By: Kevin S.,
on 5/22/2014
Every story here feels like a weird little shot of brilliance. I can only describe this collection as "masterful." I had read the title story a few years before and really loved it, but I actually liked most of the other stories even more. "Retreat" has a great ending that'll make your stomach tumble with [...]
By: Jason Boog,
on 12/7/2011
When the Internet-based Hot Metal Bridge asked author Wells Tower for an interview, the author of Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned politely declined, explaining: “I am no longer doing interviews on the internet.”
As an alternative, Tower met with the University of Pittsburgh literary journal and helped create a special zine version of the journal. Follow this link to order. What do you think of this unusual publicity choice?
Here’s more about the zine: “We talked a lot about the dangers of the internet, kittens, whiskey, bicycles, Foucault, tombstones, Lydia Davis, beach houses, Samizdat, favorite childhood books, what it takes to write well, punk bands, PDX, writing letters, Iceland, kayaking, having brothers, revising, Post WWII male writers, Amy Hempel, future writing cabins, key lime pie, the love of tiny dogs adopted out of guilt, ‘The Loss of the Creature,’ New Orleans, the history of Zines, Thin Lizzy, chocolate chip cookies….and much more. I wrote it all down, typed it out, cut and pasted it, added original artwork from a wonderfully talented Los Angeles based artist and filmmaker, some clip art, and I old school Xeroxed the thing.”
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By: Maryann Yin,
on 10/6/2010
This year’s New Yorker Festival took place last weekend. Twitter fans at the festival used the hashtag, #tnyfestival.
On Saturday, Joan Acocella (author of the vampire essay, “In the Blood”) moderated the Vampires Revival panel. On board to speak were philosophy professor Noel Carroll, horror novelist Stephen King, vampire film director Matt Reeves, and Twilight screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg. A video preview of the panel discussion is embedded above.
Several dozen King fans waited outside the venue only to be disappointed by King’s unwillingness to sign books. As he walked away with his arms in the air, he told the crowd: “I can’t sign guys, I got to get something to eat.” Alas, just because he’s a “king” doesn’t mean he isn’t human.
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