Posted by Jason Diamond We keep getting these promises that America is on the brink of revolution: Barack Obama was going to take everything he ever learned from Saul Alinsky, and turn American into the free enterprise utopia it was destined to be, but then it didn’t happen. The Tea Party was going to be the revolution that was going to change the Republican Party, but now all it’s doing is really mucking things up for the right, and letting […]
Bites: Midwestern Books, Deb Olin Unferth Deuce, Céline and More
Midwestern books of the Americanas. (Via) Dueling Deb Olin Unferth interviews at The Rumpus and HTMLGIANT. Céline: Great writer, total scumbag. The Awl takes a look at how the Egyptian revolution could die. Hillary isn’t taking sides. Director Gregg Araki is interviewed.
Book Trailer for “Revolution” by Deb Olin Unferth
Win Some James Yeh!
We really like Mr. Yeh. He’s a pal of ours, and we want to give away a copy of his chapbook, 9/16/10, out on Swill Children. Deb Olin Unferth said of Yeh that his “quiet meditation on death will sneak in and throw up a window in your soul with its intensity.” You want it? RT this on Twitter: “Hey @Vol1Brooklyn, I Love James Yeh” and we will pick a winner at random.
Indexing: Adam Ross, Emily St. John Mandel, the Ace Hotel, Symbiopsychotaxiplasm, and so much more!
Our weekly series where Vol. 1 editors talk about what they’re reading, listening to and watching. Juliet Linderman I was lucky enough to scam a galley of Justin Taylor’s forthcoming book and first novel The Gospel of Anarchy a few weeks ago after our Vol. 1 November reading, and I read it in a flash. Yeah yeah yeah, Justin Taylor is a good friend of Vol. 1, but even if he wasn’t I’d still have to say: Damn. Dude can […]
George Saunders and Deb Olin Unferth on MFAs
Posted by Juliet Linderman If you haven’t yet seen this piece over at the Faster Times, you should definitely take a peek. Chloe Cooper Jones chats with her former MFA professor Deb Olin-Unferth and DOU’s former MFA professor George Saunders about the pros and cons, merits and drawbacks, of MFA programs. The results of the conversation are not shocking, but it is, certainly, an engaging interview. Personally, I’ve never considered going for an MFA but until very recently I was […]
Underwater New York and Significant Objects Team Up
A pan flute, a kangamouse deity, and a little yellow bear: the Significant Objects/Underwater New York team-up has yielded three great stories by Deb Olin Unferth, Kathryn Davis, and Chris Adrian in as many days.
Gigantic Magazine is Okay With The U.S.A.
This excites me. Dear readers, Gigantic #2, the America issue, is coming out next month! We promise it will have more screams than a bald eagle, be more stunning than purple mountains majesty and taste almost as fresh as mom’s apple pie. Some of the literary legends whose names will be engraved on the steep cliff of its pages include Sam Lipsyte, Lydia Millet, Clancy Martin, Margo Jefferson, Ken Sparling, Deb Olin Unferth and Adrian Tomine. In anticipation of issue […]