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ILLINOIS, USA. December 27, 2010 (SmallPressCenter) – The Literary Underground Wiki today announced the addition of 75 original articles in its first six months.

The Literary Underground Wiki was created in June 2010 as a way to compile knowledge about the underground press. It is an open-source encyclopedia written collaboratively by the people who use it. The Literary Underground Wiki covers the history, production, distribution and culture of the underground press. Anyone can contribute to the wiki by adding new information to existing articles or creating new articles.

When asked about contributors to the wiki Michele McDannold said, “Would-be contributors are often intimidated by the wiki platform. The formatting can be a pain to get into. It’s the information that we want though. Someone will come along and fix the formatting.”

The Literary Underground Wiki does not impose many of the restrictions one might come across when contributing articles to Wikipedia. “Some of the best, most informative articles we have are written by the subjects themselves.” said Mrs. McDannold. “It can be difficult to find information about underground authors, projects and publications if you weren’t there involved in it yourself. It speaks to the very nature of the underground press but that doesn’t mean that people don’t want to or shouldn’t know about it. It simply means the work is necessary by any means possible.”

The Literary Underground Wiki aims to be a great resource for the community it represents. The goal is to reach 300 articles by June. Getting started is easy. New contributors only need to create a free account and sign in to edit or create articles. There is a listing of “wanted” pages (subjects that are mentioned in other articles) where you can click on the name and it takes you directly to create that article.

For more information about The Literary Underground Wiki, please visit http://theliteraryunderground.org/wiki or to learn about other projects go to http://theliteraryunderground.org.

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About The Literary Underground Wiki
The Literary Underground Wiki is an open-source encyclopedia devoted to the underground press. Established in June 2010, The Literary Underground Wiki is written collaboratively by the people who use it. It covers the history, production, distribution and culture of the underground press.

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ILLINOIS, USA. December 5, 2010 (SmallPressCenter) –Red Fez Publications is excited to announce the recruitment of columnist Paul Corman-Roberts into the Red Fez Universe. His column, “Dispatches from Atlantis,” will appear in each issue starting with the current issue #29.

Corman-Roberts joins Fez columnist Karl Koweski (“Observations of a Dumb Polack”) to provide double-barreled entertainment over at www.redfez.net

Paul’s first Dispatch is titled “Last Gasps on Valencia St.” It tells what happened as Vampyre Mike invaded the final poetry reading at the New College of California, San Francisco.

Paul Corman-Roberts is an Oakland, California, resident and poetry editor of Cherry Bleeds. According to his website, paulcormanroberts.com , “He has worked most of his life as a labor union activist (ILWU, CWA,SEIU) an arts activist (he was a co-founder of the Wasteland Comedy Troupe in Las Vegas NV) and even for a few years as a member of the United States Air Force (820th RED HORSE.)”

For more information visit: www.redfez.net or paulcormanroberts.com

About Red Fez Publications:
Red Fez Publications is an online literary journal published quarterly. Red Fez features poetry and prose outside of the narrow, academic stream. Red Fez is committed to bringing light to underground and under-recognized writers and writing.

Contact:
Michele McDannold at michele.mcdannold@redfez.net