Works for Sale


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These Bespoke Books, written for recent performances, are still available!

Jason Stoneking's Bespoke Book, If you truly believe that poetry is more important than money, please help me explain it to my dentist

"If you truly believe that poetry is more important than money, please help me explain it to my dentist"


Description

Written April 11-13, 2026

Performed April 13, 2026
at Spoken Word Paris
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Having recently been heckled about my teeth at the same bar that was hosting this reading, I reflected on my history of dental trouble, and the associated insecurities and philosophical implications


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Jason Stoneking's Bespoke Book, Sitting on a hay bale, with the whole history of art and humanity at my feet

"Sitting on a hay bale, with the whole history of art and humanity at my feet"


Description

Written June 15-28, 2025
in residence at La Ferme Magique

Performed June 28, 2025
at L'Antidote du Lot art festival
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A diary of two weeks in residence on a farm in the Lot region of France, as part of a local art festival. Meditating on the significance of the surrounding area, famous for its ancient cave art


Jason Stoneking's Bespoke Book, Content warning: things that could happen in Australia

"Content warning: things that could happen in Australia"


Description

Written Sep 16-19, 2024
on the road in Australia

Performed Sep 19, 2024
at Vocable Poets, Lismore
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The story of how I met the people who invited me to Australia, and pulled myself out of a depression to go on the road with them and confront the endless list of dangers I'd learned about from Australian movies


Jason Stoneking's Bespoke Book, The relativity of trauma as an instrument in the perpetuation of the white patriarchal capitalist death game

"The relativity of trauma as an instrument in the perpetuation of the white patriarchal capitalist death game"


Description

Written Jan 17, 2024
on the road in Ireland

Performed Jan 29, 2024
at Circle Sessions, Dublin

Some difficult, and somewhat controversial reflections on war, distraction, and the mediation of western privilege


Jason Stoneking's Bespoke Book, What can I say about love? Somebody stop me. No really, please, I don't want to do this

"What can I say about love? Somebody stop me. No really, please, I don't want to do this."


Description

Written Jan 19-25, 2024
on the road in Ireland

Performed Jan 28, 2024
at Dublin's Finest
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Embarrassing confessional about the failings of my love life, from just before Valentine's Day, also featuring a near death experience on a plane


Jason Stoneking's Bespoke Book, ...and then comes the ode to winter


" *... and then comes the ode to winter"


Description

Written Dec 15, 2023
on a bus to the Netherlands

Performed Dec 15
at The Ramshackle, Utrecht

A candid navigation through a period of seasonal depression. Sequel to my previous Utrecht book "Ode to Spring* (with asterisk)"