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Book People: James Laughlin and New Directions
by Geo Ong James Laughlin had aspirations to be a great poet. A friend of his, a man by the name of Ezra Pound, told him as only a friend (or a critic) could: ‘You’re never going to be any … Continue reading
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Tagged books, dorothy pound, Ezra Pound, fiction, gertrude stein, independent publishing, james joyce, james laughlin, new directions, new york city, paris, poetry, poets, publishing, publishing companies, rapallo, tennessee williams, the way it wasn't, thomas merton, writers
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Story on a String: Road Grit, Chapter Seven
Road Grit Chapter 1 * Chapter 2 * Chapter 3 * Chapter 4 * Chapter 5 * Chapter 6 *Join the story!* Chapter Seven by Sarah Jost Gray threw his head back and let out a whoop. “Yeah, you’re from … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Literature, Story on a String
Tagged fiction, road grit, sarah jost, short
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Story on a String: Road Grit, Chapter Six
Road Grit Chapter 1 * Chapter 2 * Chapter 3 * Chapter 4* Chapter 5 *Join the story!* Chapter Five by Dominique Andrée Hinman Joe continued to look at the girl for an exhaled breath of a moment before he … Continue reading
Story on a String: Road Grit, Chapter Five
Road Grit Chapter 1 * Chapter 2 * Chapter 3 * Chapter 4 *Join the story!* Chapter Five by Anna Kirgo When Gray returned from crouching behind the Chevy, where he’d fumbled through cleaning up the physical proof of his … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Examples in Urchinism, Guest Urchins, Literature, Story on a String
Tagged anna kirgo, fiction, road grit, short fiction, short story
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Story on a String: Road Grit, Chapter Three
Road Grit Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 by Erica Castillo The girl berated the driver with her foul mouth and dense pistol for hitting a pothole. This was the first time Joe or Gray heard her speak. The voice … Continue reading
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Tagged erica castillo, fiction, road grit, short story, writing
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Story on a String: Road Grit, Chapter Two
Road Grit Chapter 1 Chapter Two by Geo Ong Joe and Gray hurried toward the stopped car in a cloud of red dust and, when it finally settled, came face to face with the driver: a middle-aged man with leather … Continue reading
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Tagged fiction, road grit, short story, writing
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At Verso, Books Burn You!
By Geo Ong Verso Books claims to be ‘the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English-speaking world’ and there seems very little reason to doubt them. Verso’s catalogue tackles many challenging topics as straightforwardly as your distant aunt telling … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Money, Geo, Literature, Politics & Global Issues
Tagged activism, books, fiction, green gone wrong, guatemala, i rigoberta menchu, indigenous societies, italian resistance, marxism, none of us were like this before, nonfiction, publishers, publishing companies, quiche, radical literature, radical publishing, rebel rank and file, revolutionaries, rigoberta menchu, rosa luxemburg, rossana rossanda, spartacus league, verso, verso books, wu ming
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Be a Part of the Next Story on a String!
Ten weeks ago we began an Urchin interactive experiment called Story on a String, a short story comprised of chapters written independently of one another by different authors. The inaugural story, Arctic Chill, was, as guest Urchin Anna Kirgo described … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Examples in Urchinism, Geo, Guest Urchins, Literature, Story on a String
Tagged arctic chill, fiction, short story, writing
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