something in the 70s :: ‘gesture magazine #4’ by various
‘gesture magazine #4’ by various, edited by matthew sherling // gorilla press, 2k13
something in the 70s
(ed. ‘note’: matthew sherling contributes to this blog; he ‘may’ or ‘may have not’ written this; all reviews at ‘i am alt lit’ are anonymous unless otherwise noted)
Gesture is put out by Gorilla Press, which Matthew Sherling runs along with several other people
he also runs the interview/review site called Cutty Spot which everybody knows about, or at least they should
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55.0 :: ‘#personal’ by caleb bouchard
‘#personal’ by caleb bouchard // author created, 2k13
55.0
seems like an uneven score
seems like we’re ‘caught up’ in what it means to ‘fail’ & ‘succeed’
this is the end of the ‘school’ year, yeh
this is the end of formal education, yeh
but instead of the bipolarity of ‘failure/success’
let’s just think of it as a satisfying third way into the middle
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the I AM NOT ALT LIT e-chap now here, nice
‘selected image macros from i am not alt lit’
this is how ppl talk about ‘alt lit’ when they talk abt ‘alt lit’
from the blog I AM NOT ALT LIT
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(via iamnotaltlit)
74.9 :: ‘i am like october when i’m dead’ by steve roggenbuck
‘i am like october when i am dead’ by steve roggenbuck // self-published, 2010; new edition 2k13
74.9
this book is exactly the width of my hand
it’s the height of my ‘pointer’ finger
its pages have no numbers
it’s printed v similarly to ‘crunk juice’ – just ~much smaller
he first published this book in 2010 & just recently reprinted it w ‘new poems’ in the back
although steve types in lower-case & doesn’t include apostrophes, this older work is more ‘tame’ in terms of taking ‘risks’ in form, aka no misspellings
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35.0 :: ‘the mall, issue 2’ by various
‘the mall, issue 2’ by various // the mall, 2k13
35.0
robert fournier
seems v ‘surreal’
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wondering if things had emitted particles before ‘now’/ what changed to make everything emit particles
‘good pile of dirt’ seems funny
felt a ‘futuristic’ vibe from robert’s work
interesting line breaks & capitalization choices
parts of this poem seem ‘tangible’ and others seem ‘intangible’ and like, only exist in my imagination
unsure i ‘get’ his ‘style’ but i guess poetry is essentially a ‘you do you’ type of thing
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56.1 :: ‘mdma’ by tao lin & megan boyle + 56.7 :: ‘i saw bird sitting…’ by kelsea bayse
MDMA (TRAILER 1) from MDMAfilms on Vimeo.
‘mdma’ by tao lin & megan boyle // MDMAfilms, 2011
56.1
+
‘i saw a bird sitting…’; by kelsea basye // sway press, 2013
56.7
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decided to read ‘i saw a bird sitting’ while watching the ‘film’ ‘mdma’ by tao lin & megan boyle, each for the first time
thought
‘i’m glad i didn’t pay $$ for either of these’ ~3 mins into the
‘dbl-immersion’ experience, watching the film on one laptop while
reading the ebook on another
~5 mins after starting, thought ‘i need more [something] or
[something else] to enjoy this at all but i’m going to keep doing it’
thought ‘take one for the blog’
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97.3 :: ‘mumblecore’ dir. by tao lin & megan boyle
‘mumblecore’ dir. by tao lin & megan boyle // mdma films, 2011
97.3
the movie begins w. tao & megan both speaking in the same tone, w. the same inflections
that’s what happens in a relationship
the 2 start talking like each other
the 2 start high fiving each other & punching e/o in the arm, like megan & tao do in a bedroom, then she tells him abt a dream where someone’s touching her ass, & on the bed they seem v unaware / unconcered w/ the recording, hey don’t touch e/o much unless in a humorously violent way, at first, like in the library when he sticks his hands in her mouth & stretches her cheeks, then they start touching e/o more ‘affectionately’ as the movie ‘unfolds’
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60.8 ‘the prodigal’ by alexander j allison
‘the prodigal’ by alexander j allison // civil coping mechanisms, 2012? 2013?
60.8
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started reading this book by not reading this book
read 10 pages of the book
felt really ‘off-put’ by gchat references
came back to it ‘eventually’
aka ~2 months later
(sorry)
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59.0 :: ‘austin nights’ by herocious
‘austin nights’ by herocious/Michael Davidson // tiny toe press, 2011
59.0
read this book if you believe in self-determination
“If I must run according to a clock, I want to run on this clock…the one of shifting tectonic plates, creeping oceans, imploding stars, and winding rivers.”
‘austin nights’ doesn’t bother with ‘conventional’ plot;
the novel functions like the ocean: themes, motifs, people,
reflections, philosophical inquiries, and the ever-present
desire to find or make meaning out of one’s life briefly
wash up into the reader’s proximity before receding again
into sea and sky, character and description; herocious masters
the ebb and flow of observations referenced, set aside, referenced again
