“If you had a time machine and could secure the living brains of James Thurber and Andre Breton ripped untimely from their skulls, run them through a juicer, then mainline the blended liquid neurons, you might become a writer like D. Harlan Wilson. In fact, I know with certainty that this is how he actually…

Two reviews are out for the forthcoming collection by Jeremy C. Shipp: "The collection is unlike anything I’ve read before and thats where its appeal was, for me.  Each story was unique and the prose is so well done, the words perfectly manipulated to flow almost like poetry.   I was incredibly impressed that such…

The first few reviews have come in for Blankety Blank. I was starting to worry since we sent out a lot of copies but hadn’t seen any reviews yet. Ideally it’s best to have a semi-steady stream of reviews starting a month or two before the book comes out until at least several months after…

I’ve been promising John a decent looking web site for a long time and I finally finished it. Check it out: http://www.johnlawson.org My favorite part is “The Word” a dictionary ‘lawsonisms.’

Another Chicago area reading and this one’s a doosie! February 13 • 8 PM Eckhard Gerdes reading along with Ralph Berry, Adam Jones, Steve Katz, Lance Olsen, Yuriy Tarnawsky, Lidia Yuknavich Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art 2320 West Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL 60622

I enjoyed this recent interview with Mickey Z. As always, it’s entertaining and controversial! http://tinyurl.com/dh75h7