Tag: writing
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Interview With Steve Aylett
This interview first appeared on Literary Kicks, May 26, 2006 Postmodern novelist Steve Aylett was born in 1967 in the Bromley Borough of London, England. His first book, The Crime Studio, was published in 1994, and his later works include Bigot Hall, Slaughtermatic and his most recent tour de force, Lint. Aylett’s work has been…
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Good Reading Ahead
Two books arrived in the mail yesterday! Thomas Pynchon (1974, Warner Paperback Library), by Joseph W. Slade, is a detailed analysis of all Pynchon’s short stories and novels up through Gravity’s Rainbow, which was Pynchon’s most recent book at the time this study was written. In the preface, Slade’s list of prerequisites for studying Pynchon include, among others, Joseph…
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Fine Lines
I suppose my recent cut-up experiment is more about marketing than writing. It’s certainly easier to write a cut-up than it is to get someone to read it, but I don’t want to trick anyone into reading something that isn’t any good. Quality should always come first. One should believe they have a product of…
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Cut-up Experiment Results, with Commentary
Fresh from the research field! I’m the first to admit this experiment was not as scientifically controlled as it could have been. It was more of a warm-up exercise; nevertheless, I did learn something that I found quite interesting. First, a brief summary of the experiment: I created a piece of cut-up writing from two…
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Peering Behind Childhood’s Curtain: Eric Lehman Reviews Kerouac’s “Dr. Sax”
University of Bridgeport English Professor Eric D. Lehman reviews Jack Kerouac’s Dr. Sax on Empty Mirror Books: “Dr. Sax is one of Jack Kerouac’s most troubling books for readers, peering behind the curtain of his childhood rather than exploring those later years of Beats and bodhisattvas. Nevertheless, it remains a startling achievement, unique not only among Kerouac’s works, but among…