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Kevin Sampsell
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I don’t think I’ve ever worn flip flops in my life. And I know that driving through the south in July is going to be sweltery (I’ve done it before). I know I won’t be wearing army boots or anything. But I probably won’t wear cut-offs either. Maybe a wife beater, though, you know, I’ll call it a tank top (still sounds kinda aggro though, right?).
But I’m getting ahead of myself here. First I need...
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A Common Pornography: A Memoir
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Portland Noir
by Kevin Sampsell (Goodreads Author) , Karen Karbo, Bill Cameron  3.30 avg rating — 152 ratings
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2009
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Creamy Bullets
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Beautiful Blemish
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The Insomniac Reader: Stories of the Night
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The Patricia Letters
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How to Lose Your Mind With Lights On
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Haiku Inferno
by Kevin Sampsell (Goodreads Author), Frank D'Andrea 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Invisible Radios: re-mixes, statistics, jokes, etc.
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1998
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Stuck
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| My favorite poems in this early collection are the ones about her kids. It may be weird to read Olds describe her six-year-old son's penis so poetically but that's one of her talents--sneaking you into her world sometimes uncomfortably. A few pages l...more | |
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| An odd little meditation (with drawings!) of one of television's most enduring characters. Includes mini essays about Kramer and fashion, friendship, routine, work and sleep (Sarah Silverman). Nice work, CMart! | |
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Could become for straight girls in Brooklyn what Michelle Tea's "Valencia" was for queer girls in San Francisco.
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“I realize that nothing is really normal. All it takes to alter normalcy is a death or a birth. Or just some misguided fear, love, or loneliness that never goes away.”
― Kevin Sampsell, A Common Pornography: A Memoir
― Kevin Sampsell, A Common Pornography: A Memoir
“I think if you tell someone that you love him or her, (especially a person that once screamed, “I’m not gonna love you ever!”) and that person says “duh,” then I think that means you have done something right.”
― Chloe Caldwell, Legs Get Led Astray
― Chloe Caldwell, Legs Get Led Astray
“Mr. Pappadakis smells like Just for Men peroxide dye and eucalyptus foot unguents. He has a face like a catcher's mitt. The whole thing puckers inward, drooping with the memory of some dropped fly ball.”
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“They weren't hours, these classes; they weren't even forty-five minutes--they were "periods," which sounded to me as if they were each at once a little era and then the end you had to see decisively put to it.”
― Gary Lutz
― Gary Lutz
“My mother wanted to be Betty Boop. Betty Boop was independent. Betty Boop was sexy. Betty Boop really had her shit together, you know?”
― Chloe Caldwell, Legs Get Led Astray
― Chloe Caldwell, Legs Get Led Astray
“A chainsaw's God's way of evening out the playing field between you and everything, even the invisible stuff.”
― Jennifer L. Knox, Drunk by Noon
― Jennifer L. Knox, Drunk by Noon
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Kevin wrote: "selena wrote: "a book published by chiasmus? does this mean you know the lovely ms. yuknavitch?"Yes--Lidia and I are old friends. In fact, we just read together (and with Kerry Cohen) in Seattle ..."
the world keeps getting smaller. she was my writing professor and i just loved her and everyone she taught me about.
selena wrote: "a book published by chiasmus? does this mean you know the lovely ms. yuknavitch?"Yes--Lidia and I are old friends. In fact, we just read together (and with Kerry Cohen) in Seattle last Thursday!
Yo! I love, love, loved the books by Chelsea Martin and Claudia Smith. You sure know how to pick 'em. Can't wait to see you read in SF!
Brandon wrote: "Thank you for being my one fan."Actually, I've just been writing another "fan" of yours--and I'm going to sell him a rare copy of "Who the Hell..."
I just received an email with my goodreads updates, and the subject was "updates from Kevin, Kevin, Kevin, Kevin, Kevin"-
perhaps it is my drowsy state that finds this hilarious-
or maybe it really does sound like a pissed off valley girl.
either way.....
Thanks for publishing Gary Lutz's A Partial List of People to Bleach. The world is a better place with that book in it.
Ya, sure. Where are my reads? Best intentions and all, but haven't had a moment to log my books. I'm saving up.
I've heard so much about you.Or maybe it's just that I've heard you exist over and over.
I guess you'll have that.
Actually, I think you rejected one of my books once. For which I am not bitter.
Really.
I predict I'll be out your way within the year.Just turned in my book edits today. Feels like running a marathon, and when you're finished, you're too tired to even say, Yay!
Hey Kevin - glad you like the site - and thanks for helping spread the word! T-shirts coming soon :)
Thanks for sharing, Kevin! I haven't read any of those works, so I'll definitely check them out.Here's wishing you the best in all aspects of your life.
-Jeremy :)
Hi Kevin!If you don't mind sharing--I was wondering, what's your favorite book of all time?
Here’s wishing you a weekend filled with wacky whims, wonderful weirdness, and well-disposed werecats.
-Jeremy :)
yes, indeed. and today, of all the things to be thankful for, this reminds me what an incredible gift literacy really is.
Aw, thanks and shucks and stuff. You too, really, I spent forever reading your reviews and now I have several dozen books to read.I love Powells, maybe next time I'm in Portland you can show me some favorite books. I work at BookPeople in Austin. Yay bookstores.
Hello, Kevin,Thanks for the add request. After perusing your book list, I know that having you for a goodreads pal will keep me in literary heaven for years! I rarely get up to Amsterdam to visit the English bookstore (and they wouldn't have too many - if any - small press offerings)...but on my annual trip to Portland, I spend hours at Powells. Usually I'm so overwhelmed with all there is to read, I don't know where to start. I end up going waaaaay over the weight limit on my return luggage...
Cheers,
Tish
