June 2012
13 posts
6 tags
79.9 :: 'tao lin's 3rd novel' by matthew donahoo
‘tao lin’s 3rd novel’ by matthew donahoo // self-published & muumuu house, 2012
79.9
no one is going to ‘believe’ this
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but i read this chapbook before the ‘vice’ piece
you all say that is the ‘likely claim’
say it say it say it say it say it
you knew matthew donahoo before ‘vice’ knew matthew donahoo
say it...
May 2012
11 posts
8 tags
58.3 :: 'welcome to voodoo house' by j.d.a....
‘welcome to voodoo house’ by j.d.a winslow // self published, 2012
58.3
‘alt lit’ seems to like ‘oo-oo’ sounds
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voodoo
muumuu
cuckoo
poo-poo
my friend comes
up to me. she
seems sad. her
eyes seemed a
little clouded,
her skin was
pale,
and…glowing?
going to have to be real honest here
i don’t ‘get’ this
j.d.a....
4 tags
‘new’ or ‘old’
what are your ‘suggestions’ ?
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76.9 :: 'pop serial #3' by various & edited by...
‘pop serial #3’ by various & edited by stephen tully dierks // pop seria,l 2012
76.9
feel like i enjoyed this more than the score above
maybe i should anticipate ‘whiplash’ or something
i mean ‘flashforward to backlash’
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but it’s almost ‘totally’ impossible to properly
‘rank’ a journal
(please...
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80.0 :: 'internet girls' by ana c.
‘internet girls’ by ana c // self-published, 2012
80.0
have a tumblr?
‘curate’ a tumble log?
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have a vag?
do you lack peen envy?
then this ebook is for u!?
ana c is alt lit’s lil darling
alt lit’s sugar mama
the mama of alt lit’s sweet supple self
‘internet girls: the ebook’ is ana c ‘talking to’
the girls of the...
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84.7 :: 'a million bears' by spencer madsen
‘a million bears’ by spencer madsen // self-published, 2011
84.7
remember like i don’t know last year or something
that video
spencer mad is just riding his bike
was like ‘who’s this bro just riding his bike, who cares?’
ppl started to read it and were like yeah
agree this book is like yeah
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good kanye & jay-z tweets in here, funny...
mrianmbelcurry asked: I'll mail you a chapbook, if you like, por gratis. Are you Walter Mackey?
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76.0 :: 'what if everything sucks' by buttercup...
‘what if everything sucks’ by buttercup mcgillicuddy // self published, 2012
76.0
how does life work? are there ‘ups and downs’? are there ‘good’ parts and ‘bad’ parts of life? are you trying hard to ‘make something beautiful?’
do you want to ‘make something beautiful’ before you die? [[MORE]]
this poetry...
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49.9 :: 'anatomy courses' by blake butler and sean...
‘anatomy courses‘ by blake butler and sean kilpatrick // lazy fascist press, 2012
49.9
there is one dark fear
that haunts the mind of
‘every’
alt lit reader
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i am so terrified.
i am so scared.
i am afraid.
i am unsure of
what is happening to ‘me.’
feel like this is crap
feel like the ‘alt lit writer of 2011‘ is...
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82.5 :: 'grow up' by ben brooks
‘grow up’ by ben brooks // penguin books, 2012
82.5
what goes on here
is a story of hopelessness
in a hopeless world
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of kids doinnng stuff
more stuff
drugs even possibly, yeah
‘false accusations’ i think
the small inclinations of the young & the skilled
procrastination is a fave
some serious issues, here, really
you don’t know they’re...
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92.1 :: 'selected unpublished blog posts of a...
‘selected unpublished blog posts of a mexican panda express employee’ by megan boyle // muumuu house, 2011
92.1
seems like whoever runs ‘i am alt lit’ might be influenced by this but to be completely honest i’m not sure
[[MORE]] lots of lowercase, etc. lots of great statements and hard returns really like this beginning in ‘1.02.09’
i could never be...
