Wednesday, October 31, 2007
(10:43 AM) | Adam R:
Small Press Roundup
At Publishing Genius there's a new "monthly" series called "This PDF Chapbook." The inaugural edition came out today; called "As Day Same That the the Was Year," it's an experimental story by Andy Devine, submitted (and contextualized at the end) by novelist Michael Kimball.Devine's story is neat because all the words are in alphabetical order. But after reading it for just a few minutes I was able to fetch out some details of the plot, the characters, the setting. After about ten minutes I started to think it should be a primer for comp writing classes. After half an hour I was practically in tears, touched by its sentimentality and sadness. I don't think I'm spoiling anything to say the grandmother dies.
Biographically I don't know anything about Andy Devine except what's in the appendix to this story, but I met Michael Kimball a few weeks ago and like him a lot. His novels are new and fantastic. You can read a portion from The Way the Family Got Away here, but it's in Italian.
