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Interview with Mike Heppner

I recently asked fellow novelist Mike Heppner a few questions about his latest novel We Came All This Way, coming June 9 from Thought Catalog Books. You can now read Mike’s insightful and often droll responses at Entropy. http://entropymag.org/a-certain-share...

CREPUSCULE W/ NELLIE in the Kirkus Review

"A challenging, unconventional, rewarding imagining" featuring "striking, lush writing."

Read the complete review here: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-re...

2 new publications

I have a new poem, “A Hearth Full of Demagogues [Incendios En El Hogar]” in the latest issue (9) of Fruita Pulp. Thanks to Editor Kyle Harvey and all at Fruita Pulp for including me in their most excellent journal. Read more here: http://www.fruitapulp.com/2015/05/05/...

Also, Eric Lindley and I have been collaborating on a project entitled “Definitions to Words in Danger of Falling out of the Vocabulary.” You can now read one entry from this series—“Wolf”—at tNY.Press’ theEEEL (The Electronic Encyclopedia of Experimental Literature), here: http://theeeel.com/wolf-from-definiti...

[out of nothing] #8, "its about does not abound in only’s subject"

The latest -- and, as it turns out, last -- issue of [out of nothing] is now available.

http://www.outofnothing.org/415/

I'm very fortunate to have collaborated with Janice Lee and Eric Lindley these past 6 years on this project, and quite gratified to have worked (conspired?) with them to bring exciting new work from Heather Campbell, Debra Di Blasi, Robert Fernandez, Nicholas Grider, Leif Haven, Paul Koniecki, Aaron Kunin, Jake Reber, Kylan Rice, Allison Spence, Chaulky White, Afton Wilky, Maged Zaher & emcee Tyrone WilliamsTyrone Williams to your attention. Explore and enjoy!

Crepusucle W/ Nellie, reviewed by The Collagist

“Crepuscule W/ Nellie is a book you would do well to read twice. At least. It is frustrating, brilliant, challenging, and ultimately rewarding, much like Thelonious Sphere Monk himself: ‘Not the facts. The truth.’” Huge thanks to Michelle Newby for this lively and generous review, the entirety of which you can read in this month’s issue of The Collagist.

http://thecollagist.com/the-collagist...

Crepusucle W/ Nellie (interactive "edition")

Now available, here:

http://crepusculewnellie.com/

Submit your own annotations, here:

http://crepusculewnellie.com/submit/

Interview with Debra Di Blasi

At Entropy, some (very) real conversation re: the realities of independent publishing with Jaded Ibis' founder, publisher, and editor-in-chief Debra Di Blasi.

http://entropymag.org/jaded-ibis-press/

Also of note in this interview... the next two titles in the #RECURRENT series have been announced. Look soon(-ish) for no-doubt amazing novels from Jason Snyder (of SIDEBROW) and Jordan Okumura.

Crepusucle W/ Nellie, reviewed by The Writer's League of Texas

Big thanks to David Eric Tomlinson and The Writer's League of Texas for this generous and insightful review of Crepuscule W/ Nellie.

An excerpt:

"In distinctive set pieces arranged 'like Chinese progressions' on a musical scale – there are diary entries to study, transcripts and letters, cartons of old photographs, film negatives, jam sessions and master tapes galore – we are taken on what feels like a voyeuristic ridealong, witnessing Monk compose his masterpiece. Monk’s marriage, the lifeblood running through his music, has started to buckle under the pressures of celebrity and art, racial politics and commerce, mental illness and intransigence ... but not (at least not yet) fortune."

The full review: https://writersleagueoftexas.wordpres...

What How & With Whom: Two Questions for Joe Milazzo

Christopher Higgs invited me to participate in his “What How & With Whom” interview series for Entropy. You can read my responses to his questions re: Crepuscule W/ Nellie here: http://entropymag.org/what-how-with-w...