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THE SILENT BURNING is the debut anthology of USA writer, journalist & musician Ryan Bartek. At first glance 'THE SILENT BURNING' appears to be a scattered anthology, but at core, it’s an all-American anti-speech for the ages. No stone is left unturned – Columbine, occultism, madness, drug abuse, black comedy, anarchism, punk rock, heavy metal, propaganda, pan-tribalism, zombies, psychedelics, lunatic cops, garbage cinema, the Orwellian police state – all topics which are presented in a surrealistic fashion that will appeal to fans of William S Burroughs, Celine, Charles Bukowski, Fernando Pessoa, Henry Miller, Jack Kerouac, Comte de Lautreamont, Fyodor Dostoevski, Franz Kafka & such writers. It’s a tough book to describe because it has no direct comparison – it is also fanatically anti-commercial & jarringly shocking. Originally released on January 5th 2005 by Elitist Publications, “THE SILENT BURNING” was quickly pulled from stores because of its highly confrontational, raw & offensive nature. Written for the sole purpose of brutal self therapy, 'THE SILENT BURNING' is a take no prisoners account of bi-polar depression from the grim bowels of Detroit. Created during supreme hopelessness (circa 1998-2002), 'THE SILENT BURNING' is a ruthless anti-speech that supremely capsizes the Post-Cobain/Pre-Columbine 'Dark Generation' who soon grew into adulthood watching 'Fight Club' one too many times. Somewhere between 'The Wall,' 'The Downward Spiral' & every death metal album imaginable, 'THE SILENT BURNING' is a nexus of black humor that is essentially a mammoth poem fragmented into a mosaic of vignettes, soliloquies, dream narratives, journal entries, poems, & misanthropic rants. Ryan Bartek is also the author of the non-fiction road books/music journalism exposes 'THE BIG SHINY PRISON (Volume One),' 'FORTRESS EUROPE (The Big Shiny Prison Vol. II). He performs spoken word under his real name, and has two acoustic/antifolk records as JACK CASSADY. He also is the former guitarist of grindpunk acts AKA MABUS and SASQUATCH AGNOSTIC. You can download 'THE SILENT BURNING' and Ryan Bartek's other books & music free @ http://ryanbartek.angelfire.com/blog/