#hybrid text

[sisyphusrising]

I think I might “accidentally” leave Citizen (by Claudia Rankine) at my racist uncle’s house so that he can look through it. So long as he’s not reading another Anne Coulter biography, of course

[robocup-press]

Call for Submissions

Robocup Press is actively seeking queries for experimental, hybrid manuscripts. At this time, we are especially interested in manuscripts by people of color, women, and individuals who self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer. In addition, we are on the hunt for intriguing cover art for forthcoming and future titles. Please read these submission guidelines and email queries to: queries [at] robocup-press [dot] com.

[this-is-nice]

[stuffireadandloved]

You can't lose a father, particularly a father who was lost, or lost himself. It was perhaps while he was alive that we lost him, that we no longer knew who or where he was. Now that he's dead we gather up what he left, the crumbs and pebbles strewn through the forests of his anxiety, the treasure and the wreckage; we construct a void, we sculpt an absence, we seek out a form for what remains of him in us and has always been a temptation toward formlessness, a threat of chaos; we seek out words for what was always the secret, silent part in us, a body of words for a man who has no grave, a castle of presence to protect his absence.

From "No One," by Gwenaelle Aubry. Translated from the French by Trista Selous; published by Tin House Books.

[asymptotejournal]

Recommended

Dictee by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Tanam Press (1982)

A sort of underground cult book that is now a favourite of scholars and experimental writers of various kinds. This is not a translation, but Cha's concern for language -- or more accurately the struggle to speak, the suffering necessary to make one speak -- is something I think Asymptote readers would enjoy. A remarkable book of great importance.

AM