Articles by Giancarlo DiTrapano

Giancarlo DiTrapano

Articles by Giancarlo DiTrapano

Friday Tyrant - Women Can't Write

But! There's this one woman from Kentucky who was wise enough to just say she had a big old dick in order to get her stories published. "Here's my story. Yes, I have a penis." Full story

2010 Apr 16 Giancarlo DiTrapano Stuff

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Friday Tyrant - Give Lish A Chance

Something big, a big book, is in the works. You ever heard of Gordon Lish? If you have, odds are you're thinking about that tiff he had with Raymond Carver that's been going on for ages and that is now officially dead even though people keep talking about it. Full story

2010 Mar 26 Giancarlo DiTrapano Stuff

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Friday Tyrant - Alex Balk Freaks Out

Remember when Gawker was really good? When Balk was writing there? Amid all the morally ambiguous snark, Balk's heartbeat, under all of that, was the most human thing on there that you could almost kind of hear. Full story

2010 Feb 12 Giancarlo DiTrapano Stuff

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Friday Fiction From The Tyrant

Tyrant Books is in talks right now to make this thing a book. It will be a helluva book. This is just a sampling. Enjoy. Full story

2010 Feb 5 Giancarlo DiTrapano Stuff

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NY Tyrant: Robert Glück Makes You Blow Him

Check this story real quick. It is super short and has maybe one of the best lines I have ever come across in it. You might be able to tell which one. Maybe not. You heard of Robert Glück? You should have. Full story

2010 Jan 25 Giancarlo DiTrapano Stuff

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NY Tyrant: Sheila Heti's Brother's Nuts

I met Sheila Heti one night at her reading series "Trampoline Hall." This was when we were working on the first issue of the Tyrant and she was gracious enough to give us a story for it. Which really is gracious. Full story

2010 Jan 12 Giancarlo DiTrapano Stuff

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NY Tyrant: Att-i-cus! Att-i-cus!

As promised, here's Atticus Lish. Full story

2010 Jan 8 Giancarlo DiTrapano Stuff

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NY Tyrant: Blake Butler

You've either heard about this guy and already love him, or you'll hear about him soon enough. Full story

2010 Jan 6 Giancarlo DiTrapano Stuff

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NY Tyrant: Rachel Sherman's Last Will

This is the last you'll be hearing from the New York Tyrant until after the break so to keep with the tradition of year-end lists, I am giving you a life-end list. This is the first story we published of Rachel Sherman's and is my personal favorite. Full story

2009 Dec 24 Giancarlo DiTrapano Stuff

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NY Tyrant: Secret O'Hara

Some stories need no introduction, and some mornings you can't find the will or strength to write one. Full story

2009 Dec 23 Giancarlo DiTrapano Stuff

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