Arnold Skemer, born in 1946, is an American

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 novel

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ist and publisher. Skemer has operated Phrygian Press since 1985. He also publishes ZYX

ZYX (magazine)

Zyx is a literary newsletter, or zine, edited by Arnold Skemer and published regularly since 1990 by Phygrian Press in New York City. A typical issue will include an essay by the editor around the issues of literary careerism, followed by reviews of recent works of fiction and poetry, and finally...

 (begun in 1990), a small xerographic

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 magazine

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 that publishes poetry, short fictions, commentary on innovative fiction and small press matters, and reviews. It appears 2-3 times a year.

Biography

He was born in the Bronx, New York

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 on the Grand Concourse

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, moved to Queens

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, New York

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 in 1957, and graduated from Queens College in 1968.