Winter 2002Volume III Special Issue I

contents

portal to our archives

from the editors

News & Notes

who we are & how to submit

linkage

What's Next:

failbetter presents 

The Fall/Winter session took the failbetter presents reading series to the KGB bar in Manhattan. 

It was a great evening with new work read by Shelley Jackson and David Ohle. Shelley read "Fat," a story from her forthcoming collection, The Melancholy of the Anatomy, while David Ohle read from his cult classic, Motorman, as well as from, The Flocculus, forthcoming from elimae books. We continued a correspondence with Mr. Ohle after the reading, and he has been generous enough to submit an excerpt from his new novel, which you can read in this issue.

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    News & Notes   

Always one to push the envelope...

failbetter is proud to announce its Pushcart Nominees. After much consideration, the following nominations were made for the 2003 Pushcart Prize on behalf of failbetter.com:

·   Ark by Pamela Ryder (Spring/Summer 2001)

·   Biographers by Greg Ames (Winter/Spring 2001)

·   "Daniella in the Palace" by M Sarki (Spring/Summer 2001)

·   Getting a Date for Amelia by Matthew Cheney (Summer/Fall 2001)

·   Going For the Orange Julius by Myla Goldberg (Summer/Fall 2001)

     Two Buckets Of Fish by Peter Markus (Winter/Spring 2001)

Congratulations to the nominees, as well as to all of the contributors featured in our journal over the past year. And most of all, thank you, dear reader, for continuing to pay us a visit.

Meanwhile, from the failbetter alumni bulletin...

·  David Hollander's (Winter 2001) first novel, L.I.E. has just been released in paperback (Ballantine).

·   Terrance Hayes's  (Winter 2001) second book, HIP LOGIC, will be published this spring by Viking Penguin.  It was selected by Cornelius Eady as a National Poetry Series winner.

·   Dawn Raffel's (Summer 2001) latest book, Carrying the Body (which was excerpted on failbetter) will be published in October by Scribner.

·  Cooper Esteban's (Fall 2001) latest poetry collection, 823 VEN, is now available at www.fauxpress.com.  Additionally, elimae books has issued a second version/edition of his first poetry collection Jove Protected by Geese.

·  Heidi Julavits' (Fall 2001) short story, "Little Little Big Man," is in the latest edition of McSweeney's.  Additionally, Heidi has an essay in the Jan/Feb edition of Poets and Writers entitled, "History as an Occasion for Fiction."

·   John Lloyd's (Fall 2001) most recent work, "Sitting on a Hilltop" is currently on exhibit in Manhattan at TAI Gallery (The Actors Institute) -- 159 West 25th Street, tel: (212) 924-8888.

All failbetter alumni are encouraged to keep us updated on the latest in their lives by dropping us a line at alumni@failbetter.com.