Sunday, September 12, 2010

Hey, this is a real question for anyone who might be paying some sort of attention to this blog.

I've been asked to help gather work from avant "outsider writers" from my area --Ohio, the greater MidWest--for inclusion in an anthology of writing which has a much larger focus.

When I say outsider writer think of folks outside of the academy, think street people, think outside blogdom, think outside of the mainstreams of consciousness, etc.

5 comments:

  1. Kate Zambreno isn't exactly outside the mainstream but she is wild and avant. She's in Akron. http://francesfarmerismysister.blogspot.com/

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  2. Thanks, Rebecca. I'll check her out.

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  3. hmmm... surely something more could be said about that "much larger focus" ... as well, something about the provenance of the anthology itself...

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  4. Does it have to be specifically Ohio? For some reason I think of "Uncle" David Patton, from St. Louis, MO. Although - I dunno how he would feel about being called an "outsider." And maybe he's not. http://davidepatton.blogspot.com/

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