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Seth Fischer
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Lincoln Michel‘s fiction has appeared in Granta, Oxford American, Tin House, NOON, Pushcart Prize anthology, and elsewhere. His essays and criticism have appeared in the New York Times, The Believer, Bookforum, Buzzfeed, VICE, the Paris Review Daily, and elsewhere. He is the former editor-in-chief of Electric Literature and a founding editor of Gigantic. He is the co-editor of Gigantic Worlds, an anthology of science flash fiction, and Tiny Crimes, an anthology of flash noir. His debut story collection, Upright Beasts, was published by Coffee House Press in 2015. He teaches fiction writing at Sarah Lawrence College. He was born in Virginia and lives in Brooklyn. He tweets at @thelincoln.
“Each time I write I promise myself I’ll never do it again”
“Each time I write something I promise myself I’ll never do it again, because the fallout goes on for months; it takes so much of my time. Sometimes, increasingly, like…
Art or Life?
“Evan Karp: I’m not sure I agree with the idea that a writer is more important than his books. Charles Kruger: Remember: I said that while the writer is alive.…
The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
Due to my inability to do a supplement last week, and because it’s almost Valentine’s Day and I love all of you, here’s two weeks of supplement in one! That’s…
The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
Borders may be on the verge of bankruptcy and could close 200 of their 674 stores. Martin Amis says “If I had a serious brain injury I might well write…
Welcome to Sunday
Due to AWP-fueled exhaustion, I will be leaving you in the hands of LaToya Jordan today. Until next week, here is a video of Douglas Kearney giving an incredible reading.…
A Relevance Roundup
There seems to be a bit of soul-searching hitting the book blogs about the social relevance and political importance of literary writing. Some selections below, in no particular order.
“And you wonder why such kids grow up”
“Playgrounds for kids are often decorated with fairy tales, cartoon or just funny made-up characters. They are intended to bring joy to the children, but sometimes it is scary to…
“On fiction and autobiography”
“As I get older I increasingly understand that the liveliest characters – made up with the most freedom – are combinations of many, many people, real and fictive, alive and…
The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
Today should be pretty alright, I think. “Where do libraries and e-books meet?” Yes, this article is really called “Jay-Z is Not a Proudhon of Hip-Hop,” and if you read…
The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
It was one of those awesome weeks at The Rumpus where when I went to write this roundup, it took me two hours to finish because I couldn’t stop with…