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Tyrant 6: !!!
Um, what the hell: the line up for the new issue of New York Tyrant has just been released, and, well, if you still have eyes, you might get ready to lose them:
300 pages of the best one yet.
A whole new batch of art from Mr. Atticus Lish!
Kevin Sampsell interviews Diane Williams
fiction from:
Thomas Bernhard
Rachel Sherman
Justin Taylor
Christine Schutt
Cooper Renner
Daryl Scroggins
Scott Garson
Anthony Luebbert
Christopher Kennedy
Jesse Ball
Daniel Grandbois
Michael Hemmingson
Darby Larson
Karl Taro Greenfeld
Ken Sparling
Robert Lopez
S.G. Miller
Kim Chinquee
Jason Snyder
Jessica Blau
Michael Leone
I think I would listen to the Thong Song for a week straight if I had to to get a hunk of this. I don’t know what made me just think of the Thong Song.
You can preorder the issue now on the Tyrant website, which is also currently running the Sampsell/Williams interview in full for your enjoyment.
Every new issue of the Tyrant is a spectacle of power and light. If not yer eyes, this one might take yer lungs out. Or your ovaries. Or you might get ovary-implanted. Either way, go get, before it sells out, as they always do.
Tags: atticus lish, new york tyrant
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Here’s the fullllll contributor list:
Daryl Scroggins, Ronald Hobbs, Jody Barton, Greg Mulcahy, Erich Hintze, Scott Garson, Christopher Kennedy, Jesse Ball, Daniel Grandbois, Cooper Renner, Michael Hemmingson, Darby Larson, Karl Taro Greenfeld, Christine Schutt, Ken Sparling, Robert Lopez, S.G. Miller, Atticus Lish, Michael Leone, Kim Chinquee, Anthony Luebbert, Rachel Sherman, Jason Snyder, Kevin Sampsell, Diane Williams, Justin Taylor, Jessica Anya Blau
Here’s the fullllll contributor list:
Daryl Scroggins, Ronald Hobbs, Jody Barton, Greg Mulcahy, Erich Hintze, Scott Garson, Christopher Kennedy, Jesse Ball, Daniel Grandbois, Cooper Renner, Michael Hemmingson, Darby Larson, Karl Taro Greenfeld, Christine Schutt, Ken Sparling, Robert Lopez, S.G. Miller, Atticus Lish, Michael Leone, Kim Chinquee, Anthony Luebbert, Rachel Sherman, Jason Snyder, Kevin Sampsell, Diane Williams, Justin Taylor, Jessica Anya Blau
Here’s the fullllll contributor list:
Daryl Scroggins, Ronald Hobbs, Jody Barton, Greg Mulcahy, Erich Hintze, Scott Garson, Christopher Kennedy, Jesse Ball, Daniel Grandbois, Cooper Renner, Michael Hemmingson, Darby Larson, Karl Taro Greenfeld, Christine Schutt, Ken Sparling, Robert Lopez, S.G. Miller, Atticus Lish, Michael Leone, Kim Chinquee, Anthony Luebbert, Rachel Sherman, Jason Snyder, Kevin Sampsell, Diane Williams, Justin Taylor, Jessica Anya Blau
Go Gian! Can’t wait to get!
Go Gian! Can’t wait to get!
Go Gian! Can’t wait to get!
what’s wrong w/ the thong song
that is a club banger!
what’s wrong w/ the thong song
that is a club banger!
what’s wrong w/ the thong song
that is a club banger!
oh whoops, didnt realize there were different lists… thanks Anthony! congrats on the issue
oh whoops, didnt realize there were different lists… thanks Anthony! congrats on the issue
oh whoops, didnt realize there were different lists… thanks Anthony! congrats on the issue
Looks like the best issue yet.
Looks like the best issue yet.
Looks like the best issue yet.
whoo. hotness. except that kevin sampsell interview w/ diane williams. he is a terrible interviewer and apparently hates poetry, mfa programs, and lit mags. best part about it, this: “I have been in love with stories that I’d like to beat to death at a later date.” – Diane Williams
whoo. hotness. except that kevin sampsell interview w/ diane williams. he is a terrible interviewer and apparently hates poetry, mfa programs, and lit mags. best part about it, this: “I have been in love with stories that I’d like to beat to death at a later date.” – Diane Williams
whoo. hotness. except that kevin sampsell interview w/ diane williams. he is a terrible interviewer and apparently hates poetry, mfa programs, and lit mags. best part about it, this: “I have been in love with stories that I’d like to beat to death at a later date.” – Diane Williams
br-I challenge you to find a better Diane Williams interview. First off, there aren’t many, and the ones there are out there are either really old or too short. Keep in mind, this was an email interview. She is a tough cookie to crack though.
Why do you think I hate those things? Let me clear this up for you.
Poetry=love it sometimes, hate it often. MFA=meh. Lit Mags=Are you crazy? I love lit mags. Not only am I sometimes in them, but I also actually read them.
br-I challenge you to find a better Diane Williams interview. First off, there aren’t many, and the ones there are out there are either really old or too short. Keep in mind, this was an email interview. She is a tough cookie to crack though.
Why do you think I hate those things? Let me clear this up for you.
Poetry=love it sometimes, hate it often. MFA=meh. Lit Mags=Are you crazy? I love lit mags. Not only am I sometimes in them, but I also actually read them.
br-I challenge you to find a better Diane Williams interview. First off, there aren’t many, and the ones there are out there are either really old or too short. Keep in mind, this was an email interview. She is a tough cookie to crack though.
Why do you think I hate those things? Let me clear this up for you.
Poetry=love it sometimes, hate it often. MFA=meh. Lit Mags=Are you crazy? I love lit mags. Not only am I sometimes in them, but I also actually read them.
What a lineup!
What a lineup!
What a lineup!
“That’s an awful question. I don’t want to be remembered. I don’t want to die.”
I enjoyed this interview very much. Kevin did a very nice job challenging Diane and trying to draw her out.
The issue sounds great. I see Cooper Renner is in there. I just sent him a note that some guy e-mailed me yesterday to say that he read my story in Elimae, a journal he claimed never to have heard of before seeing a Christopher Walken “tweet” about it. I could not see the guy’s face to see if he was exhibiting any of the 17 pantomines.
“That’s an awful question. I don’t want to be remembered. I don’t want to die.”
I enjoyed this interview very much. Kevin did a very nice job challenging Diane and trying to draw her out.
The issue sounds great. I see Cooper Renner is in there. I just sent him a note that some guy e-mailed me yesterday to say that he read my story in Elimae, a journal he claimed never to have heard of before seeing a Christopher Walken “tweet” about it. I could not see the guy’s face to see if he was exhibiting any of the 17 pantomines.
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pantomimes
F Me, F’ing Loser I am
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pantomimes
F Me, F’ing Loser I am
“There are only frightened, lonely souls, talking, pleading, who never were in school, who are in school, who are now out of school.”
I liked that quote the best.
“There are only frightened, lonely souls, talking, pleading, who never were in school, who are in school, who are now out of school.”
I liked that quote the best.
300 pages!
play the banjo
300 pages!
play the banjo
Poetry=love it sometimes, hate it often
Hear hear.
Poetry=love it sometimes, hate it often
Hear hear.
i would not say kevin is a bad interviewer.
most lit interviewers are more into themselves than the interviewee. i think kevin did a great job of staying objective and not trying to draw attention to himself with overtly clever questions.
what br bitches about is when kevin’s personal thoughts heavily influence the questions asked.
why can kevin not dislike mfas, poetry or lit journals?
people really should bow down to james lipton as an interviewer.
the interview was ‘average’, however, i think this is due to diane williams. kevin did challenge her about lish when she gave a soft answer. i think he did a good job.
i don’t mean average in a negative connotation.
the dissenting voice is always shit on. i don’t get it.
i would not say kevin is a bad interviewer.
most lit interviewers are more into themselves than the interviewee. i think kevin did a great job of staying objective and not trying to draw attention to himself with overtly clever questions.
what br bitches about is when kevin’s personal thoughts heavily influence the questions asked.
why can kevin not dislike mfas, poetry or lit journals?
people really should bow down to james lipton as an interviewer.
the interview was ‘average’, however, i think this is due to diane williams. kevin did challenge her about lish when she gave a soft answer. i think he did a good job.
i don’t mean average in a negative connotation.
the dissenting voice is always shit on. i don’t get it.
bad poetry is like a beautiful girl with vaginosis.
nothing makes my dick go limper or my heart sadder.
but great poetry, like great pussy, stays with you
bad poetry is like a beautiful girl with vaginosis.
nothing makes my dick go limper or my heart sadder.
but great poetry, like great pussy, stays with you
most lit interviewers are more into themselves than the interviewee.
that’s my whole point. i don’t care that he doesn’t like mfas, poetry, or lit mags, but i dislike interviews where the questions could pretty much be asked to anyone and they’re more along the lines of the interviewer trying to get his/her own thoughts out there. like about poetry, mfas, or lit mags.
most lit interviewers are more into themselves than the interviewee.
that’s my whole point. i don’t care that he doesn’t like mfas, poetry, or lit mags, but i dislike interviews where the questions could pretty much be asked to anyone and they’re more along the lines of the interviewer trying to get his/her own thoughts out there. like about poetry, mfas, or lit mags.
br,
yes i understood your point and commented on it previously?
still i think kevin did a better job than most.
have you ever interviewed some one? it is not easy.
interesting questions are not frequent.
and a lot of people temper their questions out of fear of offending the person.
i think kevin was only mildly tempered and did challenge her at points.
i mean it was no howard stern interview but it wasn’t as soft and boring as a barbara walters cock sucking fest interview either.
it was good.
br,
yes i understood your point and commented on it previously?
still i think kevin did a better job than most.
have you ever interviewed some one? it is not easy.
interesting questions are not frequent.
and a lot of people temper their questions out of fear of offending the person.
i think kevin was only mildly tempered and did challenge her at points.
i mean it was no howard stern interview but it wasn’t as soft and boring as a barbara walters cock sucking fest interview either.
it was good.
One time, a girl friend of mine went on this date after work with this guy. And she had vaginosis. Like, not a really bad case, but she had it. And the guy was all, like, “it kind of stinks down there.” And my girl friend, she says: “Oh, I have been sitting down all day, if you go down on me, it will go away.” And since the guy totally wanted to get with her, he went down on her. And then they DID IT. And then she told me that he was, like, complaining the rest of the night that his DICK stunk really bad. So, the vaginosis kind of stuck with him, too. Now, that’s poetry!
I guess all I’m saying is that I agree with you, Jereme!
One time, a girl friend of mine went on this date after work with this guy. And she had vaginosis. Like, not a really bad case, but she had it. And the guy was all, like, “it kind of stinks down there.” And my girl friend, she says: “Oh, I have been sitting down all day, if you go down on me, it will go away.” And since the guy totally wanted to get with her, he went down on her. And then they DID IT. And then she told me that he was, like, complaining the rest of the night that his DICK stunk really bad. So, the vaginosis kind of stuck with him, too. Now, that’s poetry!
I guess all I’m saying is that I agree with you, Jereme!
still kind of shooting myself in the head my name is in there. can’t wait to get a copy of this!
still kind of shooting myself in the head my name is in there. can’t wait to get a copy of this!
Like her stories, I did try to get her to answer the questions for fully. I kept reminding her that the interiew was going to be long. I think she likes to stay mysterious. She’s one of the last writers remaining who is pretty guarded about her privacy (there were some things we emailed about that were not used).
Also–there were a few parts of this interview that appeared in the Believer but not here. Diane is a hero of mine and this interview was not any kind of attempt to promote myself.
Like her stories, I did try to get her to answer the questions for fully. I kept reminding her that the interiew was going to be long. I think she likes to stay mysterious. She’s one of the last writers remaining who is pretty guarded about her privacy (there were some things we emailed about that were not used).
Also–there were a few parts of this interview that appeared in the Believer but not here. Diane is a hero of mine and this interview was not any kind of attempt to promote myself.
I mean “more fully”
I mean “more fully”
Darby, I can understand that. Way to go.
Darby, I can understand that. Way to go.
I thought it was great. Glad it found a solid home outside of the small clips in The Believer.
I thought it was great. Glad it found a solid home outside of the small clips in The Believer.
Kevin, I can’t wait to read that interview. I read the micro-version in BLVR and the only question I had was “where the hell is the rest”? At the time I was worried there was no rest, but now that I know that there is– well, rad.
Kevin, I can’t wait to read that interview. I read the micro-version in BLVR and the only question I had was “where the hell is the rest”? At the time I was worried there was no rest, but now that I know that there is– well, rad.