Kevin Sampsell
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http://www.goodreads.com/kevinsampsell
born
March 17, 1967
gender
male
place of birth
Kennewick, Washington, The United States
website
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Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction, Entertainment
influences
Sex, bacon, guitar feedback...
member since
June 2007
about this author
I am the publisher of Future Tense Books in Portland, Oregon. I work at Powell's Books. I write reviews and articles for various papers and mags. I have a few books out. My newest short story collection, Creamy Bullets, came out in 2008 from Chiasmus Press. Portland Noir, a book of crime fiction that I edited for Akashic Books, is now out! My memoir, A Common Pornography (the long version!), is due out from Harper Perennial in early 2010.
Here's a few links to some stuff:
Flash fiction and flash interview in Smokelong Quarterly.
Memoir excerpt on Smith Magazine.
An essay about music in my book, Creamy Bullets
Short story ("Reunion") at Night Train
Sexy(?) Flash Fiction at Word Riot
New work...more
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Creamy Bullets by Kevin Sampsell (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.33 — 48 ratings — published 2008 |
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Beautiful Blemish by Kevin Sampsell (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.35 — 46 ratings — published 2005 |
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Portland Noir (Akashic Noir) by Kevin Sampsell (Goodreads author) , Gigi Little, Karen Karbo, Bill Cameron, Ariel Gore, Floyd Skloot, Megan Kruse, Kimberly Warner-Cohen (Goodreads author) more... avg rating 3.51 — 37 ratings — published 2009 |
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The Insomniac Reader: Stories of the Night by Kevin Sampsell (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.97 — 29 ratings — published 2005 |
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A Common Pornography (Future Tense limited edition, 2002) by Kevin Sampsell (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.62 — 24 ratings — published 2002 |
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How to Lose Your Mind With Lights On by Kevin Sampsell (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.23 — 13 ratings — published 1994 |
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Patricia Letters by Kevin Sampsell (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.25 — 12 ratings — published 1996 |
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Haiku Inferno by Kevin Sampsell (Goodreads author), Frank D'Andrea avg rating 3.70 — 10 ratings — published 2007 |
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Invisible Radios: re-mixes, statistics, jokes, etc. by Kevin Sampsell (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.14 — 7 ratings — published 1998 |
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A Common Pornography: A Memoir by Kevin Sampsell (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.17 — 6 ratings — published 2010 |
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Tour Blogging! (Nonfiction)
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I'm in the midwest for a few days hanging out with many dozens of literary stars!
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The Impostor's Daughter: A True Memoir (Hardcover) by Laurie Sandell (Goodreads author) bookshelves: artsy-graphic-esque, currently-reading, nonfiction-or-memoir |
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Boys (Chapbook) by Riley Michael Parker |
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"A dirty little quickey from the new poster boy of Portland literary perversion. A study of ejaculation and why boys like it so much.
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Neptune (Paperback) by Aron Nels Steinke |
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"Though the story is not as fantastic as Steinke's masterpiece, The Super Crazy Cat Dance, the artwork is still irresistibly charming and I am fully convinced that this guy is going to be a star someday.
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"A very funny suicide montage, if there is such a thing! The other review here says something about Burroughs but I have no idea where that comparison comes from. It's more like Brautigan...or Harold & Maude without the romance.
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Scary, No Scary (Perfect Paperback) by Zachary Schomburg (Goodreads author) |
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Ugly Man: Stories (P.S.) by Dennis Cooper |
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"Mr. Pappadakis smells like Just for Men peroxide dye and eucalyptus foot unguents. He has a face like a catcher's mitt. The whole thing puckers inward, drooping with the memory of some dropped fly ball."
— Karen Russell
— Karen Russell
"They weren't hours, these classes; they weren't even forty-five minutes--they were "periods," which sounded to me as if they were each at once a little era and then the end you had to see decisively put to it."
— Gary Lutz
— Gary Lutz
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"A chainsaw's God's way of evening out the playing field between you and everything, even the invisible stuff."
— Jennifer L. Knox (Drunk by Noon)
— Jennifer L. Knox (Drunk by Noon)
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Brandon wrote: "Thank you for being my one fan."
Actually, I've just been writing another "fan" of yours--and I'm going to sell him a rare copy of "Who the Hell..."
I just received an email with my goodreads updates, and the subject was "updates from Kevin, Kevin, Kevin, Kevin, Kevin"-
perhaps it is my drowsy state that finds this hilarious-
or maybe it really does sound like a pissed off valley girl.
either way.....
hey thanks kevin. CREAMY BULLETS will be immediately at the top of my reading list when it arrives ;)
Thanks for publishing Gary Lutz's A Partial List of People to Bleach. The world is a better place with that book in it.
Ya, sure. Where are my reads? Best intentions and all, but haven't had a moment to log my books. I'm saving up.
I've heard so much about you.Or maybe it's just that I've heard you exist over and over.
I guess you'll have that.
Actually, I think you rejected one of my books once. For which I am not bitter.
Really.
Hi, Kevin! Thanks for the add; it's good to "see" you in yet another circle. And good to hear about your literary press too. . . I'll have to check out Future Tense!
I predict I'll be out your way within the year.Just turned in my book edits today. Feels like running a marathon, and when you're finished, you're too tired to even say, Yay!
Hey Kevin - glad you like the site - and thanks for helping spread the word! T-shirts coming soon :)
Thanks for sharing, Kevin! I haven't read any of those works, so I'll definitely check them out.Here's wishing you the best in all aspects of your life.
-Jeremy :)
Hi Kevin!If you don't mind sharing--I was wondering, what's your favorite book of all time?
Here’s wishing you a weekend filled with wacky whims, wonderful weirdness, and well-disposed werecats.
-Jeremy :)
yes, indeed. and today, of all the things to be thankful for, this reminds me what an incredible gift literacy really is.
Aw, thanks and shucks and stuff. You too, really, I spent forever reading your reviews and now I have several dozen books to read.I love Powells, maybe next time I'm in Portland you can show me some favorite books. I work at BookPeople in Austin. Yay bookstores.
Hello, Kevin,
Thanks for the add request. After perusing your book list, I know that having you for a goodreads pal will keep me in literary heaven for years! I rarely get up to Amsterdam to visit the English bookstore (and they wouldn't have too many - if any - small press offerings)...but on my annual trip to Portland, I spend hours at Powells. Usually I'm so overwhelmed with all there is to read, I don't know where to start. I end up going waaaaay over the weight limit on my return luggage...
Cheers,
Tish
