INTERVIEWS AND SUCH
Her: Yes, I certainly have.
Me: And do you know why?
Her: Why?
Me: Because I’m an…..
Her: …
Me: I’m an…
Her: Entrepreneur?
Me: I guess sort of, but not what I’m referencing. Because I’m an a____
Her: a____ddictive personality disorder?
Me: …
Her: …
Me: No. Because I’m an adult.
Her: Oh. Right.
Devein
Don DeLillo wrote a film that starred Robert Downy Jr and Michael “Diane” Keaton with a score by Yo La Tengo? How did I not know about this? And what happens now that I do?
I look forward to the day when an old friend has a heartfelt conversation with my adult child and says, “You know, your father can be a real fucking asshole.”
My dream last night was as disturbing as it was interpretable, which is to say on both counts very. I didn’t learn anything I didn’t already know, just now I know them harder.
Is how hard it is to get anyone to look me in the eye the thing that makes me want it so bad? All this asleep to noise, never looking up from whats in our quick fingers, we’ve forgotten how to fall and be okay down there, out of focus from what’s right in front of us. I’m writing this by hand and no matter what I can’t do it as fast as i need to and still be able to read it tomorrow.
The new issue of New York Tyrant, in which I contributed a very violent and depressing story, is available for pre-order. I couldn’t feel more thrilled to be amongst such fantastic and dead writers. Buy one or I’ll enter your dreams in a way you’ll regret!
A note from the mercurial man of mystery and beauty, NYT editor Giancarlo Ditrapano:
“New York Tyrant 8 (Vol.3, No.2) is available for preorder. The book went to press today and will be back and ready to ship in two weeks. Not to blow my own horn (and I can do that, you know), but this is a pretty solid issue. Sam Lipsyte, Ken Sparling, Noy Holland, Breece D’J Pancake, an interview with Padgett Powell, Daryl Scroggins, two beautiful pieces by Brandon Hobson, Andy Devine, Ken Baumann, Sean Kilpatrick, Michael Kimball, more drawings (one sampled below) from Atticus Lish, and a shit ton of other great writers. The theme of this issue turned out, unintentionally, to be knives. Lots of knives in these stories. I swear I don’t do this shit on purpose.
A couple issues ago, we made the Tyrant 300 pages long. We are now back to a better length, less than 200 pages. I hate when journals get all bulky and are just too intimidating to even get through half of the stories. We’ll be having a launch party within the next couple of weeks so I’ll keep you updated on that. But until then, please go get your copy of the new Tyrant. Buy a subscription. Okay, here’s a deal. If you buy a 4 issue subscription or the larger 8 issue, we will throw in a copy of Brian Evenson’s novella Baby Leg. And if you buy a copy of the new Tyrant in the next 5 days, we will include a copy of Tyrant Books’ latest release, Firework by Eugene Marten. I’ve never done this discount/sale thing before but it feels good and right. No it doesn’t. It sucks and it hurts.”
