Articles by Blake Butler
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Making Up Bands in Your Brain While High
Dan Magers wears a copy of his book around his neck on a gold chain. It's like that. Full story
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Three Thin Weird Good Books About Sex and Power
Read these books and then go go get laid, or dominate something. Full story
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Famous Authors’ Thoughts While Being Photographed
I knew I should have shaved. I fucking knew it. This motherfucker best stop staring at my chin. Fast, if he knows what’s good for him. Full story
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Books with Blurbs by Bono, Thomas Kinkade, and Tyler Perry
So many book blurbs seem as if they were written by someone under deep hypnosis, or by an autistic robot with a PhD in tickling. Full story
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Cormac McCarthy Vs. Three 6 Mafia
McCarthy won a Pulitzer, Three 6 got an Oscar. Both have ten major primary works spanning several decades, and both like talking about guns and blood and alcohol. This is going to be close. Full story
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How to Write a Novel About Murdering Nazis
For the most part I can’t stand books about shit from history. It’s not time’s fault, it’s mine. Full story
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Thinking about Suicide in the Breakroom
"Conversations I have with baggers at grocery stores seem to be affecting me the most." Full story
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Beautiful Gross People on Notebook Paper
Atticus Lish is one of our favorite scribblers. His drawings are all about political beheadings, mail order dildos, and men with hairy arms serving people English Breakfast tea. Full story
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Cleverbot on Contemporary Literature, Dating, and God
"What do tigers dream of, when they take a little tiger snooze?" Full story
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Get Your MFA from L. Ron Hubbard
I wish someone would try to take over my mind when I read their novel, make me give them all my money, make me go on TV and jump up and down on sofas barking. Full story
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