Jason Pettus (jasonpettus)'s Writing (15 stories) (showing 1-15 of 15)

A four-part look at my favorite 40 books from 2010, of the 150 I ended up reading and reviewing.
chapter 1: Introduction (added 2010/12/27 )
chapter 2: Best of the Best (added 2010/12/28 )
chapter 3: Worth a Second Look (added 2010/12/29 )
chapter 4: Best of the Cutting-Edge (added 2010/12/30 )
chapter 5: The CCLaP Guilty Pleasure Awards (added 2010/12/31 )

Thoughts on recently completing book #50 in my massive ongoing essay series on so-called "literary classics."
chapter 1: Reprinted from my website, the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography (cclapcenter.com). (added 2010/10/25 )

Originally published at the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography (cclapcenter.com).
chapter 1: A critical essay (added 2010/01/22 )

An essay series from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography.
chapter 1: Introduction (added 2010/01/04 )
chapter 2: Best of the Best (added 2010/01/04 )
chapter 3: Worth a Second Look (added 2010/01/05 )
chapter 4: Best Experimental Novels (added 2010/01/06 )
chapter 5: The CCLaP Guilty Pleasure Awards (added 2010/01/07 )

A personal essay from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography
chapter 1: A personal essay from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography (added 2009/12/04 )

A recent personal essay from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography.
chapter 1: A recent personal essay from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography. (added 2009/11/02 )

A recent personal essay from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography.
chapter 1: A personal essay from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography (added 2009/09/09 )

A personal essay from my arts center, on the occasion of downloading my 500th free legal song since opening CCLaP, examining what this means not only about the arts but culture in general.
chapter 1: A personal essay from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography (added 2009/06/29 )

Announcing the 2009 CCLaP summer reading project, in which I read for the first time nearly the entire ouevre of controversial 20th-century Chicago author Nelson Algren.
chapter 1: Introduction (added 2009/06/10 )
chapter 2: Somebody in Boots (1935) (added 2009/06/18 )
chapter 3: Never Come Morning (1942) (added 2009/07/06 )

An essay about the new Twitter-style "microblog" I recently opened at my arts center, so that readers can finally communicate directly with each other.
chapter 1: A personal essay from the pages of the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography (added 2009/01/08 )

The four-part detailed "Year In Books" report I originally wrote for my arts organization, the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography.
chapter 1: An overview (added 2009/01/02 )
chapter 2: Best of the best (added 2009/01/02 )
chapter 3: Worth a second look (added 2009/01/02 )
chapter 4: Best experimental (added 2009/01/08 )
chapter 5: The CCLaP Guilty Pleasure Awards (added 2009/01/02 )

A personal essay about online book rating systems in the late 2000s, originally published at my arts center.
chapter 1: A personal essay from the pages of the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography (added 2009/01/22 )

At the beginning of this year, I issued myself a challenge, to replace the sad old '80s and '90s indie-rock on my little 1-gig iPod with all-new music from contemporary bands. Here, a report on how it...moreAt the beginning of this year, I issued myself a challenge, to replace the sad old '80s and '90s indie-rock on my little 1-gig iPod with all-new music from contemporary bands. Here, a report on how it's been going, six months into the experiment.(less)
chapter 1: A personal essay from the pages of the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography (added 2008/08/26 )

My first new piece of fiction in four years, since famously declaring my retirement. Why did I write it? I don't know; it just sorta popped out of me the other day.
chapter 1: A new piece of flash fiction. (added 2008/12/29 )

A personal essay originally published at the blog of my arts center, on why I'm dropping the snarkiest essay series found there, the books "Too Awful To Finish."
chapter 1: An essay on snark, literary criticism, and hipster douchebags. (added 2008/12/27 )