brief note on White Mythology

I finished the longer of the two novels included in W.D. Clarke's White Mythology, and I highly recommend it. The novel I read is about 335 pages, and it is followed by a novella of about 120 pages. The longer one includes extraordinary sentences very reminiscent, at times, of the prose we see in early Pynchon, some Barth, Rushdie, and so on.

Rick Harsch's Recent Literary Acts

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Dr. Ed

"Dr. Ed decided to walk the rest of the way to the hospital. This took 20 minutes more, but further lateness seemed a small price to pay for sanity's sake. But he did not just walk; he never 'just' walked, of 'just' did anything. No! Dr. Ed made his way along the tidy sidewalks and streets with the unrestrainable vigour of a man in the full rudeness of health. He strode along determinedly, swinging his arms purposefully, in satisfaction of having the full knowledge concerning a certain undeniable fact: the undeniable fact that it took more than a few minor nuisances or chance inconveniences to put Dr. Ed off of his stride!"

~~ from White Mythology by W.D. Clarke

White Mythology by W.D. Clarke

I've only read the first ten pages, but this is the best written indie-press, English-language novel I can recall reading. Ever. 

 

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She Sang to Them, She Sang

She Sang to Them, She Sang by W.D. Clarke

 

A Bended Circuity by Robert S. Stickley

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White Mythology as audiobook

 The audiobook edition of W.D. Clarke's White Mythology has a cover and is on its way.

America and the Cult of the Cactus Boots: A Diagnostic

America and the Cult of the Cactus Boots made quite a splash among YouTube book reviewers.

taxi time

"Take me home and I'll get the money, he said, and I wondered if I could get the meter over $100. Turns out I could not. I pulled up in front of his house at $96.50, taxi time. You know what happened, of course: he disappeared into his house and the lights went out after about five minutes."

~~ from Rick & Jack in Croatia by Rick Harsch

most of my childhood

~~ from Rick & Jack in Croatia by Rick Harsch

The Cult of the Cactus Boots

 

Corona\Samizdat's best sellers include this maximalist effort by Phillip Freedenberg.

back and front

The short memoir, Rick & Jack in Croatia, is engaging.

 

two for one

I'm excited to announce that this fall, Rick Harsch's Corona\Samizdat Press will publish as one volume the corrected version of Fight for Your Long Day and the sequel to my debut novel. What further adventures await Cyrus Duffleman? Is our adjunct hero even alive?

Assisted Living

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tales of donation

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The Manifold Destiny of Rick Harsch

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