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Immense Journey

June 24th, 2010 2 Comments

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 [...]

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On Onanism

June 15th, 2010 11 Comments

“The contract that is signed with a reader is a contract with the devil.” -William H. Gass

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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 [...]

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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:

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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.

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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, [...]

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