Ben Tanzer's Blog, page 137

New joint. Running Late. [PANK].

Big thanks to Roxanne Gay and the whole [PANK] crew for running with this. Excerpt maybe? Word.

"You are running late, always running late to pick up the older one at daycare, and it is five dollars for every minute passed 6:00pm. Which is already late enough as it is, but there you are again, trying to do one last thing in the office, missing a train, sitting on a train, stopping to buy the kid a snack at the scary bodega on Division, and running through the rain to not be late.
Because you are so close, the watch reading, 5:55, then 5:56, suddenly 5:58, but you are at the door now, buzzing and bursting in, where it is so quiet that it’s not clear to you whether any children are still there at all.
Then you see them, a group of kids and the teacher, the young guy, all of them fresh-faced and sweaty, sitting in a big group, leaning forward and intently looking at something.
You slow down, you try to catch your breath, and you tell yourself that it’s okay, everything will be okay. 
You walk up to see what everyone is looking at.
It is your kid." [image error]

Very cool and much appreciated Sparks Outsider Bodies Crutchfield review love action thing.

Here. For real. And such.

Dang. R.I.P. Ron "Horshack" Palillo.

"OOOOOOHHHHH! OOOOOOHHHHH! OOOOOOHHHHH!" 
Ron "Horshack" Palillo (1949-2012)[image error]

"The story is something of The Outsiders meets The Virgin Suicides." Lucky Man - The Anniversary Edition gets Gapers Block'd. And likes it. A lot.

Quite a lot frankly. And not just because the reviewer Melinda McIntire writes, "If you are looking for a happy, light read, this is not the book for you," though we do like that a lot as well. Meanwhile, big thanks to the McIntire for the kind words, and drinks on us for sure, and soon we think at that, yes, yes? Now how about some more excerpt? Cool.

"If you are looking for a happy, light read, this is not the book for you. This is depressing, told realistically and true to life. Tanzer's writing is witty and engaging, and all together, this is one worth reading."[image error]

The new edition of This Zine Will Change Your Life is live. All full of Roswell. And Salier.

The new edition of This Zine Will Change Your Life is live. We have a new poem, some years back in roswell by Diana Salier, which we are way excited about, and, (almost) as always, photo action from Adam Lawrence, music curation from Jason Behrends and vice presidential pick prose love from Pete Anderson. We hope you enjoy this edition and we appreciate all shout-outs and links. Finally, please note, we are hoping more of you will submit comix, and music, novel excerpts, and art, and video, yes, video, and combinations there of. And most finally, McIlroy, totally.[image error]

"The dialogue in Ben Tanzer's You Can Make Him Like You from Artistically Declined Press reads like a riveting play." Wherein The Igloo Oven expands on his previous You Can Make Him Love You Goodreads love and tremendous joy is felt across the land.

Much joy. And much appreciation. More here. Plus excerpt.

"The dialogue in Ben Tanzer's You Can Make Him Like You from Artistically Declined Press reads like a riveting play. But instead of seeing everything from the fourth wall, you're seeing it from the narrator's eyes, ears, nose, mouth, sweaty palms. The subtext is working through your nervous system. You're up there. You're in it."

This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Fifty-One - Black Hula Hoops. And Red Lightbulbs, starring Meghan Lamb and Russ Woods.

So true this. We are podcast. We are Lamb and Woods. We are endlessly black hula hoops. And we are arguably the better for it. So please do hit it. It just might change your life.

Pussy Riot. No Pasaran.

SOLO IN THE 2ND CITY. Chapter 4: Back to School. We should so do this at Cole's Bar on August 14th shouldn't we? We should. Totally. Let's. Cool. We're in. See you there. Word. Done.

We are neither totally book, nor righteous, but we are late to the game, massively self-absorbed, and endlessly appreciative. We are also Discursus. And Borges.

Here.