Greg Gerke's Blog

My essay, “On Influence: Starting and Stopping the Cracks” is at The Kenyon Review.

I interviewed John Jeremiah Sullivan at The Rumpus, author of the great new book, Pulphead.

I reviewed William H. Gass’s Life Sentences and Alexander Theroux’s Estonia at The Millions.

 

Tin House will be publishing my interview with William H. Gass in their upcoming Winter Issue.

William Gaddis's JR has an early scene set around and near the NY Stock Exchange; I recently looked at that and the novel as whole.

Lars Von Trier's Melancholia: Homage Without Artistry at HTMLGiant

I'm reading The Ambassadors by Henry James and wrote about the process of reading it with quotes from Sven Birkerts and Annie Dillard and an attempt to break down a Jamesian sentence.

My review of Gary Lutz's phenomenal Divorcer is in the current issue of The Review of Contemporary Fiction. It is the Flann O'Brien issue. Reviews are on-line and the main material is in the print edition. Please consider supporting this august journal, a wing of Dalkey Archive Press–it's only $8.

In honor of the release of William H. Gass's new book, Life Sentences, I wrote this article about reading, "How to Live, What to Read Next"

I interviewed Micheline Aharonian Marcom for The Rumpus. Mostly focusing on her masterpiece, The Mirror in the Well.

A look at Stanley Kubrick's interviews, his films, and his personality is at The Nervous Breakdown.

"Why Audiences Can't Sit for or Stand Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life" is at HTML Giant.

"Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect." – a dispatch from the scene of the Wall Street Blockades on November 17th

Robert Vaughn was kind enough to read my short "Senseless" for his Flash Fiction Friday program on Milwaukee Public Radio's Lake Effect. His reading is wonderfully nuanced and a joy.

A look at Stanley Kubrick’s interviews, his films, and his personality is at The Nervous Breakdown.

“Why Audiences Can’t Sit for or Stand Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life“ is at HTML Giant.

“Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect.” – a dispatch from the scene of the Wall Street Blockades on November 17th

Robert Vaughn was kind enough to read my short “Senseless” for his Flash Fiction Friday program on Milwaukee Public Radio’s Lake Effect. His reading is wonderfully nuanced and a joy.

Welcome to This Occupation is at The Nervous Breakdown – an account of marching and why Occupy Wall Street is happening

My story "More Love" is in Quick Fiction 18, along with Brian Evenson, Dylan Nice, Roxane Gay, Rachel Yoder, J. A. Tyler, Myfanwy Collins, and Eric Bosse, among others.

The recap of Soda Series #8 with Mary Caponegro, Tim Horvath, and Gary Lutz is here. A complete transcription of their conversation is at the Gigantic site.

"Hawaii, Cross My Heart" is in the new Noo Journal with work by Jamie Iredell and reviews of Adam Jameson and Jennifer L. Knox. Thanks Mike and Ryan!

 

An essay I wrote on Gertrude Stein's "Melanctha" and John Cassavetes' A Woman Under the Influence is now at The Rumpus. It also looks at emotionally naked art, as well as looking a little at their artistic history.

Soda Series is this Sunday, September 25th with Christine Schutt, John Domini, and Claire Donato. There is a preview as well as a recap of our July Event (Mary Caponegro, Tim Horvath, Gary Lutz) at Big Other.

The fantastic new Puerto Del Sol is out.  It has work by Gabriel Blackwell, Brian Kubarycz, Peter Ramos, Rae Bryant, and Mike Meginnis. It also has five new shorts by myself, as well as a very insightful review of There's Something Wrong with Sven by Thomas Baughman. Thanks to him, Evan Lavender-Smith and the whole crew of Puerto, one of the best journals around.

The latest print issue of Quarterly West is also out. Inside there is work by Elaine Equi, Rae Armantrout, Alissa Nutting, Ryan Call, Gabe Durham, and Matthew Salesses. I'm honored to be in there as well. Thanks to Natanya Ann Pulley.

Finally, there is a little tribute to Alexander Theroux, a man you must read.

I found some unseen footage from The Shining mixed into a British TV spot and posted about it and ABC's warning label on the film before it was first shown on national TV.

Book hunting in San Francisco brings many pleasures, as well as a special look at Frank Kermode's Wallace Stevens in this article.