Win Some James Yeh!

We really like Mr. Yeh.  He’s a pal of ours, and we want to give away a copy of his chapbook, 9/16/10, out on Swill Children.  Deb Olin Unferth said of Yeh that his “quiet meditation on death will sneak in and throw up a window in your soul with its intensity.” You want it?  RT this on Twitter: “Hey @Vol1Brooklyn, I Love James Yeh” and we will pick a winner at random.

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Indexing: Adam Ross, Emily St. John Mandel, the Ace Hotel, Symbiopsychotaxiplasm, and so much more!

Our weekly series where Vol. 1 editors talk about what they’re reading, listening to and watching. Juliet Linderman I was lucky enough to scam a galley of Justin Taylor’s forthcoming book and first novel The Gospel of Anarchy a few weeks ago after our Vol. 1 November reading, and I read it in a flash. Yeah yeah yeah, Justin Taylor is a good friend of Vol. 1, but even if he wasn’t I’d still have to say: Damn. Dude can […]

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George Saunders and Deb Olin Unferth on MFAs

Posted by Juliet Linderman If you haven’t yet seen this piece over at the Faster Times, you should definitely take a peek. Chloe Cooper Jones chats with her former MFA professor Deb Olin-Unferth and DOU’s former MFA professor George Saunders about the pros and cons, merits and drawbacks, of MFA programs. The results of the conversation are not shocking, but it is, certainly, an engaging interview. Personally, I’ve never considered going for an MFA but until very recently I was […]

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Gigantic Magazine is Okay With The U.S.A.

This excites me. Dear readers, Gigantic #2, the America issue, is coming out next month! We promise it will have more screams than a bald eagle, be more stunning than purple mountains majesty and taste almost as fresh as mom’s apple pie. Some of the literary legends whose names will be engraved on the steep cliff of its pages include Sam Lipsyte, Lydia Millet, Clancy Martin, Margo Jefferson, Ken Sparling, Deb Olin Unferth and Adrian Tomine. In anticipation of issue […]

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All Tonight’s Parties

There are some nights were you look at the schedule of things going on and think to yourself “oh yeh, this is why I live in New York”, and tonight is definitely one of those nights. 1.  The Rumpus turns a years old, asks HTMLGiant to help them celebrate.  Tao Lin, Rivka Galchen, Justin Taylor, Deb Olin Unferth, and Stephen Elliott at Broadway East, where Chinatown meets the Lower East Side. 171 East Broadway. 2. Jami Attenberg reads from her […]

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