Three Good Things
xTx’s Zombie Summer is fast becoming one of my favorite things this summer. If you haven’t indulged yet, you certainly should.
Roxane Gay says some really lovely things about me and about some of my favorite writers at She Writes. Roxane is an amazing writer and also one of the most generous human beings ever. And she has excellent taste. She highlighted two of my favorite stories, “A History of Heart Disease” and “The Chemistry of Objects.” Thank you, Roxane! I am blushing but grateful.
I just finished reading The Cave Man by Xiaoda Xiao, which is a quick but remarkable and intense read. The protagonist is imprisoned in Mao’s China for nine months in a tiny cell, and even when he’s released his life is a waking nightmare. It’s a shocking p, brutal, beautifully written book published by Two Dollar Radio. I’ve never read anything else in their catalogue, but after reading this I’m definitely going to pick up more from this fine small press.
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“The Cave Man” sounds interesting. I’ll pick it up when I have some damn money.
Yes! Do! It’s totally worth it.
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Jason: Write to twodollar[at]twodollarradio.com with your mailing address.
Amber: Thanks for your post, and glad you dug The Cave Man. We’re doing Xiao’s second book this November, called The Visiting Suit: Stories From My Prison Life, which I’m insanely excited for. It’s a memoir-in-stories that chronicles Xiao’s arrest at 20 for accidentally tearing a poster of Mao, to his release from labor prison five years later. Guernica Magazine has an excerpt in their June issue: http://www.guernicamag.com/features/1780/xiao_6_1_10/
I read the piece in Guernica–fantastic! That’s really exciting–I will absolutely buy that the second it’s out. Thanks for the heads up!
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