& Now Anthology: Best Innovative Writing

From Lake Forrest College Press, The & Now Anthology: Best of Innovative Writing features work from Jeffrey DeShell, Christina Milletti, Giancarlo DiTrapano, Kim Chinquee, Aaron Burch, Blake Butler, Shelley Jackson, Cris Mazza, Tom LaFarge, Wendy Walker, Lily Hoang, Keith & Rosemarie Waldrop, Lance Olsen, Dave Kress, and a slew of other writers of innovative prose and poetry.

A piece of mine from Questionstruck called "American Fried Questions" is also featured.

Available at Amazon.

Questionstruck Available on Kindle

Just in time for the Holidays! Keyhole Press has made Questionstruck available in a Kindle edition at Amazon.com. Price is $4.99.

Sample question: "Why can't somebody write my books for me and just leave me to collect the royalties in peace?" (from Trillin's Too Soon to Tell, 1995)

Questionstruck/Kindle.

"Chaos" in Quick Fiction 16

Short-short called "Chaos" appearing in Quick Fiction 16. You can read the first few lines here.

Quick Fiction is a handsomely designed journal, and I'm proud to be in the company of Jim Ruland, Kim Chinquee, Aaron Burch, Barry Graham, Claudia Smith, Myfanwy Collins, the great Kathy Fish, and others.

Can't wait to get my copy. Order yours here.

Barber vs Heart Disease Trailer at Annalemma

Barber vs Heart Disease trailer on Vimeo. Annalemma produced this great trailer for Barber vs Heart Disease, which is in their current issue. My thanks to Chris Heavener and his collaborators.

Beggars Can't at Suss

New short called "Beggars Can't" up today at Suss, which is part of of Lintel, Sash, and Sill Press.

A Descriptive Lust at The Scrambler, #33

Piece called “A Descriptive Lust,” derived from Giacomo Joyce, by James Joyce, is featured in issue 33 of The Scrambler.

Published posthumously, Giacomo Joyce is a series of notes by Joyce about a student of his in Trieste. Joyce had quite an intense crush on this young lady. I’ve reduced the text to its base descriptive elements. The title comes from a comment made by another student of Joyce’s who said that the author had “a descriptive lust” in his approach to teaching English to his Italian and French students.

Check it out.

Tramp @ The Outlet

New text called Tramp up now at The Outlet, Electric Literature's new blog.

Tramp is derived from one of David Markson's early detective novels. I excised lines that sounded a lot like Markson's later work--like Reader's Block, This is Not a Novel, Vanishing Point, and The Last Novel--to make a new narrative.

Check it out...

Interview at PANK

Roxane Gay at PANK has been interviewing contributors to their September issue.

Mine went up today. Thanks, Roxane.

Muse @ Night Train

Short-short called "Muse" featured this week at Night Train. It's like this:

"The television at the bar had on a reality show set in a tattoo parlor, which inspired those at the bar to begin showing their tattoos to one another, to share their subtexts."

Master @ PANK

New story up at PANK. It's like this:

"The dog’s name is Biko, a black lab, a hunter whose natural instincts are thwarted almost daily by Sheena, who feeds him table scraps and bathes him too often with her own shampoo."

Without Wax Reviewed in Florida Review

I missed this review of Without Wax when it came out in The Florida Review (Winter 2008). Chris Wiewiora, Assistant Editor of The Florida Review, gave it a very thorough read. Scroll to bottom of the issue's Table of Contents, the review link will appear in a neat java window.

Fictionaut: Writing Spaces

Jürgen Fauth invited me to write about my writing space on the Fictionaut Blog.

Issue # 2 of Kill Author

"This Laptop Kills Fascists" is in issue #2 of Kill Author, just posted.

Issue # 2 also features Jimmy Chen, Roxane Gay, Sam Pink, Steve McDermott, among others.

Check it out...

American Book Review

Davis Schneiderman reviews Questionstruck with Tom LaFarge's Administrative Assemblages in the July/Aug issue of American Book Review.

Is Trillin Flashlight Worthy?

My list of Calvin Trillin's top five Flashlight Worthy books is appearing at Flashlight Worthy Books.