A summer event that is worth your attention: Mark Baumer is currently walking across America. He started from Tybee Island, Georgia and has been walking since May 10th. Right now he is somewhere in the middle of Texas. The trip begins here. One of Mark’s many observations: “I found some cheese, looked at it, touched [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Brooks'
On Onanism
June 15th, 2010 11 Comments
“The contract that is signed with a reader is a contract with the devil.” -William H. Gass
Tags: audience · Brooks · literary taste
Humor in Ulysses
May 3rd, 2010 7 Comments
I’m reading Ulysses by James Joyce. Some of you might have read the recent guest post on the novel. So far I’ve found it enjoyable, a barrel of laughs even, though of course there are one or two sections that are as pleasurable as running up and down stairs (which could be VERY pleasurable, depending [...]
Tags: Brooks · language usage · literary taste
Better Living Through Chemistry
April 20th, 2010 2 Comments
I went to AWP in Denver. I unpacked one of my bags yesterday. Here is what was inside:
Tags: AWP · Brooks · literary magazines
Will Self Imbibes Sophisticated Soft Drinks
March 28th, 2010 8 Comments
1. I don’t know anyone who has read Will Self. 2. One of Will Self’s blurbs says that “if Magritte had been a writer instead of a painter, his work might have looked something like” [Self's]. 3. In 1997 Will Self took heroin on Prime Minister John Major’s jet. 4. “Will Self” sounds like a [...]
On Drinking Networking
February 24th, 2010 5 Comments
Of course, everybody knows that the AWP annual conference (being held this year in Denver, CO, if you haven’t heard) is all about making connections with other people in the industry, and hearing great authors speak, and discovering wonderful new journals that you’d otherwise never come across. But occasionally, at the end of a long [...]
Tags: Andrew · author readings · Brooks · networking · publishing industry
The Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction
February 23rd, 2010 2 Comments
If it takes you a long time to read The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction, edited by Tara L. Masih, it is only because immediately after completing each chapter you will want to stop and write.
Tags: Brooks · Very Short Fiction
George Saunders and Ha Jin
January 17th, 2010 No Comments
George Saunders and Ha Jin read earlier today at Boston Public Library, which was was pretty impressive. Don’t despair if you missed it—Saunders has three Boston readings scheduled for February (link), and I assume Ha Jin will read again at some point, since he teaches at BU. Though they differ stylistically, both readers share a [...]
Tags: author readings · Brooks
Shoplifting from American Apparel: An Interview with Tao Lin
November 4th, 2009 6 Comments
Tao Lin, 26, is a writer based in New York who blogs here. He is the author of the novel Eeeee Eee Eeee, the short story collection Bed, released simultaneously in 2007 by Melville House Publishing, and two poetry collections: you are a little bit happier than i am and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. His latest is [...]
Tags: Author Interviews · Brooks · Shoplifting from American Apparel · tao lin
Rejection Letters I Wish I’d Received Even Though a Few of Them Would Have Hurt My Feelings
September 27th, 2009 1 Comment
It is now Fall, which means most literary magazines are once again open to submissions. Aspiring writers everywhere will send out batches of their work and hope to hear back before Christmas. Many journals respond quickly–within a month, within a week!–and even add the occasional tidbit of a personal response to their rejection letter. However, [...]
Tags: Brooks · getting published · literary magazines