OPENING LINES TO NOVELS THAT HAVEN’T BEEN WRITTEN
Sam Pink02.25.16
Sam Pink provides insider info on some of the hottest and most buzzed about new forthcoming titles in American lit months before their forthcoming appearance in the Poets & Writers and the New Yorker, including the latest from Tony Churbneetzerelli and Rhythzar the Elder.
The Lost Tweets of @bobcoover
Mark Baumer01.26.16
Is @bobcoover actually Robert Coover? If so, is it the same Robert Coover who wrote Pricksongs & Descants? Either way, Fanzine presents an archival restoration of the @bobcoover Twitter handle that Twitter suspended.
A Collector’s Guide To Free Flatulence Apps
Matt Crowley11.18.15
Our macabre week continues as Matt Crowley provides an unrequitedly comprehensive breakdown of everything you need to know about free flatulence simulators for your iPhone.
From “Arctic Command”
Theis Ørntoft09.02.15
“now people lie bleeding in the tea-colored water / the day is over and the sky is burning”: An excerpt from the poem “Arctic Command,” translated from the Danish by Julia Cohen and Jens Bjering.
Words To Describe Myself After The Incident
Meghan Lamb07.29.15
“ABLEABACAA / ABODOMINAAAMPITI / AMPLEAAAAMBIAMPAVAL / ACRIMAAACIAAAANIMALL.” Deep self-scan in new work from Meghan Lamb.
We Can Objectify Transwomen, Too: Conversations about Caitlyn Jenner
Kati Heng07.14.15
Kati Heng talks with strangers during Pride Week in Chicago’s Boystown about Caitlyn Jenner.
WWATHYOSTD: Kelly Schirmann & Tyler Brewington on Boyfriend Mountain
Kelly Schirmann & Tyler Brewington06.11.15
Kelly Schirmann and Tyler Brewington, co-authors of the collaborative book Boyfriend Mountain, interview each other about their experiences of writing the book.
Synopses of the New York Times Best Seller List Based Solely on Their Titles
Brian Warfield02.06.14
Brian Warfield offers this enlightening summary of NYT Best Selling books that he’s never read and most of us don’t care about.
Letter to Timothy in 1997
Timothy Willis Sanders02.03.14
Timothy Willis Sanders provides a 17-year younger version of himself with advice on guilt, weed, and Mario Kart.
couple of old Kim Jong Il pieces (for the broken hearted)
Casey McKinney12.19.11
Nothing much to say today on the deceased cinephile dictator (still digesting Christopher Hitchens death, imagining what he would write in Kim…
