In 2008 RD decided to publish a four volume collection of his best work: Fire and Rain - Selected Poems 1993-2007 Vols. 1 & 2; On/Off the Beaten Path - 3 Long Road Poems; and El Pagano and Other Twisted Tales (short stories).

Lummox Press also plans to publish a Best of the Little Red Books collection early in 2009, as well as, a ...more

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Yesterday, my friend Leonard Cirino finally lost his battle with Liver Cancer. I like to think he finally won his freedom from the pains of this life, which he faced with such bravery that it put to shame what is currently known as "heroic". Leonard kicked the definition of heroic up a couple of notches, as far as I'm concerned. Be that as it may (it's really not my place to decide what "is" and w Read more of this blog post »

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	Last Call: The Legacy of Charles Bukowski 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fire and Rain Selected Poems 1993-2007 Vol. 1 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Working the Wreckage of the American Poem: Todd Moore Remembered 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	E/OR: - Living Amongst the Mangled 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On/Off the Beaten Path 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Long Way Home: The Best of the Little Red Book Series 1998–2008 by R.D. Armstrong (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Pris Campbell (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Patricia Cherin (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hunger it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El Pagano And Other Twisted Tales it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	RoadKill 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lummox 1 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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