Watch the very much missed Raymond Federman, Davis Schneiderman, and Lidia Yuknavtich boil their books in noodles!
&Now Conference: A Conference of Innovative Writing & the Literary Arts
I went to the &Now Conference held in Buffalo, New York, October 14-17, and enjoyed it on a number of…
Here is a Book About Shit.
The Big Necessity.
Barbaric AWP
DOGZPANK 2010 Needs Readers! And, while we’re on the subject, who’s going to AWP this year? Denver is J. A.…
Joyce Carol Oates Please Relax
Joyce Carol Oates writes too many damn books. You write that many and the people just gloss over, their eyes…
One Hour of Television, by Kristina Born
From Shane Jones: Me and Blake Butler are really excited about our first title, ONE HOUR OF TELEVISION by Kristina…
Fuck the Muse to Write or Whatever.
Norman Mailer thought sex was meaningless, an incomplete act, unless unprotected and to orgasm. (A potentially dangerous philosophy, but maybe…
Does the Brain Like E-Books?
Check out this article from the NY Times asking whether “there [is] a difference in the way the brain takes…
Edgar Allan Poe Gets Another Funeral!
According to Wikipedia, On October 10, 2009, Poe received a “do-over” funeral where “actors portraying Poe’s contemporaries and other long-dead…
Thumb novels: Mobile phone fiction
Check out this article about keitai shosetsu, an emergent literary form in Japan, with stories being specifically created for mobile…