you private person // directed by meggie green

the teaser trailer for YOU PRIVATE PERSON, my first collection of short stories forthcoming from Scrambler Books (2012), is now live. Directed by Meggie Green. Much love and eternal gratitude to Meggie. She is magic.

 

Other things:
1 // I will be reading tomorrow (10 MAY) w/ Frances Dinger, James Ganas, and Steve Roggenbuck at Left Bank Books 7PM as a part of Steve's tour here.
2 // Dennis Cooper's 50 favorite music albums of all time here.
3 // last edition of bright stupid confetti w/ blogspot here.
4 // FAMOUS AUTHORS' THOUGHTS WHILE BEING PHOTOGRAPHED by Blake Butler here.
5 // regretsy here.
6 // Michael Inscoe here.
7 // Reading Matthew Stokoe's High Life by Christopher Higgs here.
8 // Miranda Mellis reads from None of This Is Real here.

my name is mud published a piece by me

my name is mud published my short story 'pets with insomnia.' Much thanks and gratitude to Adam Maynard.

'pets with insomnia' is an excerpt from a novel I am currently working on tentatively titled 'gigantic.'

Other excerpts:
pop serial here
elimae here
universal error here

Michael Inscoe has made a short film based on one of my short story 'we are a goldmine.' The story is from my collection of stories YOU PRIVATE PERSON forthcoming from Scrambler Books later this year. Much love and gratitude to Michael. Michael Inscoe is my brother. Watch the video below.

This post is dedicated to my late uncle, Jeffrey Davis.

Other things:
1 // INTERNET POETRY published a piece by Frances Dinger + me here.
2 // I reviewed Green Girl by Kate Zambreno here.
3 // Paul Constant of The Stranger re my reading with APRIL LIT CRAWL here.
4 // Seattle Star re my reading with APRIL LIT CRAWL here.
5 // My short story 'cities' is featured on bright stupid confetti here.
6 // 'we are a goldmine' for Frances Dinger directed by Michael Inscoe below


'We Are a Gold Mine' (for Frances Dinger) by Richard Chiem from Michael Inscoe on Vimeo.

elimae + pop serial published a piece by me

elimae published a piece by my short story 'lifer.' Much thanks and gratitude to Brandon Hobson and Cooper Renner.

pop serial published my short story 'cities.' Much thanks and gratitude to Stephen Tully Dierks.

Both pieces are excerpts from a novel I am currently working on tentatively titled 'gigantic.'

Other things:

1 // Megan Lent re her favorite alt lit couples here .

2 // I AM ALT LIT reviews OH NO EVERYTHING IS WET NOW here.

3 // KRAMER SUTRA by Chelsea Martin is now available here.

4 // Dennis Cooper's 136 surfaces here.

universal error published a piece by me

universal error published my short story 'episode one: ellen page,' the first of a serialized story 'soap opera.' Much love and gratitude to Chelsea Martin. I will be posting more episodes on universal error throughout the year.

Chelsea Martin is the author of Everything Was Fine Until Whatever and The Really Funny Thing About Apathy.

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Other things:

1 // Dennis Cooper re my e book WHAT IF, WENDY here.

2 // IN THE AGE OF SPITE: THE PROLIFERATION OF 'DUMB RAGE' IN INTERNET LITERATURE by Frances Dinger here.

3 // Frances and I win Alt Lit Prom King & Queen at the Alt Lit Gossip Awards here.

4 // MOROCCO by Matthew Savoca and Kendra Grant Malone here.

5 // PINKY PROMISE ME THIS by Ana Carrete here.

6 // APRIL, Authors Publishers and Readers of Independent Literature here.

7 // EL GUINCHO | Bombay music video below:

artifice + no news today published a piece by me

artifice magazine published my poem 'no school five.' Much thanks and gratitude to James Tadd Adcox and Artifice Magazine.

The poem is dedicated to Stephen Tully Dierks. It is now available in print here.

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no news today published my short story 'waste a little shaving cream.' Much thanks and gratitude to Robert Lopez.

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I will post a mass post re '2011 cultural take-over' very soon.

I recommend: The Marbled Swarm by Dennis Cooper, SELECTED UNPUBLISHED BLOG POSTS OF A MEXICAN PANDA EXPRESS EMPLOYEE by Megan Boyle, Quartet by Jean Rhys, Green Girl by Kate Zambreno, 13 Assassins dir. by Takashi Miike, and Michael Jordan.

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smalldoggies published a piece by me // staff picks

smalldoggies magazine published my short story 'baby is going to die tonight.' Much thanks and gratitude to Matty Byloos.

'baby is going to die tonight' is a revision of an earlier story with the same title that appears in The Scrambler here. The revision/alternate version is a story from my forthcoming collection YOU PRIVATE PERSON | Scrambler Books (2012).

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I will be reading in Portland OCT 11 (2011) with Lidia Yuknavitch and Scott Poole | smalldoggies reading series PDX. More information here.

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I recommend: The George Miles Cycle (Closer + Frisk + Try + Guide + Period) by Dennis Cooper, No Lease on Life by Lynne Tillman, Breaking & Entering by Joy Williams, MUMBLECORE directed by Megan Boyle and Tao lin, Green Girl by Kate Zambreno, and 1-800-MICE by Matthew Thurber.

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universal error published a piece by me // vertebrae journal

universal error published my short story 'love in the club.' Much thanks and gratitude to the editor Chelsea Martin + UE.

'love in the club' is a revision of my short story '1582 love in the club' that appears in Crispin Best's for every year here. The revision/alternate version is a story from my forthcoming collection YOU PRIVATE PERSON | Scrambler Books (2012).

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VERTEBRAE Journal issue one is now available through Powell's Books here.

VERTEBRAE Journal is edited by me, Jesus Castillo + Cosmo Spinosa.

contributors:

POEMS & FICTION:

Ben Lerner

Miranda Mellis

Christina Wood

Kelsa Trom

Stephen Ratcliffe

Laura Rheaume

Masha Tupitsyn

Ben Doller

Tao Lin

Thom Crowley

Jenny Alton

Frank Montesonti

Brianna Dougher

Steven Lance

Eileen Myles

Linh Dinh

James Meetze

Thomas Trudgeon

CL Bledsoe

Sarah Rothberg

Sawako Nakayasu

Jena Osman with Amze Emmons

Kevin Sampsell

Frances Dinger

Leon Baham

Felipe Martinez

Ian Schimmelfennig

Blake Butler

ART & COMICS

Megan Vossler

Joshua Cotter

Fritz Aldrin Casas

Danny Hellman

Becca Farnsworth

Jeffrey Brown

Andersson Boe

Gabrielle Bell

Theo Ellsworth

INTERVIEW W/

Rae Armantrout

Copies are also available at Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle, Green Apple Books in San Francisco, and Adams Avenue Books + Warwick's in San Diego.

If you are a contributor and still have not received your copy, please contact me (rchiem9@gmail.com) but know copies are on their way.

If you would like a review copy or would like to buy or carry VERTEBRAE, please contact me (rchiem9@gmail.com) and we will work something out. Copies are limited.

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Other things:

1 // Meggie Green/funyeah models a quote of mine for a photograph here.

2 // Jimmy Chen includes me in the 'safe zone/well adjusted' circle in his 'Internet persona afflictions' graph here.

3 // Megan Boyle draws me + Frances Dinger in Madrid here.

4 // Michael Inscoe graffitis 'Richard Chiem > Kayne' here.

5 // Fiction Daily posted a line from my short story 'we are a goldmine' here.

6 // Frank Hinton makes a collage of her favorite writers here.

7 // elalmeria re an anthology of 'new wave american poets' entitled 'vomit,' edited by Luna Miguel here.

8 // excerpt by Ben Lerner from Leaving The Atocha Station on Muumuu House here.

9 // Dennis Cooper re Tina Aumont & Delphine Seyrig Days here.

elimae + corium magazine published a piece by me // meeting robert lopez

elimae published my short story 'cutty'. Much thanks and gratitude to the editors Cooper Renner and Brandon Hobson. Also in this issue Frank Hinton, J.A. Tyler, Helen Vitoria, Mike Topp and others.

I wrote the story after watching 'BEBE ZEVA' + an episode from season three of The Wire.

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corium magazine published my short story 'savannah'. Much thanks and gratitude to the editor Lauren Becker. Working with Lauren was one of my favorite experiences working with an editor and I enjoyed going through the process with her.

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I have recently finished reading HORROR HOSPITAL + GUIDE both by Dennis Cooper. I recommend both very highly.

The image that is posted was made by Michael Inscoe. Also reposted because of a few requests piling up in my inbox is a video directed by Michael adapted from my short story 'the rivalry of dancers', originally published by Metazen and is forthcoming in my first collection of short stories YOU PRIVATE PERSON from Scrambler Books (2012). Please enjoy.

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Last night, Frances and I went to go see Robert Lopez read at Elliott Bay and later had drinks with he and his friends with Matthew Simmons. Robert is to publish a short piece by me in his NO NEWS TODAY. I was very affected by the reading and meeting Robert afterwards was a joy. His approach to writing and performing is very close to what I would like to accomplish in writing in that his confidence does not disrupt the gentle thing his does line by line but it compliments as though he is a narrator in a film an aggression to create beauty in suspense in narrative and strange understanding. All his books reveal this pleasure. We spoke together about commas and other things.

Because it was such a strange party, Frances and I spent most of our time watching Robert from a short distance on the patio outside the bar and sharing drinks with the very sweet and thoughtful Matthew Simmons. Before the night ended I wanted to start a black metal band with Matthew and get tattoos while drinking bourbon in a basement somewhere.

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Other things:

1 // red lightbulbs lists OH NO EVERYTHING IS WET NOW here.

2 // Luna Miguel reveals cover for her forthcoming anthology here.

3 // A Jello Horse by Matthew Simmons here.

4 // VESSEL by Brett Erik Gallagher is available here.

5 // with swords by Russ Woods on Pangur Ban Party here.

metazen published two poems by me // summer backyard reading series

metazen published my two poems 'no school three + four'. These poems are dedicated to Zachary Whalen and Steve Roggenbuck respectively. Much thanks and gratitude to the editor and close friend Frank Hinton and company. The poems are from my collection 'no school poems' which are bro love poems.

They are found originally in the comments section of a Zachary blog post here.

'no school one', which was dedicated to Crispin Best, was published by thunderclap press and can be found here.

'no school five', dedicated to Stephen Tully Dierks, is forthcoming from artifice magazine later this year.

For more on bro love literature, or the new poetic movement Bromanticism, read Christopher Higgs and his first coverage on HTML GIANT here.

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unsure if i will allow my beard to grow for much longer published my short story 'film studies (reading beauty talk & monsters)'. Much thanks and gratitude to the editor and close friend of mine Michael Inscoe. Michael will be in Chicago this week with Meggie Green. If you're in the area, please say hi and buy them a few drinks.

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I will be reading this Saturday (16 JUL 2011) at the Summer Backyard Reading Series Presents : HOUSEFIRE with Scott McClanahan, Matthew Simmons, and Lindsay Allison Ruoff, with a musical performance by Rob Gray. Much thanks and gratitude to Frances Dinger, Rahel Tesfahun, and Riley Michael Parker.

The flyer to the right is designed by Tara Atkinson.

I am now living in Seattle, WA. I am in love.

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Other things:

1 // poem from I LOVE MUSIC by Stephen Tully Dierks + Steve Roggenbuck here.

2 // Matthew Simmons reviews OH NO EVERYTHING IS WET NOW on HTML GIANT here.

3 // Purchase and view MUMBLECORE directed by Megan Boyle + Tao Lin here.

4 // WORK FOR MEGACORP AND MAKE MEGACORP WORK FOR YOU! by Bradley Sands on Pangur Ban Party here.

you private person : stories // scrambler books (2012)

I am delighted to announce scrambler books is publishing my first collection of short stories : you private person | (2012).

Much sincere thanks and gratitude to Jeremy Spencer, my new editor and publisher.

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used furniture review published my short story 'it's not wrong you know it's not wrong'. Much sincere thanks and gratitude to the editors, David Cotrone and Susannah Lawrence.

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I am moving to Seattle and I will be happier than I have ever been. Thank you for reading and I hope you continue to do so.

Other things:

1 // Frances Dinger reviews 'I Don't Respect Female Expression' by Frank Hinton here.

2 // Dennis Cooper recommends my short story 'planet b boy' and my e book (co-written with Ana C.) 'oh no everything is wet now' here / pop serial coverage here.

3 // Stephen Tully Dierks makes a gigantic blog posts re Pop Serial 2 contributors here.

4 // Steve Roggenbuck designs new POP SERIAL site here / Pop Serial 2 online issue release here.

5 // Roggenbuck guest vlogs @WWAATD here.

6 // RELATIONSHIP STORY by Tao Lin @vice here.