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Jim Ruland
An Irreverent Reading Series in the Heart of Chinatown
Interests: Corpses, sewage, miscellaneous filth.
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The Fall of Berlin (Oil on Canvas)
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I'm very pleased to announce that I have a new short story in Litro Magazine, which is based in London. The theme for this issue is Germany and my story concerns the unspoken love between an art forger and a... Continue reading
Posted May 17, 2013 at Big Lonesome
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Artfully Fragmented
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Bough Down, Karen Green's elegy to her late husband, David Foster Wallace, is one of the most moving books I've read in a long time. With cutting prose ("It's hard to remember tender things tenderly") and haunting imagery, Bough Down... Continue reading
Posted Apr 30, 2013 at Big Lonesome
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Baseball for Druggies
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My long-awaited, much-anticipated predictions for the 2013 MLB season are up at Hobart. You should read it. Then call your sponsor. Continue reading
Posted Apr 29, 2013 at Big Lonesome
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The Next Big Thing
Special thanks to Matt Lewis who cattle prodded me into this self-interview in which I answer a series of pre-determined questions about forthcoming/recent books, chapbooks, projects, etc. 1. What is the working title of the book? Make It Stop. Sometimes... Continue reading
Posted Apr 26, 2013 at Big Lonesome
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Notes on Grief
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A little over four months ago, twenty children and six teachers were fatally shot at Sandy Hook Elementary School. It was I believe a watershed moment in our country's history, an event that future generations will study and ask themselves,... Continue reading
Posted Apr 16, 2013 at Big Lonesome
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An Ecstasy of Fumbling
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I hadn’t read William Gass since being bowled over by his long story “The Pederson Kid” and the title story in In the Heart of the Heart of the Country. So I spent much of February and March reading and... Continue reading
Posted Apr 3, 2013 at Big Lonesome
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Borges & Cthulu
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I think this is my favorite page in Tony Millionaire's 500 Portraits. Continue reading
Posted Mar 29, 2013 at Big Lonesome
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The Haunted Casino Makes the Cut
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The first chapter from my novel The Haunted Casino was named a quarterfinalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. What does this mean? It means that 10,000 entries have been whittled down to 500 and next month they'll narrow it... Continue reading
Posted Mar 14, 2013 at Big Lonesome
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Giving the Finger
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No, I’m not mad at you. I have exciting news to share. I’ve been hired to write a book with Scott Campbell, Jr. of Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch. Scott is the captain of the Seabrooke, a fishing vessel in the... Continue reading
Posted Mar 8, 2013 at Big Lonesome
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Great Demo Review 2013
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San Diego CityBeat's infamous Great Demo Review 2013 is out and this year my favorite new band is Teenage Burritos. (Hint, my review is on the last page.) Teenage Burritos has a 7" coming out from Volar Records and they're... Continue reading
Posted Mar 7, 2013 at Big Lonesome
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Save the Date: Friday April 5
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Vermin on the Mount returns with a ferocious night of irreverent readings with Maria Bustillos, Pamela des Barres, Kate Durbin, Dina Gachman, Justin Maurer and Jerry Stahl. Come to 826LA Echo Park on Friday, April 5 at 7:30 and be... Continue reading
Posted Mar 7, 2013 at Vermin on the Mount
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San Diego CityBeat Expands Books Coverage
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Great news from the good people at San Diego CityBeat: my books colum, The Floating Library, will now run every three weeks. At a time when many papers are reducing (or even killing) their coverage of books, this is welcome... Continue reading
Posted Jan 21, 2013 at Big Lonesome
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The Rattling Wall at the Ink Spot
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The Rattling Wall is coming to San Diego! Pen Center USA presents a night of literary merriment with David Ulin, Amy Wallen, James Meetze and yours truly. I'm looking forward to picking up a copy of the latest issue of... Continue reading
Posted Jan 9, 2013 at Big Lonesome
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+1 Reading at Pop-Hop
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Sarah Balcomb at Pop-Hop Books + Print in Highland Park has a great new concept for a reading series. A pair of writes are invited to read and they each invite one additional reader. It's a novel twist and should... Continue reading
Posted Jan 4, 2013 at Big Lonesome
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2012: A Year in Books
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Books I Recommend Without Reservations Moby Dick, Herman Melville The Keep, Jennifer Egan Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, Ben Fountain In 2012, I resolved to read Moby Dick and I just barely finished with a little over a week to... Continue reading
Posted Dec 27, 2012 at Big Lonesome
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Ten Raddest Records of 2012
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10. Tropical Popsicle Ghost Beacons Digital EP (Volar) San Diego psychedelic. Honestly, I was a little disappointed in this release because I don’t think it’s as strong as their first 7”, “Always Awake in Shadows,” which I’ve played on my... Continue reading
Posted Dec 21, 2012 at Big Lonesome
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The Writing Life at Oklahoma University
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Flyer for the last The Writing Life Reading of the year Shortly after Thankgiving, I had the pleasure of taking part in The Writing Life Reading Series at the University of Oklahoma. My short trip included two class visits, a... Continue reading
Posted Dec 7, 2012 at Big Lonesome
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Season's Beatings
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Vermin on the Mount is on holiday hiatus. We'll be back very soon with announcements regarding events in 2013, which promises to be packed with exciting new developments. Want to find out about our next events? The best way is... Continue reading
Posted Nov 29, 2012 at Vermin on the Mount
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Indie Shelves Initiative
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Last weekend I had the honor of participating in the first Indie Shelves Initiative at The Last Bookstore in DTLA. What's that? Well, it's a lot of things actually. The Last Bookstore has dedicated shelf space to promoting independent presses... Continue reading
Posted Nov 7, 2012 at Big Lonesome
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Adventures in Pet Sitting Part 1
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Last summer I found myself pet-sitting for some friends in Los Angeles and these experiences have inspired a number of stories. The first of these has rather quickly made its way out into the world in a couple of interesting... Continue reading
Posted Oct 31, 2012 at Big Lonesome
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Look Who's Coming to Vermin (SD): Antonia Crane
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VOTM: What's the most unusual experience you've had at a reading? CRANE: I had a strange encounter at a Vermin on the Mount reading when I saw a tall guy in the audience wearing an unbelievably awesome black t-shirt with... Continue reading
Posted Oct 18, 2012 at Vermin on the Mount
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Look Who's Coming to Vermin (SD): Jason Napoli Brooks
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utter fear of what this woman would do to them Continue reading
Posted Oct 18, 2012 at Vermin on the Mount
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Look Who's Coming to Vermin (LA): Martin Pousson
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VOTM: What's the most unusual experience you've had at a reading? POUSSON: Once, while a Pulitzer-prize winning poet in a bolo tie finished reading his new translation of a beloved children’s story, his voice a murmur of disdain for the... Continue reading
Posted Oct 17, 2012 at Vermin on the Mount
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Look Who's Coming to Vermin (SD): Missy Solis
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VOTM: What's the most unusual experience you've had at a reading? SOLIS: Strangest thing that's happened at a reading: The time my ex-boyfriend stood on a stage and smothered himself in whipped cream. MISSY SOLIS is a writer living in... Continue reading
Posted Oct 17, 2012 at Vermin on the Mount
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Look Who's Coming to Vermin (LA): Conrad Romo
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got heckled by a punkish looking guy in a Mohawk Continue reading
Posted Oct 16, 2012 at Vermin on the Mount
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