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Ghettoized…
From Gary Shteyngart‘s conversation with Alex Shephard at Full Stop: It used to be that novelists wanted to entertain. Huckleberry Finn: helluva read. Portnoy’s Complaint, a big monologue aimed at an unsuspecting audience: hilarious. If it wasn’t funny, who gave a shit? Some dude has problems with his mom? Whatever. So that’s always at the basis of what I’m trying to do. I don’t want literature – literary fiction – to be ghettoized, to be this tiny little thing that’s only read by the people who write it.Read More
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The Public, Reading
Today I heard Gary Shteyngart interviewed by Terry Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air, mainly about his new novel, Super Sad True Love Story. Toward the end of the interview he mentioned what seems to me the most exciting reading series I’ve heard of in years. Organized by Christopher Frizzelle, the ongoing event happens in Seattle (read about it here and here), but could easily happen in your town.Read More
Joseph Hutchison, Colorado Poet Laureate 2014-2019, has published 20 collections of poems and edited or co-edited three poetry anthologies. He currently directs two master’s-level programs for University College at the University of Denver: Professional Creative Writing and Arts & Culture Management. Joe lives with his wife, Melody Madonna, in the mountains southwest of Denver, Colorado, the city where he was born. 
