BIG OTHER

Best ebay item ever: Last chance to own this beautiful haunted doll! *BEWARE<ABSOLUTELY NOT FOR BEGINNERS<EXPERIENCED ONLY*  This is a larger (about 16 inches high), beautiful, bisque porcelain doll. The doll was found 7 years ago, in an abandoned barn where ritualistic satanism was performed on a regular basis. She is haunted by a demon [...]

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I’m playing up this Rumpus reading because it really seems like the kind of literary event we need more of: literary in leaning, but entertainment in approach. Something you can bring your non-writer friends to that’ll possibly get them jazzed about lit events in general. I just saw that in addition to the great cross-genre [...]

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Adam posted a while ago about readings, asking why we have them. Making the point that most of them aren’t worth going to, are boring. Well. A reading that will certainly not bore you is coming up on April 6th, as The Rumpus, Tinhouse and Flavorpill are putting on something called “A Night Together.” Clearly, [...]

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This photograph was taken by the Chinese photographer Chen Man. I discovered her work at the China Design Now exhibit, which has been traveling but which I saw at Portland’s art museum. This image was what first inspired me to glue sequins to my face for live readings. I think Chen Man’s photographs are absolutely [...]

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here are three potential cover takes for Adam Robinson’s forthcoming SAY POEM, scheduled to release in May from the new PGP imprint, Awesome Machine (or so it has been said). vote in the comments section for 1, 2, or 3. (photographs courtesy of  Stephanie Barber, info courtesy of the Publishing Genius Press blog. 1 2 3

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I just received the following junk email, and found myself quite enchanted by the weird and wonderful world it opens up: Serious mistakes. Happily the new Government of the Empire is animated by an enlightened and liberal spirit, and at the request of His Excellency Sir Gerard Lowther, H.B.M. Ambassador to the Sublime Porte, permission [...]

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Davis Schneiderman‘s collaborative short story, “A Matter of Degree” (w/Jessica Berger) appeared at HTML Giant. Davis will be the Artist-in-Residence at the University of Central Arkansas, March 30-31. J.A. Tyler reviewed Christopher Higgs’s THE COMPLETE WORKS OF MARVIN K. MOONEY for Tarpaulin Sky. And Mud Luscious Press has just announced their first bookmark contest. Details [...]

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Big Other’s readings are better than everybody else’s readings because we got MAD PROPS:

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…featuring Big Other’s AD Jameson, Jac Jemc and yours truly, and with special guest Jeremy Davies as Mr. Announcer Man. This happened a weekend or two ago and I’m too lazy to look up the date. It was successful and fun, and we look forward to many more. All of these photographs are of me [...]

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Week 1 is now finished. Discussion is welcomed to begin below. The last two weeks are as follows: Week 2 (March 26- April 1) read through to page 213 (“Minutiae: No. of cigarettes smoked…”) Week 3 (April 2- April 8) read through to end (page 315*). (*161, 239 in some editions)

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that’s right: brooklyn, april 12th, 7:30. get on that.

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Sorry to dominate the blog today — but I finished paging through the AWP schedule and making little marks in the margins, and I’m hoping y’all can help me out a little. I do want to attend some stuff and not just be one of those people who sleeps in, hangs around the bookfair and [...]

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Did you all read John Madera’s generous review of the first issue of Artifice? No? Read it. Thanks John! Although I disagree with John regarding Derek Phillips’ poem (I found it delightful), his review absolutely captures the deliberate editorial vision that sets Artifice apart from its peers and makes it one of the most exciting [...]

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My Google Alerts alerted me to WebMii, which is evidently yet another one of those sites that culls information about folks from the web and consolidates it into a single space so it’s easier to stalk people (perhaps if stalking becomes too easy, it will lose its appeal). For some reason — I don’t know [...]

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Reading through the panel descriptions for AWP, I’m struck by how much more compelling I’m finding many of the poetry panels, though I am not a poet. I think it’s because — though I am interested in “content” in fiction, particularly related to representations by and of marginalized folks like Queers, women, people of color, [...]

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