November 2011
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Watchroot beer IS super water!
I could watch this clip over and over.
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“Someone who has performed twice to thunderous laughter isn’t a comic any more...”
– A great essay on comics and comedy.
Standup Comity - The Morning News
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I Review The Avian Gospels, Adam Novy’s Dystopian... →
The Avian Gospels deserves a place on the shelf (or in the pocket) of any fan of cult or dystopian novels. It’s a story about cyclical violence, power and powerlessness, and political and cultural repression. It’s also a story about family and parent-child relationships and what it means to love another person in the face of radical danger, a novel that foregrounds the very real stakes of...
My List of Books From 2011 | HTMLGIANT →
Some end-of-the-year kind words for Adam Novy’s The Avian Gospels
I’ve had these books sitting on my “to-read” pile for awhile now, and after seeing him read last week, finally decided to dig into them. A powerfully gorgeous and religious novel. One of the most beautiful novels I’ve read in awhile.
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The New Yorker: Three Days by Samantha Hunt →
It is colder than most Thanksgivings. The ruts in the driveway have solidified, forming seals of creaky ice. Beatrice and Clem walk to his truck in silence and she feels as if she were still onscreen. She imagines that the video game has somehow sharpened her abilities. She feels as if she could…
Hobart 5 contributor, Samantha Hunt!
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Episode 20 — Adam Novy | Other People with Brad... →
The guest is Adam Novy, author of the debut novel The Avian Gospels, available now from Short Flight / Long Drive Books, an independent press run by the good people over at Hobart.
“The Avian Gospels has the potential to become a cult classic,” says Publishers Weekly.
Adam and I, we talk about stuff.
Topics of conversation include: birds, birding, reviews, science fiction, false summits,...
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WatchOn Writing: The Darjeeling Limited
Jack: You wanna read a short story I wrote in France?
Francis: How long is it?
Jack: Nevermind, forget it.
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Jack: What part are you on?
Peter: Nothing, it reminded me of something not related to it.
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Peter: Is it supposed to be sad?
Jack: I think so.
Peter: Well, I’m not too crazy about the part where I start screaming at the...
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Newt’s Children, Dystopian Visions, and Greenzone... →
Some thoughts on dystopian visions, among other things, with a nod to our beloved The Avian Gospels by Adam Novy.
The one I love is Adam Novy’s 2010 novel The Avian Gospels, a take on power and torture and greenzoning and undergrounding and dehumanizing and rehumanizing. (And birds. Great big flocks of birds)… The Avian Gospels explores the deep humanity of all people and the possibility...
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[ C. ] An MLP Stamp Stories Anthology →
Stamp Stories are texts of 50 words or less, printed on 1×1 cardstock, & shipped free from participating presses. We wanted to tie together the indie press community in a vibrant yet viable way, & so this venture was born. Through 2010, we solicited stamp-sized texts from 100 authors & distributed the physical Stamp Stories through more than 40 participating presses. [ C. ] collects...
“[Drake’s “Take Care” is] stranger than every album by Mr....”
– Wha-the-huh is the New York Times talking ‘bout?
Drake’s ‘Take Care’ Goes to Moody Places - NYTimes.com
“When I lived in Wales last year, I read Adam Novy’s The Avian Gospels on a train...”
– Necessary Fiction: Hobart’s Short Flight / Long Drive Goes Digital
The Tyson Chandler 'Zine →
(via donnellalexander)
The 7-foot-1 Chandler was in Chelsea visiting art galleries Tuesday when he was briefed about the fan zine. Since he was in the area, he walked into Printed Matter, the only Manhattan bookstore with “Tyson Chandler” still in stock. “There was a dope vibe in there,” he said.
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The Millions : NowTrends Now Digital →
Karl Taro Greenfeld‘s story collection, NowTrends, is out this week. For a sample of Greenfeld’s writing, I recommend checking out “Tincture — Part One” at Five Chapters. It’s also worth noting that several other Short Flight / Long Drive books, such as Adam Novy‘s excellent Avian Gospels, are now available as e-books for the first time.
Thanks for the shout, Millions!
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Amazon.com: NowTrends eBook: Karl Taro Greenfeld:... →
a few days late, but Greenfeld’s NowTrends now available as eBook as well!
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“When we say that we love a writer’s work, we are always stretching the truth:...”
– Don DeLillo’s “The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories” : The New Yorker (via Kyle Minor)
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Jesmyn Ward's 'Salvage' Wins National Book Award :... →
Jesmyn Ward’s “Salvage the Bones” just won the National Book Award!
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“I had a chance to travel with Karl this weekend, as he read in Baltimore and DC....”
– Officially Released: NowTrends by Karl Taro Greenfeld | HTMLGIANT
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“The significance of baseball, more than other sports, lies in the very nature of...”
– Don DeLillo, as interviewed by Rafe Bartholomew in Grantland (via fwriction)
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“We think of the release of a book as being a kind of birth, and it is, an...”
– Defend or Refute: John Warner « DBC|READS
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Amazon.com: Big World eBook: Mary Miller: Kindle... →
also now available for Kindle.
see, also: whoomp there it is, again.
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Amazon.com: The Avian Gospels eBook: Adam Novy:... →
finally available for Kindle.
in other words: whoomp, there it is.
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“I’m finishing up a collection of short stories. They are all linked by the fact...”
– Sam Lipsyte : The New Yorker (via peterwknox)
Best possible gimmick.
(via mcnallyjackson)
Tincture — Part One « Five Chapters →
Karl Taro Greenfeld has a new story on FiveChapters this week.
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“The French have a word for it, but I don’t know it, so I call it...”
– Under the Bright Lights, Daniel Woodrell
“We are emotional, angry, sad, confused. Not necessarily in that order. Or, the...”
– Notes from Inside a Burst Bubble: On the Ground in State College, PA | Barrelhouse
