Posted by Jason Diamond We’ve finally come to the point where a reputable literary magazine compares George W. Bush’s prose in Decision Points to Tao Lin’s. Eliot Weinberger in the London Review of Books, linked the writings of the worst president ever to the guy who wrote Shoplifting From American Apparel: “There are nearly 500 pages of this, reminiscent of the current po-mo poster boys, Tao Lin, with his anaesthetised declarative sentences,” I’m not sure if this Lin takes this […]
Dick Watching: The Nut
Posted by Juliet Linderman Good day, dudes and dudettes and welcome to this week’s edition of Dick Watching. Won’t you climb up to the crow’s nest and come Dick Watching with me? You will? Fantastic! Let’s go! 1. Tommy Lee loves drugs, and sex, tasteless tattoos and women with fake boobs. Also, leather pants. He also really loves whales. He recently penned an astoundingly bizarre open letter to SeaWorld in Florida condemning their treatment of Tillikum, a killer whale that […]
Tao Lin and Emily Gould make a Salad
Over at The Awl, Emily Gould makes a salad with Tao Lin.
Weekend Bites: Loving Paul Murray, Dueling Covers, Bad Jobs in Literature, and More
At Largehearted Boy: Paul Murray (Skippy Dies) picks Nation of Ulysses and Nick Cave for his Book Notes entry. Largehearted Boy calls the book “one of the funniest novels of the year.” At Vice: James Ellory interviewed. At NPR: Nick Hornby on Fresh Air. At Thought Catalog: Putting a ton of thought into the Tao Lin/Jonathan Franzen Stranger/Time cover At Dangerous Minds: A letter from the Philip K. Dick auction. At Huffington Post: 9 bad jobs in literature. At The […]
A Sad Ass Attempt to Explain Why I Liked Richard Yates by Tao Lin
Posted by Jason Diamond Melville House 208 Pages Tuesday was the official release date of Tao Lin’s latest book, Richard Yates. Judging by the fact that this is the our second post in two days that talks about Tao, I feel comfortable saying that it’s officially Tao Lin week in Vol. 1 land. Since I started paying attention to his work, I’ve noticed there are several different schools of thought regarding Lin as a person and as a writer: People […]
Behind Front Lines: Tao Lin at Barnes and Noble Tribeca
Posted by Nick Curley Too early by forty-five minutes for the reading, I did what anyone with time to kill in a shopping center does: I browsed through the nearest Barnes and Noble. A lucky break then that the reading itself was to take place in one! Inside, helpful embossed signage charted our perusable options. From the Non-Fiction section (smaller that Fiction despite what we’re told about books on real stuff being better sellers), many enticing categories spring forth. “Crocheting”. […]
Weekend Bites: Sparks Do Bookworm, Auster/Roth Battle, Adam Langer Talks, Built to Spill and More
At Jacket Copy: WOAH! Sparks (pictured above in the 70s) did the new theme song for Bookworm! At 3:AM Magazine: Philip Roth/Paul Auster death battle. At Jewcy: An interview with Adam Langer. At The Awl: Dudes from a NYC bookstore debate over Freedom. At Big Other: “I feel more regurgitation than genuine writing.” – On Richard Yates, by Tao Lin At the Telegraph: Will Self hanging out at the gym. At Brooklyn Vegan: Built to Spill on a boat. At […]
Morning Read: Tao Lin’s “Audrey” from “Shoplifting from American Apparel”
Over at Thought Catalog, an excerpt from Tao Lin’s story from the upcoming anthology Coming & Crying. A quick glance over the story comes up with the following: “vaguely zombie,” “666,” “Mario 64,” “Rick Moody,” and more.