| This anthology maps the territory of interest to Clear Cut Press, more or less. It includes fiction, memoir, poetry, polemical essays, lyrical research, archival texts, photography, painting, and other arts. Among the contributors are Stacey Levine, Charles D’Ambrosio, Steve Weiner, Emily White, Rebecca Brown, Robert Glück, Pravin Jain (a former Enron executive), Casey Sanchez (a fish slimer), Wouter Vanstiphout (winner of the 2002 Masskant Prize for young architects), photographers Robert Adams and Ari Marcopoulos, painter Michael Brophy, many widely published authors, and others whom you’ll know well in the future. Matt Briggs provides a specially commissioned index.
Excerpts from the text:
"Mountains face our living room window, their unsolicitous peaks white and blue; the neighborhood is silent because it was made that way. Barry sits in his armchair, reviewing cases. I steal to him, tilt the brown drink in his mug, pinch the little string overhanging his pocket and tug, pulling more, then more, coiling the cord upon the floor. So much came out of Barry, it is hard to say—"
—Stacey Levine, from "The World of Barry"
"Last night I cooked brisket with potatoes, cabbage, and carrots, and feeling reluctant I bought myself a fifth of vodka. At the liquor store I asked the Indian woman, Do you know who I am, and when she said no, two people, an older couple, came up to the register, and then she asked who am I and I said rather coyly, Jasmine, and that I thought that people were lying about me. After this she said, I don't know you, so why should I lie about you?"
—Patrick Bissell, from "The Sweet Gift"
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List of Contributors:
Stacey Levine
Wesley Wehr
Emily White
Frances McCue
Robert Adams
Lisa Robertson
The Office for Soft Architecture
Howard W. Robertson
Robert Glück
Pravin J. Jain
Patrick Bissell
Corrina Wycoff
Nhien Nguyen
Casey Sanchez
Diana George and Nic Veroli
Ari Marcopoulos
Wouter Vanstiphout
Gerard Hadders
N. E. Thing, Co.
Michael Brophy
S. A. D. Puter
Rebecca Brown
Charles D’Ambrosio
Grant Cogswell
Steve Weiner
Sam Lohmann
Tiffany Lee Brown
Jordana Rosenberg
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