#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
Best ‘AurA’ or sweat and junk. I have to say the library down the street is meatier this year. I…
Farewell Sean Lovelace!
Please join me in sending off Sean Lovelace. He’s leaving to become a contributor at Html Giant. His zany, provocative…
Toulouse-Lautrec’s Au Moulin Rouge
One of my favorite paintings is Au Moulin Rouge by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. It lives here in Chicago, at the…
Tobias Carroll’s Best of 2009
A very incomplete list of books, comics, and music that moved me this year. David Bazan: Curse Your Branches (Barsuk)…
James Yeh’s Best of 2009
20 Best of 2009: Pieces, Wholes, Droppings, Parts and Shards Grizzly Bear – Vecktamist Roberto Bolaño – The Skating Rink…
pick the horse called J. A. Tyler in the Dzanc Write-a-thon
John Madera posted all about it here, but I just wanted to mention that I am representing for the BigOther…
Be Realistic
The most difficult kind of fiction to write well is realist fiction. If you want to really challenge yourself as…
The Dzanc Write-a-thon
From Dzanc Books: As you may know, Dzanc Books is a non-profit organization, established to not only publish great books,…
My Four Favorite New Books of 2009, #1: Mercè Rodoreda’s Death in Spring
#2 | #3 | #4 The problem with the internet is that one can read an online article for only…