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| Born | July 2, 1983 Virginia |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer, poet, editor |
| Writing period | (2005)- present |
| Subjects | concrete reality |
| Notable work(s) | you are a little bit happier than i am (2006) |
| Notable award(s) | Seth Barkas Prize in Creative Writing from New York University (2005) |
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Tao Lin (1983-) is an American poet, novelist, and short-story writer.
He is the author of a novel, Eeeee Eee Eeee, and a story collection, Bed, which were published simultaneously by Melville House Publishing May, 2007. He is also the author of two poetry collections, you are a little bit happier than i am, which won Action Books' December Prize in 2005 and was published November, 2006; and cognitive-behavioral therapy, which was published May, 2008 by Melville House Publishing. A chapbook of poetry, this emotion was a little e-book, and one of stories, Today the Sky is Blue and White with Bright Blue Spots and a Small Pale Moon and I Will Destroy Our Relationship Today, were published by the Internet press Bear Parade in 2006.1
His forthcoming books include a novella, Shoplifting from American Apparel, to be published Fall, 2009, and his second novel, Richard Yates, to be published early in 2010. Both books will be published by Melville House Publishing.
Tao serves as co-editor of poetry for 3:AM Magazine and co-edits with Ellen Kennedy a literary press called Ass Hi Books2. His writing has appeared in Noon, Nerve, Vice, Esquire, The Stranger, The Mississippi Review, Bear Parade, The Cincinnati Review, Other Voices, Fourteen Hills, and other magazines.
Tao's writing has attracted both negative and positive attention in younger, mostly-independent venues such as The Stranger, ANP Quarterly, Paper, Paste, Nylon, Vice, Flaunt, Giant Robot, and Gawker3 who referred to him as "maybe perhaps the single most irritating person we've ever had to deal with," [3] though they later "pardoned" him [4].
He once tried, and failed, to rob an American Apparel. 4
He is the editor of the literary press Muumuu House, founded in October 2008, which will publish poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and gmail chats online and in print.5
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Second Novel
In August, 2008 Tao successfully sold 6 shares (of 10% of the royalties of his second novel per share) to investors for $2000 per share.6 On "The Chris Evans Show" on BBC Radio 2 7 Tao said the shares were sold to five people he didn't know and his parents. His second novel, Richard Yates, will be published by Melville House Publishing in early 20108.
Bibliography
- (2006) this emotion was a little e-book (poetry, e-book)
- (2006) Today the Sky is Blue and White with Bright Blue Spots and a Small Pale Moon and I Will Destroy Our Relationship Today (stories, e-book)
- (2006) you are a little bit happier than i am (poetry)
- (2007) Bed (stories)
- (2007) Eeeee Eee Eeee (novel)
- (2008) cognitive-behavioral therapy (poetry)
- (2009) Shoplifting from American Apparel (novella)
- (2010) Richard Yates (novel)
References
- ^ http://bearparade.com
- ^ ass hi books
- ^ Gawker's Page on Tao Lin,
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://reader-of-depressing-books.blogspot.com/2008/10/muumuu-house.html
- ^ [2]
- ^ Tao on BBC Radio 2
- ^ http://reader-of-depressing-books.blogspot.com/2008/09/richard-yates-melville-house-2009.html
External links
- Tao's blog, Reader of Depressing Books
- Tao's art, Underwater Hamster
- Feature in Time Out New York
- Interview at Bookslut
- Interview at Publishers Weekly
- Interview and Poems at We Heart Four Things
- Feature by Johannes Thumfart in Zeit Online, Germany
- Interview at everydayyeah.com
- Article in the Telegraph
- Post on the NYTimes blog "Freakonomics"
Work
- Story on Mississippi Review
- Story on Mississippi Review
- Story in Vice
- Story on Nerve.com
- Story at Juked
- Story at Hobart
- "The Levels of Greatness a Fiction Writer Can Achieve in America" Essay by Tao Lin in The Stranger
- "What I Can Tell You About Seattle Based on the People I've Met Who Are From There" Essay by Tao Lin in The Stranger
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