Poet/Writer/Photographer/Ad Guy

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Thursday, June 2, 2011

Reading at the Skirball w/ UCLA Extension

Click here to see my reading at the Skirkball with the UCLA Extension Writers' Program Publication Party
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Rick Bursky
Los Angeles, California
I'm a poet, freelance ad guy, writer, and photographer. I worked for 14 years in the L.A. office of DDB as an associate creative director. I also teach poetry at UCLA Extension; and when I’m not teaching there I teach copywriting at USC’s Annenberg School of Communication. Previously, I taught copywriting at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena for 25 semesters, and at Otis College of Art for 3. My professional life as an ad guy is pretty intense and limits teaching to one night week, though I really enjoy it. I've been lucky in the advertising world and have managed to win many awards including a Gold Pencil from the One Show and a Cannes Lion. My first full-length book of poetry, The Soup of Something Missing, published by Bear Star Press, and The Invention of Fiction, my chapbook was published Hollyridge Press. Sarabande Books published my second full-length book, Death Obscura! My next book, I'm No Longer Troubled By the Extravagance, will be published by BOA next year.
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I’m No Longer Troubled By The Extravagance

I’m No Longer Troubled By The Extravagance
My new book, I’m No Longer Troubled By The Extravagance, will be out from BOA Editions in a September. It’s up on Amazon, take a look.

Death Obscura

Death Obscura
Look for my book from Sarabande on Amazon.

Ironmongery

Most of what is posted here comes from a work-in-progress, a book I'm writing, Ironmongery. It's about poetry and life, or something like that.

My UCLA Extension Class

I teach a poetry class at UCLA Extension.

interviews

Poeticdiversity interviewed me a while back. You'll also find an interview, and I'm using the word interview carelessly, on Alexis Orgera's The Bog Poetic.

Beth Spencer of Bear Star Press interviewed me for her blog. Take a look.

Advertising Portfolio

Advertising Portfolio
Take a look.

Commercial from the Super Bowl

Commercial from the Super Bowl
This is a commercial I wrote that appeared on the Super Bowl and won advertising awards around the world, and is in the premanent collection of a museum. In a special on television commercials, CBS said it was the fourth funniest Super Bowl commerical of all time. Another network said it was the second funniest commercial of the year.

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Things you might not know about me. Click here to see them.

Great things to read and see.

  • Alexis Orgera, The Blog
  • Dear Friends, The Birds Were Wonderful by Alexis Orgera
  • Heather McElhatton, Beauty of the Broken World
  • Rick Bursky (my website)
  • Nin Andrews
  • Elizabeth Green
  • Amy McNamara
  • One Poet's Notes - Ed Byrne
  • DDB
  • Greg Rappleye
  • Sara Quinn Rivara
  • Yannis Ritsos
  • Richard Garcia
  • Matthew Zapruder
  • David Young
  • Poetry Daily
  • Verse Daily
  • Col. Donald Jon Soland, R.I.P.
  • Michael Kenna
  • Maryam Mohseni

The Soup of Something Missing

The Soup of Something Missing

a review of my book

The Iron Horse Review wrote about The Soup of Something Missing.

The Invention of Fiction

The Invention of Fiction

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