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Welcome to featherproof
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Written by featherproof
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Chicago lost the Olympics. And we here at featherproof are going to personally make up for it by holding spectacle events of our own. Like, next week.
First up: book-eating at the Chicago release party for SCORCH ATLAS by strong man Blake Butler. This full length fiction debut has received piles of praise, and Blake is making his way to Chicago for a night of reading, celebration, and general debauchery.
Amelia Gray, author of AM/PM, will also fly in to join him. And if you saw, heard rumors about, or viewed pictures from this summer's Dollar Store Super Tour you know that when these two get together to read, shit goes down. Like fortune-tellin, hair-humpin, baby-eating, bicycle birthday shit. These two will be joined by the power of Sam Pink and Kathryn Regina. Who will win the gold medal for crazy? We don't know because by then we'll be rocking out to Tiger Bones and DJ Butch Cassidy. So bring your crazy flags and your baby flasks. This ain't your mom's book club reading.
Scorch Atlas Release Party:
When: Monday, 10/12, 7pm
Where: No Coast Collective
1500 W. 17th St, Chicago
Cost: FREE!
With readings by:
Blake Butler
Amelia Gray
Sam Pink
Kathryn Regina
And music from:
Tiger Bones
and DJ Butch Cassidy
Remember the bender that was this summer's Dollar Store Super Tour? What did we learn? DON'T STOP DRINKING. That's right, we're going to slide from late night Monday right into more whiskey decisions on Tuesday night. You're gonna have to call in. Get your shift covered now. Mary Hamilton did. Check it:
Quickies!
Each reader has five minutes to read a complete work of prose. No poetry. No excerpts. No cheating.
Tuesday, October 13 at the Innertown Pub in Chicago (1935 W Thomas). 7:30 in the PM.
featuring: Beth Wylder, Ben Tanzer, Richard Thomas, Tim Racine, Casey Bye, Amelia Gray, Aaron Burch, Blake Butler, Jac Jemc, Caroline Picard, Zach Dodson (and also, prizes).
In fact Lindsay and Amelia just won a round of doubles over at: Three Guys One Book! They said this: "Lindsay Hunter writes like a Yeah, Yeah, Yeah's song", and then also, this: "Amelia Gray is already operating like a seasoned pro. (AM/PM is a) deceptively big book wrapped in a small package."
Also, Vroman thinks we're cool. We think they are cool too. Kind internet words have given our team a continual pep talk. We're also training for our newest event: the TripleQuick iPhone app. Coming very very soon. At the moment we're still high from this victory:
SCROTAL CASH
FREE to download
Scorch Atlas remixes by: Brian Evenson, Matt Bell, Elizabeth Ellen, Chris Higgs (who remixed the whole book by erasure), Matthew Simmons, Marcus Whale, J.A. Tyler, Catherine Lacey, Andrew Borgstrom, John Madera, and Jon Cone.
Hope to see you on the victory lap. We've got a high-five with your name on it.
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Written by featherproof
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We're pleased to announce that it's all come true. Here's the debut eBook title for our newest project: featherproof remixes. Those are short story collections wherein awesome writers rearrange, rewrite, redefine and reimagine a work just as it’s getting out into the world. We're publishing each remix as an ebook, downloadable to your computer or mobile device. We’ve kicked it off with Blake Butler’s Scorch Atlas, our fall title, because it seems so perfect for the project.
Here's what happened. A boatload of awesome writers downloaded Blake's story "Tour of the Drowned Neighborhood," and took it apart. Some wrote a story using just a few sentences, some rearranged all of the sentences, some deleted bits of the entire book to create a completely new story. Nick Meccia remixed the design into a pure froth of crazy. We asked other writers to try their hand at the game, and even held an open contest. Blake was the judge, and the winning story was remixed by Krammer Abrahams. Congrats Krammer!
But he's not the only one winning a prize. This puppy is free for you to download here and now, so dive in to a remixed Scorch Atlas, aka:
SCROTAL CASH
Free ebook:
click to download
151 pages, PDF format for eBooks
Scorch Atlas remixes by: Brian Evenson, Matt Bell, Elizabeth Ellen, Chris Higgs (who remixed the whole book by erasure), Matthew Simmons, Marcus Whale, J.A. Tyler, Catherine Lacey, Andrew Borgstrom, John Madera, and Jon Cone.
This eBook is free! Download it now to read on your computer or portable reading gadget.
If you like the book, and
you'd like to support our small press, feel free to donate whatever you see fit by use of the
paypal donation button below:
In other news, the latest edition of the Ninth Letter podcast, features a reading of 'The Gown from Mother's Stomach' (a story in Scorch Atlas) spoken by Jennifer Bradford.
Also, Vroman thinks we're cool. We think they are cool too. We don't have a list of 5 awesome bookstores, but if we did, they'd be on it.
And keep your eyeballs peeled for the TripleQuick iPhone app, coming very very soon.
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Written by zach
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Hey gang, nice to see you here. SO. You may have noticed, our little shopping cart went away. We were being flooded with mail orders, and our warehouse couldn't keep up. We've decided to kick it out to Powell's, the pros when it comes to mailing you books. In honor of that we're staging:
A LITTLE CONTEST.
"Have you read AM/PM? Cleverest review on Powells.com or Amazon.com
in the next 48 hours wins the featherproof novel of your choice!"
You have 48 hours from now, 9/22, 4pm, to do it. So do it!
Also, exciting news:
We are just wetting ourselves about the Chicago release party for SCORCH ATLAS by Atlanta-based writer, book-eater, and internet destroyer, Blake Butler. This full length fiction debut has received piles of praise, and Blake is making his way to his publisher's hometown for a night of reading, celebration, and general debauchery.
Amelia Gray, author of AM/PM, will join him. And if you saw, heard rumors about, or viewed pictures from this summer's Dollar Store Super Tour you know that when these two get together to read, shit goes down. Like fortune-tellin, hair-humpin, baby-eating, bicycle birthday shit. These two will be joined by the power of Sam Pink and Kathryn Regina. And then we'll all rock out. So bring your pig mask. This ain't your mom's book club reading.
Scorch Atlas Release Party:
When: Monday, 10/12, 7pm
Where: No Coast Collective
1500 W. 17th St, Chicago
Cost: FREE!
With readings by:
Blake Butler
Amelia Gray
Sam Pink
Kathryn Regina
And music from:
Tiger Bones
and DJ Butch Cassidy
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Quickies! Kills!
Tue, Sep 14th, 2010, @7:30pm - Innertown Pub
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Indie Press Night with Ugly Duckling, Featherproof and Publishing Genius
Tue, Sep 28th, 2010, @7:30pm - Word, Brooklyn, NY
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Two Dollar Radio and featherproof! BFF Indie Press Night of Hand-holding!
Sun, Oct 24th, 2010, @7:00pm - KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street, NYC
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