The novelist Paul West has had the greatest influence on my development as a writer. I first had the great fortune of encountering this member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, winner of the Prix Médicis and the Lannan Literary Award for Fiction, Literary Lion of the New York Public Library system, and…
In my novel (in progress), Housebreaking the Muse, a reformed, erudite, and chatty Père Ubu plays a central role and handles the lion's share of the narrative. The following excerpt is from the second chapter, in which Ubu introduces himself and explains his role. The entire chapter appears in the 2009 issue of Stolen Island…
As I noted in an earlier post, my effort to be polite and not use flash at sensitive moments left me with many unusable photos. These are the half-decent ones. Lesson learned: If you want a good photo, sometimes you have to be rude!
I hit the ground running at 8:30 a.m., presenting "Impressions of Jacques Rigaut"--excerpts of Rigaut narrative from Housebreaking the Muse--as part of the panel "Dreams of Dada/Surrealism." I was in the distinguished company of Steve Katz, Yuriy Tarnawsky, and conference co-director, Dimitri Anastasopoulos. Each of us had, I believe, a wildly different take on the…
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:…
Ed Desautels' Maximum Fiction 