Aug 23, 2020
Reading is an act of resistance in a landscape of distraction.
David L. Ulin, The Lost Art of Reading
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Reading is an act of resistance in a landscape of distraction.
David L. Ulin, The Lost Art of Reading
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Ulin on Ferlinghetti
David Ulin writes a short, but beautiful piece on the now departed Lawrence Ferlinghetti:
That, for me, is Ferlinghetti’s legacy: his absolute devotion to the transformative force of art. For him, this meant his own art but also showcasing the art of others. The communitarian impulse, one might say. I learned from him the necessity of working collaboratively. I learned from him the importance of making space for other people’s work. It is no understatement to suggest that I am a teacher and an editor because of his influence—or better yet, because of his generosity.
Here are today’s highlights from our Eastside Events Calendar and some bonus events to consider: David Ulin – former L.A. Times book critic – reintroduces an updated edition his book “The Lost Art of Reading: Books and Resistance in a Troubled Time” at Skylight Books in Los Feliz. Go here for details Stories, music and games for babies (up to 12 months) at the Arroyo Seco Library in Highland Park. Followed by playtime and coloring. Go here for details Get your dose of ’80s British pop and see America’s only Kate Bush cover band Baby Bushka at The Echo in Echo Park. Go here for details Make sure to check with event organizers for last minute changes.
David L. Ulin in conversation with John D’Agata about the art of the American essay. | Literary Hub
Lisa Levy profiles Adrian McKinty, working-class hero of Irish crime fiction. | Literary Hub
From Ireland to Iowa, Sara Baume tries to understand America one pattern at a time. | Literary Hub
Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney on reimagining her career, the elevated location of fiction, and the appropriate reaction to a million-dollar advance (laughter, whiskey). | Vulture
In the only news about an animate doll guaranteed to bring excitement, Elena Ferrante will be writing a children’s book. | Twitter
“[H.P. Lovecraft] already gave his verse, I’m gonna give my verse, and then the crowd will just decide who blew who up.” An interview with Victor LaValle. | Time Out New York
Beyond Ulysses and Brooklyn: Ten hidden gems of Irish literature, in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. | Electric Literature
Jessa Crispin on pre-constructing narratives, having an antagonistic relationship to the publishing industry, and having to deal with men. | The Rumpus
“I don’t think any poets are successful in the way that this culture defines success.” An interview with Anna Moschovakis. | Flavorwire
Love, loss, and neoliberal capitalism: On Beijing Comrades, a gay erotic novel that became a touchstone for queer men in China. | Broadly
“I am using words to point to other words and it’s/OK with readers.” A poem by Lucy Ives. | Hyperallergic
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Two Faculty in Low Residency M.F.A. Program Longlisted for PEN Literary Awards
Two Faculty in Low Residency M.F.A. Program Longlisted for PEN Literary Awards
Novelist Jill Alexander Essbaum and essayist David L. Ulin nominated By Bettye Miller on December 11, 2015 Share this article: Jill Alexander Essbaum and David L. Ulin have been nominated for PEN Literary Awards. RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Two faculty members of UC Riverside’s Low Residency M.F.A. in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts in Palm Desert have been longlisted for 2016 PEN…
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Southern California, its critics like to insist, is a landscape of forgetting, but I no longer believe this to be the case. Rather, like the Incline, it is a landscape of association, in which the connections we make, our attachments, are what render us native.
David L. Ulin on “The California Incline”
Yeah, for me pedestrianism is one of the main things that city life is all about. I always wanted to have that kind of pedestrian urban life, even in the early years that I was living here, when it felt like the city really kind of resisted that. I mean, growing up in New York, I would walk all over the place, and one of the things I loved about New York was that there were always people on the streets. I felt like you could walk eighty blocks at two-thirty in the morning, and I never felt like I was isolated, I never felt like I was endangered.
The Sunday Rumpus Interview: David Ulin by D.R. Haney.
[At age 12] I knew how to be bold, how to be ambitious, how to dream, how to laugh and act like a fool. I am relearning those things now, have been for many years now, but for a long time, I forgot. Worried too much about what other people thought, whether or not I was ready (ready for what? I don’t even recall). If I could go back, I would tell that kid: Don’t lose sight of your wildness, of your hunger; don’t subsume it for anyone.
David Ulin