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The new issue of Gigantic magazine now exists! UPDATED: Though I’m not seeing much evidence of #2 on the site right now. The launch party for #2, the “Gigantic America” issue will be at PPOW gallery in NYC on 2/27, and will feature readings by favorites-of-ours Deb Olin Unferth and Sasha Fletcher, among others. The issue itself has interviews with Sam Lipsyte and Lydia Millet, plus new fiction from Robert Coover and Leni Zumas, plus “collectible biographies of famous Americans” written by the likes of Michael Kimball and Clancy Martin. Holy awesome!
Also, check out their exclusive preview of Paul Willerton’s Little Big Cremaster 3.
Meehan Crist’s review of John D’Agata’s The Lost Origins of the Essay is now up at Powells.com. Crist, you may or may not know, is the reviews editor at The Believer. Her review originally ran in the February issue, to much acclaim, and was selected for publication on the Powell’s site by the NBCC. Cheers!
The Rumpus has an interview with the poet Gary Young. How often do you see a poet-interview at the very top of a general-interest culture website? Good God, I love these guys. While you’re over there, check out “Sexually, I’m More of a Denmark: A Highly Subjective Book Review” by Chelsea G. Summers, and then, if you like, get linked (via them) to Javier Marias’s KCRW Bookworm appearance, which went live yesterday.
It’s Derek Jarman Day at Coop’s Place. Re the photo above-
Jarman is also remembered for his famous shingle cottage-garden, created in the latter years of his life, in the shadow of the Dungeness power station. The house was built in tarred timber. Raised wooden text on the side of the cottage is the first stanza and the last five lines of the last stanza of John Donne’s poem, The Sun Rising. The cottage’s beach garden was made using local materials and has been the subject of several books
Speaking of which, do you know that Donne poem? It’s one of my favorites of his. Here are my favorite lines from it:
Princes do but play us ; compared to this,
All honour’s mimic, all wealth alchemy.
But you really should read the whole thing. Happy Friday!
Tags: Dennis Cooper, Gary Young, Gigantic Magazine, Meehan Crist
yes, it’s alive, i promise you. but don’t take my word for it. proof of its physical existence here: gigantic issue two: gigantic america: http://giganticmag.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/gigantic-issue-2-launch-party/ we’re sending it out to bookstores next week, setting up preorders, etc
also, for those of you in the nyc area, we are having a release party for the issue saturday, feb 27, from 6:30-11pm at PPOW gallery in chelsea. short readings by deb olin unferth, stephen o’connor, sasha fletcher and mike topp; a dance performance by the fantastic artist lydia bell; lots of other good stuff. we will also be selling issues and reasonably priced alcohol beverages to help fund the magazine.
thanks for the link, justin!
yes, it’s alive, i promise you. but don’t take my word for it. proof of its physical existence here: gigantic issue two: gigantic america: http://giganticmag.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/gigantic-issue-2-launch-party/ we’re sending it out to bookstores next week, setting up preorders, etc
also, for those of you in the nyc area, we are having a release party for the issue saturday, feb 27, from 6:30-11pm at PPOW gallery in chelsea. short readings by deb olin unferth, stephen o’connor, sasha fletcher and mike topp; a dance performance by the fantastic artist lydia bell; lots of other good stuff. we will also be selling issues and reasonably priced alcohol beverages to help fund the magazine.
thanks for the link, justin!
Thanks for the corrective, James. Now reflected above.
Thanks for the corrective, James. Now reflected above.
Damn, now that is some funky aubade. Makes me want to paint it on the side of my house. Thanks for making my day, Justin!
Damn, now that is some funky aubade. Makes me want to paint it on the side of my house. Thanks for making my day, Justin!
I aim to please, Muzzy- and am always pleased to learn I have some aim. Cheers!
I aim to please, Muzzy- and am always pleased to learn I have some aim. Cheers!