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Fiction inspired by Sonic Youth
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Book Details
- ISBN 9781852429560
- 29 May 2008
- 256
- Paperback Original
Contributors
Contributors
Hiag Akmakjian,
Christopher Coake,
Katherine Dunn,
Mary Gaitskill,
Rebecca Godfrey,
Laird Hunt,
Shelley Jackson,
Samuel Ligon,
Stewart Lee,
Emily Maguire,
Tom McCarthy,
Scott Mebus,
Eileen Myles,
Catherine O’Flynn,
Emily Carter Roiphe,
Kevin Sampsell,
Steve Sherrill,
Matt Thorne,
Rachel Trezise,
Jess Walter,
Peter Wild
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Synopsis
A ghost makes a friend. Ulla Shooks is testifying, ladies and gentlemen, countering the wicked with the godly. The powers-that-be are trying to kick in Nikki's door as she, like, struggles against the shackles of conformity? Melissa gets high and dreams of an oblivion that won't make the E! Channel news. Patty Hearst is watching the apocalypse on TV. All this and more is waiting for you in The Empty Page: Fiction inspired by Sonic Youth.
But why Sonic Youth? J Robert Lennon says it's cos Sonic Youth rip it apart. Katherine Dunn says it's because they operate in the foggy world between the real and the surreal. Steve Sherrill reckons that they've just got it figured out, man. You know? Mary Gaitskill says that Sonic Youth caught her, years ago, when she was falling. Catherine O'Flynn just wanted to catch some of the nihilistic, elemental, caustic, isolated flavour of their music. Emily Maguire was once in love with chaos. For Tom McCarthy it's gunpowder and dreams of a black panther.
Reviews
Praise for Perverted by Language:
‘Excellent’ Independent on Sunday
‘Innovative and imaginative’ Time Out
‘A triumph’ Stuart Maconie, Word Magazine