4-18-2007 2:01 pm
4-17-2007 5:03 pm
Nathan Tyree: A page without words
The Empty Page fiction inspired by Sonic Youth is coming soon. Here's the cover art. Contributors include: Eileen Myles, Carlton Mellick III, Arthur Nersesian, Emily Maguire, Steven Sherrill, Peter Wild, Rebecca Godfrey, J Robert Lennon, Paul Di Filippo, Laird Hunt, Samuel Ligon, Shelley Jackson, Matt Thorne, Katherine Dunn, Kevin Sampsell, Mary Gaitskill, Scott Mebus, Nathan Tyree, Ben Myers, Emily Carter Roiphe, Hiag Akmakjian, Jess Walter&Christopher Coake.
Forgot to mention that this is edited by the mighty Peter Wild. Who is also editing Te Flash:
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The Empty Page fiction inspired by Sonic Youth is coming soon. Here's the cover art. Contributors include: Eileen Myles, Carlton Mellick III, Arthur Nersesian, Emily Maguire, Steven Sherrill, Peter Wild, Rebecca Godfrey, J Robert Lennon, Paul Di Filippo, Laird Hunt, Samuel Ligon, Shelley Jackson, Matt Thorne, Katherine Dunn, Kevin Sampsell, Mary Gaitskill, Scott Mebus, Nathan Tyree, Ben Myers, Emily Carter Roiphe, Hiag Akmakjian, Jess Walter&Christopher Coake.
Forgot to mention that this is edited by the mighty Peter Wild. Who is also editing Te Flash:
4-16-2007 4:16 pm
Nathan Tyree: The Road
The best book I have read so far this year is The Road by Cormac McCarthy. McCarthy is known for his florid, dense, difficult prose (read Blood Meridian or No Country for Old Men to see what I mean). In this new book he shifts stylistic gears. He has moved into a staccato, rough hewn brand of writing that is exquisite, and beautiful but almost broken.
The Road is a post-apocalyptic tale of survival, and yet manages to be something greater. McCarthy weaves the tale of a father and son in peril in a way that is at once terrifying and hauntingly beautiful.
The book is a bit like having your guts ripped out and force fed to you. If you haven’t yet, read The Road.
The best book I have read so far this year is The Road by Cormac McCarthy. McCarthy is known for his florid, dense, difficult prose (read Blood Meridian or No Country for Old Men to see what I mean). In this new book he shifts stylistic gears. He has moved into a staccato, rough hewn brand of writing that is exquisite, and beautiful but almost broken.
The Road is a post-apocalyptic tale of survival, and yet manages to be something greater. McCarthy weaves the tale of a father and son in peril in a way that is at once terrifying and hauntingly beautiful.
The book is a bit like having your guts ripped out and force fed to you. If you haven’t yet, read The Road.
4-13-2007 8:36 pm
Nathan Tyree: Post for Fuzzmeister
What it takes to get a story published: Actually, for this example I’m going to use a poem. The poem in question is called The Alchemist’s Son. First, I wrote it. It took about three hours. Then I revised it, which took another three hours. Then I work shopped it at a writer’s work shop that I am a member of. I used a few of the suggestions that were given there to do another re-write (2 more hours). Then I began submitting it. I sent it to three magazines that I like (along with a cover letter, which is a must). All three rejected it (one gave a very nice personal critique). I sent it to the next three ‘zines I had chosen for it. All three rejected it. I then sent it to three more. Two of them accepted it almost simultaneously, leaving me with a difficult decision. I made the decision, sent a polite letter withdrawing it from one market and letting the other have it. That’s how stories get published. It’s not a very exciting process.
What it takes to get a story published: Actually, for this example I’m going to use a poem. The poem in question is called The Alchemist’s Son. First, I wrote it. It took about three hours. Then I revised it, which took another three hours. Then I work shopped it at a writer’s work shop that I am a member of. I used a few of the suggestions that were given there to do another re-write (2 more hours). Then I began submitting it. I sent it to three magazines that I like (along with a cover letter, which is a must). All three rejected it (one gave a very nice personal critique). I sent it to the next three ‘zines I had chosen for it. All three rejected it. I then sent it to three more. Two of them accepted it almost simultaneously, leaving me with a difficult decision. I made the decision, sent a polite letter withdrawing it from one market and letting the other have it. That’s how stories get published. It’s not a very exciting process.
4-13-2007 4:46 pm
Nathan Tyree: Top 5 Songs
3 AM magazine is doing a new thing where they ask writers and artists for a list of their top 5 songs then post it on their web site. I have been invited to be a part of this. You can see my Top 5 here
3 AM magazine is doing a new thing where they ask writers and artists for a list of their top 5 songs then post it on their web site. I have been invited to be a part of this. You can see my Top 5 here
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