ce.— I was just able to sneak read this at work. Great story, dude. I want to drink a glass of scotch now. Pretty sure I’d get caught with that at work though.
htad— isn’t modernist text supposed to be written so that context does not matter, and if so, how am i to get a full picture of a book like Mrs. Dalloway without knowing a little bit of history and English culture post-war? or whatever.
htad— hey it says on wave’s calendar that lasky is gonna do a live reading here…is this true?
Vin Diesel— Alec: Blake wants to burgle a turd or two from you and then sell it on e-bay. Justin: I think that’s a great idea. Alec: I told Blake I would buy one of your turds. Ken: That’s how good you are. Alec: I would treat your turd like it was a piece of art. Ken: Take the...
Nick Antosca— Agents send short fiction to big magazines not for money but to build credibility/exposure for writers with something else coming out. So they’ll send to the New Yorker, Esquire, Harper’s, Paris Review, maybe McSweeney’s or Zoetrope, maybe Atlantic, maybe one...
Stu— At first I didn’t think I’d make it through the story, but then there’s be a nice piece of dialogue or an interesting observation. Kept me going. Good story.
Alec Niedenthal— I know. I love how there are just shots of the drummer’s hi-hat or whatever. Amazing.
Justin Taylor— hey, thanks for the love, everyone. And Alec, holy shit, that video!
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Evenson is the boss.
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I totally agree with…myself?!?!
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I agree with Matthew and himself.
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Hear hear. I read a bunch of short stories yesterday and his made me happiest.
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Ha, Evenson listens to doom metal? I guess that makes sense though.
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June 12th, 2009 / 1:30 pmReynard Seifert—
doom metal is awesome when it’s good
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Holy crap. Evenson writing about Sunn 0))) and Earth??!? Fuck yes.
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