Behold The Lovely Monster

Originally planned to be Joseph B. Raimond's second book, these poems were written in the 1990s, shortly after the publication of Joseph'sfirst book "Edges". Recently rediscovered, they remained unpublished until now.

Born in 1962 in Omaha Nebraska in the United States, Joseph B. Raimond was the son of a US Air Force officer. After living in such diverse places as Laon France, three different places in Virginia, Denver Colorado, Dayton Ohio, Darmstadt Germany, and finally Los Angeles California, Joseph B. Raimond moved to San Francisco California where he studied art, with an emphasis on ceramics. After completing his Bachelors degree in 1985, he moved to the Fuerth Germany area, where he has lived ever since, refusing to ever move again! He completed his Masters degree in the spring of 2009 in Humanities, focusing on the interaction between various forms of art and expression. He built a house in the year 2000, complete with a painting atelier and recording studio, where he is able to work on his painting and recording projects. He has exhibited his paintings and ceramic work in galleries in San Francisco, Paris, Munich, Nuernberg, Koeln and Berlin. Besides painting and ceramics, he also writes, having published numerous books of poetry and prose. Under the collective name Doc Woer Mirran and together with like minded artists and musicians, Joseph B. Raimond has published almost two hundred recordings of his audio art and music.