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.

Trailer for Ben Marcus’s The Flame Alphabet

Out a week from tomorrow.

Film / 3 Comments
January 9th, 2012 / 10:44 am
—

Q: How much distance is there between David Foster Wallace–the narrator–and yourself?

DFW: I don’t understand the question?

– Full interview from 1998 at Slate

13
—

As of yesterday, Ulysses is officially a work of public domain. Now what? [UPDATE: Or not… at least in America. (via Edward Champion)]

13

ALT LIT GOSSIP Ohio Watching Party

Here’s a bunch of people in Ohio at Noah Cicero’s house watching the ALT LIT GOSSIP awards talking shit, doing drugs, and other things people here can bitch about being a ‘waste of [your internet time].’ Enjoi.

Behind the Scenes / 59 Comments
January 2nd, 2012 / 4:40 pm
—

For the New Yorker podcast, A.M. Homes reads & discusses Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery.”

3
—

Has any book genuinely offended you? Why?

96

RiFF RAFF SODMG recommends NY TYRANT

“Guess what we got here… new book.”

TYRANT 9

Literary Magazine Club / 26 Comments
December 17th, 2011 / 3:22 pm

ToBS R1: discussion of gender in publishing vs. discussion of race in publishing

[Matchup #29 in Tournament of Bookshit]

Well READ MORE >

Contests / 63 Comments
December 8th, 2011 / 7:42 pm
—

The newest edition of Brad Listi’s Other People podcast features an hourlong & particularly wonderfully personal interview with Dennis Cooper.

7

John Ashbery is a chill bro

Cool questions!

Random / 24 Comments
December 2nd, 2011 / 4:15 pm