Category Archives: gimme fiction backmatter

[the column in question appears here] For more on Chris Abani, his website is fairly comprehensive. The Believer interviewed him several years ago; more recently, he went on a book tour with Joe Meno. Abani also curates the Black Goat poetry imprint. Some additional q & a, cut for reasons of space, can be found … Continue reading →

[this originally appeared here; the column in question appears here] Mike Daily’s O’GRADY maintains a web presence here, while ALARM’s myspace page is here; Daily maintains a frighteningly comprehensive blog here. Footage of O’GRADY live can be seen here. Referenced in the introduction is Portland-based writer and publisher Kevin Sampsell; his Future Tense Publishing maintains … Continue reading →

[this originally appeared here; the column in question appears here] Ronen Kauffman currently hosts the Issue Oriented podcast; guests have ranged from Jersey Beat editor Jim Testa to artist Derek Hess to Thursday’s Geoff Rickly. He maintains a web presence here. Kauffman was also interviewed for my EMP paper on basement shows. The Degenerics have … Continue reading →

[this originally appeared here; the column in question appears here] Rock Plaza Central’s website is www.rockplazacentral.com; the page devoted to Eaton’s novels is http://rockplazacentral.com/novels.html. Their Daytrotter session can be heard here.

I’ve been posting “backmatter” posts corresponding with my Gimme Fiction columns for Paper Thin Walls on my blog on said site. I’m going to begin cross-posting them here; as part of this, the introduction I wrote up, as well as the backmatter for the first two columns, will follow. [prelude: originally posted here] Am endeavoring … Continue reading →