February 11th, 2010 / 6:42 pm
Author Spotlight

Happy Birthday, Captain Fiction!

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Today is Gordon Lish’s birthday. On behalf of everyone here (not just on HTML, but on the whole internet): SALUTES TO THE CAPTAIN. … And thanks to David McLendon, whose Facebook post reminded me. So what will you do for Lish’s birthday?

You could buy a copy of Extravaganza.

You could listen to these Don Swaim interviews with GL.

You could review the complete history of our coverage of Lish and Lish-authors (warning: may not be complete), including the original series of Lish quotations for which I coined the Power Quote category. #1, #2, #3, #4+#5, #6.

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36 Comments

  1. Vin Diesel

      I’m going to look at my jonquils and rub my chest, back and legs with 5% Hydrocortisone cream.

  2. Vin Diesel

      I’m going to look at my jonquils and rub my chest, back and legs with 5% Hydrocortisone cream.

  3. Vin Diesel

      I’m going to look at my jonquils and rub my chest, back and legs with 5% Hydrocortisone cream.

  4. Neil

      Today: Gordan Lish’s birthday. We salute the captain.

      Thanks David McLendon.

      Review the complete series of quotations for his birthday.

  5. Neil

      Today: Gordan Lish’s birthday. We salute the captain.

      Thanks David McLendon.

      Review the complete series of quotations for his birthday.

  6. Neil

      Today: Gordan Lish’s birthday. We salute the captain.

      Thanks David McLendon.

      Review the complete series of quotations for his birthday.

  7. Alec Niedenthal

      Happy birthday, you brilliant fuck.

  8. Alec Niedenthal

      Happy birthday, you brilliant fuck.

  9. Alec Niedenthal

      Happy birthday, you brilliant fuck.

  10. Alec Niedenthal

      Gordon Lish is old. How old is he today? 106?

  11. Alec Niedenthal

      Gordon Lish is old. How old is he today? 106?

  12. Alec Niedenthal

      Gordon Lish is old. How old is he today? 106?

  13. Sean

      Don’t forget S Palin. Do Mavericks even celebrate Bdays?

  14. Sean

      Don’t forget S Palin. Do Mavericks even celebrate Bdays?

  15. Sean

      Don’t forget S Palin. Do Mavericks even celebrate Bdays?

  16. jonny ross

      it’s also the anniversary of nelson mendela’s release. twenty years!

  17. jonny ross

      it’s also the anniversary of nelson mendela’s release. twenty years!

  18. jonny ross

      it’s also the anniversary of nelson mendela’s release. twenty years!

  19. Anon

      Fuck him. Asshole.

  20. Anon

      Fuck him. Asshole.

  21. Anon

      Fuck him. Asshole.

  22. MoGa

      Happy birthday, Gordon. May there be many more to come.

  23. MoGa

      Happy birthday, Gordon. May there be many more to come.

  24. MoGa

      Happy birthday, Gordon. May there be many more to come.

  25. claybanes

      SPD has 4 last copies—new—specially reduced to $6.00 (from its original list price of $10.00).

      If you want, click here.

      (Just don’t tarry. As I said, we’ve only got 4.)

  26. claybanes

      SPD has 4 last copies—new—specially reduced to $6.00 (from its original list price of $10.00).

      If you want, click here.

      (Just don’t tarry. As I said, we’ve only got 4.)

  27. claybanes

      SPD has 4 last copies—new—specially reduced to $6.00 (from its original list price of $10.00).

      If you want, click here.

      (Just don’t tarry. As I said, we’ve only got 4.)

  28. JScap

      Happy birthday to Mr. Lish.

      Also happy birthday, today, to Abraham Lincoln– who, before setting off to assume office in the middle of a massive shitstorm, said, to gathered folks in Springfield, IL:

      “To this place, and the kindness of these people, I owe everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington.”

  29. JScap

      Happy birthday to Mr. Lish.

      Also happy birthday, today, to Abraham Lincoln– who, before setting off to assume office in the middle of a massive shitstorm, said, to gathered folks in Springfield, IL:

      “To this place, and the kindness of these people, I owe everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington.”

  30. JScap

      Happy birthday to Mr. Lish.

      Also happy birthday, today, to Abraham Lincoln– who, before setting off to assume office in the middle of a massive shitstorm, said, to gathered folks in Springfield, IL:

      “To this place, and the kindness of these people, I owe everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington.”

  31. JScap

      (Lincoln of course being edited by Lish)

  32. JScap

      (Lincoln of course being edited by Lish)

  33. JScap

      (Lincoln of course being edited by Lish)

  34. Lincoln

      I wish!

  35. Lincoln

      I wish!

  36. Lincoln

      I wish!