Edward Desautels

Location Pittsburgh, PA
Occupation writer/editor/webmaster
Website http://maximumfiction.wordpress.com/

Books by Edward Desautels
  • by Edward Desautels
    Mammoth Books, 2002-09.
    • About Me

    I live, work, write, and golf in Pittsburgh, PA. I am author of the novel Flicker in the Porthole Glass (MAMMOTH Books, 2002). You can find a review of Flicker from The Review of Contemporary Fiction here:

    http://www.dalkeyarchive.com/book/?fa=customcontent&GCOI=15647100319720&extrasfile=A0767AAE%2DB0D0%2DB086%2DB6AE912412B640ED%2Ehtml

    I'm currently at work on Housebreaking the Muse, a novel haunted by the spirit of the French Dadaist, gigolo, addict, and suicide, Jacques Rigaut. I'm also series of illustrated biofictional shorts called Evocations in collaboration with artist, musician, and fellow novelist Jeff Edmunds. My short fiction has appeared in Haydens Ferry Review, Little Magazine, Pennsylvania English, Stolen Island Review, and Eighty Percent Magazine.

    Why do you write?

    See my essay - Manifesto: Maximalist Expressionism, or “Shut/-/Up(!) Fiction”

    http://maximumfiction.wordpress.com/2009/07/24/manifesto-maximalist-expressionism-or-shut-up-fiction/

    Any favorite authors? Books?

    My biggest literary influences included the following:

    -Paul West
    -Thomas Bernhard
    -William Burroughs
    -John Hawkes
    -Nathaniel Mackey
    -Jean Genet
    -Raymond Queneau
    -Alain Robbe-Grillet
    -Dave Kress
    -Mark Leyner
    -Italo Calvino
    -Julio Cortazar

    Edward Desautels's Wall

    Edward Desautels – Apr 18, 2011

    Interviewed by Mark Seinfelt for his Word Patriots literary webcast. Interview segment begins at about the 12:25 mark:

    http://webtalkradio.net/2011/04/18/word-patriot-how-i-fell-under-the-spell-of-the-written-word-a-conversation-with-edward-desautels/

    Edward Desautels – Jan 30, 2010

    The sixth Installment of Flicker in the Porthole Glass (MAMMOTH Boos 2002) is available on Maximum Fiction:

    http://maximumfiction.wordpress.com/2010/01/30/flicker-in-the-porthole-glass-a-novel-installment-vi/

    Edward Desautels – Jan 09, 2010

    The fifth Installment of Flicker in the Porthole Glass (MAMMOTH Boos 2002) is available on Maximum Fiction:

    http://maximumfiction.wordpress.com/2010/01/09/flicker-in-the-porthole-glass-a-novel-installment-v/

    Edward Desautels – Jan 06, 2010

    Video teaser for Dave Kress's new novel, Hush, due from MAMMOTH Books in April: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmMIHlqwIt8

    Edward Desautels – Jan 02, 2010

    Installment number IV of Flicker in the Porthole Glass available on Maximum Fiction: http://maximumfiction.wordpress.com/2010/01/02/flicker-in-the-porthole-glass-a-novel-installment-iv/

    Edward Desautels – Dec 26, 2009

    The third installment of my novel Flicker in the Porthole Glass (MAMMOTH Books 2002) is available on my blog, Maximum Fiction: http://maximumfiction.wordpress.com/2009/12/26/flicker-in-the-porthole-glass-a-novel-installment-iii/

    Edward Desautels – Dec 18, 2009

    The second installment of my novel Flicker in the Porthole Glass (MAMMOTH Books 2002) awaits your inspection on my blog, Maximum Fiction:

    http://maximumfiction.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/flicker-in-the-porthole-glass-a-novel-installment-ii/

    Edward Desautels – Dec 11, 2009

    I'm publishing my novel Flicker in the Porthole Glass (MAMMOTH Books 2002) in serial form on my blog, Maximum Fiction. You can find the first installment here:

    http://maximumfiction.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/flicker-in-the-porthole-glass-a-novel-part-i/

    Edward Desautels – Dec 10, 2009

    "Impressions of Jacques Rigaut," excepted from my novel in progress, Housebreaking the Muse, will appear in the premier issue of Eighty Percent Magazine.

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