“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…
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…
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…
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…
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, 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…
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…
In case you missed it the first time I posted it, or want to watch it again. (And really, you should.) Here is my friend Phuc’s TED talk, now edited so you can watch just his brilliance instead of skipping…
I’m filling out my author questionnaire for Tin House and it has a spot where I can list people who should receive review copies—that is, people in a position to promote or review the book, or adopt it for an…
I met with my (wonderful, brilliant, delightful, beloved) editor on Tuesday to go over her line edits for The Revolution of Every Day. Tin House is an amazing publisher regardless of location, but I’m feeling especially lucky to work with…