Jim Ruland


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Jim Ruland

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born July 22, 1968
gender male
place of birth United States
website http://www.vermin.blogs.bl.com
genre Literature & Fiction, History
influences Irish drinking songs

about this author

Jim Ruland's fiction and nonfiction have appeared in a number of newspapers, magazines and journals, including The Barcelona Review, The Believer, Black Warrior Review, Esquire, Hobart, L.A. Weekly, Los Angeles Times, McSweeney's, Opium, Oxford American, Village Voice, and Razorcake -- America's only non-profit punk rock zine.

He is the recipient of numerous awards, including a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the host of Vermin on the Mount, an irreverent reading series in the heart of L.A.'s Chinatown.

Jim lives in San Diego with his wife, Nuvia, and works in an Indian casino.

books by Jim Ruland

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avg rating: 4.41 | 34 ratings | 1 distinct work
Big Lonesome Big Lonesome (Paperback)
by Jim Ruland (goodreads author!)
avg rating 4.41 — 34 ratings — published 2005
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Jim's writing

Bare Knuckle Boxing in the Mississippi Back Woods (Nonfiction)
1 chapters   —   updated 01/04/2008 01:22PM
description: I've got a short article in the latest Oxford American about my search for the site of the greatest bare knuckle boxing match in American history: John L. Sullivan's epic, 75-round bout with Jake Kilrain in July of 1889, Richburg, Mississippi.
What's Big Lonesome about? (Literature & Fiction)
1 chapters   —   updated 06/28/2007 12:53PM
description: It's an overstuffed quesadilla of a short story collection. There's some historical fiction that ranges from the Blitz in Belfast to the Chicago Haymarket Riots. There's some crime fiction. At least one sailor story. A stalker's diary from her time in the crawlspace of a stripper's house. Dick Tracy, Popeye the Sailor, and the Big Bad Wolf all make appearances. There's a conflicted catechism about a messed up love triangle. And, in the title story, a 19th century orphan gets mixed up with a clairvoyant school teacher and an Indian named Tonka who may or may not be a robot.



Jim is currently reading

Knockemstiff 05/09 Jim is currently reading:
Knockemstiff (Hardcover)
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Twin Time: Or, How D... 01/15 Jim is currently reading:
Twin Time: Or, How Death Befell Me (Semiotext(e) / Native Agents)
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Supply And Demand: T... 12/31 Jim gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Supply And Demand: The Art of Shepard Fairey (Hardcover)
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Jim's recent updates (rss)

July 24
  141982
Jim joined the Interviews - New Authors and ¡ POETRY ! groups.
56759 New comment on Richard's review of The Mayor of Casterbridge (Penguin Classics)
141982 Jim wrote: "But why? "

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July 21
995867 Jim read and liked Jennifer's review of The Gentle Axe: A Novel:

"This is very well done. RN Morris manages to recreate a time and place by crafting a modern version of a Russian classic, with the pacing and intrigue of a CSI television show set in St. Petersburg. There are sentences that are so beautifully crafted...more "
July 09
213qsg11ahl New comment on Jason Pettus's review of The Resurrectionist
141982 Jim wrote: "Looking forward to your thoughts on this one, Jason! "

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June 13
51jnitv%2btjl New comment on Carolyn's review of Girl Factory
141982 Jim wrote: "Nice! "

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Nophoto-u-50x66 Jim read and liked Carolyn's review of Girl Factory:

"Reviewed for the Los Angeles Times, June 1, 2008.
http://www.latimes.com/feature...

'Girl Factory' by Jim Krusoe
What exact...more
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June 09
141363 Jim read and liked Beverly's review of Oh Baby:

"Oh Baby is certainly a strange little book. It's taken me awhile to read it because my tiny mind couldn't quite 'get with the program' in the beginning.

This is ostensibly a book of flash fiction and prose poems. But it is like no other that I'v...more
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May 23
765172 New comment on Katherine's review of Cane
141982 Jim wrote: "And surprisingly sinister! "

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Jim's groups (recent posts)

6783 Interviews - New Authors — 125 members — last activity 1 hour, 45 min ago
When I'm not working, writing or reading, I interview new authors for my blog--Emerge New Authors.

http://jenniferprado.blogspot....

If ...more

233 ¡ POETRY ! — 872 members — last activity 2 hours, 12 min ago
No pretensions: just poetry.

Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to re...more

1617 CAT Society — 320 members — last activity 2 days ago, 07:51PM
Who love to LOVE can joy with us. Who love to PLAY can joy with us. Who love to RELAX can joy with us. who love our IDEA can joy with us.
..............more

Groups_nophoto-25x33 Flash Fiction — 73 members — last activity 16 days ago, 01:51AM
Flash is a short-short story characterized by brevity and intensity of the language. It borderlines poetry and some people call it “prose poem.” H...more
225 Hard Case Crime — 79 members — last activity 27 days ago, 08:24PM
"They do write 'em like they used to."
—Publishers Weekly on Fade to Blonde

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Jim's friend comments

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from Kirk
02/27/2008 11:55AM

667059 Hey man:

I was reading your dispatches from the Joyce conference on the Believer website from a few years back---good stuff! You made me want to try to do something similar about a Hemingway conference. Nice work!

from Jim
06/26/2007 02:06PM

141982 Thanks, Sue! Married life is gloriously strenuous.

from Susan
06/26/2007 01:49PM

153531 Well, now. You look different since you got married.

Great to see you here!












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