6/8/09

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brandon scott gorrell interviewed me about his poetry book (read reviews here; order here or here)

here is my blurb for during my nervous breakdown i want to have a biographer present: "Brandon's first poetry book feels to me like 'a classic.' It seems to exhibit the 'high-quality' versions of meaningless, irony/sarcasm, and depression that I seem to 'crave' in literature, and I anticipate rereading it maybe 10-30 more times in my life (think I've reread it 3-7 times 'already'). I also anticipate regularly referring to Brandon's first poetry book in conversations with people, or with myself, in my head, for the next 1-30 years. In my view, based on what I know about the following things, 'new levels' of tone, sarcasm, meaninglessness, 'feeling bad,' and self-awareness have been conveyed by Brandon in his first poetry book."

my facebook url is now http://www.facebook.com/kmartrealism

meridian interviewed me

i interviewed clancy martin (clancy martin god debate)

i published poetry on my tumblr (2, 3)

reviews of 'the brandon book crisis' (~70 units still available) can be read

16 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

did you get yoga video?
are you doing yoga?

7:07 PM  
Blogger Tao Lin said...

pilates

7:07 PM  
Anonymous Karli said...

I say Jesus a lot too.

7:22 PM  
Blogger mi said...

i really like this and can relate

8:27 PM  
Blogger Zachary German said...

yo

8:40 PM  
Blogger david fishkind said...

nice. i feel this.

9:03 PM  
Blogger shauna said...

saw this on the brookline booksmith calendar

"Tuesday, July 7 7pm
Muumuu House Presents Brandon Scott Gorrell and Tao Lin
Kicky upstart Muumuu House is the brainchild of literary maverick Tao Lin, author of Eeeee Eee Eeee and Bed, famous for calling the editor of n+1 a hamster. He’s reading with poet Brandon Scott Gorrell, the man behind the blog My Hair Will Defeat You. They’re here for the release of Brandon’s book, during my nervous breakdown i want to have a biographer present. We have no idea what to expect, either."

liked reading the last line
now i am kind of anticipating that at some point during the reading you guys will start juggling, or get naked and draw sasquatches on you with body paint or something, idk

11:31 PM  
Blogger [ said...

I've never heard of Clancy Martin, but that was a really interesting interview.

2:23 AM  
Blogger divorce said...

"blurb"

9:28 AM  
Blogger ryan manning said...

A blurb is a short summary or some words of praise accompanying a creative work, usually referring to the words on the back of the book but also commonly seen on DVD and video cases, web portals and news websites.

2:33 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

keeps changing between 3.5 and 4.5

4:59 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i almost feel like i don't love my country

11:07 PM  
Blogger andrew worthington said...

if i buy a lifetime subscription to muumuu then do i get only things that come out after i subscribe or also things that came out before i subscribed (such as sometimes my heart touches my ribs)?

12:34 PM  
Blogger Tao Lin said...

you get everything that has already been published and also everything that is published in the future

12:54 PM  
Blogger The Man Who Couldn't Blog said...

I liked the Clancy Martin interview a lot.

8:51 PM  
Blogger Tao Lin said...

glad you liked it matthew

5:02 PM  

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