The literary journal The Lifted Brow recently asked me and some other writers to put together mixtapes as part of their issue on Music. I love making mixtapes for those I love, including literary journals that I love, so I said yes. Check out all the mixtapes (tapes by David Shields, Pip Smith, Blake Butler and me) right here! [Update: Link no longer...
Read More3 May 2013: Reading in Cambridge, MA
Heads up, people in Cambridge, Boston and thereabouts! Coming up on 3 May, I’m giving a reading as part of the Dire Literary Series. Curated by local author Timothy Gager, this reading series has been going for an incredible 12 years and I’ll be appearing at reading #146. Here are the details: Dire Literary Series: Reading #146 Fri 3 May, 8pm...
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Tom Cho 曹勵善 on X (formerly Twitter): “Relief: when what you’ve written the night before passes the morning after test. Still the hardest section of this chapter to write though. / X” Relief: when what you’ve written the night before passes the morning after test. Still the hardest section of this chapter to write...
Read MoreTwo readings in Toronto
While I’m in North America, I’ll be doing some readings — starting off with 2 in Toronto on Wed 6 March and Wed 13 March. First up, I’m giving a reading as part of the regular series Readings at The Common. Readings at the Common is a neighbourhood reading series, held on the first Wednesday of the month at 8pm. The venue is cozy,...
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Thea Astley. She’s dead, but she’s still winning prizes. That’s how good she is. Yes, Thea Astley’s piece “Hunting the Wild Pineapple” has won the final of the Meanjin Tournament of Books. While I would have loved for my piece to have won the final, I certainly didn’t expect that it would make it so far through the...
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Tom Cho 曹勵善 on X (formerly Twitter): “It’s official. I’m writing a novel. / X” It’s official. I’m writing a...
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