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melville house won the miriam bass $5000 award for independent publishing
stephen dixon recklessly talked shit about people who published him
a story about uncontrollable anger by stephen dixon
HIV probably doesn't cause AIDS
interview with celia farber
stephen dixon recklessly talked shit about people who published him
he probably doesn't view it as 'shit-talking,' but just 'talking,' and would let other people 'talk shit' about him also and be able to 'critique' himself objectively and with detachmentCP: When you talk about writers being static, can you give me examples?
SD: Well, read [literary quarterly] Glimmer Train. Or you read that magazine One Story. I've been in both of them, but mostly it's just the same story over and over again. Maybe that's why they chose that name. Same thing with Story Quarterly, a magazine I've been in maybe 12 times. Maybe it's what they call graduate fiction-workshop writing. It's dull. It's not deep. I wonder whether people write that way because it gets published.
a story about uncontrollable anger by stephen dixon
HIV probably doesn't cause AIDS
interview with celia farber
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Good interview, I think. But I think I can still grab a few issues of One Story and say they've done an all-right job over the years. They made a mistake not publishing that story of yours that won the award, yes. But: Daniel Wallace's "One Small Man", Judy Budnitz's "Nadia", John Leary's "Scenarios for Lee's Forgiveness", Kelly Link's "The Great Divorce", Peter Rock's "The Lights", and Stephanie Harrell's "Girl Reporter"? Fine stories, all. (Oh, that Kelly Link! Judy Budnitz!)
But, hell. It's Stephen Dixon. Hannah Tinti seems to have good intentions. (And a pretty good couple of stories in her book, too, I thought.) One Story may simply be in a rut and need to reconsider its aesthetics. (Oh, heck...probably should. I stopped my subscription. What am I worried about? That they'll send me a rejection? Done. Done and done.)
As far as the Farber stuff...oy! Not sure what to say, anymore. I think the evidence, even when looked at skeptically, speaks for itself. Contrarian opinion can be seductive. But where does it leave us, ultimately?
I get it, though. Big Pharm. Not trustworthy. Totally not.
I would direct you to Errol Morris's Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leucther, Jr. The well-intentioned and the expert can, sometimes, be horribly, tragically wrong.
thank you for saying they made a mistake with my story
i doubt stephen dixon read all the stories, he probably read like three or four
You stay up late.
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Stephen Dixon is a badass motherfucker
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