Jonathan Culver

year in books

Jonathan Culver’s Followers (20)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
Jocelyn
3,114 books | 23 friends

Kris
6,915 books | 128 friends

Danger
1,050 books | 3,628 friends

Rose
17,979 books | 1,428 friends

Antony
882 books | 209 friends

Bell
10,780 books | 200 friends

Matthew
6,478 books | 50 friends

Mark Mc...
105 books | 4,181 friends

More friends…

Jonathan Culver

Goodreads Author


Born
in Kenosha, WI, The United States
December 07, 1984

Website

Twitter

Genre

Influences

Member Since
July 2011

URL


Worst Selling Author of multiple works of incendiary experimental fiction.
"Jonathan's sole concern is destroying the world of modern literature as we know it from the inside."
BUY A BOOK:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/jonculver

free counters
...more

MY CAPS LOCK IS BROKEN

i want to be the terror of the literary world.
i want to set the world on fire with a key board.
i want to make writing cool again.
i want to return the status of writer to at least equal footing with that of rock star.
i want to make corrupt publishers and shit authors regret their crimes against art.
i want to have more likes on facebook than whoever it was (I don't care to remember the name) that w Read more of this blog post »
2 likes ·   •  0 comments  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on July 14, 2012 17:08 Tags: art, artists, authors, compromise, fifty-shades-of-grey, writers, writing
Average rating: 3.71 · 52 ratings · 10 reviews · 2 distinct works
I am an Island

3.73 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Huey Lambert's Walking Nucl...

3.69 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

Clean Hands
Jonathan Culver is currently reading
by Patrick Hoffman (Goodreads Author)
bookshelves: currently-reading
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
The Architecture ...
Jonathan Culver is currently reading
by Alain de Botton (Goodreads Author)
bookshelves: currently-reading
Rate this book
Clear rating

 

Jonathan’s Recent Updates

Jonathan Culver rated a book really liked it
20 km/h by Woshibai
Rate this book
Clear rating
Jonathan Culver wants to read
Ballyhoo! by Jon Langmead
Rate this book
Clear rating
Jonathan Culver wants to read
Le grand cahier by Ágota Kristóf
Rate this book
Clear rating
Jonathan Culver started reading
Clean Hands by Patrick  Hoffman
Clean Hands
by Patrick Hoffman (Goodreads Author)
Rate this book
Clear rating
Jonathan Culver wants to read
On What Matters by Derek Parfit
Rate this book
Clear rating
Jonathan Culver wants to read
Another Now by Yanis Varoufakis
Rate this book
Clear rating
Jonathan Culver wants to read
Clean Hands by Patrick  Hoffman
Clean Hands
by Patrick Hoffman (Goodreads Author)
Rate this book
Clear rating
Jonathan Culver wants to read
Movement Matters by Katy Bowman
Rate this book
Clear rating
Jonathan Culver wants to read
Pandemonium Waltz by Jeffrey Ford
Pandemonium Waltz
by Jeffrey Ford (Goodreads Author)
Rate this book
Clear rating
Jonathan Culver wants to read
Bottom's Dream by Arno Schmidt
Rate this book
Clear rating
More of Jonathan's books…
Quotes by Jonathan Culver  (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)

“The English language is a work in progress. Have fun with it.”
Jonathan Culver

“Artists are agents of chaos. It is the artists
job to encourage entropy, to promote chaos. Idols must be killed, icons crushed, beliefs
shattered. It is the artists job to encourage legitimate, unadulterated, raw thought and
emotion. Art that does nothing new, that simply fills an established role, is not art.
It is a product. A stale, stagnant product of a disgustingly mundane process that has been
done so much it is assumed mandatory. Little different than feces. The last thing the world
needs is to get shittier.”
Jonathan Culver

“With the manipulation of abstract
symbols, an artist can send you information without sound, change your feelings and,
sometimes, even beliefs. Artists convey the unspeakable. Artists inspire.”
Jonathan Culver

“I'm a mother fucking human holocaust!”
Jonathan Culver, Huey Lambert's Walking Nuclear Circus

“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
Charles Bukowski

“Whenever you think or you believe or you know, you're a lot of other people: but the moment you feel, you're nobody-but-yourself.”
e.e. cummings

“I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening; I drank and danced all night with doubt and found her a virgin in the morning.”
Aleister Crowley, The Book of Lies

53316 Graphic Novel Reading Group — 5424 members — last activity Apr 01, 2026 06:58PM
This is a place where lovers of the Sequential Art form of Literature (graphic novels, comic books, manga, etc.) can get together and talk about their ...more
69520 Chaos Reading — 2786 members — last activity Feb 26, 2026 01:06PM
For people who read an eclectic mix of books. We like variety, new experiences and intelligent, thoughtful, funny conversation. We like our shelves bu ...more
3057 Bizarro Fiction — 1107 members — last activity Nov 22, 2025 02:00PM
This is a group devoted to lovers of bizarro fiction. Whether you write it or read it, you are welcome here. Come join us in our love of the weird and ...more
52676 Japanese Light Novel Group JLNG — 25 members — last activity Sep 26, 2025 10:31AM
let's talk about Japanese Light Novel ...more
57576 Tie-ins and Spin-offs — 22 members — last activity Jul 03, 2013 08:04PM
This group is dedicated to all kinds of Tie-in and Spin-off novels from films, video and other games, comics, TV-series and whatnot. Star Wars, Star T ...more
47325 PoMo and Surreal Fiction Book Club — 149 members — last activity Mar 05, 2026 12:30PM
This book club is dedicated to people who enjoy surreal and post-modern fiction and would like to explore and read a new title monthly or bi-monthly. ...more
1194 Philosophy — 5828 members — last activity Mar 17, 2026 01:22AM
What is Philosophy? Why is it important? How do you use it? This group looks at these questions and others: ethics, government, economics, skepticism, ...more
144314 Weird Books! — 545 members — last activity Mar 02, 2026 08:15AM
Are you the author of a weird book? Are you enjoying a weird book that you'd like to tell others about? Are you an actual weird book that has somehow ...more
25x33 Oulipo — 15 members — last activity Mar 09, 2011 04:49AM
Raymond Queneau, Georges Perec, Italo Calvino, Harry Matthews, etc.
72636 Webcomic Wonderland — 394 members — last activity Dec 08, 2025 05:39PM
This is a group for anyone who reads webcomics or would like to start. Here you can discuss all of your favorite webcomics, take polls, play games and ...more
More of Jonathan’s groups…
Comments (showing 1-5)    post a comment »
dateDown arrow    newest »

Jonathan Culver Jonathan wrote: "Jason wrote: "Do you still live in Columbia? I went to Mizzou back in the '80s and early '90s!"
Indeed I do! I've lived here for about a year now, I love it"

Interestingly enough, I see you live in Chicago, I grew up in Kenosha. We seem to hover around the same base of operations.


Jonathan Culver Jason wrote: "Do you still live in Columbia? I went to Mizzou back in the '80s and early '90s!"
Indeed I do! I've lived here for about a year now, I love it


message 3: by Jason

Jason Pettus Do you still live in Columbia? I went to Mizzou back in the '80s and early '90s!


Jonathan Culver Stephanie wrote: "You pass!!"

Go me! You have no idea how hard I studied for this momentous occasion!


back to top