About The Management

This space is inspired by The Muse of Crete, who demands, "Write for your life, for me, of thoughts unnamed, words not grasped, sing secrets of life and death and in between stillness all of frenzy, love and truth, that we can breathe together and never die."

The Saloon is named in honor of the dromedary who told Matthew, "The gate is small, and the way is narrow that leads to life, and few are those who find it."

A certain Persian, the Son of Rahim, has more to do with this than can be expressed with ordinary words.

The Saloon acknowledges and celebrates on July 4, 2010, its 100th posting, Regarding Kay, by Robert Vaughan. Robert has been a wise and enthusiastic patron of the Saloon since the doors opened, and this space would not be where it is without his advice and encouragement. Thank you for all the help, Robert.

The Camel Saloon is operated by Russell Streur, a born-again dissident and a resident of Atlanta, Georgia.

Photograph by Jennifer Thomas

He gratefully acknowledges the publication of his work by 50 to 1, 63 Channels, Amaranthine Muses, Black-Listed Magazine, Camroc Press Review, Catfishgringoriver, Censored Poets, Cherry Blossom Review, Clutching at Straws, Dead Snakes, Deuce Coupe, Half Drunk Muse, Indigo Rising Magazine, Juked, Lost Magazine, meat heads and muscle cars, Megaera, Menagerie, Opium Poetry 2.0, Orion headless, Poets Democracy, Raven Images, Raving Dove, Rusty Truck, Sleep. Snort. Fuck., The American Dissident, The Literary Burlesque, Unfettered Verse, The Rainbow Rose (Mauritius), Poems Niederngasse (Switzerland), The Beatnik (England), Bolts of Silk (Scotland) and The Blanket: A Journal of Protest and Dissent (Ireland).

For the general philosophy of the joint, see the Editor's Interview at Duotrope: http://www.duotrope.com/interview.aspx?id=4744

Selected Works:

Children of Atlas
Raving Dove
http://ravingdove.org/russellstreursummer06

Russian Sky
Raving Dove
http://ravingdove.org/russellstreurspring07

Door of the Tempest
Juked
http://www.juked.com/2007/09/tempest.asp

Eighty Names of God
Lost Magazine
http://www.lostmag.com/issue18/engraving.php

The Famine Season
The Blanket
http://indiamond6.ulib.iupui.edu:81/RS1605061g.html

Anna Drinking
Sleep. Snort. Fuck.
http://sleepsnortfuck.blogspot.com/2010/05/anna-drinking-pronounces-fuck-fuck-says.html

Meat
Catfishgringoriver
http://catfishgringoriver.blogspot.com/2010/06/meat_10.html

Origin of the Species
the Beatnik
http://whollycommunion.blogspot.com/2010/06/russell-streur.html

Muse of Many Names (You the Light)
63 Channels

MUSE OF MANY NAMES

(YOU THE LIGHT)

You the light

First light

Last light

Light inside of light.

You the light

The wave and vein of sun

The grain of sand

The river of light

The sacred sun within the changing star

Perfect blossom

Muse of many names

Taker of breath.

You the light

The rising sun

Woman spinning

The spill and flood of light

Noah’s dove

The bird of sun

Heart of light

The seeding sun

Diosa.

You the light

The waxing moon

The wild plums

The diamond sun

The shaping wood

The tree of light

The buried root

The psalm of sun

The shining fish

The salmon run

The bloom and wave of light

The tongue of light

The light turned on

Light and only light.

You the light

The light

The sun between your eyes.

You the light

The light

The sun between your lips.

You the light

The light

The sun between your legs.

You the light

The Laughing Girl

Muse of many names

Demeter del Tesoro:

Beloved One.