Guest blogs at InDigest & 1207 Readings Coming Up

Today marks the final day of guest blogs from author Jacob Ritari at InDigest. He blogged all week about what is wrong with the selection process for the Nobel Prize in literature and how it's take on international literature is infuriating (and why that might be the reason Yukio Mishima killed himself). Ritari is the author of the forthcoming book from Unbridled Book, Taroko Gorge.

Also, come join InDigest for two InDigest 1207 Reading Series events this week. On Saturday, at 5pm, we have author Ander Monson (whose great new book, Vanishing Point, I reviewed at Bookslut) and Sam Osterhout (of Radio Happy Hour). Then on Tuesday June 1, we've got Leigh Stein, Becca Klaver, and Zachary German at the KGB Bar at 7pm. Come have a drink. Both readings are free, and wonderful. You can find all upcoming 1207 Reading Series dates here.

It's true. Duotrope robots interviewed me about InDigest. I'm figuring it out.

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New Radio Happy Hour Preproduction Video

We've got a new Radio Happy Hour preproduction video:

Unsilent Film Series

Visual Poetry

(in all the coverage of this I find it most humorous that no one is questioning why this grown man is wearing a young woman's Justin Beiber t-shirt...)

Hoo Ha - New InDigest

After months of work (we've recently altered InDigest from a monthly to a quarterly publication) we've got a new issue of InDigest, and it may very well be the best thing I've tasted since the invention of flour. We've started a new project with InDigest Broadsides (which are lovely little artifacts, this one from CA Conrad). There are interviews with great people like Sharon van Etten, She Keeps Bees, Chris Koza, Matt Weiland, Joseph Rizzo and more. Poetry like mad cakes. Fiction from Franz Nicolay and Mark Hage. A tour diary from Dark Dark Dark. It's mind-blowing; it truly is. Like this photo of a vest ad. It goes well with golf clubs.

New Tapes 'n Tapes

A somewhat grainy video, with really great audio, of a new track from Tapes 'n Tapes called "SWM." (It's from Radio Happy Hour in Minneapolis.)

Heading to Lincoln Soon

Do the Dead Weather quote Maya Deren here?

New Dead Weather video. It's the fashion is Gothic, and there is a lot of mask wearing, but other parts of it seem to be quoting Maya Deren's "Meshes of the Afternoon." Am I just projecting that onto this video or does anyone else see that happening too?

Review of Vanishing Point: Not a Memoir

Good news from InDigest and InDigest 1207 is Tuesday night

Over at the InDigest Blog we've just posted some good news. A story originally published in InDigest has one a Best of the Net award, and two poems from InDigest were finalists for the awards (Nicole Callihan, Ada Limón, and Erica Wright, respectively).

InDigest has also just been made an official member of CLMP (Council of Literary Magazine Presses).

And most importantly, tonight (kind of tomorrow right now, but soon to be tonight) is InDigest 1207 w/ poets CA Conrad and Laura Sims, and essayist Daniel Nester. As per usual things kick off with drinks at 6:30, words at 7. It's free and will be at (le) Poisson Rouge on Bleecker.

Episode #7 of Radio Happy Hour is Out Now!

Episode #7 of Radio Happy Hour, w/ special guests Cursive, author Arthur Phillips, and John & Molly Knefel is out now. You can get a direct download of the podcast here or you can get it for free at the iTunes store.

New John & molly Get Along

Greenberg Review

Open

A film I worked on in Minneapolis, called Open, just became the first American film to win the Jury Prize at Berlinale. Not sure when it will play in the US. But congrats to Jake and everyone on that film that made it great. You can see some images, and interview, and other business here.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Video From Feb. 13 Radio Happy Hour: Jessi Klein Interview

InDigest 1207 is tonight

InDigest's monthly reading series is tonight at (le) Poisson Rouge with poets Matt Hart and Nate Pritts. I will be down there with Jess hosting the reading, and there will be a lot of poetry that is better than a blog post.

The Art of the Steal Review

Dustin on Bookslut (click picture)