Interview: Kevin Sampsell, Publisher
In addition to being an excellent writer and musician, Zack Wentz also conducts a damn good interview. He recently stepped up to the Slushpile.net plate and spoke to multi-talented Kevin Samsell for us. Their chat was a great meeting of artistic minds. Here’s Zack… ***** The Pacific Northwest has always been a hotbed (despite being such a cold, damp…
continue readingReview: The Garbageman and the Prostitute
My review of The Garbageman and the Prostitute by Zack Wentz appeared on PopMatters last Friday. If you didn’t see it, be sure to check out the entire piece here. And we’ll let Zack keep on keeping on here at Slushpile.net since he was kind enough to interview Kevin Sampsell for me. Check out the next…
continue readingRaymond Carver’s Influence on Films
The Melbourne Writers Festival runs from August 25 through September 3 in Australia. In association with the event, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image is presenting a special session entitled Focus on Robert Altman and Raymond Carver. While these events sound fantastic, I’m afraid my work schedule won’t allow me to hop on my private plane and…
continue readingI Give It One Week…
With the sensational arrest of John Mark Karr in the near-decade-old murder of JonBenet Ramsey, I’m betting that we’ll start to see book deals on the subject start to appear by this time next week. With the lingering infamy of the child beauty queen’s case, international intrigue, a confession to reporters, and photos like…
continue readingThe Bat and a Black Swan
Bat Segundo recently turned in a couple of excellent literary podcasts. First, there is a conversation with Summer 2006 Litblog Co-Op finalist Michael Martone about experimental fiction, Dan Quayle, how universities affect writers/professors, mythology, and much more. Second, Bat also posted an interview with David Mitchell, the Booker Prize-nominated author of Cloud Atlas and Black Swan Green. In…
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