i am in a movie premiere, i am reading in public, i am helping throw a party

fri 12/11 60 writers / 60 places showing; i am in this movie along with sam lipsyte, gary lutz, deb olin unferth, tao lin and many others; academic setting, probably will not be attending this; pratt university in clinton hill, noon

sat 12/12 60 writers / 60 places showing; artistic non-academic setting, will probably be attending this; PPOW gallery in chelsea, reception at 6:30pm, showing at 7:30pm

mon 12/14 the rumpus, the faster times and gigantic are throwing a "goldman sachs" holiday party; cheap champagne, general theme of "fun, extravagant wastefulness"; glasslands gallery in williamsburg, 7-10pm

thu 12/17 i am reading at the opium literary deathmatch, competing against terese svoboda, jared bloom and elna baker; representing gigantic and the holiday "tomb-sweeping day"; bowery poetry club in the east village, 8pm

what i have been doing lately

illustration by james j. williams iii

the gigantic/opium/bomb party is tonight! it has been getting a lot of press: the new yorker, the rumpus, htmlgiant (twice), black book, the new york daily news, to list a few.

the party will be awesome and feature ben greenman and bob powers putting on short plays, john wesley harding, and many others. tickets are cheap. some discounted tickets with special "vip" free open bar access still available online here.

party goes from 8pm-12am at bowery electric in the east village with special "vip" free open bar from 7-8pm.

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i wrote a review of the new roberto bolano novel, the skating rink, for the faster times.

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i was filmed by luca dipierro and michael kimball for their movie 60 writers/60 places.

i'm pretty excited about this. on a side note, michael's novel dear everybody is beautiful. i have not read it yet, but hearing him read it, i am convinced of it's urgency, poignancy and control of language. it's pretty fucking dope. michael also guest-edited this recent issue of lamination colony, maybe the sweetest online lit thing i've ever seen.

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my story "some kind of change" was shit-talked by a random bro on the pen america blog.

says random bro: "seems written from the point-of-view of bourgeois people."

"you don't know me!" gigantic/opium/bomb benefit party, aug. 26

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my magazine gigantic is throwing a party with opium and bomb, called "you don't know me!" the party is wednesday night, august 26 at bowery electric.

you can buy pre-sale tickets here. $10 advance/$15 day of.

from the website:

"***PLUS! ONLINE PRESALE SPECIAL: Be one of the first 25 people to purchase a $10 presale ticket online today and gain entry to our VIP cocktail hour from 6:30-8:00!***"

the party should be fun and full of surprising things that will make you feel feelings ranging from good to great to "unbelievable, i feel so good i wonder if it's bad, no it's not bad, it's just really unbelievably good."

these are some of the people who will be there, doing cool stuff:

-ben greenman and bob powers, directing short plays
-the dog house band, featuring bluegrass musician/writers david gates and sven birkerts with special guest john wesley harding
-a DJ set by catherine pierce of the pierces
-a VIP performance from kalup linzy
-special guest stars soon to be announced

there will be a lot of other stuff going on too, ranging from film installations to "random acts of surprising delight."