Tao Lin
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 in May, 2007. He is also the author of a poetry collection, you are a little bit happier than i am, which won Action Books' December Prize in 2005. Another poetry-collection, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, will be published May, 2008 by Melville House, who will also publish his second novel.
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, were published by the internet press Bear Parade in 2006.
Tao serves as co-editor of poetry for 3:AM Magazine and co-edits with Ellen Kennedy a literary press called Ass Hi Books.
His writing has appeared in Noon, Nerve, Vice, The Stranger, The Mississippi Review, The Cincinnati Review, Other Voices, Fourteen Hills, and other magazines.
Gawker has referred to him as "maybe perhaps the single most irritating person we've ever had to deal with." [1] but has since "pardoned" him. [2]
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 (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)
Nicknames
- Towel In
- tao lin dot com
- Franklin P Fonsworth, III
- Marco Roth
- asian haruki murakami
External links
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- Tao's blog, Reader of Depressing Books
- Tao's art, Underwater Hamster
- Feature in Time Out New York
- Interview at Bookslut
- Interview at Litpark
- Interview at Redivider
- Interview at Publishers Weekly
- Review of Eeeee Eee Eeee and Bed on Hipster Book Club
- Review of Eeeee Eee Eeee and Bed on Bookmunch
- Review of Bed in The Stranger
- Review of Eeeee Eee Eeee on Bookslut
- Review of Eeeee Eee Eeee on Readysteadybook
- Review of you are a little bit happier than i am on Lime Tree
- Review of you are a little bit happier than i am in Time Out Chicago
- Review of you are a little bit happier than i am in Bookslut
- Review of you are a little bit happier than i am on Miporadio
- Poetry at Realpoetik
- Poetry at Bear Parade
- Poetry at Mipoesias
- Poetry at Coconut
- Stories at Bear Parade
- Story on Mississippi Review
- Story on Mississippi Review
- Story on Nerve.com
- Story at Juked
- Story at Hobart
- Story at Alice Blue Review
- Blog at Reader of Depressing Books
- Booknotes essay at Largehearted Boy for you are a little bit happier than i am
- Booknotes essay at Largehearted Boy for Bed
- Booknotes essay at Largehearted Boy for Eeeee Eee Eeee
- "The Levels of Greatness a Fiction Writer Can Achieve in America" Essay by Tao Lin in The Stranger