http://www.laurenspohrer.com Sun, 23 May 2010 03:19:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today ruled because Ben Marcus read with Deb Olin Unferth at Bowery Poetry Club. Diane Williams introduced them. Ben Marcus read from the beginning of his new novel, The Flame Alphabet. It seems sad and mysterious. Deb Olin Unferth read two NOON stories, "Pet" and "My Daughter Debbie." It was ... http://www.laurenspohrer.com/2010/05/22/i-write-all-the-fart-doctors/ http://www.laurenspohrer.com/2010/05/14/jack-kornfield/ I have a new story up on Failbetter. http://www.laurenspohrer.com/2010/04/23/she-did-have-some-new-moves/ I've got a very short story (around which I am building a novel) up on the GIGANTIC website, with a very nice illustration by John Dermot Woods. I've also got a piece about Joseph O'Neill's life in the Chelsea Hotel up at The Rumpus, and a review of Jason Vuic's The ... http://www.laurenspohrer.com/2010/04/02/writing-true-and-false/ http://www.laurenspohrer.com/2010/03/09/504/ I can't wait to begin Sam Lipsyte's new novel The Ask -- which is reviewed by Lydia Milliet in this Sunday's NYT: "These are the kind of unlikable, lovable protagonists we miss; these are the self-loathing, mediocre secret geniuses who can set our people free." Gigantic Issue 2 looks established. I ... http://www.laurenspohrer.com/2010/03/05/%e2%80%9ci%e2%80%99d-never-conceded-to-the-rom-com-pone/ diana mini camera, skins, eat when you feel sad by zachary german, "the moors" by ben marcus (in the latest tin house), the amy bishop saga, juicer, kate zambreno's blog, drugs: a very short introduction by leslie iversen, dottie lasky's poem in the new yorker http://www.laurenspohrer.com/2010/02/21/recommendations/ 1 Marry somebody you love and who thinks you being a writer's a good idea. 2 Don't have children. 3 Don't read your reviews. 4 Don't write reviews. (Your judgment's always tainted.) 5 Don't have arguments with your wife in the morning, or late at night. 6 Don't drink and write at the same time. 7 Don't ... http://www.laurenspohrer.com/2010/02/21/richard-fords-10-rules-for-writing/ Catherine Lacey Annie DeWitt Roxane Gay Rachel B. Glaser Rozi Jovanovic Dottie Lasky Natalie Lyalin Kendra Grant Malone Chelsea Martin Alexandra Sears Anya Yurchyshyn http://www.laurenspohrer.com/2010/01/29/as-i-get-older-these-categories-are-increasingly-important-to-me/ items I am reading slowly and recommend: why animal suffering matters by andrew linzey, dad says he saw you at the mall by ken sparling (courtesy of sasha fletcher), mindfulness in plain english by bhante henepola gunaratana, the stories of vladimir nabokov, light boxes: a novel by shane jones. items to physically attend, see you there? 1.) March ... http://www.laurenspohrer.com/2010/01/29/467/