September 2011
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LD: This question might be irrelevant, given the kind of response Luminarium has received so far, but I’m curious; how do you cope with less-than-rave reviews of your work?
AS: Suffer.
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“Nothing lasts forever. But—especially as it seems to me cities and humans are...”
– Alex Shakar interviewed by Lindsey Drager
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What do you want to with you life?
I kinda wanna be a writer.
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Watchstoriesandbeer:
Stories & Beer will survive without Aaron Burch. Somehow, this guy is going to help that happen. Somehow.
Stories & Beer | The Iron Post in Urbana | Sunday | 4:00 p.m. | Free
Here’s the lineup:
The widely published and newly christened Chicagoan, Eugene Cross
One of 2009’s Best New Poets and recovering Wyomingite, Katie Schmid
Nipple Enthusiast, Mike Don
Hobart Web...
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October Playboy : Bad, Bad Lori Arnold — Tom... →
Lori Arnold, Meth Queen—She grew up in rural Iowa, the little sister of popular jock Tom Arnold. He left town and became a successful actor; she stayed and became one of the biggest crystal meth dealers in the mid west. The unlikely drug kingpin tells her dark, twisted tale to Karl Taro Greenfeld.
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usagroningen asked: Where does Hobart fit in the ecology of lit?
slaw | HTMLGIANT →
Hobart needs more stuff about luck. Think of this way: If they accept you, you kick dino-ass. If they blar your work, no worries. It was just bad luck. Here is a pretty epic “wish-list” and I wish more editors would do this, announce what they are thinking, on a rolling level, week to week–I feel it germinates a writer. This list has made me write. I see a future where editors throw out sparks...
“First a note about my perspective. I’m a bookseller. I’ve been a bookseller for...”
– round these parts, we <3 us some Matthew Simmons
Why I Hate That Borders Sign | HTMLGIANT
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“I sometimes think of this Marilyn Monroe quote. “If you can make a girl laugh,...”
– Can’t really get us enough Mark Leidner lately.
A Giant Triangle of Anxiety: An Interview with Mark Leidner | HTMLGIANT
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Another for the wishlist!
Some kind of piece about the history of various “luck” sayings/maxims/idioms/etc. like
luck of the Irish
luck of the draw
Murphy’s Law
knock on wood
etc.
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More Ho13 wishlisting: We’d like to read some more luck-themed short shorts, flash fictions, etc. Short pieces. Ideally, we love them when they come in “sets” and work together in some way. The way they work together is pretty open to interpretation, though we’d prefer the relation to luck be less of a stretch.
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WatchFran Lebowitz on gender and writing (from Martin Scorsese’s new doc on Lebowitz: Public Speaking)
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HOBART 13: LUCK
For those following along at home… we’ve been compiling something of a wishlist for our upcoming luck-themed issue, appropriately tagged HO13 wishlist.
That said, we’re setting a cutoff date. Hobart 13: luck deadline: October 13th.
SUBMIT.
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“I haven’t attempted a field goal in the 10 years I’ve been...”
– Chuck Klosterman on Amherst, Maine Maritime Academy, and innovation in college football - Grantland
MFA kerfuffle: some sense. →
Some realistic thoughts and reflections on the MFA blah. Best take I’ve read yet.
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Watchdouble lit video day! “A Brief Bio” by Short Flight/Long Drive editor, Elizabeth Ellen. (And also a new story, “Prepare for Bloat.”)
(via Necessary Fiction)
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WatchHOBART bff, Mary Ham(face)ilton.
NO PERCH reading series: Mary Hamilton on a moped (by Angeline Gragasin)
Dark Sky Magazine » News Like Firecrackers and... →
Dark Sky has become a university-affiliated press! Big congrats to all involved. We’ll be curious to see how this shapes up. Excellent, excellent.
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Luck - Mark Twain - Short Stories - Luck - Mark... →
HOBART 13: “luck” wishlist (cont’d.):
some kind of piece about / appreciation of / looking back on Mark Twain’s story “Luck”
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“To defenders of baseball and literary fiction, the charges against each are...”
– The Art of Fielding - By Chad Harbach - Book Review - NYTimes.com
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“Next month, Avid Bookshop will achieve genuine bricks and mortar status at 493...”
– Janet Geddis opens Avid Bookshop in Athens, GA.
I have a long post I’m thinking of (Really long, actually. In the old days, we’d have called it an essay), but the shorter version is this: There’s a dominant narrative that the traditional publishing industry is screwed, that physical books are going...
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“The “pre-article advisories” note (David Foster Wallace) sent to...”
– A look back at David Foster Wallace’s classic take on Roger Federer - Grantland
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“Attempt to improve your punctuation, learn sign language via YouTube videos....”
– Hobart buddy Mary Hamilton’s “Things to do when you are lonesome,” from Necessary Fiction, curated this month by upcoming SF/LD author, Jess Stoner. (And, really, every sentence in this short is deserving of snagging as an excerpt. You should really, really, really read the whole...
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Dark Sky Magazine Issue 2 →
Late in making mention of this, but damn: look. Dark Sky Magazine’s second print issue is out and it features much goodness and goodies. DSM puts out a gorgeous book and you all should go pick up a copy right here!
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Poets Going Gentle Into the Good Night: Thoughts... →
The good Chris Newgent weighs in with his usual balanced and articulate thoughts on the BlazeVOX “controversy” at the Vouched blog. Chris is the Jedi Master of good acts when it comes to promoting and selling small press books and what he has to say here is right on. It should get you fired up to buy some (difficult, challenging, experimental, weird and wonderful) books, read some...
Airplane Reading →
Christopher Schaberg and Mark Yakich have started Airplane Reading, an “ongoing anthology about air travel.” This site so far looks incredible. Some funny, terrifying all-in-all amazing stuff. Hobart loves us some good air travel stories. Enjoy!
