Scot Sothern's Blog, page 2
May 11, 2018
THESE DAYS LA GALLERYAn Exhibit and Book LaunchDECADESThe...
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The other kids think Roy is a weirdo but Roy only cares about Jesus. Jesus is coming for Roy, any day now. Jesus is gonna take Roy to CandyLand where all the ladies show their boobies and Roy can chew Juicy Fruit Gum anytime he wants. Sometimes Roy starts yelling and then can’t stop until he throws up or passes out.
Big City, a Novel from Stalking Horse Press
Chapter One Excerpt at The Nervous Breakdown
"Deliciously strange and compelling, delightfully lurid and fun, Scot Sothern's debut novel reads like a feral mashup of Cormac McCarthy and William Gibson amped on cornjuice and spiderbite." -Mark Haskell Smith
"In the latest work of art-prose from the incomparable Stalking Horse Press, Scot Sothern shows that he's not just a linguistic power-hitter, but a dynamic storyteller, too. There's enough imagination on every page of BigCity for an entire novel." D. Harlan Wilson,author of Battles without Honor or Humanity and Peckinpah: AnUltraviolent Romance
"The job of the novelist is to conjure a whole world, and Scot Sothern has done that in spades here. Lush, large-hearted, antic, and fiercely feminist, BigCity is unlike anything else I've ever read." Ron Currie, author of Every Thing Matters, The One-Eyed Man
"An explosion of language and characters, a fast-and-loose yet potent and authentic way with our American history, rude and gross and gorgeous and hilarious and heart-rending -- "Big City" is everything you want in a novel, bold and challenging and surprising. I love it!" - Julie Powell, author of Julie& JuliaSelf-interview at The Nervous Breakdown
SAD CITY
The other kids think Roy is a weirdo but Roy only cares about Jesus. Jesus is coming for Roy, any day now. Jesus is gonna take Roy to CandyLand where all the ladies show their boobies and Roy can chew Juicy Fruit Gum anytime he wants. Sometimes Roy starts yelling and then can’t stop until he throws up or passes out.
Big City, a Novel from Stalking Horse Press
Chapter One Excerpt at The Nervous Breakdown"Deliciously strange and compelling, delightfully lurid and fun, Scot Sothern's debut novel reads like a feral mashup of Cormac McCarthy and William Gibson amped on cornjuice and spiderbite." -Mark Haskell Smith
"In the latest work of art-prose from the incomparable Stalking Horse Press, Scot Sothern shows that he's not just a linguistic power-hitter, but a dynamic storyteller, too. There's enough imagination on every page of BigCity for an entire novel." D. Harlan Wilson,author of Battles without Honor or Humanity and Peckinpah: AnUltraviolent Romance
"The job of the novelist is to conjure a whole world, and Scot Sothern has done that in spades here. Lush, large-hearted, antic, and fiercely feminist, BigCity is unlike anything else I've ever read." Ron Currie, author of Every Thing Matters, The One-Eyed Man
"An explosion of language and characters, a fast-and-loose yet potent and authentic way with our American history, rude and gross and gorgeous and hilarious and heart-rending -- "Big City" is everything you want in a novel, bold and challenging and surprising. I love it!" - Julie Powell, author of Julie& JuliaSelf-interview at The Nervous Breakdown
SAD CITY
THESE DAYS LA GALLERYAn Exhibit and Book LaunchThe Family...
THESE DAYS LA GALLERYAn Exhibit and Book LaunchThe Family Tree 1975 - 1980AlsoNew WorkIDENTITYMay 14 - 2022 DTLA
The other kids think Roy is a weirdo but Roy only cares about Jesus. Jesus is coming for Roy, any day now. Jesus is gonna take Roy to CandyLand where all the ladies show their boobies and Roy can chew Juicy Fruit Gum anytime he wants. Sometimes Roy starts yelling and then can’t stop until he throws up or passes out.
Big City, a Novel from Stalking Horse PressChapter One Excerpt at The Nervous Breakdown
"Deliciously strange and compelling, delightfully lurid and fun, Scot Sothern's debut novel reads like a feral mashup of Cormac McCarthy and William Gibson amped on cornjuice and spiderbite." -Mark Haskell Smith
"In the latest work of art-prose from the incomparable Stalking Horse Press, Scot Sothern shows that he's not just a linguistic power-hitter, but a dynamic storyteller, too. There's enough imagination on every page of BigCity for an entire novel." D. Harlan Wilson,author of Battles without Honor or Humanity and Peckinpah: AnUltraviolent Romance
"The job of the novelist is to conjure a whole world, and Scot Sothern has done that in spades here. Lush, large-hearted, antic, and fiercely feminist, BigCity is unlike anything else I've ever read." Ron Currie, author of Every Thing Matters, The One-Eyed Man
"An explosion of language and characters, a fast-and-loose yet potent and authentic way with our American history, rude and gross and gorgeous and hilarious and heart-rending -- "Big City" is everything you want in a novel, bold and challenging and surprising. I love it!" - Julie Powell, author of Julie& JuliaSelf-interview at The Nervous Breakdown
SAD CITY
The other kids think Roy is a weirdo but Roy only cares about Jesus. Jesus is coming for Roy, any day now. Jesus is gonna take Roy to CandyLand where all the ladies show their boobies and Roy can chew Juicy Fruit Gum anytime he wants. Sometimes Roy starts yelling and then can’t stop until he throws up or passes out.
Big City, a Novel from Stalking Horse Press
Chapter One Excerpt at The Nervous Breakdown"Deliciously strange and compelling, delightfully lurid and fun, Scot Sothern's debut novel reads like a feral mashup of Cormac McCarthy and William Gibson amped on cornjuice and spiderbite." -Mark Haskell Smith
"In the latest work of art-prose from the incomparable Stalking Horse Press, Scot Sothern shows that he's not just a linguistic power-hitter, but a dynamic storyteller, too. There's enough imagination on every page of BigCity for an entire novel." D. Harlan Wilson,author of Battles without Honor or Humanity and Peckinpah: AnUltraviolent Romance
"The job of the novelist is to conjure a whole world, and Scot Sothern has done that in spades here. Lush, large-hearted, antic, and fiercely feminist, BigCity is unlike anything else I've ever read." Ron Currie, author of Every Thing Matters, The One-Eyed Man
"An explosion of language and characters, a fast-and-loose yet potent and authentic way with our American history, rude and gross and gorgeous and hilarious and heart-rending -- "Big City" is everything you want in a novel, bold and challenging and surprising. I love it!" - Julie Powell, author of Julie& JuliaSelf-interview at The Nervous Breakdown
SAD CITY
Big City, a Novel from Stalking Horse Press Chapter One...
Big City, a Novel from Stalking Horse Press Chapter One Excerpt at The Nervous Breakdown
"Deliciously strange and compelling, delightfully lurid and fun, Scot Sothern's debut novel reads like a feral mashup of Cormac McCarthy and William Gibson amped on cornjuice and spiderbite." -Mark Haskell Smith
"In the latest work of art-prose from the incomparable Stalking Horse Press, Scot Sothern shows that he's not just a linguistic power-hitter, but a dynamic storyteller, too. There's enough imagination on every page of BigCity for an entire novel." D. Harlan Wilson,author of Battles without Honor or Humanity and Peckinpah: AnUltraviolent Romance
"The job of the novelist is to conjure a whole world, and Scot Sothern has done that in spades here. Lush, large-hearted, antic, and fiercely feminist, BigCity is unlike anything else I've ever read." Ron Currie, author of Every Thing Matters, The One-Eyed Man
"An explosion of language and characters, a fast-and-loose yet potent and authentic way with our American history, rude and gross and gorgeous and hilarious and heart-rending -- "Big City" is everything you want in a novel, bold and challenging and surprising. I love it!" - Julie Powell, author of Julie& JuliaSelf-interview at The Nervous Breakdown
Chapter One Excerpt at The Nervous Breakdown"Deliciously strange and compelling, delightfully lurid and fun, Scot Sothern's debut novel reads like a feral mashup of Cormac McCarthy and William Gibson amped on cornjuice and spiderbite." -Mark Haskell Smith
"In the latest work of art-prose from the incomparable Stalking Horse Press, Scot Sothern shows that he's not just a linguistic power-hitter, but a dynamic storyteller, too. There's enough imagination on every page of BigCity for an entire novel." D. Harlan Wilson,author of Battles without Honor or Humanity and Peckinpah: AnUltraviolent Romance
"The job of the novelist is to conjure a whole world, and Scot Sothern has done that in spades here. Lush, large-hearted, antic, and fiercely feminist, BigCity is unlike anything else I've ever read." Ron Currie, author of Every Thing Matters, The One-Eyed Man
"An explosion of language and characters, a fast-and-loose yet potent and authentic way with our American history, rude and gross and gorgeous and hilarious and heart-rending -- "Big City" is everything you want in a novel, bold and challenging and surprising. I love it!" - Julie Powell, author of Julie& JuliaSelf-interview at The Nervous Breakdown
August 13, 2013
All American Girls* Coming Soon
Interview & BigCity Excerpt at The Nervous Breakdown
Big City, a Novel From Stalking Horse Press
Available now at Amazon and at your favorite independent bookstore
"Deliciously strange and compelling, delightfully lurid and fun, Scot Sothern's debut novel reads like a feral mashup of Cormac McCarthy and William Gibson amped on cornjuice and spiderbite." –Mark Haskell Smith
“In the latest work of art-prose from the incomparable Stalking Horse Press, Scot Sothern shows that he's not just a linguistic power-hitter, but a dynamic storyteller, too. There’s enough imagination on every page of BigCity for an entire novel.” D. Harlan Wilson, author of Battles without Honor or Humanity and Peckinpah: An Ultraviolent Romance
“The job of the novelist is to conjure a whole world, and Scot Sothern has done that in spades here. Lush, large-hearted, antic, and fiercely feminist, BigCity is unlike anything else I've ever read.” Ron Currie, author of Every Thing Matters, The One-Eyed Man
"An explosion of language and characters, a fast-and-loose yet potent and authentic way with our American history, rude and gross and gorgeous and hilarious and heart-rending -- "Big City" is everything you want in a novel, bold and challenging and surprising. I love it!” - Julie Powell, author of Julie & Julia. * * *
SAD CITY excerpt at GUP Magazine
Interview & BigCity Excerpt at The Nervous Breakdown...
Interview & BigCity Excerpt at The Nervous Breakdown
Big City, a Novel
From Stalking Horse Press
Available now at Amazon and at your favorite independent bookstore
Upcoming Events
"Deliciously strange and compelling, delightfully lurid and fun, Scot Sothern's debut novel reads like a feral mashup of Cormac McCarthy and William Gibson amped on cornjuice and spiderbite." –Mark Haskell Smith
“In the latest work of art-prose from the incomparable Stalking Horse Press, Scot Sothern shows that he's not just a linguistic power-hitter, but a dynamic storyteller, too. There’s enough imagination on every page of BigCity for an entire novel.” D. Harlan Wilson, author of Battles without Honor or Humanity and Peckinpah: An Ultraviolent Romance
“The job of the novelist is to conjure a whole world, and Scot Sothern has done that in spades here. Lush, large-hearted, antic, and fiercely feminist, BigCity is unlike anything else I've ever read.” Ron Currie, author of Every Thing Matters, The One-Eyed Man
"An explosion of language and characters, a fast-and-loose yet potent and authentic way with our American history, rude and gross and gorgeous and hilarious and heart-rending -- "Big City" is everything you want in a novel, bold and challenging and surprising. I love it!” - Julie Powell, author of Julie & Julia. * * *
SAD CITY excerpt at GUP Magazine
Big City, a Novel From Stalking Horse Press
Available now at Amazon and at your favorite independent bookstore
Upcoming Events
"Deliciously strange and compelling, delightfully lurid and fun, Scot Sothern's debut novel reads like a feral mashup of Cormac McCarthy and William Gibson amped on cornjuice and spiderbite." –Mark Haskell Smith
“In the latest work of art-prose from the incomparable Stalking Horse Press, Scot Sothern shows that he's not just a linguistic power-hitter, but a dynamic storyteller, too. There’s enough imagination on every page of BigCity for an entire novel.” D. Harlan Wilson, author of Battles without Honor or Humanity and Peckinpah: An Ultraviolent Romance
“The job of the novelist is to conjure a whole world, and Scot Sothern has done that in spades here. Lush, large-hearted, antic, and fiercely feminist, BigCity is unlike anything else I've ever read.” Ron Currie, author of Every Thing Matters, The One-Eyed Man
"An explosion of language and characters, a fast-and-loose yet potent and authentic way with our American history, rude and gross and gorgeous and hilarious and heart-rending -- "Big City" is everything you want in a novel, bold and challenging and surprising. I love it!” - Julie Powell, author of Julie & Julia. * * *
SAD CITY excerpt at GUP Magazine
Upcoming Events Big City, a Novel From Stalking Horse Pr...
Upcoming Events
Big City, a Novel
From Stalking Horse Press Available for pre-order Now
"Deliciously strange and compelling, delightfully lurid and fun, Scot Sothern's debut novel reads like a feral mashup of Cormac McCarthy and William Gibson amped on cornjuice and spiderbite." –Mark Haskell Smith
“In the latest work of art-prose from the incomparable Stalking Horse Press, Scot Sothern shows that he's not just a linguistic power-hitter, but a dynamic storyteller, too. There’s enough imagination on every page of BigCity for an entire novel.” D. Harlan Wilson, author of Battles without Honor or Humanity and Peckinpah: An Ultraviolent Romance
“The job of the novelist is to conjure a whole world, and Scot Sothern has done that in spades here. Lush, large-hearted, antic, and fiercely feminist, BigCity is unlike anything else I've ever read.” Ron Currie, author of Every Thing Matters, The One-Eyed Man
"An explosion of language and characters, a fast-and-loose yet potent and authentic way with our American history, rude and gross and gorgeous and hilarious and heart-rending -- "Big City" is everything you want in a novel, bold and challenging and surprising. I love it!” - Julie Powell, author of Julie & Julia. * * * SAD CITY from Straylight Press
SAD CITY excerpt at GUP Magazine
Big City, a Novel From Stalking Horse Press Available for pre-order Now
"Deliciously strange and compelling, delightfully lurid and fun, Scot Sothern's debut novel reads like a feral mashup of Cormac McCarthy and William Gibson amped on cornjuice and spiderbite." –Mark Haskell Smith
“In the latest work of art-prose from the incomparable Stalking Horse Press, Scot Sothern shows that he's not just a linguistic power-hitter, but a dynamic storyteller, too. There’s enough imagination on every page of BigCity for an entire novel.” D. Harlan Wilson, author of Battles without Honor or Humanity and Peckinpah: An Ultraviolent Romance
“The job of the novelist is to conjure a whole world, and Scot Sothern has done that in spades here. Lush, large-hearted, antic, and fiercely feminist, BigCity is unlike anything else I've ever read.” Ron Currie, author of Every Thing Matters, The One-Eyed Man
"An explosion of language and characters, a fast-and-loose yet potent and authentic way with our American history, rude and gross and gorgeous and hilarious and heart-rending -- "Big City" is everything you want in a novel, bold and challenging and surprising. I love it!” - Julie Powell, author of Julie & Julia. * * * SAD CITY from Straylight Press
SAD CITY excerpt at GUP Magazine
Upcoming EventsBig City, a Novel From Stalking Horse Pre...
Upcoming Events
Big City, a Novel
From Stalking Horse Press Available for pre-order Now
"Deliciously strange and compelling, delightfully lurid and fun, Scot Sothern's debut novel reads like a feral mashup of Cormac McCarthy and William Gibson amped on cornjuice and spiderbite." - Mark Haskell Smith, Raw: A Love Story
“In the latest work of art-prose from the incomparable Stalking Horse Press, Scot Sothern shows that he's not just a linguistic power-hitter, but a dynamic storyteller, too. There’s enough imagination on every page of BIG CITY for an entire novel. -D. Harlan Wilson, author of Battles without Honor or Humanity and Peckinpah: An Ultraviolent Romance * * *
SAD CITY from Straylight Press
SAD CITY excerpt at GUP Magazine
Big City, a Novel From Stalking Horse Press Available for pre-order Now
"Deliciously strange and compelling, delightfully lurid and fun, Scot Sothern's debut novel reads like a feral mashup of Cormac McCarthy and William Gibson amped on cornjuice and spiderbite." - Mark Haskell Smith, Raw: A Love Story
“In the latest work of art-prose from the incomparable Stalking Horse Press, Scot Sothern shows that he's not just a linguistic power-hitter, but a dynamic storyteller, too. There’s enough imagination on every page of BIG CITY for an entire novel. -D. Harlan Wilson, author of Battles without Honor or Humanity and Peckinpah: An Ultraviolent Romance * * *
SAD CITY from Straylight Press
SAD CITY excerpt at GUP Magazine
BigCity, a Novel by Scot SothernMarch - 2017 ...
BigCity, a Novel by Scot Sothern
March - 2017
Upcoming Events
From Stalking Horse Press
Available for pre-order Now
"Deliciously strange and compelling, delightfully lurid and fun, Scot Sothern's debut novel reads like a feral mashup of Cormac McCarthy and William Gibson amped on cornjuice and spiderbite." - Mark Haskell Smith, Raw: A Love Story* * * SAD CITY from Straylight Press
SAD CITY excerpt at GUP Magazine
From Stalking Horse Press
Available for pre-order Now
"Deliciously strange and compelling, delightfully lurid and fun, Scot Sothern's debut novel reads like a feral mashup of Cormac McCarthy and William Gibson amped on cornjuice and spiderbite." - Mark Haskell Smith, Raw: A Love Story* * * SAD CITY from Straylight Press
SAD CITY excerpt at GUP Magazine
BigCity, a Novel by Scot SothernMarch - 2017 From ...
BigCity, a Novel by Scot Sothern
March - 2017
From Stalking Horse Press
Available for pre-order Now
"Deliciously strange and compelling, delightfully lurid and fun, Scot Sothern's debut novel reads like a feral mashup of Cormac McCarthy and William Gibson amped on cornjuice and spiderbite." - Mark Haskell Smith, Raw: A Love Story* * * SAD CITY from Straylight Press
SAD CITY excerpt at GUP Magazine
From Stalking Horse Press
Available for pre-order Now
"Deliciously strange and compelling, delightfully lurid and fun, Scot Sothern's debut novel reads like a feral mashup of Cormac McCarthy and William Gibson amped on cornjuice and spiderbite." - Mark Haskell Smith, Raw: A Love Story* * * SAD CITY from Straylight Press
SAD CITY excerpt at GUP Magazine
CURB SERVICE, a Memoir by Scot Sothern ...
CURB SERVICE, a Memoir by Scot Sothern 
From Soft Skull PressAvailable at Amazon or a bookstore near you "Scot Sothern is the real thing. This is damn good writing." - Dan Fante
... a masterful memoir, full of truth-telling, ugliness, beauty, tragedy, and humor. Curb Service is brave, funny, and heartwarming in ways you can't see coming.” —Bill Fitzhugh, author of Pest Control
CURB SERVICE - Chapter One
* * * Available Now from Straylight Press
SAD CITY excerpt at GUP Magazine *
The Wrestling Matches - 1975
*When I was a little kid I used to like playing around with my pop’s photography equipment. The coolest thing was the flashbulbs. They were the same size as a regular light bulb and filled with spidery filaments. They screwed into a circular reflector and they made a pop when they fired. My grandmother, Mamaw, lived upstairs. She was perpetually nervous and it was great fun to sneak up behind her and scream LOOK OUT. One time I changed all her light bulbs with flash bulbs. She yelped each time she flipped a switch and I couldn’t stop giggling. I was kind of an asshole but she seemed to love me anyway.
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When I made this exposure nearly thirty years ago full-body tattoos were unusual. Looking at it now the impact has softened with time. I remember riding up an elevator with the tattooed woman in the hotel where we were in San Diego. There was an all-american family stuck with us for the ride, mom and dad and two bland children. I don't remember what my tattooed model was talking about but she kept saying motherfucker, loudly, until the little family unit scrunched away from us into a corner. In the room, with just the two of us, she didn't say it anymore. I hope she has kept her edge over the years but I also hope she has lost some of her anger toward dorks.*********
From Soft Skull PressAvailable at Amazon or a bookstore near you "Scot Sothern is the real thing. This is damn good writing." - Dan Fante ... a masterful memoir, full of truth-telling, ugliness, beauty, tragedy, and humor. Curb Service is brave, funny, and heartwarming in ways you can't see coming.” —Bill Fitzhugh, author of Pest Control
CURB SERVICE - Chapter One
* * * Available Now from Straylight Press
SAD CITY excerpt at GUP Magazine *
The Wrestling Matches - 1975*When I was a little kid I used to like playing around with my pop’s photography equipment. The coolest thing was the flashbulbs. They were the same size as a regular light bulb and filled with spidery filaments. They screwed into a circular reflector and they made a pop when they fired. My grandmother, Mamaw, lived upstairs. She was perpetually nervous and it was great fun to sneak up behind her and scream LOOK OUT. One time I changed all her light bulbs with flash bulbs. She yelped each time she flipped a switch and I couldn’t stop giggling. I was kind of an asshole but she seemed to love me anyway.
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When I made this exposure nearly thirty years ago full-body tattoos were unusual. Looking at it now the impact has softened with time. I remember riding up an elevator with the tattooed woman in the hotel where we were in San Diego. There was an all-american family stuck with us for the ride, mom and dad and two bland children. I don't remember what my tattooed model was talking about but she kept saying motherfucker, loudly, until the little family unit scrunched away from us into a corner. In the room, with just the two of us, she didn't say it anymore. I hope she has kept her edge over the years but I also hope she has lost some of her anger toward dorks.*********
