30 under 30 : An Anthology of Innovative Fiction by Younger Writers

by Butler, Blake; Hoang, Lily

• ISBN13: 9780984213337
• ISBN10: 0984213333
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-07-26
• Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist

Summary

30 stories from 30 of the top young writers under the age of 30 writing today.

Author Biography

Blake Butler: Blake Butler has published the novella, Ever (Calamari Press), and the short story collection, Scorch Atlas (Featherproof Books), and has a novel and non-fiction book forthcoming from Harper Perennial. He edits the literary journal, Lamination Colony, and co-edits, No Colony. He also co-runs the independent publishing house, Year of the Liquidator.
Lily Hoang: Lily Hoang has published three novels: Changing (Fairy Tale Review Press, 2008), Parabola (Chiasmus, 2008), and The Evolutionary Revolution (Les Figues Press, 2010).

Table of Contents

The Frog	p. 9
C:/ping scopuli.com	p. 17
Last Seen	p. 21
Blood, Not Sap	p. 33
Black Kids in Lemon Trees	p. 39
A Short Story	p. 45
The Hardest Button	p. 61
You Don't Need a Place to Sleep if You Don't Plan on Sleeping, or 5 Shorts	p. 69
When Robin Hood Fell With an Arrow Through his Heart	p. 75
from Selma	p. 85
My Father and I Were Bent Groundward	p. 109
Infections	p. 113
Sister	p. 127
Gangrene	p. 137
If I Were Lee's Girlfriend, I Wouldn't Want to Drown Children in the Duck Pond	p. 145
I Write to You of This	p. 153
from Fur: An Autobiography	p. 159
The Age of the Tire Boat	p. 175
City Walk IV, IX, XII, XIV	p. 181
Rip the Wings off Dragonflies; Virus; On Location; Still Life with Grapes; Four Art Pieces; Anonymous Anonymous	p. 185
Jumpman vs. the Ape	p. 195
Guided Walks	p. 205
The Colonization of Room 313	p. 211
Biography of a Porn Star	p. 229
The World; The Words; This Man	p. 235
Somewhere Ahead Smoked the Wreckage of My Evening	p. 241
The Defining Work of Your Career	p. 253
Klempt, Level Puller	p. 259
Kiddie Land; Ambrosia; Rumors; The Paragraphs	p. 263
Mr. Gray	p. 273
Notes on Contributors	p. 291
Editors	p. 301
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