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BIOGRAPHY

Tao Lin (b. 1983, Virginia) grew up in Orlando FL and lives in Brooklyn NY. Tao's parents were born in Taiwan. Tao has a B.A. in Journalism from New York University. Go here to view selected posts from Tao's blog.

Tao is the author of a story-collection, BED, and a novel, EEEEE EEE EEEE (2007) published simultaneously by Melville House. Tao is the author of two poetry collections, COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (2008) and YOU ARE A LITTLE BIT HAPPIER THAN I AM (2006), which is regularly a bestseller (#2, #4, #2, #1), and two e-books, of poetry and stories, on bear parade.

Tao's novella, SHOPLIFTING FROM AMERICAN APPAREL, was published September 15 2009. His second novel, RICHARD YATES, will be published September 07 2010, both by Melville House.

Tao's writing has appeared in the following venues: Noon, Nerve, Vice, Esquire, The Stranger, Time Out New York, Mississippi Review, Cincinnati Review, Fourteen Hills, Adbusters, etc.

Tao has a store and a website for his art. He was pardoned and other things by Gawker. His first solo art showing was reviewed unfavorably by Gothamist commenters. His financial situation was written about by The Guardian, The Observer, and a New York Times blog. He edits the literary press Muumuu House which was featured in the March 2009 issue of Nylon Magazine.

SELECTED PRESS

Feature, The Daily Beast (September 2009)
Feature, Nylon Magazine (March 2009)
Feature, New York Magazine (January 2009)
Feature, Paste Magazine
Feature, Time Out New York
Feature, South China Morning Post

Review, SHOPLIFTING FROM AMERICAN APPAREL / The Guardian
Review, SHOPLIFTING FROM AMERICAN APPAREL / San Francisco Chronicle
Review, SHOPLIFTING FROM AMERICAN APPAREL / Austin Chronicle
Review, SHOPLIFTING FROM AMERICAN APPAREL / Los Angeles Times
Review, SHOPLIFTING FROM AMERICAN APPAREL / Time Out New York
Review, EEEEE EEE EEEE & BED / San Francisco Bay Guardian
Review, EEEEE EEE EEEE & BED / Hipster Book Club
Review, EEEEE EEE EEEE / Bookslut
Review, BED / The Stranger
Review, COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY / The Constant Critic
Review, YOU ARE A LITTLE BIT HAPPIER THAN I AM / Time Out Chicago

Interview, KCRW's Bookworm w/ Michael Silverblatt (December 2009)
Interview, The Millions w/ Deb Olin Unferth (October 2009)
Interview, The Rumpus (September 2009)
Interview, NYU Local
Interview, Canongate's blog w/ Chris Killen
Interview, Flying Houses
Interview, NYU Local
Interview, BBC Radio 2
Interview, ANP Quarterly Issue 10

SELECTED LITERATURE

Poems, "Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy" (first seven pages)
Poems, "A Stoic Philosophy..." "The Power of Ethical Reasoning"
Poem, "A Poem Written By A Bear"
Poem, "Some Of My Happiest Moments In Life Occur On AOL Instant Messenger"
Poem, "I Went Fishing With My Family When I Was Five"
Poem, "Opposite Of Song Of Myself"

Story, "Sasquatch"
Story, "The Vegan Muffin"
Story, "The Existentially Fucked Megamouth Shark"
Story, "Leftover Crack in Red Hook"
Story, "Love is a Thing on Sale For More Money Than There Exists"
Story, "Sex After Not Seeing Each Other For A Few Days"
Story, "Should"
Story, "October"
Story, "The Gay Stepdad"
Story, "Exactly What I Want"

Essay, Poetry Foundation
Essay, Review of Woodcutters by Thomas Bernhard
Essay, Guide to Kmart Realism
Essay, What I Can Tell You About Seattle Based on the People I've Met Who Are From There
Essay, Levels of Greatness a Fiction Writer can Achieve in America
Essay, Fighting Elliott Bay Audience
Essay, Cho Seung-Hui's Killing Rampage

BLURBS

"Tao Lin writes from moods that less radical writers would let pass - from laziness, from vacancy, from boredom. And it turns out that his report from these places is moving and necessary, not to mention frequently hilarious." - Miranda July, author of No One Belongs Here More Than You

"I hope this new publisher uses my blurb this time. I was a little sad that the other one didn't use it. And it was really funny. At least I thought it was. They could have sold tens of copies if they'd put my blurb on that book. How else do people know that the book is any good? No one can actually concentrate in a book store. Because their feet hurt. So that is where I come in: I say that these poems are serious and funny and more than they appear. I am a big fan of Tao Lin's writing and this book makes me happy." - Matthew Rohrer, author of A Green Light

“Tao Lin's poetry passes by slacker era irony and self-indulgent formalism to dig up something deeper and more human, even when that something seems on first reading to merely be depressed hamsters. ” - Jeffrey Brown, author of Clumsy

"Tao Lin is the most distinctive young writer I've come upon in a long time: the most intrepid, the funniest, the strangest. He's a new voice, and the pleasure of reading his work is a new kind of pleasure." - Brian Morton, author of Starting Out in the Evening