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Holy killer New York Times book review for Termite Parade by Joshua Mohr.

Yes, we know, we are quite book this week, but what can we do when so many TBWCYL, Inc. favorites have new joints coming out? Nothing, just spread the love, which brings us to Termite Parade, the new novel by TBWCYL, Inc. favorite Joshua Mohr, author of the quite sad and disturbing Some Things That Mean the World to Me, which has just received a most stellar review from the New York Times, yes that New York Times. Bravo sir, and quite cool, quite.

Mary Hamilton. We Know What We Are. Rose Metal Press. Nice.

The quite sublime Mary Hamilton, who is known for among other thing as co-host of the QUICKIES! Chicago, contributor to This Zine Will Change Your Life, This Podcast Will Change Your Life podcastee and star of the award winning and viral sensation Fire Sale video, has a new joint, We know what we are, coming soon from the quite stellar Rose Metal Press. We will most definitely riff on We know what we are here at the This Blog Will Change Your Life shortly. There will also be an interview...

Jason Jordan dueling release madness. Or is it awesomeness?

Long-time TBWCYL, Inc favorite Jason Jordan is looking at duel releases, a new collection of short stories, Cloud and Other Stories and a re-release of his debut Powering The Devil's Circus, and we think this is quite awesome indeed, so please do check it out, and for your reading pleasure, feel free to enjoy TBWCYL, Inc. spokesperson Ben Tanzer's blurb on the latter below.

"Revisiting Powering the Devil's Circus is like witnessing the birth of the artist, with the seeds, themes and tenor of...

Family. Mean Creek. Loyalty. Frozen River. Ozarks. Godfather II. Poverty. Aliens. Corruption. Meth. Gone, Baby Gone. And John Hawkes. Winter's Bone.

Family. Deliverance. Loyalty. Frozen River. The Ozarks. Godfather II. Poverty. Aliens. Meth. Gone, Baby Gone. And John Hawkes. Winter's Bone.

Marriage. Family. Mothers. Wine. Parenting. Aging. L.A. Fathers. Joni Mitchell. Children. Food. Sexuality. And Mark Ruffalo. The Kids Are All Right.

File under surprisingly creepy and surprisingly awesome.

The new edition of This Zine Will Change Your Life is live, quite spyish and all Michalski.

The new edition of This Zine Will Change Your Life is live and quite spyish. Or something like that. We have a new story EXCERPTS FROM THE NEW ADVENTURES OF HARRIET THE SPY by Jen Michalski, which we are way excited about, and, (almost) as always, photo action from Adam Lawrence, a music selection from Jason Behrends and nearly capped oil well prose love from Pete Anderson. We hope you enjoy this edition and we appreciate all shout-outs and links. Also, all submissions from this point...

There is new piece - Just Say No at THE2NDHAND.

Quite pleased we are to let you know that a new piece of ours, Just Say No, is now up at the always awesome THE2NDHAND. This piece was originally written for the most recent QUICKIES! fundraiser and is an homage to the writing of the always lovely QUICKIES! co-host Lindsay Hunter. We would add that Just Say No is not necessarily appropriate for family consumption and so our ability to provide an excerpt is limited, but here you go. Enjoy.

"Hey everybody, my name is Ben and I want to totally w...