in which tao lin and nick antosca talk writing

I’ve already rambled a bit about Nick Antosca’s Midnight Picnic, one of the most memorably unsettling books I’ve read in a while. At MobyLives, Tao Lin interviewed Antosca; their conversation heads into Antosca’s writing process and covers pretty much everything novel-length he’s written. Particularly of interest is how Midnight Picnic was written and how some of the more surreal logic came about.

Also, there’s this:

I think the funniest books I’ve ever read are Lolita and American Psycho, neither of which is generally considered humor writing.

Which is pretty bold, as bold statements go. (Also, it’s better explained in the interview itself.)