some news slash stuff i did

UPDATE (9/30/09): some of my stuff is going to be in print. 30 under 30, an anthology edited by lily hoang and blake butler has been picked up by starcherone books and will be published in spring 2001. very exciting stuff. some of the writers being published include: gigantic contributor shane jones, rachel b. glaser, mike young, and many others i know and/or love.

"the donger and me" by adrian tomine

i was podcast for my friend montana wojczuk's blog "books that saved my life," reading poems by david berman, tao lin, roberto bolano and frank o'hara

my story "some kind of change" was selected as a weekly "recommended story" on the website fictionaut (25 views, 12 comments, 4 "faves")

i am interviewing graphic novelist and illustrator adrian tomine for my magazine gigantic

somebody taught my story

edward hopper "chop suey"

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joan downs blogged at the pen america blog about teaching my story "some kind of change" to her adult literacy class in nyc.

i'm pretty seriously floored. it's one of the nicest and most flattering things somebody's ever said about my work. i can't send enough thank you's to her and her students.

i liked the quotes from the class discussion of the story: “He’s dorky and smart. She’s pretty, not smart. But he’d like to hit on her.” “They’ve had an affair.” “No, she’s a tease. She cheated on her boyfriend, but not with him.”

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story available here: "some kind of change" by james yeh