Blake Butler

http://www.gillesdeleuzecommittedsuicideandsowilldrphil.com/

Blake Butler lives in Atlanta. His third book, There Is No Year, is forthcoming April 2011 from Harper Perennial.

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1. Alison Malone, sister of Giantfriend Kendra Grant Malone, makes awesome portraits of gamers.

2. Michael Kimball interviews Dawn Raffel.

3. Talkshows used to be rad [via David Peak]

Roundup / 22 Comments
March 30th, 2010 / 3:23 pm
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The winners of the Calamari Dozen Books giveaway are Tim Jones-Yelvington, Jack Boettcher, and P. Edward Cunningham. Please email your address and pick of 2 books from the Calamari catalog, and you will receive your prize. In the meantime, don’t miss out the Calamari Liquidation before Derek leaves us for Rome. Boo.

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Don’t forget to tune in right here tonight at 9 PM Eastern (that’s 6 on the west coast) to see Joshua Marie Wilkinson read live from his forthcoming Selenography, with special guests, q/a, etc. In the meantime, if you haven’t checked out the latest edition of Josh’s Rabbit Light Movies, you’ve got some watching to do.

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A most excellent new online journal: LIES/ISLE 03: The Double: NIKOLINA NEDELJKOV MEGHAN LAMB PAUL CUNNINGHAM VERNON FRAZER CHANGMING YUAN MONICA MODY MITCH PATRICK ADAM MOORAD LOUIS BURY G. SAND TRANSLATED BY J. TIAN M. KITCHELL DAVID RYLANCE AND JIMMY CHEN

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I did the read on Drunk Sonnet 14

Drunk Sonnets by Daniel Bailey

Behind the Scenes / 53 Comments
March 27th, 2010 / 4:23 am
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Dang. [Thanks Mike Topp.]

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Octopus 13. Featuring poetry by Sawako Nakayasu Daniel Lin Julie Carr José Díaz Chanel Clarke Cherise Bacalski Tim Van Dyke Ayane Kawata translated by Sawako Nakayasu Kristin Sanders Jenny Zhang Cathy Linh Che Justin Marks Jon Leon Christopher DeWeese Natalie Lyalin Alejandra Pizarnik translated by Jason Stumpf Bin Ramke Bhanu Kapil Lesley Yalen Jonah Winter Geoffrey Nutter Claire Donato Caroline Knox Takako Arai translated by Jeffrey Angles, etc.

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Who is the greatest rapper ever? I mean total package: fun, lyrics, beats, power. If you say Jay-Z, say it to yourself under your breath so I don’t have to slap a dummy.

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Calamari Contest

Derek White has offered up 3 “chef select” prize packages from his Calamari Press Liquidation Sale for us to throw into the game. That’s three prizes of a dozen books each (you pick 2, Derek picks the other 10) from the Calamari Press archives.

To enter, comment with a brief write up of a dream you had where you went either to a country you’ve never been to, or a place that does not exist. Or write about writing in a language that does not exist, either in a dream, or in your underwear at your desk. Or you could tell about something weird that happened to you after watching a Cronenberg movie. Whichever.

Two winners will be picked for their fine job, one at random. Entries close tomorrow night.

Contests / 93 Comments
March 25th, 2010 / 1:25 pm
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michael spielman, Seth, and rk, you are the winners of the Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned contest. Please email your address for the book.

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