New Peter Rock Novel!
The Shelter Cycle by Peter Rock comes out April 2nd. I can not WAIT to read this one.
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“If I have something to say to women, to artists, it’s this: Explore the radical possibilities of facing outwards. Take up space. Be big.” –Molly Crabapple, “Diego, Frida, and Me”
Every time you pre-order a book, struggling writers everywhere feel a little jolt of hope.
Usually, we attribute it to static electricity. But still. It’s a nice thing to do. A supportive thing to do. Which is all to say that…. GUYS! The Revolution of Every Day is now available for pre-order on Amazon! I’ll …
Reading my way into homesickness
“What is this thing that homogenizes complexity, difference, dynamic dialogic action for change and replaces it with sameness? With a kind of institutionalization of culture? With a lack of demand on the powers that be? With containment? My answer to …
My book has a cover
I walked into the Tin House office today to pick up Nanci McCloskey, the Director of Publicity, for a coffee meeting and this was waiting for me. My editor, Meg, had it all set up on the edge of …
In which I become obsessed with a poem and John Roderick nearly kills me
1. I’ve read “Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out,” by Richard Siken at least once a day since first reading it about two weeks ago. Truth be told, I usually read it twice a day. In the first …
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The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space
Back in mid-December I started volunteering remotely with the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space, an amazing new museum in NYC’s Lower East Side dedicated to grassroots activism, with a specific focus on squats and community gardens. They needed someone to …
How do you like my new place?
Nice, yeah? More pages. We can spread out a little. Thanks to the web magic of Identity Web and Photo, you shouldn’t have to do anything to your RSS feeds to keep up with new posts. AND the nesting comment …
“Because land is life…”
“Because land is life, the struggle for a home through squatting is synonymous with the struggle for life itself.” Frank Morales (dare I call him a legendary squatter? After all the years of research for and writing of The Revolution …
Reader survey
You come across the term “spatial deconcentration” in a novel about squatters on the Lower East Side in the mid-nineties. You: A) Know what it means B) Don’t know what it means and look it up C) Don’t know what …