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

stuff done by others; stuff done by me

photograph by ryan manning

ryan manning's sky polaroids in the new yinzer are quiet and stunning. (special thanks to justin taylor at htmlgiant who posted this first.)

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i'm being filmed tomorrow for luca dipierro and michael kimball's film 60 writers/60 places.

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atlas sound's fleetwood mac cover, new track featuring panda bear, and micromix are all up and incredible. (atlas sound is deerhunter frontman bradford cox's solo project.)

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roberto bolano's newest novel the skating rink is highly recommended. i am working on a review of it for the faster times. this is a link to the last thing i did for the faster times.

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gigantic is throwing a party august 26th, with opium and bomb magazines. a few special VIP discount tickets still remain.

one of the perks for the VIP event is kalup linzy:

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the bike experiment continues:

week 8: 82.1 mi
summer total: 715.1 mi
subway rides during week 8: 7 (i got tired of riding through the rain)