For Vol.1, I reviewed Tao Lin’s Shoplifting From American Apparel. One bit of the review goes something like this: Lin’s Shoplifting From American Apparel has no flights of fancy: no talking bears, no magic-realist interludes. The novella opens with the daily routine of its protagonist, a writer named Sam: waking in the mid-afternoon, he logs … Continue reading
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Me @ Volume 1- Coming Soon to a Lower East Side Near You*
- Afternoon Bites: Chris Andrews on translation, Hot Lit Mags, James Sturm on Jack Kirby, and more
- Notes on Quentin Rowan, Yeti, and Bits of Spy Novels
- Reviewed: “Sister Stop Breathing” by Chiara Barzini
- Afternoon Bites: William S. Burroughs in pop culture, “Angelmaker” gets a trailer , 90s hardcore and Skrillex, and more
September 23, 2009, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: Blake Butler, Nick Antosca, Tao Lin
Reading on Reading: 23 September 2009
Categories: BooksTags:: Blake Butler, Nick Antosca, Tao Lin
One: Nick Antosca profiles Tao Lin for The Daily Beast. Ethics and literary feuds are discussed. Two: Blake Butler announces that he’s signed a two-book deal with Harper Perennial, which is all kinds of impressive. Dan Wickett provides commentary.
February 5, 2009, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: Books, Nick Antosca, Tao Lin
in which tao lin and nick antosca talk writing
Categories: BooksTags:: Books, Nick Antosca, Tao Lin
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 … Continue reading