December 5th, 2008 / 7:05 pm
Presses
Blake Butler
Presses
Dzanc Half-off Holiday Sale
From Dzanc:
In the Devil’s Territory
Kyle Minor
Based on a True Story
Hesh Kestin
Best of the Web 2008
Steve Almond
Nathan Leslie
BOOK BUNDLES
Bob, or Man on Boat
Peter Markus
In a Bear’s Eye
Yannick Murphy
All Over
Roy Kesey
GIFTS and CLOTHING
Nothing in the World
Roy Kesey
Unending Rooms
Daniel Chacón
Black Lawrence Press
While in Darkness There is Light
Louella Bryant
Black Lawrence Press
The Last Game We Played
Jo Neace Krause
Black Lawrence Press
Signs of Life
Norman Waksler
Black Lawrence Press
Monkeybicycle
Issue six
Monkeybicycle
Issue Five
Monkeybicycle
Issue Four
Tags: black lawrence press, dzanc
I just bought Bob, or Man on Boat. I had forgotten I wanted to read that.
I just bought Bob, or Man on Boat. I had forgotten I wanted to read that.
fuck, folks. i read quite a few of these and im telling you you gotta order some of these titles.
kyle minor
yannick murphy
peter markus
jo neace krause
daniel chacon
i wish suzanne burns and stefan kiesbye’s collections were available for pre-order. they are gonna be killer.
fuck, folks. i read quite a few of these and im telling you you gotta order some of these titles.
kyle minor
yannick murphy
peter markus
jo neace krause
daniel chacon
i wish suzanne burns and stefan kiesbye’s collections were available for pre-order. they are gonna be killer.
I’ve just been (finally) reading Kyle’s book the last few days and really enjoying it. And the Markus and Murphy and Kesey books were all really, really good.
I’ve just been (finally) reading Kyle’s book the last few days and really enjoying it. And the Markus and Murphy and Kesey books were all really, really good.
How about some critical review, or really any type of review of these books, other than, “Drool, they’re really good!”
How about some critical review, or really any type of review of these books, other than, “Drool, they’re really good!”
you are expecting a critical review in a post that says “half off holiday sale”???
click on the link and read the reviews from dzanc’s site.
whats wrong with drool?
you are expecting a critical review in a post that says “half off holiday sale”???
click on the link and read the reviews from dzanc’s site.
whats wrong with drool?
I’ll provide some reviews.
Here are my reviews of:
Roy Kesey’s ALL OVER
Steven Gillis’s TEMPORARY PEOPLE
Yannick Murphy’s IN A BEAR’S EYE
Here’s Josh Maday’s review of ALL OVER.
Sean Carmen’s review of IN THE DEVIL’S TERRITORY
Laura di Giovine’s reviews of SIGNS OF LIFE and of BASED ON A TRUE STORY
Ryan Call’s review of BEST OF THE WEB
Blake Butler’s review of BOB, OR MAN ON BOAT
I think you’ll find that these books were loved by their reviewers, and that they’re all certainly worth the eight bucks or so it would take to pick up a copy here. I know I’ve enjoyed everyone of them that I’ve read.
I’d like to especially suggest Gillis’s TEMPORARY PEOPLE– It’s the only book Dzanc has published in hardcover, and its not just a beautiful book, it’s also an incredible novel, and Gillis’s best work to date. It’s only $11 or so on sale, which is a great price. But seriously, any of these books would be great.
I hope that helps, Matt.
I’ll provide some reviews.
Here are my reviews of:
Roy Kesey’s ALL OVER
Steven Gillis’s TEMPORARY PEOPLE
Yannick Murphy’s IN A BEAR’S EYE
Here’s Josh Maday’s review of ALL OVER.
Sean Carmen’s review of IN THE DEVIL’S TERRITORY
Laura di Giovine’s reviews of SIGNS OF LIFE and of BASED ON A TRUE STORY
Ryan Call’s review of BEST OF THE WEB
Blake Butler’s review of BOB, OR MAN ON BOAT
I think you’ll find that these books were loved by their reviewers, and that they’re all certainly worth the eight bucks or so it would take to pick up a copy here. I know I’ve enjoyed everyone of them that I’ve read.
I’d like to especially suggest Gillis’s TEMPORARY PEOPLE– It’s the only book Dzanc has published in hardcover, and its not just a beautiful book, it’s also an incredible novel, and Gillis’s best work to date. It’s only $11 or so on sale, which is a great price. But seriously, any of these books would be great.
I hope that helps, Matt.
I’ll provide some reviews.
Here are my reviews of:’
Roy Kesey’s ALL OVER: http://www.mdbell.com/blog/2007/10/18/roy-keseys-all-over.html
Steven Gillis’s TEMPORARY PEOPLE: http://www.newpages.com/bookreviews/2008_02/feb08_book_reviews.htm#Temporary_People
Yannick Murphy’s IN A BEAR’S EYE: http://newpages.com/bookreviews/2008_03/march08_book_reviews.htm#In_a_bears_eye
Josh Maday’s review of ALL OVER: http://www.newpages.com/bookreviews/2008_02/feb08_book_reviews.htm#All_Over
Sean Carmen’s review of IN THE DEVIL’S TERRITORY: “http://newpages.com/bookreviews/2008_11/november2008_book_reviews.htm#devil
Laura di Giovine’s reviews of SIGNS OF LIFE: http://newpages.com/bookreviews/2008_10/october2008_book_reviews.htm#signs and BASED ON A TRUE STORY: http://newpages.com/bookreviews/2008_10/october2008_book_reviews.htm#based_on
Ryan Call’s review of BEST OF THE WEB 2008: http://newpages.com/bookreviews/2008_07/july2008_book_reviews.htm#best
Blake Butler’s review of BOB, OR MAN ON BOAT: http://newpages.com/bookreviews/2008_06/june2008_book_reviews.htm#bob
I think you’ll find that these books were loved by their reviewers, and that they’re all certainly worth the eight bucks or so it would take to pick up a copy here. I know I’ve enjoyed everyone of them that I’ve read.
I’d like to especially suggest Gillis’s TEMPORARY PEOPLE– It’s the only book Dzanc has published in hardcover, and its not just a beautiful book, it’s also an incredible novel, and Gillis’s best work to date. I’ve personally read it twice this year, once as a galley and once as a final copy, and the second time was better than the first. It’s only $11 or so on sale, which is a great price.
I hope that helps, Matt.
(Sorry if this ends up posting twice– I tried to post it with HTML, and it didn’t post, so I removed the tags, thinking that might be why).
I’ll provide some reviews.
Here are my reviews of:’
Roy Kesey’s ALL OVER: http://www.mdbell.com/blog/2007/10/18/roy-keseys-all-over.html
Steven Gillis’s TEMPORARY PEOPLE: http://www.newpages.com/bookreviews/2008_02/feb08_book_reviews.htm#Temporary_People
Yannick Murphy’s IN A BEAR’S EYE: http://newpages.com/bookreviews/2008_03/march08_book_reviews.htm#In_a_bears_eye
Josh Maday’s review of ALL OVER: http://www.newpages.com/bookreviews/2008_02/feb08_book_reviews.htm#All_Over
Sean Carmen’s review of IN THE DEVIL’S TERRITORY: “http://newpages.com/bookreviews/2008_11/november2008_book_reviews.htm#devil
Laura di Giovine’s reviews of SIGNS OF LIFE: http://newpages.com/bookreviews/2008_10/october2008_book_reviews.htm#signs and BASED ON A TRUE STORY: http://newpages.com/bookreviews/2008_10/october2008_book_reviews.htm#based_on
Ryan Call’s review of BEST OF THE WEB 2008: http://newpages.com/bookreviews/2008_07/july2008_book_reviews.htm#best
Blake Butler’s review of BOB, OR MAN ON BOAT: http://newpages.com/bookreviews/2008_06/june2008_book_reviews.htm#bob
I think you’ll find that these books were loved by their reviewers, and that they’re all certainly worth the eight bucks or so it would take to pick up a copy here. I know I’ve enjoyed everyone of them that I’ve read.
I’d like to especially suggest Gillis’s TEMPORARY PEOPLE– It’s the only book Dzanc has published in hardcover, and its not just a beautiful book, it’s also an incredible novel, and Gillis’s best work to date. I’ve personally read it twice this year, once as a galley and once as a final copy, and the second time was better than the first. It’s only $11 or so on sale, which is a great price.
I hope that helps, Matt.
(Sorry if this ends up posting twice– I tried to post it with HTML, and it didn’t post, so I removed the tags, thinking that might be why).
The Roy Kesey book was as good as I expected. The Markus book okay, but a little bit repetitve. I guess that was the point but it got boring repetitive instead of interesting repetitive. The Kyle Minor book was the best of the ones so far. He does a lot of different voices. Not flashy but effective and the book even made me cry at 4 out of six of the endings. The best story in the book was A Love Story about the gay married minister. I also like the Berlin and Florida story at the end.
The Roy Kesey book was as good as I expected. The Markus book okay, but a little bit repetitve. I guess that was the point but it got boring repetitive instead of interesting repetitive. The Kyle Minor book was the best of the ones so far. He does a lot of different voices. Not flashy but effective and the book even made me cry at 4 out of six of the endings. The best story in the book was A Love Story about the gay married minister. I also like the Berlin and Florida story at the end.
That made me want to buy the kyle minor book. thanks.
pr and frank:
yes i agree, kyle minor’s ws my favorite of the lot. this is the first sentence of the book:
“I hate Christmas, but this year is different because there is a small chance my wife will die and take our unborn child with her.”
wow.
but man, jo neace krause and daniel chacon’s collections are bad ass. pr. i really think you will like the krause. she is a very good storyteller.
pr and frank:
yes i agree, kyle minor’s ws my favorite of the lot. this is the first sentence of the book:
“I hate Christmas, but this year is different because there is a small chance my wife will die and take our unborn child with her.”
wow.
but man, jo neace krause and daniel chacon’s collections are bad ass. pr. i really think you will like the krause. she is a very good storyteller.
her stuff is dense and heady, something i think you would enjoy
her stuff is dense and heady, something i think you would enjoy
dense is the wrong word. its not chabon or anything.
dense is the wrong word. its not chabon or anything.
Barry,
I agree. The sentences sneak up on you in that Minor book. “The very face of evil was love.” “She had always feared she would die alone, but she was not alone.” “I just think that life is a disappointment in general and you’re just coming to knowledge of it later than the rest of us.” “Never before had she known options, although she felt like what was left to do had been marked on her before she was born.”
Barry,
I agree. The sentences sneak up on you in that Minor book. “The very face of evil was love.” “She had always feared she would die alone, but she was not alone.” “I just think that life is a disappointment in general and you’re just coming to knowledge of it later than the rest of us.” “Never before had she known options, although she felt like what was left to do had been marked on her before she was born.”
I don’t have that Kesey book in front of me, but it has sentences to die for too. I’m going to go get my copy and write out some of them too. Does this violate any copyright laws? Shit, these guys are going to get mad.
I don’t have that Kesey book in front of me, but it has sentences to die for too. I’m going to go get my copy and write out some of them too. Does this violate any copyright laws? Shit, these guys are going to get mad.
barry- i bought the minor now maybe i will go by krause. man, i love short stories.
frank- i think it’s just free advertising for them, they’ll be psyched.
pr:
you will not be dissapointed if you buy krause’s collection.
also, i am surprised at you .telling ken baumann you are proud of him for missing html giant posts because he was doing “real world” stuff. i think he should get his priorties straight. ha.
i love you
pr:
you will not be dissapointed if you buy krause’s collection.
also, i am surprised at you .telling ken baumann you are proud of him for missing html giant posts because he was doing “real world” stuff. i think he should get his priorties straight. ha.
i love you
>I don’t have that Kesey book in front of me, but it has sentences to die for too.
I would agree with this and argue that this sentiment is one of the constants in the Dzanc books. It has been said about others but I’ll just add that some of Yannick Murphy’s sentences are also to die for.
I will also argue against, while trying to not discredit, Frank’s argument that Markus’ book gets repetitive boring. On the one hand, I can see how that might happen, on the other hand the language, for me, and specifically the repetition thereof, worked to kind of hypnotize me and I kept wanting to think that nothing was really going on, but then all of a sudden something would occue on the page and make me recognize the layers of the previous few lines/paragraphs/sections where I’d almost been thinking that nothing was happening.
>I don’t have that Kesey book in front of me, but it has sentences to die for too.
I would agree with this and argue that this sentiment is one of the constants in the Dzanc books. It has been said about others but I’ll just add that some of Yannick Murphy’s sentences are also to die for.
I will also argue against, while trying to not discredit, Frank’s argument that Markus’ book gets repetitive boring. On the one hand, I can see how that might happen, on the other hand the language, for me, and specifically the repetition thereof, worked to kind of hypnotize me and I kept wanting to think that nothing was really going on, but then all of a sudden something would occue on the page and make me recognize the layers of the previous few lines/paragraphs/sections where I’d almost been thinking that nothing was happening.
Much appreciation spread to those of you with kind words for the books we’ve published thus far (and in Barry’s case, for those we’ll publish in the future as well).
It is even better to read of the kind sentiments towards the writing on the sentence level as I was just invited to speak to a class of undergraduate writing students at the University of Michigan, and it’s something I specifically discussed with them – that while we love a great story, wonderful plot, great characters, etc., we are looking for authors that can develop all of that while also concentrating all the way down to the sentence level with their writing. To be able to write individual sentences that make us want to write them down somewhere and read them again and again.
It’s nice to see that those authors we are excited about finding an audience with similar beliefs.
Thank you, htmlgiant.com for posting about our Holiday Sale and for pointing towards the other great independent publisher sales this time of the year – it’s made for some fun shopping.
Much appreciation spread to those of you with kind words for the books we’ve published thus far (and in Barry’s case, for those we’ll publish in the future as well).
It is even better to read of the kind sentiments towards the writing on the sentence level as I was just invited to speak to a class of undergraduate writing students at the University of Michigan, and it’s something I specifically discussed with them – that while we love a great story, wonderful plot, great characters, etc., we are looking for authors that can develop all of that while also concentrating all the way down to the sentence level with their writing. To be able to write individual sentences that make us want to write them down somewhere and read them again and again.
It’s nice to see that those authors we are excited about finding an audience with similar beliefs.
Thank you, htmlgiant.com for posting about our Holiday Sale and for pointing towards the other great independent publisher sales this time of the year – it’s made for some fun shopping.