January 11th, 2011 / 3:15 pm
 Author Spotlight

Michael Martone : Michael Martone : Michael Martone

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Michael Martone on William Gass, the most important contemporary fiction writer. Of the lessons he learned from “In the Heart of the Heart of the Country”, he says:

…First, that prose could be sustained without narrative. Second, that character need not be beholding to psychological “depth.” Third, that juxtaposition is all and that, yes, there is a world within a word. And fourth, that “Indiana” could be a subject…

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4foraQuarter, Michael Martone’s twitter feed.

4 pieces, 4 dollars, the latest tag of KFC. “4” kind of looks like a piece. It’s drumsticky. It thighs. It’s breastly. But mostly it wings.

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15 Comments

  1. January 11th, 2011 / 8:10 pm Sean—

      whooooot whoooooooot!!

      Love me some Martone

  2. January 11th, 2011 / 8:10 pm Sean—

      whooooot whoooooooot!!

      Love me some Martone

  3. January 11th, 2011 / 8:53 pm Matthew Simmons—

      Me, too. From Alive and Dead in Indiana to Pensees to Flatness and Other Landscapes to Michael Martone to that amazing head of hair. Martone is the man.

  4. January 11th, 2011 / 9:28 pm Craig Davis—

      Dream syllabus (take not teach): Flatness and Other Landscapes, In the Heart of the Heart of the Country, and The Inland Ground, PrairyErth.

  5. January 11th, 2011 / 11:32 pm Tadd Adcox—

      Martone is lovely. I credit him with teaching me what kind of writer I wanted to be, even though we’ve only met, like, twice.

  6. January 11th, 2011 / 11:33 pm Brandi—

      !!!

  7. January 11th, 2011 / 11:41 pm lily hoang—

      he is a true hero.

  8. January 11th, 2011 / 11:41 pm lily hoang—

      he is a true hero.

  9. January 12th, 2011 / 12:49 am Matthew Simmons—

      Michael Martone is a towering literary figure.

  10. January 12th, 2011 / 12:49 am Matthew Simmons—

      Michael Martone is a towering literary figure.

  11. January 12th, 2011 / 12:51 am Matthew Simmons—

      I mean, in the city that is my city of influences and loves, he’s there looming. And smiling pleasantly, too, which is what I like about him. In a chart of how much fun all human’s on the planet are having, I imagine Michael near the top.

  12. January 12th, 2011 / 1:02 am Brian Oliu—

      roll tide

  13. January 12th, 2011 / 1:17 am MG—

      I got to meet him and see him read in Cleveland last February. It was maybe my favorite reading I’ve ever been to. I still have his phone number. I should call him sometime.

  14. January 12th, 2011 / 2:22 am Steven Pine—

      what a fucking joke. At least, that was what I was about to type but then minute 8 of the vid rolled around and it actually became thoughtful, interest, etc. Also, drinking has helped.

  15. January 14th, 2011 / 5:52 pm ben collins—

      I texted him yesterday, and this morning he wrote back!