Did I call him a pig? If I called him a pig, then he’s a pig. I`m not an artist, I`m a hustler. As a hustler I`ve done many things. You should really believe it when I tell you that, `cause I`m not b...
Editorial Note: This is the fifth in a series of posts in which poets offer a reading of a favorite poem by a poet friend. Glenn Shaheen is the author of Predatory (University of Pittsburgh Press, 20...
Folly: The CONSEQUENCES of INDISCRETION by Hans Rickheit Fantagraphic Books, April 2012 144 / $18.99 Buy from Fantagraphics “The common exclusion of the worst (folly, vice, indolence . ...
Via Chunklet, 40+ minutes of Fugazi talking on stage.
(This is my first post here in a while, ugh, and it’s lame that it’s about PGP, but dang I’m all wound up in excitement for this, so why not, and plus it’s a good deal.) To ce...
“I really screwed up this time.” “I should have gone to college and gone into real estate and got myself an aquarium. That’s what I should have done.” “I think in ...
On Elegance While Sleeping by Viscount Lascano Tegui Dalkey Archive, 2010 174 pages / $13.95 Buy from Dalkey Archive or Amazon “There are intellects n...
In the first post in this series, I outlined Viktor Shklovsky’s fundamental concepts of device (priem) and defamiliarization (ostranenie) as presented in the first chapter of Theory of Prose, &...
After coming across Josh Jackson’s recent list over at Paste Magazine, I thought: it’s a fine list, but my version would be considerably different. So, since I really really like compilin...
[matchup #53 in Tournament of Bookshit] Last night I had a dream that I was talking to a really attractive girl at a bar in an airport. We were having a great conversation, and I felt really good. So...
[matchup #52 in Tournament of Bookshit] - Jimmy Chen - – - WINNER: middle age white male self published sci fi novel pt 1 of 4
[matchup #52 in Tournament of Bookshit] The main thing about celebrity fiction is that it seems unfair. Writers are writing to get famous. If we had some other way of getting famous, we would probabl...
Light Without Heat by Matt Kirkpatrick FC2, 2012 192 pages / $14.95 Buy from University of Alabama Press or Amazon The thrill of reading Matt Kirkpatr...
1. The end result, depending on where you stand in the ongoing debate about appropriation and erasure, is either inspired or provocative-to-the-point-of-in sulting to the original (which, in this inst...
The Number and the Siren by Quentin Meillassoux Urbanomic/Sequence Press, May 2012 306pp. / £16.99/$25.95 Buy from Urbanomic or Sequence Meillassoux made a major splash in the world of contemporary p...
This technique was inspired by the Oulipo‘s n+7 technique. I call it “dictionary expansion,” and it’s a quick and simple way to generate massive amounts of text. First, you ne...
Directed by Meggie Green Words by Richard Chiem Music by Kale Ogle YOU PRIVATE PERSON, Chiem’s first collection of short stories, is forthcoming from Scrambler Books (2012).
Does anyone have any recommendations for bookstores in Denver?
If you haven’t caught Tao Lin on twitter since his declaration of “no longer trying” during the last ~48 hours, it’s been pretty fun/funny/interesting. Besides watching his un...
The Ravickians by Renee Gladman Dorothy Project, 2011 168 pages / $16 Buy from Dorothy Project or SPD The second volume of a trilogy of novels exploring the ...
When I was finishing up my Master’s degree at ISU, I worried that I still didn’t know much about writing—like, how to actually do it. My mentor Curtis White told me, “Just read Vikt...
It always surprises me when creative people admit they don’t enjoy reading theory. Aside from the bountiful inspiration of ideas it provides, certain theoretical works can also inspire formal t...
R.I.P. Carlos Fuentes. I just found out. He was one of the greats. Places to start if you haven’t read him: Where the Air Is Clear (1958), The Death of Artemio Cruz (1962), Terra Nostra (1975)....
[matchup #51 in Tournament of Bookshit] - Matthew Simmons - – - WINNER: Sewage Treatment Technologies
[matchup #50 in Tournament of Bookshit] I don’t have specific thoughts regarding either of these things. I imagine that working at Best Buy is similar to many retail jobs? You deal with a lot o...
I Don’t Mind If You’re Feeling Alone by Thomas Patrick Levy YesYes Books, 2012 100 pages / $16 Buy from YesYes Books or SPD I love a book about you and I. I’m not a...
[matchup #49 in Tournament of Bookshit] The year was 2012 and we were all under the assumption that, in some way or another, the world would end soon. We knew that the Mayans had nothing to do with i...
Nothing Left To Buy: A detailed analysis of the Facebook IPO: i’m the only finance writer without any understanding of desire. i’m soft like the sound of a dead freeway or the jam band th...
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