Author Spotlight
Elizabeth Ellen Rules
I’ve written about her before, but frankly, I could write about her every week. Check out her website for all thing Elizabeth Ellen, including contributions to A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness (Rose Metal Press and a forthcoming chapbook with Paper Hero Press. Here are some power quotes from the woman who was largely responsible for my change in opinion of “online writing”:
From an interview in 3am magazine (linked here):
As for getting noticed…I don’t know. You can always try to be controversial, I guess. That’s certainly one way of getting noticed. Initiate a public feud. Be a dick. Write about it on your blog. That sort of thing. Other than that, I’d say just keep doing what you’re doing. This is going to sound like total, lameass bullshit, but I swear it’s true: I enjoy writing. I love it. I get off on it. I don’t do it to be in a particular magazine or to get a particular publisher’s notice. Not that I wouldn’t be stoked to be in The Paris Review or Tin House or with a major publisher. Of course I would. That’d be awesome. It’s just not something I think about on a daily or weekly basis.
Here’s another quote from the 3am interview that I love:
Maybe I should rely more on my imagination, but something compels me to write about the truth, or the truth as I know it. Laziness, perhaps.
And here’s an excerpt from “Breathing Lessons” found in her collection, Before You She Was A Pitbull (Future Tense Books, linked here):
Only after I felt him inch his way inside me did he release his grip on my hands. He let go and they remained where they’d fallen on either side of my head. His hand moved then to my neck, encircling it first gently with his fingertips before closing completely around it. My back arched, offering up more of my neck to his hand, as though I was familiar with this technique, as though I knew what I was doing. I didn’t.
Tags: elizabeth ellen, Future Tense Books, rose metal press
that’s a great interview. she’s another on a long list of writer’s that i’ve wanted to read but have yet to.
that’s a great interview. she’s another on a long list of writer’s that i’ve wanted to read but have yet to.
EE is awesome. i told her she was hot at AWP before I knew who she was.
i am an asshole.
EE is awesome. i told her she was hot at AWP before I knew who she was.
i am an asshole.
don’t kick yourself for being observant.
don’t kick yourself for being observant.
it’s fun when you get demanding.
it’s fun when you get demanding.
I love a woman who dresses like a teenage girl.
I love a woman who dresses like a teenage girl.
Elizabeth Ellen is the most generous writer (in so many ways) that I have worked with. She’s a literary wet dream and she will kick your ass.
Elizabeth Ellen is the most generous writer (in so many ways) that I have worked with. She’s a literary wet dream and she will kick your ass.
EE is the best. This book was so rad, Kevin and Elizabeth. I take it off the shelf every now and then when I need a good ass kicking. Also wet dreams.
EE is the best. This book was so rad, Kevin and Elizabeth. I take it off the shelf every now and then when I need a good ass kicking. Also wet dreams.
liz is bad ass.
her collection MOUTHFEEL will be out in may. im gonna put it up for pre-order soon.
the chapbook collective also includes:
brandi wells
lydia copeland
suzanne burns
andrea kneeland
holy shit. i feel good just talking about this one.
liz is bad ass.
her collection MOUTHFEEL will be out in may. im gonna put it up for pre-order soon.
the chapbook collective also includes:
brandi wells
lydia copeland
suzanne burns
andrea kneeland
holy shit. i feel good just talking about this one.
she is terribly fine.
but its kinda knowing she can write, and write well, and is down to earth, which raises the warning level of fineness to a dangerous point.
yes.
we are drowning.
she is terribly fine.
but its kinda knowing she can write, and write well, and is down to earth, which raises the warning level of fineness to a dangerous point.
yes.
we are drowning.
she’s fucking awesome.
she’s fucking awesome.
I accidentally deleted my comment. Everyone should buy her books is more or less what I said. So I’ll say it again!