Anything is possible in Chelsea Martin's bizarre and endearingly honest collection of stories, lists, flash fictions, and revealing factoids. Every...
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Apr 02, 2009
Kevin
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Officially out now on Future Tense! When Chelsea sent me her work about two years ago, I knew I had to do some kind of book with her. She's wildly talented. EWFUW is a dream book--a great clusterf*ck of art, story, humor, small print subliminal messages, and direct announcements to every reader that picks it up. This may just be the finest and strangest production in the history of Future Tense Books. Wow.
Aug 24, 2011
months before i read this book, i was listening to the radio and i heard an acoustic cover of Sublime's "Santeria." suddenly everything seemed wrong in a fucked up way. like nothing mattered or made sense and i felt like i'd eaten a large pink flannel blanket.
now that i'm actually reading the book, i realize that chelsea martin looks like a girl who eats pop rocks and count chocula all the time and probably talks either too fast or too loud and when you are around her you j More...
now that i'm actually reading the book, i realize that chelsea martin looks like a girl who eats pop rocks and count chocula all the time and probably talks either too fast or too loud and when you are around her you j More...
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Apr 20, 2010
Shawn
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Just not my cup of tea.
When I read flash fiction, I can't help but think of Palm-of-the-Hand Stories by Yasunari Kawabata (Palm-of-the-Hand Stories, which are so artfully an beautifully written, every story was more amazing than the last. Most of them were just short scenes placed in front of you. The "flash fiction" that seems to be popular these days pales in comparison. That doesn't mean that flash fiction doesn't have its place on the book shelf, but, I guess, I'm More...
When I read flash fiction, I can't help but think of Palm-of-the-Hand Stories by Yasunari Kawabata (Palm-of-the-Hand Stories, which are so artfully an beautifully written, every story was more amazing than the last. Most of them were just short scenes placed in front of you. The "flash fiction" that seems to be popular these days pales in comparison. That doesn't mean that flash fiction doesn't have its place on the book shelf, but, I guess, I'm More...
Apr 06, 2009
Kevin
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Really fucking good. Read it, finished it, started reading it again. Is that really the author's cell phone number in that one poem? I'm tempted to call her and tell her person to person that I enjoyed her book. I probably won't though.
What else. I was going to list the ones I liked the best, but there are more here that I liked than didn't like. I even like the alternate titles for the book, including "Here's Some Awkward Tension and Transparent Compliments" and "I P More...
What else. I was going to list the ones I liked the best, but there are more here that I liked than didn't like. I even like the alternate titles for the book, including "Here's Some Awkward Tension and Transparent Compliments" and "I P More...
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Nov 17, 2009
Mary
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It's been a long time since a book made me laugh out loud. I actually read this book after finishing one of George Carlin's books, and I must say Martin got more laughs per minute out of me than the late comedy great. It was the laughs, but also the quirkiness that inspired me, and isn't inspiration an awesome thing to get out of a book?
Martin is hands down my favorite new author. I'm looking forward to reading this book again and again.
Martin is hands down my favorite new author. I'm looking forward to reading this book again and again.
Nov 15, 2011
Spencer
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very funny, would be 5 stars but i think she used "crap" or "shit" one too many times for that to still be funny
seems like one of them could have been edited out
maybe not, should i change my rating to 5 stars
think i'm going to change my rating to 5 strs b/c i laughed like 3 times in a similar manner to a mid to overweight 12 yr old reading "the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" for the first time
seems like one of them could have been edited out
maybe not, should i change my rating to 5 stars
think i'm going to change my rating to 5 strs b/c i laughed like 3 times in a similar manner to a mid to overweight 12 yr old reading "the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" for the first time
May 21, 2009
Roxane
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More than anything, this book shows that the author has a lot of promise. Some of the stuff was just... well fine until whatever, but there were so many sharp, witty lines and a couple really cohesive pieces that despite some of the frustrations I had with the book, I am glad I read it.
Dec 31, 2009
From Kevin Sampsell via Huffington Post: Ok--so I actually published this one on my press, but it's such a weird little stew of stories, lists, meta-poems, and art that I can't keep my mind off of how brilliant and fresh it all is.
Apr 29, 2009
Brandon
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'definitely worth reading' in terms of like 'boredom relief' and the ability of the book to make you feel less alone and more like you 'want to start writing again', i highly recommend this book
May 13, 2010
Mark
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Chelsea Martin wanted me to think about her in bed, and I did. Everything Was Fine Until Whatever at the same time both humorous and tragic, without being overly effusive.
Apr 07, 2009
Jason
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Martin's work is amusing, zany, unpredictable, and a host of other adjectives that I'd also apply to Sam Pink's writing. Delivered in standard prose and prose-poetry, Everything Was Fine Until Whatever is always interesting given its range of subject matter and format. In fact, Martin's drawings are great. The stories/poems are often too nonsensical and random for my tastes, though.
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Apr 05, 2009
Erika
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if i knew my baby would be Chelsea Martin, i would have kept it.
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Nov 12, 2009
Leota
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I liked a lot of this little book of random autobiographical-ish/ flash fiction/ poetry/ drawings and stuff. Some of it is laugh-out-loud, some of it is really smart, some a little sad. I think Martin is at her best in her shorter stuff - poetry, lists, etc. My one complaint is that a few of the subjects Martin is preoccupied with are presented in a way that feels...kinda young. But maybe that just means I'm old.
Either way, I would recommend picking this book up.
Either way, I would recommend picking this book up.
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Oct 05, 2009
Katie
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To be fair, I didn't finish this one. It wasn't my cup of tea, but I enjoyed some of the writing here. For the lovers of experimental, flash fiction type of stuff, check this out.
Sep 18, 2010
Steven
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Read this a couple of times now and good for some laughs. Martin probably has a future in stand-up or as a comedy writer
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