Adam Robinson
http://www.publishinggenius.com
Adam Robinson lives in Baltimore, where he operates Publishing Genius Press. His book of poems, Adam Robison and other poems, will be published by Narrow House Books this year.
Adam Robinson—
I was wondering, when you think about submitting a full-length manuscript to a press, how much do you consider how long they’re going to be around for? If you don’t feel like answering that, at least go watch this very funny .gif (via Very Most Good).
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Literary Dopplegangers: two HTML Giant Contributors
OK, what do you think, maybe I’m breaking the rules?
Round one we got Mike Young crooning in my practice space:
Pretty happy he can play Roy Orbison songs
Listen to a story today at noon
If you go here today at noon (EST, 25 minutes from right . . . now) you will be able to listen to The Signal, which is a really cool radio program hosted by my friend Aaron Henkin (an excellent poker player, great radio voice). On the program you will be able to hear my other friend Justin Sirois (terrible poker player, terrible radio voice, awesome writer) read from MLKNG SCKLS, his book about Iraq, as well as some other good literary thingses.
Michael Kimball Interviewed on NPR
Unless you’re weird, you probably already listened to Giant amigo Michael Kimball’s interview on NPR. It’s about his project, Michael Kimball Writes Your Life Story (On a Postcard), which, unless you’re weird, you’re probably already hip to, too.
I thought the interview was great, that what he said was about more than his project, and more than a criticism of Facebook culture — that we’re all promoting ourselves but no one cares — but it was about a profound sort of other-centeredness, about Story and the importance of getting to know the story of other people’s lives.
I’d say more but I gotta go read some Levinas. What did you think of the interview?
Oh, and check out this video of Blaster Al Ackerman reading for the 60 Writers movie Michael’s making with Luca Dipierro (I know, Sam linked to one yesterday but what the heck, my man was just interviewed on NPR).
Adam Robinson—
Via my homeboy Jamie, here’s news on a consignment chapbook store freshly opened in St. Louis: Stirrup Pants. It’s only open on Saturdays, but that’s cool because, as the article says, “The store’s Saturday-only hours give Ginesta [the proprietor] a chance to read through the new chapbooks during the week so she’ll be able to discuss them with her customers.”
What could be better?
Adam Robinson—
HTMLG BFF Michael Kimball will be interviewed on All Things Considered about that postcard project thing tomorrow, Friday, July 17. I hope California has their budget balanced by then.
Brian Allen Carr is giving away a bunch of books as a contest for MLKNG SCKLS. Enter it. Meanwhile, I’m having a crazy sale at PGP for another hour or something. The first person to spend $4 on these here separated (without DVD) will get the DVD, too.
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July 14th, 2009 / 3:00 pm
July 14th, 2009 / 3:00 pm
Adam Robinson—
The new issue of JMWW is now live. Some neat stuff in there, including an excerpt of something new by Madison Smartt Bell and an extremely frustrating (but hilarious) thing by Jamie Iredell. There might even be a thing in there by J. A. Tyler. See for yourself.
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Oh wait, how about an interview with Blake Butler
As if you didn’t know, Blake Butler is on the road with the Dollar Store tour that Featherproof put together. The following interview was conducted over TXT Msg, and I dunno, it might not be worth your time, but I liked hearing about the road hijinx a lot. READ MORE >