7/14/10

There Is No Year by Blake Butler


4/5/2011

"A wildly inventive, impressionistic novel of family, sickness, and the birth-wrench of art, evocative of House of Leaves and the films of David Lynch, from a novelist rapidly emerging as one of the voices of his generation. As the Toronto Globe and Mail says, 'If the distortion and feedback of Butler's intense riffing is too loud, you may very well be too boring.'"


I am looking forward to this like Daniel Day Lewis wears a mustache.

7/13/10

the CORDUROY MTN. print issue # 2


the CORDUROY MTN. print issue # 2

"Corduroy Mtn. once again unleashes the beast this time under the cloak of darkness and fog. Wrapped up in a blanket and left on your doorstep after a nine month wait, our second print issue, filled with an array of eclectic luminaries we've come to adore and respect, springs from the basket and attaches itself firmly to your bosom. Will the moon rise? Will the earth give way? Will lava spill on the carpet? Will there be a third issue? We'll never say never."

The contributors are: jeff alessandrelli, ivy alvarez, eric amling, peter berghoef, jimmy chen, jennifer denrow, sasha fletcher, emily kendal frey, garth graeper, matthew hittinger, judson hamilton, charles lennox, john madera, nate slawson, ben spivey, j.a. tyler, john dermot woods &
brennen wysong.


The book is $7 (printed in an initial run of 100) or it comes free if you order two other Greying Ghost titles.

I am very excited to be included in this collection. My contribution is a slightly altered excerpt from Flowing in the Gossamer Fold (which is on schedule to ship at the beginning of August, and can still be pre-ordered).

7/12/10

Midnight Picnic by Nick Antosca

I read Midnight Picnic at the beginning of 2009 and its stuck with me since. Some of the scenes play on repeat in my mind, daily. The book is fantastic, and yesterday it won The Shirley Jackson award for best novella. You can buy the book from Word Riot Press. Antosca also has a new story at n+1 entitled Predator Bait, check it out.

7/4/10

In celebration of Independence Day, why not support the independent press? At Emerging Writers Network Dan Wickett has collected a generous list of publishers with that you can choose from.

I ordered Catalpa by Amanda Goldblatt.

(This list could be infinite, but sometimes you have to make choices). I recommend WHEN ALL OUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED by Sasha Fletcher. And one of my all time favorite books, Stories in the Worst Way by Gary Lutz.