July 22nd, 2010 / 12:13 pm
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Richard Yates | Story Prize | Fence

1. Tao Lin is hosting a huge Richard Yates contest at his blog, with cash and books and other things to win. I am reading Richard Yates right now. It’s kind of crushing and insane. Emotional-minimalist brutalism? It’s good.

2. The Story Prize has a blog, where they are hosting authors talking about their nominated books. Our man J.T. is all up in it, as are several others. Do a look!

3. New issue of Fence is out, and as always looks amazing. Checking my mailbox daily as I do during this time. My local homeboy Chris DeWeese has some poems in it from his Alternative Music series, wherein he tries to remember the lyrics to rad songs from the 90s without really relistening to the songs. I am ready to see that project become a book that I can hold.

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38 Comments

  1. stephen

      “emotional-minimalist brutalism” yeah, it did seem emotional, minimalist, and brutal to me, too, at times.

  2. stephen

      lol re the Chris DeWeese poems. i remember hearing “freshmen” on the radio entirely too much growing up in milwaukee.

  3. marshall

      I feel a little confused about Tao Lin’s contest re Richard Yates. I’m unsure what people will talk about for “1000+ words or 500+ ‘Gmail chat lines'” without having read the book. Seems like it will be weird.

  4. tao

      i have expanded the ‘tips’ sections

  5. Matthew Simmons

      Two questions for you, Blake:

      Are there times when you don’t check your mailbox daily?

      During this time, do you also check your mailbox on Sunday?

      [/smartass]

  6. Blake Butler

      i don’t check my mailbox daily when i know you’ve sent me something. then i hide and shoot mailmen.

  7. Matthew Simmons

      gonna get my ‘ass’ ‘fired’.

  8. Adam R

      Are you drunk commenting?

  9. marshall

      oh

  10. Janey Smith

      Adam Fagin.

  11. deckfight

      just finished RY—it was really easy to get lulled into thinking “there’s nothing going on in this book” then to realize all of the stuff going on, the pile mounting & mounting, only I’m reading at the top of the pile & finally i look down to see what RY & Tao really built.

  12. stephen

      “emotional-minimalist brutalism” yeah, it did seem emotional, minimalist, and brutal to me, too, at times.

  13. stephen

      lol re the Chris DeWeese poems. i remember hearing “freshmen” on the radio entirely too much growing up in milwaukee.

  14. Matthew Simmons

      Woo!

      No.

  15. Guest

      I feel a little confused about Tao Lin’s contest re Richard Yates. I’m unsure what people will talk about for “1000+ words or 500+ ‘Gmail chat lines'” without having read the book. Seems like it will be weird.

  16. tao lin

      i have expanded the ‘tips’ sections

  17. Matthew Simmons

      Two questions for you, Blake:

      Are there times when you don’t check your mailbox daily?

      During this time, do you also check your mailbox on Sunday?

      [/smartass]

  18. Blake Butler

      i don’t check my mailbox daily when i know you’ve sent me something. then i hide and shoot mailmen.

  19. Matthew Simmons

      gonna get my ‘ass’ ‘fired’.

  20. Adam Robinson

      Are you drunk commenting?

  21. Guest

      oh

  22. Janey Smith

      Adam Fagin.

  23. deckfight

      just finished RY—it was really easy to get lulled into thinking “there’s nothing going on in this book” then to realize all of the stuff going on, the pile mounting & mounting, only I’m reading at the top of the pile & finally i look down to see what RY & Tao really built.

  24. Matthew Simmons

      Woo!

      No.

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  27. Justin RM

      What happened to hipsters being all apathetic n’ shit. He should, like, make “neutral facial expressions” while metaphorically uppercutting the “establishment” via subversive . . . something or other. Not blogging about some one-thousand-word-essay-contest shit. Man, everything is changing. Never thought Tao Lin would say, “judging seems ‘objective,’ to a large degree, I feel.” To a large degree Tao Lin feels “objective” about something, e.g., judging. Dude. Like, what? Fuck. No, man. No! Everything is changing. Fuck. The apathy is overwhelming.

  28. Justin RM

      What happened to hipsters being all apathetic n’ shit. He should, like, make “neutral facial expressions” while metaphorically uppercutting the “establishment” via subversive . . . something or other. Not blogging about some one-thousand-word-essay-contest shit. Man, everything is changing. Never thought Tao Lin would say, “judging seems ‘objective,’ to a large degree, I feel.” To a large degree Tao Lin feels “objective” about something, e.g., judging. Dude. Like, what? Fuck. No, man. No! Everything is changing. Fuck. The apathy is overwhelming.

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  30. marshall

      Shit done changed.

  31. stephen
  32. Guest

      Shit done changed.

  33. stephen
  34. steve

      how is everyone on the internet reading this book already?

  35. steve

      yeah @ this

  36. steve

      how is everyone on the internet reading this book already?

  37. steve

      yeah @ this

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