An anthology I’m part of just came out

…that being the Anthology of Etiquette and Terrifying Angels with Many Heads, edited by the mysterious & reclusive James Tadd Adcox.

Besides me, it features writing by Matt Bell, J. Bradley, Caroline Crew, Michael Czyniejewski, Jess Dutschmann, Megan M. Garr, Melissa Goodrich, Mason Johnson, M Kitchell, Robert Kloss, Meghan Lamb, Seth Oelbaum, Brian Oliu, Joel Patton, Poncho Peligroso, Caroline Picard, Matt Rowan, Joseph Scapellato, Davis Schneiderman, Glenn Shaheen, Dan Shapiro, Amber Sparks, Colin Winnette, and Russ Woods.

You can download a PDF copy here, via Nap Litmag. I just downloaded mine.

& thanks, Tadd, for having me!

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I gave a lecture at Co-Prosperity Sphere

Me, lecturing. Photo by Caroline Picard.

Last week was such a busy one for me that I forgot to mention that I was giving a lecture at Co-Prosperity Sphere. This was part of a mini-symposium organized by Lily Robert-Foley, Location/Location: The Mistranslation of Objects, which was part of the show Field Static, curated by Caroline Picard and Devin King. The other symposium participants were Meredith Kooi, Laura Goldstein & Brett Balogh, Gene Tanta, and T. Siddle.

I had promised to talk about “Conceptual Writing’s Aesthetic and Political Commitments,” but instead I presented two of my recent HTMLGIANT “generating text” posts: “The Spell Check Technique” and “Dictionary Expansions.” You can see photos from the event here.

Field Static will be up through 13 June, and includes work by Rebecca Mir, Carrie Gundersdorf, Heather Mekkelson, Ellen Rothenberg, Stephen Lapthisophon, Christian Kuras, Duncan MacKenzie, Mark Booth, and my former roommate Justin Cabrillos. Co-Prosperity Sphere is open on Sundays from 1-4 and by appointment.

The show in the space. Photo by Caroline Picard.

Thanks, Lily, Caroline, and Devin! And congrats, Caroline & Devin! I still think you should hyphenate your surnames: “King Picard”!

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