The conference is very well attended this year. Dimitri Anastasopoulos and Christina Milletti did an amazing job pulling the thing together. We're hoping they don't collapse from exhaustion. Steve Tomasula presented his DVD "book," Toc. There was some discussion in the wee hours about whether it really is a book, especially since Steve slipped up…
Ed at the &Now Festival of Innovative Writing & the Literary Arts, Buffalo, NY
I'll be participating as a panelist on the following: Purple Brain: A Paul West Panel Anne-Laure Tissut, Dimitri Anastasopoulos, Dave Kress, Edward Desautels, Christina Milletti (critical/model airplanes) Location: Ellicott (3rd) Time: Friday, October 16, 2009, 11:30 to 12:50 PM Dreams of Dada/Surrealism (critifiction) Steve Katz, Yuriy Tarnawsky, Edward Desautels, Dimitri Anastasopoulos Location: Ellicott (3rd) Time:…
The Paul West Experience: Liberating the Microcosms
I've prepared this essay for the 4th Biennial &Now Festival of Innovative Writing & the Literary Arts, to be held this week in Buffalo, NY. I'll be joining Anne-Laure Tissut, Dimitri Anastasopoulos, Dave Kress, and Christina Milletti for "Purple Brain: A Paul West Panel." The essay recalls some of my fond memories of Paul, and…
&Now Conference
I'm looking forward to participating in the &Now Conference of innovative writing at University of Buffalo in October. I'll be a panelist on a panel discussing the life and work of novelist Paul West. I'll also be a panelist on a panel taking up influences of Dada and Surrealism. The conference will take place in…
Ed Desautels' Maximum Fiction 