updates

a lot of stuff recently:

i have a story in pen america 10, available now.

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i did a video interview with ellen frances, in which we discussed the anxiety of creating a facebook event, the way to sit like tom waits, and gigantic's ideal reader, jeff goldblum.

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illustration by andrew bulger

i interviewed the writer gary shteyngart for gigantic, in which we discussed the russian hamburger, the virility of vegetables, and the age-old question of whether it is appropriate to eat the hors d'oeuvres at a literary party.

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the gigantic launch party at starr space was a big success. thank everybody for coming.

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UPDATE (5/1/09):

i have been blogged about a little slash mentioned in passing on blogs i like and frequent: htmlgiant, heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com, and awfulwaffle. thank you matthew, tao, and nicolle.

i was photographed and talked to a little bit

photo by ellen frances

this weekend i did an interview with ellen frances. we ate pistachio ice cream out of the carton and talked about fear, decadence, and jeff goldblum. i told her about my life as a rejector and an answerer of phones in a basement. afterwards we listened to "gold soundz" and she took some pictures of me beneath a pair of very bright lights.

video of the interview up soon.