Memorable readings/performances of 2009: In no particular order and likely woefully gapingly remiss: AND to be noted that these things are done grudgingly: Because really these lists are bothersome: Implying as they do that all the other moments/efforts are not listworthy: Which really they are: It depends on the filter of the list, no?: BUT if I had [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Cara Benson’s Best of 2009
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My Four Favorite New Books of 2009, #2: Ulrich Haarbürste’s Novel of Roy Orbison in Clingfilm
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cliffhangers, cling-film, Jim Morrison, Michael Kelly, ne'er-do-wells, Roy Orbison, spies, terrapins, Ulrich Haarbürste, Ulrich Haarbürste's Novel of Roy Orbison in Cling-film, villains, Yul Brynner on December 17, 2009 | 6 Comments »
#1 | #3 | #4 #2. Ulrich Haarbürste’s Novel of Roy Orbison in Clingfilm by Ulrich Haarbürste (Serapion Books, 2008)
Darby Larson’s Best of 2009
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Darby Larson on December 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Best ‘AurA’ or sweat and junk. I have to say the library down the street is meatier this year. I finally libraried it then buried it. So I’m harpering all my clothes in their way first, then Beckett-flirting my Steins Faulknerianly, then list my Lish, my Lutz. Best 2, variety, tempo, rubatto. Well, to this [...]
Farewell Sean Lovelace!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Html Giant, Sean Lovelace on December 17, 2009 | 18 Comments »
Please join me in sending off Sean Lovelace. He’s leaving to become a contributor at Html Giant. His zany, provocative posts will be missed here at Big Other, but definitely continue to follow him, wherever he goes.
Toulouse-Lautrec’s Au Moulin Rouge
Posted in Uncategorized on December 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »
One of my favorite paintings is Au Moulin Rouge by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. It lives here in Chicago, at the Art Institute. Lautrec’s paintings capture the lure and alienation of nightlife. On the one-hand, he glorifies performance, artifice, glamor, surfaces (esp. his prints & advertisements for dance halls), on the other, he digs beneath surfaces [...]
Tobias Carroll’s Best of 2009
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Tobias Carroll on December 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A very incomplete list of books, comics, and music that moved me this year. David Bazan: Curse Your Branches (Barsuk) The Dutchess and The Duke: Sunset/Sunrise (Hardly Art)
James Yeh’s Best of 2009
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged James Yeh on December 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »
20 Best of 2009: Pieces, Wholes, Droppings, Parts and Shards Grizzly Bear – Vecktamist Roberto Bolaño – The Skating Rink Girls – “Lust for Life” (0:50 – 1:24, organ sounds, hand claps)
pick the horse called J. A. Tyler in the Dzanc Write-a-thon
Posted in Uncategorized on December 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
John Madera posted all about it here, but I just wanted to mention that I am representing for the BigOther crew. plus, I have added a twist, check it out here. want to sponsor? any amount is fantastic & much appreciated. go here.
Be Realistic
Posted in Uncategorized on December 17, 2009 | 28 Comments »
The most difficult kind of fiction to write well is realist fiction. If you want to really challenge yourself as an author, try writing a straight story.
The Dzanc Write-a-thon
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Dzanc Books, Write-a-thon on December 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
From Dzanc Books: As you may know, Dzanc Books is a non-profit organization, established to not only publish great books, but to work nationally in set communities to provide writing workshops and year round programs for students and adults alike. These programs include our Dzanc Writer in Residency Programs, The Dzanc Prize, programs with the [...]
My Four Favorite New Books of 2009, #1: Mercè Rodoreda’s Death in Spring
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ChannelFireball.com, Charles Laughton, Death in Spring, Frank Wedekind, Innocence (2004), Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Luis Scott-Vargas, Magic: The Gathering, Martha Tennent, Mercè Rodoreda, Night of the Hunter, Open Letter Books, Robert MItchum on December 16, 2009 | 14 Comments »
#2 | #3 | #4 The problem with the internet is that one can read an online article for only so long. After even just a few lines (in fact, right about now), you start getting restless and feel the urge to check out whether Luis Scott-Vargas has uploaded another Magic drafting video at ChannelFireball.com. [...]
Elizabeth Ellen’s Best of 2009
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Elizabeth Ellen on December 16, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Best online story I read this year: Sean Kilpatrick’s “Selections from Sucker June” in Spork, hands down. I adon’t know how Sean does it. If the words just pour out of him like this or if he works really hard at it, but goddamn, this man is obviously a genius. Not to be totally cheesy [...]
Rain Taxi’s Benefit Auction
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Rain Taxi on December 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From Eric Lorberer: Support Rain Taxi and get cool stuff at the same time! Our annual fundraising auction contains a multitude of items sure to please book lovers, many of which were donated by authors in support of Rain Taxi! There are first editions, gorgeous broadsides, rare chapbooks, quirky used books, as well as original [...]
Mike Young’s Best of 2009
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Mike Young on December 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
AWESOME THINGS THAT I ENJOYED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2009 1. Frank Lima Now my third for a holy trinity of Frank poets (the other two being Frank Stanford and Frank O’Hara, with CA Conrad’s hero in the Book of Frank getting a wink), Frank Lima is a woefully underappreciated poet. He’s got Cedar [...]
Aaron Burch’s Best of 2009
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Aaron Burch on December 16, 2009 | 8 Comments »
My “Top Ten” of 2009 This list is book-heavy because, well, because this is (primarily?) a lit blog, and books are (primarily) the world in which I live. I tried to limit it to stuff that came out/happened in 2009, which discluded many of the books that I read, and TV shows I watched on [...]
Andrew Borgstrom’s Best of 2009
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Andrew Borgstrom on December 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Best reads: Blake Butler’s Scorch Atlas & Featherproof’s Scrotal Cash Best films: Park Chan-wook’s Thirst & Nicolas Winding Refn’s Bronson
Matt Bell’s Best of 2009
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Matt Bell, Michael Kimball on December 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Best Of What I Learned About Writing from Interviews Written by Michael Kimball, Ordered to Make a Collage About Sound
Peter Cole’s Best of 2009
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Peter Cole on December 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Best: I didn’t read a single book this year, watched very few movies (the ones I saw were just OK), but I did see a moderate amount of TV, listened to some music, and spent most of my time on the internet. So my list is pretty random.
Stop Breaking Rules
Posted in Uncategorized on December 16, 2009 | 46 Comments »
A writer need not be familiar with, let alone understand, Aristotle’s Poetics in order to write excellent fiction. A writer does not need to master mimetic prose before composing non-mimetic prose of the first order. A writer does not need to understand what a narrative arc is, or what foreshadowing is, or what thematic development [...]
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