Ben Tanzer's Blog, page 54

In which Curbside Splendor, and Lost in Space, are The Pygmalion Literature Festival.

This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Ninety-Three - We Read Everything, starring the Keir Graff.

So Keir Graff we are. Not to mention podcast, and Chicago origin stories, the ins and outs of Booklist, hipster librarians, Marky Ramone, best-selling authors named John, including but not limited to John Irving, and former Booklist officemate John Green, compunction, The Other Felix, inspiration, Montana, and mulling. So much mulling. So, do hit it, it just might change your life.

Wherein we totally get to both talk the Anatomy of Humor with the Patrick Wensink and a cast of thousands, and do a reading, at The Writer's Block 2014 Festival in Louisville.

Truth. All of it. So do hit it, thank you.

That time Men's Health asked us to riff on a tri-breasted massage therapist from Florida and we found ourselves writing about Star Trek V.

Because sometimes that how it goes, and if so inclined you may check it out here.

"If Harvey Pekar teamed up with Louis CK...they might come up with something like Ben Tanzer's Lost in Space." That. Appreciations. Endless.

For real. All of that. Excerpt? Word. Though we should add, if you've read the Lost in Space, and you dug it, if you could review it, somewhere, anywhere, that would rock, and we would endlessly appreciate that too. Thanks, and as you were.

"Great read for parents in all stages - from euphoria to disillusionment."

In which Curbside Splendor, and Lost in Space, are Brooklyn Book Festival.

This Thumbnail Will Change Your Life is in the house. And big thanks to the Andrew Keating for that.

And then there was the time we did not write about vaginas or cycling for Men's Health, but instead got to riff on Walter White and Casey at the Bat and all was right with the world.

No really, and you may check it out here.

The Anna March is Modern Love.

Yes, that Modern Love. And most wonderful it is. So do hit it, as it is sure to change your life as it has ours.

This Book Will Change Your Life - Rabbit Punch! by the Greg Santos.

"There is no happiness like mine.I have been eating poetry."- Mark Strand, "Eating Poetry"
Travel. Read. Eat poetry. Happiness. We do not read enough poetry and every time we do, we say that here. There are poets we love. Jason Fisk. Though he claims he is not a poet. Laura Cherry. Seth Berg. Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal. We read them because they are so interesting, and aim so high, and because we are so biased, because we know them, publish them, and love them. And the Greg Santos is no different. We read him because when we first met him he wrote about the Hulk, and we loved that, because of his humor, and his use of pop culture. And here we are again, reading, and traveling, and eating poetry, in this case Rabbit Punch! by the Santos. Which again, we are biased, because we love him too, and because we are shallow and excited to see Hooray from This Zine Will Change Your Life and The Great Hoarder from Daddy Cool included in the collection. But it's more than that as well. Santos delights in language as he riffs on the "Macho Man," Paris Hilton and zombies, the work is full of joy, and when we read him we are happy. So, we do hope you will hit the Rabbit Punch!, as it will surely change your life, and we do hope you will suggest other poets we can eat, because we have a lot of love to give, we are happy to be happy, and we are really fucking hungry.