July 2012
13 posts
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79.9 :: 'keep this bag away from children' by...
‘keep this bag away from children’ first print issue by various // 2012
79.9
read: ‘keep this bag away from children’ b/c your alt lit heroes are in it
seems stronger than most journals b/c of ‘this’
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read: “type of lies” by andrew james weatherhead b/c there are many different types of lies, all of them enjoyable, some of them possibly true
read:...
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'upcoming reviews'
8/3 - ‘new york essays’ by erik stinson
8/7 - ‘100 poems in 1 day’ by satino dela
8/8 - I AM ALT LIT interview ‘#4’
8/10 - ‘child of tree’ by matt margo
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79.2 :: 'every laundromat in the world' by mel...
‘every laundromat in the world’ by mel bosworth // safety third enterprises, 2012
79.2
this is like service-class flash
milk trucks
old men on porches
dead cats
convenience stores
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like this from ‘mending’
A man who runs a convenience store
sells the convenience store
and then buys another convenience store
many miles from the original convenience store
when his wife leaves...
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84.4 :: 'i imagine you in your house, cleaning...
‘i imagine you in your house, cleaning your chest’ by sarah jean alexander //self-published, 2012
84.4 have ‘mild’ ‘reservations’ using adjectives to describe this ‘understated’ ‘honest’ lol, ‘sincere’
[[MORE]] the opener:
1. A man who looks like you walks past my window. I have only been awake for 3 minutes...
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I AM ALT LIT interview '#3': beach sloth
here are some ‘questions’:
1) where are you answering these ‘questions’? what are your ‘surroundings’ like? I am answering these questions in a room different than the room you are sitting in now. My surroundings are dark. I have a computer in front of me. The air conditioner is behind me. I am wearing headphones and am listening to an album I’ve never heard...
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80.9 :: 'three years' edited by buttercup...
80.9 :: ‘three years’ edited by buttercup mcgillicuddy // self-published, 2012
mostly this is gchat b/w buttecup mcgillicuddy & tao lin from like 2009-2012 seems really ‘focused’ on 2009 seems really unintentionally ‘humorous’ sense of ‘awe’ or something like buttercup has crashed tao lin’s gchat party like he took a ‘chance’...
Anonymous asked: new sadcoredadwave issue! nom nom nom
Anonymous asked: extremely shamefully submit anything at all that i've written for review. i posted 2 new things today. very extremely shamefully asking you this. -postitbreakupwhoisnotwaltermackeybutistryingtomakehisplaceintheworldallthesame
ohyesitsladiesnight asked: Yes, ask Cayla Lockwood about 'posters' or 'prints' or 'postcards' or whatever.
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'upcoming reviews'
july 10 - ‘summer break’ by i am alt lit
july 13 - ‘summer break’ by i am alt lit
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68.4 :: 'northwest represent' by andrea coates
‘northwest represent’ by andrea coates // self published, 2012
68.4
what ‘andrea coates’ wrote to ‘i am alt lit’
is Andrea Coates just a Bitch Peeps shouldn’t trust or is she like a Fine Piece of Ass who can string Words to gether like no Other ????
seems like andrea coates wants to
be ‘known’
or at least...
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63.7 :: 'lol. thx texas i will never love again.'...
‘lol. thx texas i wil never love again.’ by willis plummer //self-published, 2012
63.7
very minimal
LIVING UNDER WATER IS IMPOSSIBLE BUT I AM GOING TO TRY, SO HELP ME GOD.
don’t want to ‘quote’ this ebook much because then the ‘entire’ ebook will be in this review [[MORE]] willis plummer is obsessed, it seems with ‘drowning’ or the...
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81.8 :: 'trill' by justin carter
‘trill’ by justin carter // reality hands, 2012
81.8
extend alt lit
beyond two dimensions
with some IRL descrips
of the texas landscape
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//
here’s justin carter
describing the nonexistent snowstorms
and providing context
for the parking lots of our
ever fleeting
yesterdays
//
justin said something
i think
about not being alt lit
but writing alt lit
idk
but i’ll...
