A few weeks ago, to commemorate Independence Day, Anis Shivani, who started a minor shit storm in comment fields across the internet with his very funny list of the most overrated writers in America, released his list of 20 books on independent presses you should know about, which includes my friend Matthew Henriksen’s debut from [...]
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“It gets hard out here…”
Jun 14, 2011
6:00 pm
Field Reports, Proof, The Program Era
Filed under:"cat" litter, "rugged individualism", beatnik shit, bullshitting, can it be taught?, creative writing industry, decisions in art, pedagogy, stephen crane, tille olsen
After my first week teaching a three week creative writing course at a summer camp for advanced junior high and high school students in Central Louisiana, I can say I’ve made a few mistakes—assigning Kafka’s “A Hunger Artist” to a class of seventh and eighth grade girls, for one, though they seemed to prefer it to Stephen [...]
More ...Buddy Holly, Waylon Jennings, and Lubbock, Texas
May 31, 2011
10:48 am
Filed under:"cat" litter, "rugged individualism", america, buddy holly, lubbock, waylon jennings, west texas
I’ve done an insane amount of driving over the last few months, from Fayetteville, Arkansas to Oakland, California via Santa Fe and Flagstaff; and now to Austin, Texas, onto New Orleans and eventually Natchitoches (NACK-uh-dish), Louisiana, again via Santa Fe. Every time I drive across the Southern and Western United States, it strikes me again [...]
More ...Jim Nelson at Bird & Beckett and Confrontation
May 28, 2011
4:28 pm
Filed under:everywhere man, invisible city
Come out to Glen Park and hear readings from two Invisible City tours: Britta Austin (Artifacts) and Sarah Fran Wisby (Viva Loss), both featured authors on the Armada of Golden Dreams tour, will be reading work. Then I’ll be reading a preview of my latest project and the subject of Invisible City’s next tour, Everywhere [...]
More ...Tom Andes at 3:AM Magazine
You’ve seen some of Tom’s great poetry here on the site, now go check more of it out at 3:AM Magazine. Congratulations, Tom!
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