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Read these books, or die trying
Recently, I joined WriteByNight’s online book club, an awesome alternative to meeting up face-to-face with fellow literary nerds to talk books. Their January selection was Pym, a book I have yet to finish thanks to my reviewing gigs, but which struck me as an interesting choice
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The Other One Percent by William Burns
I don’t want to pay back my student loans. I don’t like foreclosures. I’m against police brutality. But how do you get from protest to sweet talk? How do you move the conversation from Wall Street to the bedroom? It took some trial and error, but I eventually realized that what works at a bar does
Voodoo Country, an excerpt from Rum Socialism by Kris Romaniuk
This week we bring you an excerpt from Kris Romaniuk‘s rebellious new ebook, Rum Socialism. You can score a copy on Amazon
Vote for Black Heart in the P&E Readers’ Poll
Guess what? We’ve been nominated in several categories for this year’s Preditors & Editors Readers’ Poll! The poll is an annual tradition, and boasts a variety of categories on everything from books to short fiction and poetry to digital
New Year’s resolutions, superstitions and goals
It’s the last installment of Lobster Telephone for the year, and we at Black Heart want to wish you all a Happy New Year and plenty of good fortune in 2012. Assuming, of course, that the world doesn’t end. (With either a bang or a
A hunger for conversation: Jack Wiler’s Divina is Divina by Resa Alboher
In early autumn of 2009, facing a recurrence of a rare cancer that my doctors had deemed inoperable, I had been in touch through Facebook with poet Jack Wiler, a friend who was in a dire predicament with his own
Lobster Telephone winners & more
It seems no one quite knows what to make of Austin’s reputation as a literary town. Our respondants nailed it down with comments concerning “easily available narcotics,” local author Sarah
Contest, free ebooks, and old-timey crime fighter Maynard Soloman
If you haven’t entered our CONTEST yet, what the hell are you waiting for?! People, you can win FREE BOOKS just for leaving a comment on our blog! All you’ve gotta do is click
Lobster Telephone: Austin contest!
This week, we’re doing things a little differently here at Lobster Telephone. You see, we’ve been told Austin is a “literary town,” and while we’ve seen some convincing evidence thereof, we’re also issuing a challenge to our Capital City readers. Tell us why YOU think
NaNoWriMo 2011 edition
Happy National Novel Writing Month! Every year I debate whether or not to join the fray on this 30-day writing marathon, which I have participated in—and won—in the past. This year I’ve come up with a title for a
