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.

Famous Authors ‘Nude’ 2

A while ago I got bored and did a post about looking up famous authors’ nude photos on google image search. I got bored again today. Here are some more nude pics I found of famous authors.

‘richard russo nude’

‘jhumpa lahiri nude’

‘marquis de sade nude’

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Random / 26 Comments
March 29th, 2011 / 3:47 pm

Do (or should) book reviewers have any moral responsibilities? Does whether they’re getting paid or not influence this consideration?

Mmmmmmmmm new Action Yes.

Anton LaVey on Writing

“There is a beast in man that needs to be exercised, not exorcised.”

“It has been said, ‘the truth will make men free.’ The truth alone has never made anyone free. It is only doubt which will bring mental emancipation.”

“Hair on a man’s chest is thought to denote strength. The gorilla is the most powerful of bipeds and has hair on every place on his body except for his chest.”

“When one sleeps on the floor one need not worry about falling out of bed.”

“I like raunchiness, not like in a biker-chick sort of a way, but like the girl can’t help it. Little bruises, a few hairs out of place, a little stain here and there.”

“Hopefully by bringing back burlesque, you’ll bring back the kind of body that’s round on top and round on bottom. I love cellulite and stretch marks!”

“You say it’s good to get a change of scenery. What scenery? New buildings? New cars? New freeways? New shopping malls? Go to the woods or a park? I saw a tree once. The new ones look the same, which is fine.”

“If a guest in your lair annoys you, treat him cruelly and without mercy.”

“I find greater companionship in inert figures, animals & speechless artifacts, for I can enjoy their presence & there is no psychic drain.”

“You cannot love everyone; it is ridiculous to think you can. If you love everyone and everything you lose your natural powers of selection and wind up being a pretty poor judge of character and quality. If anything is used too freely it loses its true meaning.”

“Do what you want as long as it’s paying off for you. But once it’s become a liability, then something is wrong and you better find out what it is.”

“Don’t let that little pyramid with the bright eye fool you. That’s to draw your attention away from the real thing: the big trapezoid beneath it.”

“To be loved, feelings must be rationed. To love, the doors of hysteria, fantasy, and madness may be flung open.”

Craft Notes / 10 Comments
March 21st, 2011 / 4:53 pm

Michael Kimball’s Us [Tyrant Books, 2011]

Michael Kimball’s truly crushing second novel, released in the UK in 2005, will finally see its U.S. release on May 10 of this year from Tyrant Books. Preorders have begun. Below, a trailer for the book based on a single sentence, created by Luca Dipierro.

Author Spotlight / 3 Comments
March 17th, 2011 / 12:21 pm

Gordon Lish Knopf Bibliography [1977-1995]

Gordon Lish began working as an editor at Alfred A. Knopf in 1977 after leaving his role as editor at Esquire Magazine. He continued work with Knopf for 18 years until parting ways in 1995, having assembled what is arguably one of the greatest editorial runs in publishing.

The listing below is a catalog of the titles and authors Lish published during this time. This is surely not a complete list, but is at least a decent stab at the continuum; comments are welcome with any suggestions as to the extant.

Most of these titles, if not having been reprinted by other houses, are available used on Amazon or in places like Abe Books.

1976 Don DeLillo, Ratner’s Star

Cynthia Ozick, Bloodshed and Three Novellas

1977 Don DeLillo, The Players

1978 Stanley Crawford, Some Instructions to my Wife…

Don DeLillo, Running Dog

Barry Hannah, Airships

1979 Mary Robison, Days

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Author Spotlight / 32 Comments
March 17th, 2011 / 9:52 am

Live Giants 11: Sommer Browning & Noah Eli Gordon

You missed the live reading but you can still check out Sommer & Noah’s new books, Either Way I’m Celebrating and The Source, available from the publishers at the according links.

Events / 4 Comments
March 16th, 2011 / 8:54 pm

RIP Nate Dogg (1969-2011)

Damn. Eternal flute solo for the boss.

Author Spotlight / 6 Comments
March 16th, 2011 / 4:54 pm

What are some good books that have happy endings and don’t suck shit?

The Poetry of Steve Roggenbuck

Steve Roggenbuck is the author of two poetry collections, i am like october when i am dead and DOWNLOAD HELVETICA FOR FREE.COM. Both collections feature what could be called minimalist poetry, notably short poems of only a few lines, sometimes one phrase, and both were self-published into the public domain, both in print (for purchase) and online (for free).

Here is the title poem from the former:

i am like october when i am dead

there is my hand

i am like the killers of people

Here is another poem from that book:

to my nephew on his birthday

i will choke your dad

i dont care

im not afraid

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Author Spotlight / 83 Comments
March 16th, 2011 / 12:39 pm