{"id":32,"date":"2006-02-12T23:34:54","date_gmt":"2006-02-13T04:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/?p=32"},"modified":"2010-12-04T17:06:02","modified_gmt":"2010-12-04T22:06:02","slug":"the-bat-segundo-show-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/the-bat-segundo-show-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Ander Monson, Elizabeth Crane, Sam Jones & C. Max Magee (BSS #21)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Authors:<\/b> Sam Jones<\/a>, Ander Monson<\/a>, C. Max Magee<\/a> and Elizabeth Crane<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Condition of Mr. Segundo:<\/b> Snubbed and self-righteous.<\/p>\n

Subjects Discussed:<\/b> Visceral voice vs. conceptual voice, the book’s origins, the Monson universe of stories, snow, self-help books, postmodernism, the war on ambitious fiction, John Barth, the original expansive form of Other Electricities<\/i>, Twin Peaks<\/i>, book design, Mark Danielewski’s House of Leaves<\/i>, experimental fiction, how Other Electricities<\/i> was almost published by McSweeney’s Books, Rick Moody, Monson’s obsession with snow, mashed potatoes, Jonas Hanway<\/a>, umbrellas, comparisons with Elizabeth McKenzie’s Stop that Girl<\/i>, writers named Elizabeth, blatant autobiographical fiction vs. entirely invented fiction, Owen Wilson, the influence of pop culture upon Crane’s writing, numerology, three-minute films, Maury Povich’s sadism, writing for Nerve<\/i>, the horrors of blueberry bagels, the influence of David Foster Wallce, Michiko Kakutani, the credibility of “by the way” in dialogue, being categorized as chicklit<\/a>, dicklit, Nick Laird, on being reviewed, the pros and cons of being a woman writer, and New York vs. Chicago.<\/p>\n[INTERVIEW NOTES:<\/B> The interviews were all conducted by telephone.]\n

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Authors: Sam Jones, Ander Monson, C. Max Magee and Elizabeth Crane. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Snubbed and self-righteous. Subjects Discussed: Visceral voice vs. conceptual voice, the book’s origins, the Monson universe of stories, snow, self-help books, postmodernism, the war on ambitious fiction, John Barth, the original expansive form of Other Electricities, Twin Peaks, book design, […]<\/p>\n