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	<title>Caleb J Ross The World&#039;s First Author Blog &#187; Other Writers</title>
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	<itunes:summary>Author Caleb J. Ross chews, swallows, and every-so-often successfully digests various aspects of the writer&#039;s life, from rejection to success, sober to drunk. The World&#039;s First Author Podcast is for writers looking for a bit of navigation through the increasingly fractured path to publishing success...maybe.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Kind words from Ken Wohlrob, author of The Love Book: &#8220;Ross writes the macabre better than most&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ken Wohlrob, author of The Love Book and Songs of Vagabonds, Misfits, and Sinners made this early morning a bit more bearable by offering a very humbling, very nice review of Stranger Will over at his official site. Here&#8217;s a few snippets: “It’s been a while since I have read a solid, eerie tale of actual human depravity — let’s face it, most writers are too zombie and vampire obsessed these days — but Stranger Will hits the mark perfectly. The plot, &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/kind-words-from-ken-wohlrob-author-of-the-love-book-ross-writes-the-macabre-better-than-most/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stranger Will tour stop #65: Richard Thomas&#8217; blog, we argue the merits (or non-) of an MFA</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today marks a special stop on my blog tour. Richard Thomas and I have it out a new installment of his dueling columns series which essentially pits two writers against one another to voice their individuals takes on a hot-button issue of the day. Our issue: to MFA or not to MFA. I&#8217;ve posted both of our write-ups below, which can also be seen at Richard Thomas&#8217; site. Click here to read the guest post. Also, don’t forget that if you comment on all guest blog posts, &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/stranger-will-tour-stop-66-richard-thomas-blog-we-argue-the-merits-or-non-of-an-mfa/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Spinetingler Magazine reviews Click-Clack from Warmed and Bound: &#8220;This vignette is a song masquerading as short story. It achieves this with a brilliance as flawless as any modern masterpiece of music.&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 02:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Click-Clack&#8221; is a favorite of my stories. It has a rhythm and a focus that I am particularly proud of. So, it makes me all warm and bound to read Matthew C. Funk&#8216;s review of the story at Spinetinger Magazine. Spinetingler, for whatever beautiful reason, has decided to review a handful of stories from the recent Warmed and Bound anthology, in which my story, along with 37 others, appear for your reading pleasure. Rather than blather on, I&#8217;ll just post a few of Mr. Funk&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/media/spinetingler-magazine-reviews-click-clack-from-warmed-and-bound/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ben Tanzer and Brandon Tietz get This Podcasted, and I&#8217;m there by association</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 04:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[de Tietz: &#8220;Caleb J.Ross writes like &#8220;if Jonathan Franzen did way too many barbiturates and got into a downward spiral.&#8221; As always, Ben Tanzer moderates a fantastic episode of This Podcast Will Change Your Life. This episode brings with it Brandon Tietz, author of Out of Touch. He talks about his next book, Vanity, his work at The Cult, his contribution to Warmed and Bound, and much, much more. Subscribe to This Podcast Will Change Your Life. Never miss an &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/ben-tanzer-and-brandon-tietz-get-this-podcasted-and-im-there-by-association/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>[Guest Post] An excerpt from Pablo D&#8217;Stair&#8217;s upcoming novel VHS&#8230;lucky you!</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/an-excerpt-from-pablo-dstairs-upcoming-novel-vhs-lucky-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is an excerpt from VHS, a literary novel by Pablo D’Stair being released in various e-formats, absolutely free-of-charge (and in limited edition print-editions-by-part through giveaways). Information on the project, including links to what is currently available, can be found at www.vhsbook.wordpress.com. &#8220;Drain&#8221; There was a distinct moaning coming from the sink drain in the bathroom of my basement—it didn’t start as distinct, in fact I hardly even heard it at first, had just ducked in to the bathroom to &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/an-excerpt-from-pablo-dstairs-upcoming-novel-vhs-lucky-you/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stranger Will tour stop #50: Cannoli Pie Magazine; I am the August editor</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 14:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cannoli Pie editor Stephen Krauska (@cannolipie or @unRonic or UnRonic) asked me to be a guest editor at Cannoli Pie for the August issue. Amazing man; I ask for a tour stop on his blog and he offers an entire guest house for a month. I&#8217;m honored. I reached out to a few writers I know whom I believe represent various aspects of an aesthetic I&#8217;ve been slowly coming to understand over the last few years as being desirable both as a reader and a &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/stranger-will-tour-stop-50-cannoli-pie-magazine-i-am-the-august-editor/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hey Chicago-ers: Chicago Publisher &#8216;CCLaP&#8217; Holds Quadruple Book Release Party, August 10th</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/hey-chicago-ers-chicago-publisher-cclap-holds-quadruple-book-release-party-august-10th/</link>
		<comments>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/hey-chicago-ers-chicago-publisher-cclap-holds-quadruple-book-release-party-august-10th/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This post is cross-posted from the Outsider Writers site) From CCLaP The Chicago Center for Literature and Photography, or CCLaP, is proud to announce their latest local live event, a large-scale party to celebrate the release of their first four paper books this summer. An electronic publisher since 2007, CCLaP has been quietly releasing new special-edition, handmade &#8220;Hypermodern&#8221; paper editions of its four titles throughout the summer; and on August 10th the group will be gathering at the popular Beauty Bar in the Bucktown neighborhood for drinks, &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/hey-chicago-ers-chicago-publisher-cclap-holds-quadruple-book-release-party-august-10th/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>[Guest Post] Character and Plot &#8211; One and The Same Thing..?: A guest post from David Baboulene</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/character-and-plot-one-and-the-same-thing-a-guest-post-from-david-baboulene/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following is a guest post from David Baboulene, author of The Story Book. He is currently preparing to defend his Ph.D. thesis at Brighton University that subtext is the defining substance of story, and by measuring subtext presence, depth and extent, he can tell you in advance how successful a story is likely to be. If you are like me, you are unlikely to understand the next two paragraphs, but by the end of this article we will visit them again and hopefully &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/character-and-plot-one-and-the-same-thing-a-guest-post-from-david-baboulene/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Warmed and Bound reaches #3 in Barnes &amp; Noble paperback bestsellers</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/warmed-and-bound-reaches-3-in-barnes-noble-paperback-bestsellers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/warmed-and-bound-reaches-3-in-barnes-noble-paperback-bestsellers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 05:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By now, most of you know that I have a story in this amazing noir short fiction anthology called Warmed and Bound. What some of you may not yet know is just how successful the book has been already. Go here for purchase information. Don&#8217;t be left out.]]></description>
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		<title>Get Warmed, Get Bound Today</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/get-warmed-get-bound-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Velvet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The day of attrition is upon us. Also, coincidentally, the day that Warmed and Bound is released is also upon us. For those of you not yet in the know, prepare to be baptized. Warmed and Bound is an anthology of short stories stitched together by the people at The Velvet and edited by the beautiful and talented Pela Via. I&#8217;ve stated already the huge amount of talent crammed inside this amazing noir collection, so I won&#8217;t do that again. For those with an tendency &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/get-warmed-get-bound-today/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Six Personal Investigations of the Act of Reading: Caleb J. Ross&#8217; Stranger Will at the Sri Lanka Sunday Observer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pablo D&#8217;Stair returns with his second installment of his Six Personal Investigations of the Act of Reading, this time with my novel, Stranger Will, as the article&#8217;s referent object (with a focus on Genre). I simply could not be more delighted. He&#8217;s already tackled Stephen Graham Jones&#8217; The Bird is Gone: a manifesto and is prepping investigations of Goodloe Byron&#8217;s The Wraith (which I am currently reading), Amelia Gray&#8217;s, AM/PM, D. Harlan Wilson&#8217;s Peckinpah: an ultraviolent romance, and Brian Olu&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/media/six-personal-investigations-of-the-act-of-reading-caleb-j-ross-stranger-will-at-the-sri-lanka-sunday-observer/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why’d You Go and Do That, Caleb? Pablo D&#8217;Stair asks and I ask Pablo.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 03:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pablo D&#8217;Stair simply doesn&#8217;t stop. He has recently begun yet another project. His Why&#8217;d You Go and Do That? series asks authors to confess to a long hidden secret, and subsequently answer a few questions about how that secret may have forged the author’s thematic sensibilities. This guy has so much going on that he&#8217;s basically become his own Guide to Online Schools. Though I hope this trend of uncomfortable confession doesn&#8217;t take over his entire curriculum; someone will likely &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/why%e2%80%99d-you-go-and-do-that-caleb-pablo-dstair-asks-and-i-ask-pablo/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stranger Will tour stop #44: Pela Via&#8217;s blog</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/stranger-will-tour-stop-44-pela-vias-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 03:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What follows is a conversation between myself and writer and Warmed and Bound editor, Pela Via. Why? We like chatting about ourselves. Or, read a much prettier version at Pela&#8217;s blog. Pela Via: Thanks for talking to me again, Caleb. You are one of the hardest workers in contemporary fiction; I always love a chance to corner you into a long, stifling conversation. Are you as prolific as you seem? Caleb J. Ross: Prolific is a term that seems appropriate &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/stranger-will-tour-stop-44-pela-vias-blog/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Quoted for Tattooed Truth</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 04:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This entire post is pulled from the Warmed &#38; Bound book site, written by editor Pela Via. If she didn&#8217;t already have the words, I swear this could have come from my fingers verbatim (though with less Caleb Ross praise; I try to subdue the ego as much as I can): It was this time last year I sent out the first anthology emails. If I remember right, first to JR Harlan, begging for his story “Love,” and to Craig &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/quoted-for-tattooed-truth/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stranger Will tour stop #42: NOO Journal blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today , NOO Journal is kind enough to post an interview that author Nik Korpon did with me a few weeks back. NOO is too good to me. Click here to read the interview. Also, don’t forget that if you comment on all guest blog posts, you will get free stuff. See all tour stops here]]></description>
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		<title>$0.99 for Stranger Will and others, through July 7th only!</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/0-99-for-stranger-will-and-others-through-july-7th-only/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 22:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You don&#8217;t want to hang out with family this July 4th weekend anyway, right? For a limited time, through July 7th to be exact, Otherworld Publications is offering all five titles from their &#8220;Brat Pack&#8221; authors at $0.99 each. That&#8217;s one penny for every moment of regret you&#8217;ll have reading this rubbish. Stranger Will by Caleb J. Ross $0.99 Kindle Nook Smashwords Stay God by Nik Korpon $0.99 Kindle Smashwords Out of Touch by Brandon Tietz $0.99 Kindle Smashwords Transubstantiate &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/0-99-for-stranger-will-and-others-through-july-7th-only/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Warmed &amp; Bound, a collection of Velvet Noir. You will be different after this.</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/warmed-bound-a-collection-of-velvet-noir-you-will-be-different-after-this/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You will be hearing about this a lot in the coming weeks. I sense a paradigm shift. Enter: Velvet Noir. Website: warmedandbound.com Twitter: @WarmedAndBound Facebook: Warmed and Bound Facebook (The Velvet): The Velvet]]></description>
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		<title>@BenTanzer says &#8220;With As a Machine &amp; Parts Caleb J. Ross continues to stake his claim as his generation&#8217;s Watcher&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/bentanzer-says-with-as-a-machine-parts-caleb-j-ross-continues-to-stake-his-claim-as-his-generations-watcher/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently there are a couple of Advance Reader Copies of my forthcoming book, As a Machine and Parts floating around out there, giving bad names to bookshelves across the country. One landed in Ben Tanzer&#8217;s filthy mitts (creepy refection in the image above is actually Nik Korpon, however). Having the man behind You Can Make Him Like You and My Father&#8217;s House say such nice things about my book makes me all crazy inside. His words, as he might say, &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/bentanzer-says-with-as-a-machine-parts-caleb-j-ross-continues-to-stake-his-claim-as-his-generations-watcher/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The lovely Kristin Fouquet reviews Stranger Will</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 22:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kristin Fouquet, author of Twenty Stories, which I loved, has written a very nice review of Stranger Will. But the center of her review shouldn&#8217;t be the review itself. She offers a snippet of her own life, one which shares thematic similarities to Stranger Will. From the review: With ease, Ross seems to dare you to turn the page. Chapter Eighteen is gut-wrenching. It reminded me of footage of Shias parading while flogging themselves. The children used soft, harmless cat-o-nine &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/the-lovely-kristin-fouquet-reviews-stranger-will/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Charactered Pieces gets Ben Tanzered</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 16:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have long known that Ben Tanzer is a fan of my story &#8220;An Optimist is the Human Personification of Spring&#8221; from my Charactered Pieces chapbook. Ben has been kind enough to tell me that very fact, saying to me that it is one of the most affecting stories he has read recently (even telling the world on his podcast). Simply stated, he likes the story, and his enthusiasm and praise is exactly the reason I write. So, when he posted some &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/charactered-pieces-gets-ben-tanzered/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wow. Wowy wow wow. Stranger Will love from Bob Pastorella</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2011 01:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bob Pastorella, keeper of the enviably-titled Obscuradrome blog, just posted a pants-tinglingly beautiful review of Stranger Will. Some excerpts: Saying Stranger Will is compelling is the understatement of the year. Quality fiction is both compelling and unpredictable. It’s also dangerous, which is why we read it. Ross writes with all of these factors in mind. From the first pages, he takes you by the hand, leading you down dark corridors where you really don’t want to go, but you’re unable to &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/wow-wowy-wow-wow-stranger-will-love-from-bob-pastorella/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Talking the author performance with 4 other writers who know how to perform</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fresh from our own live readings, me, Ben Tanzer (You Can Make Him Like You), Ryan W. Bradley (publisher, Artistically Declined Press), Nik Korpon (Stay God), and Brandon Tietz (Out of Touch) have a sit down at Bourbon in Washington DC to discuss the hows and whys of author performance. Performance is part of the author’s life. Many of us may prefer the romance of the hermit writer to the reality of the performing writing, but as the culture shifts &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/marketing/talking-the-author-performance-with-4-other-writers-who-know-how-to-perform/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Velvet Podcast, interview with Jane Friedman, social media expert</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 01:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few weeks, Jane Friedman and I have gotten to know each other almost entirely by way of Twitter. With online social media playing such an important role in our introduction and ultimate in-person meeting it made sense that we should take a few moments during the recent AWP (Association of Writers and Writing Projects) conference in Washington DC to discuss the role of social media in the author’s life. Jane’s passion for the world of e-media is &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/marketing/the-velvet-podcast-interview-with-jane-friedman-social-media-expert/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Guess who paid to be one of 65 authors included in No Colony&#8217;s Pushcorpse project.</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/guess-who-paid-to-be-one-of-65-authors-included-in-no-colonys-pushcorpse-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A single story? 65 authors? Yes. Who? These: Shya Scanlon, Christian Ochoa, Brian Spears, David Erlewine, Christopher Higgs, Alan Horn, Jason Cook, Matt Kirkpatrick, Amy Letter, Gene Morgan, Vaughan Simons, David Peak, Brian Carr, Claire Kohne, Caleb J. Ross, Michael Jauchen, Alec Niedenthal, Christopher Heavener, Jac Jemc, Peter Rawlings, Joseph Goosey, Darby Larson, Nathan Tyree, Michael Inscoe, Roxane Gay, Jonny Kelly, Alan S. Carl, Aaron Gilbreath, Travis Kurowski, Caitlyn Dibble, Jackie Corley, J.A. Tyler, Andrew Borgstrom, Christopher Newgent, Phoebe North, &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/guess-who-paid-to-be-one-of-65-authors-included-in-no-colonys-pushcorpse-project/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Velvet reads at the appropriately named The Velvet Lounge in Washington D.C</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/media/the-velvet-reads-at-the-appropriately-named-the-velvet-lounge-in-washington-d-c/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 20:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Only one day back from Washington DC and already I miss it. The city was wonderful, of course, but what really impressed me was how nice the citizens were. Everyone from CVS counter workers to street repair people went out of their way to smile and offer a hello. And I definitely don&#8217;t project a aura of respectability, so these people couldn&#8217;t have feared I was in a position to fire them. One of the high points for me was &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/media/the-velvet-reads-at-the-appropriately-named-the-velvet-lounge-in-washington-d-c/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blogging, Tweeting, and YouTubing from AWP all this week</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/blogging-tweeting-and-youtubing-from-awp-all-this-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Between February 2nd and 5th I will be attending the AWP (Association of Writers and Writing Programs) Conference in Washington DC. During this time I&#8217;ll be temporarily relocated. Check often at the following places, where I (and a team of writers) will be reporting on the happenings at the conference all week. Be sure to subscribe to the blog, YouTube channel, and Podcast feed, and follow the Twitter stream. My AWP Blog (www.calebjross.com/awpblog) Expect summaries of panels and daily roundups &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/blogging-tweeting-and-youtubing-from-awp-all-this-week/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Treat every book like The Bible</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can you talk about a single book for one hour every week? Ministers/Priests/Pastors/Reverends/Etc. do. Why shouldn’t more books get the attention that religion texts do? Okay, most books don’t have a centuries-long history, a following (even a lukewarm one), or a cultivated lifestyle (excluding the Twilights and Harry Potters). What most books do have in common with religion texts is an industry infrastructure built to support their messages and the text itself; compelling narrative for the ultimate goal of better &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/marketing/treat-every-book-like-the-bible/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Validating the three publishing options: Traditional, Small/Independent, DIY</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 03:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Honestly, when in the company of commercial press authors, defending my place as independent press author can be difficult. To those who have “made it” into the commercial presses, I would assume my defense comes across not nearly as articulately and convincingly as I would hope. Afterall, the examples of small press authors immigrating into the world of commercial presses far outweighs the number of commercial authors willing to emigrate to the small press world. The commercial press gatekeeper is &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/marketing/validating-the-three-publishing-options-traditional-smallindependent-diy/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Literary critics aren&#8217;t dying, but they are threatening suicide&#8230;again.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 20:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The December 31st, 2010 episode of the New York Times Review of Books podcast focused on a conversation on the relevance of professional literary criticism, especially in respects to the ‘everyone does it’ mentality associated with Amazon book reviews, Facebook statuses, and amateur lit crit blogs. Though the entire conversation was extremely interesting, the following point was especially intriguing. Said Katie Roiphe, a professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University, about the current position of &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/literary-critics-arent-dying-but-they-are-threatening-suicide-again/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Top five of oh ten</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/top-five-of-oh-ten/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of year again, when it is acceptable for elitists to boast of their hipster cred. Of course, I am referring to the Top (number) Lists of the year. I&#8217;m going to squeeze into my skinny jeans, wrap a scarf around my non-coated body, and crack open a PBR while I compile my best  books of 2010 list. The top five Rationale: these are my five favorite books that were published in 2010. Of course, disclaimers apply; I &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/top-five-of-oh-ten/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rémi Carreiro makes the important part of books</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/remi-carreiro-makes-the-important-part-of-books/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 14:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of you have liars for parents. Most of you were probably given the stork spiel when asked age-inappropriate questions about the origins of things. Some of you may have been told the truth, in graphic detail, from honest, though morally disinterested, parents. I’m here to tell you the truth. Birds and bees have nothing to do with it. Rémi Carreiro is responsible. Rémi Carreiro gives birth to book covers. Also, he may have some kids; I don’t know. When &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/remi-carreiro-makes-the-important-part-of-books/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Velvet Podcast, Episode 009: Does This Novel Make Me Look Fat?</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/the-velvet-podcast-episode-009-does-this-novel-make-me-look-fat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode #009 of The Velvet Podcast is now live! Authors Gordon Highland (Major Inversions), Brandon Tietz (Out of Touch), and Caleb J Ross (Stranger Will) have a spirited conversation about self- and vanity-publishing, debating its legitimacy, logistics, and financial aspects, as well as insights from their own experiences in this oft-scorned segment of the industry. Please, give it a listen. Subscribe via Feedburner, Podcast Alley, or iTunes.]]></description>
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		<title>Author Photo Comics. Baer. Jones</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<title>Author Photo Comics. Borges.</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/author-photo-comics-borges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2010 13:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<title>Author Photo Comics. Palahniuk.</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/author-photo-comics-im-open-for-a-more-clever-name/</link>
		<comments>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/author-photo-comics-im-open-for-a-more-clever-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m open for suggestions on a better name than &#8220;Author Photo Comics.&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>This post brought to you by Roxane Gay®</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 01:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roxane Gay comes clean about her approval of dirty money over at HTML Giant. She forces me to ask similar questions of my own moral aversion to sponsorship dollars. Historically, when presented with the opportunity to accept money by way of advertising, sponsorship, etc. I&#8217;ve justified the decision by passing the dollars along to those who I feel it rightfully belongs to (authors, editors, etc.). I&#8217;ve never kept any for myself. But Gay makes me ask: why not? For me, &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/this-post-brought-to-you-by-roxane-gay%c2%ae/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter Review: In the Mean Time by Paul Tremblay</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 13:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jason Behrends over at Orange Alert once frequently posted what he called Tweet Reviews, which are basically collections of &#60;=140 character reviews of each track on a single album. Really cool idea. I don’t think he ever actually tweeting the reviews though. So, I am going to steal/borrow…sterrow&#8230;his idea, and take it to the logical next level. I&#8217;ll be focusing on books, specifically books which are organized in a way conducive to individual tweets. This would be short story collections, &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/twitter-review-in-the-mean-time-by-paul-tremblay/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Oprah Read This to be taken down on November 27th! Hurry Oprah; read this!</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/oprah-read-this-to-be-taken-down-on-november-27th-hurry-oprah-read-this/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 03:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hard to believe that the Oprah Read This site has been live for almost a full year. Harder to believe that in just 29 days it will be gone forever. Check out the site now, or you&#8217;ll forever be denied such wonder stories as&#8230; Bleaching Bills with Henry Miller, Jockey Extraordinaire by Mel Bosworth Chinaski’s Nirvana by Chris Deal I Fucked Jane Austen by Christopher Dwyer Is That You, Kurt Vonnegut? by Paul Eckert Untitled Stephenie Meyer Novel by Gordon &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/oprah-read-this-to-be-taken-down-on-november-27th-hurry-oprah-read-this/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stranger Will popping up in strange places</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 13:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[News aggregator sites collect information in strange ways. Ever since Otherworld Publications went public with their 2011 book lineup, many unrelated aggregator sites have picked up the story. Usually, even with the seemingly unrelated, there is something within the text of a press release that would cause aggregators to jump on board. Let&#8217;s see if we can find those reasons. First, here&#8217;s the release in full: Otherworld Publications is Excited To Announce the 2011 Publication Line-up 04/10/2010 Otherworld Publications Louisville, &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/stranger-will-popping-up-in-strange-places/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Read Mel Bosworth&#8217;s Grease Stains, Kismet, and Maternal Wisdom</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/read-mel-bosworths-grease-stains-kismet-and-maternal-wisdom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 01:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grease Stains, Kismet, and Maternal Wisdom by Mel Bosworth My rating: 5 of 5 stars Mel Bosworth’s second bound book, Grease Stains, Kismet, and Maternal Wisdom, reads like a sequel to the recently released i am here And You Are Gone by Shome Dasgupta. The two books share simplistic linguistic style and an explored relationship that is both as awkward and beautiful as the characters themselves. The hook with this novella, if the somewhat commercial term like “hook” can be &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/read-mel-bosworths-grease-stains-kismet-and-maternal-wisdom/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stay God by Nik Korpon is available for preorder</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stop reading this and order the book, dammit! Preorder now. Releases December 16th. Hard Cover: $26.95 Paperback: $14.95]]></description>
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		<title>The Velvet Podcast, Episode 008: Don’t Pull My Hair Unless You Mean It</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 13:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode #008 of The Velvet Podcast is now live! You don&#8217;t have my handsome voice to fluff your ear chubs this time, but I promise you won&#8217;t be disappointed by the talent here. Featuring three brand new voices to The Velvet Podcast. Make them feel welcome. Writers Richard Thomas (Transubstantiate), Nik Korpon (Stay God), Pela Via and Nic Young grind out the topic of sex and violence in fiction and their complex relationship to sadistic bedfellows, love and shock.. Please, &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/the-velvet-podcast-episode-008-don%e2%80%99t-pull-my-hair-unless-you-mean-it/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jonathan Franzen: &#8220;The whole culture of selling has become personalized&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr. Gordon Highland and I took in a Jonathan Franzen reading this evening at the Kansas City Unity Temple (presented by Rainy Day Books). Franzen read from the same stage on which I met (re: awkwardly shook hands with) Chuck Palahniuk a few years ago. I bring these two authors together here not just because of their temporal-turned-spacial bond, but because the association allowed me to ponder their very different approaches to the live author reading. Via a video posted &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/jonathan-franzen-the-whole-culture-of-selling-has-become-personalized/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Undie Press relaunch</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a long time coming, but one well worth the wait. Tim Hall&#8217;s book press-turned-lit mag is now live and looking amazing. I respect Tim Hall, both as a writer and a person, at a level that few others have been able to reach. Not that I&#8217;m picky about whom I worship, but of all the gods in my life, Tim is one of the platinums. I met Tim through the Outsider Writers Collective a couple years ago. &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/undie-press-relaunch/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>I know the street value of authors</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quick, before they are outlawed. Inhale, inject, and/or read these recently-legalized vices el pronto: A Mel Bosworth is worth a follow-up story chapbook called Grease Stains, Kismet, and Maternal Wisdom. Street date of NOW! Mine is on my way. Based on Mel’s previous work, I can expect some glorious toilet time in the near future. 1 Ben Tanzer will run you 99 Problems (that was an easy conversion). This book is a collection of essays about running. I’m no runner. &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/i-know-the-street-value-of-authors/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Coming early 2011: Stranger Will (the book, not the creepy old man)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just when you thought you had over a year before getting offended by a book from me (I Didn’t Mean to Be Kevin, November 2011), I go and do something crazy like sign with another publisher to release a novel in March 2011. Stranger Will, a noir story of apathy and abortion, is coming early next year from Otherworld Publications. Otherworld Publications is a young publisher, but one with an impressive drive to promote its authors. This fact is not &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/coming-early-2011-stranger-will-the-book-not-the-creepy-old-man/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Coming late 2011: I Didn’t Mean to Be Kevin (the book, not the apology)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s official. Negotiations have been negotiated. Signatures have been signed. Bells have been sleighed. I Didn&#8217;t Mean to Be Kevin will be published in late 2011 by Black Coffee Press. I&#8217;ll keep this announcement short and tidy; there is plenty of time for me to drone on about how proud I am of this book. For now, just make sure your nutting pants are clean. Perhaps not coincidentally, I do drink my coffee black. Black Coffee Press has a quite &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/coming-late-2011-i-didnt-mean-to-be-kevin-the-book-not-the-apology/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Velvet Podcast, Episode 007: INTERVIEW with Blake Butler</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/media/the-velvet-podcast-episode-007-interview-with-blake-butler/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode #007 of The Velvet Podcast is now live! &#8220;If I made it I might as well destroy it by eating it&#8221; &#8211; Blake Butler In this interview episode of The Velvet Podcast, I interview Blake Butler, author of Ever (Calamari Press), Scorch Atlas (Featherproof Books) and the forthcoming There is no Year (Harper Perennial). Blake and Caleb discuss the impact of eReaders on visual-dependent literature, the novels vs. movies fallacy, and the importance of humility in a predominantly stuffy &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/media/the-velvet-podcast-episode-007-interview-with-blake-butler/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Transubstantiate, the first novel from Richard Thomas, is now available</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[July will forever forward be known not as the month in which America celebrates its independence, but instead as the month that witnessed the release of Richard Thomas’s debut novel, Transubstantiate. This novel has been a long time coming, and I urge everyone to grab a copy as soon as possible. And as you do that, get involved with some of the discussion and live readings surrounding the novel, including a July 19 live Q&#38;A at Bitten By Books (Time &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/2530/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Velvet Podcast, Episode 006: Jennifer’s Lost Overboard Body: Cinemuck Boogaloo</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/media/the-velvet-podcast-episode-006-jennifer%e2%80%99s-lost-overboard-body-cinemuck-boogaloo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode #006 of The Velvet Podcastjust went live a few hours ago. Gordon Highland, Jesse Lawrence, Logan Frost, and Stephen Graham Jones talk about: Discussion of other mediums like film and television has always been an important aspect of The Velvet, because we find that our shared tastes in books translates well to art and entertainment in general. Inspired by one of our most popular forums, this episode features three Velvet staffers and author Stephen Graham Jones waxing about the &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/media/the-velvet-podcast-episode-006-jennifer%e2%80%99s-lost-overboard-body-cinemuck-boogaloo/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Artifice Magazine likes me</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/media/artifice-magazine-likes-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And I like you, Artifice Magazine. A bit more praise here for the Oprah Read This &#62;&#62; Oprah, Read This project.]]></description>
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		<title>Jose Saramago, my latest literary love, has died at age 87</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/jose-saramago-my-latest-literary-love-has-died-at-age-87/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jose Saramago, who quickly became one of my favorite authors after I read Blindness just last year, has died. But damn, he had a fine run, producing some of the most amazing novels I&#8217;ve ever read. There truly is no writing like Saramago writing. I am lucky enough, however, to still have a robust back catalog of his work to dive into. In fact, just yesterday, I started The Stone Raft, and already, just 10 pages in, I&#8217;m hooked. Even &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/jose-saramago-my-latest-literary-love-has-died-at-age-87/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The human race is on the brink of extinction. Bunny fights for them&#8221;: an interview with Alan Kelly</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/the-human-race-is-on-the-brink-of-extinction-bunny-fights-for-them-an-interview-with-alan-kelly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This interview is cross-posted at Outsider Writers Collective) Full disclosure: I’m writing this intro after having imbibed a few pints of Guinness at a downtown KC Irish pub called O’Dowds, which, as a nod to authenticity, has been given my grandmother-in-law’s seal of approval, all the way from Ballyshannon, Ireland. The inebriation is all the more fitting, considering Alan Kelly&#8217;s Dublin area connections. Alan first contacted me, years ago, by the invitation in one of my first publication author bios: &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/the-human-race-is-on-the-brink-of-extinction-bunny-fights-for-them-an-interview-with-alan-kelly/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Velvet Podcast, Episode 005: INTERVIEW with Matt Bell</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/media/the-velvet-podcast-episode-005-interview-with-matt-bell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 13:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode #005 of The Velvet Podcast is now live! In this interview episode I talk with Matt Bell, author of The Collectors (Caketrain Press), Wolf Parts and the forthcoming How They Were Found, both from Keyhole Press. Matt’s short fiction has been published and anthologized just about everywhere and is forthcoming to Ninth Letter, the ML Press chapbook series, and Kill Author. We talk about live-writing with an audience over at Everyday Genius, editing for The Collagist, teaching writing to &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/media/the-velvet-podcast-episode-005-interview-with-matt-bell/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Velvet Podcast, Episode 004: “Why can’t I write,” I write OR Inventing Trans Fat</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 04:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode #004 of The Velvet Podcastjust went live a few hours ago. Me, Rob Parker, and Mark Jaskowski talk about: Most writers, whether hobbyists or professionals, would defend that writing is a compulsion. Yet despite this apparent need, writers find a lot a lot of ways to procrastinate (creating this podcast being one). In this episode, three Velvet members discuss why writing is so necessary, what keeps us from writing when we know we should, what keeps us writing once &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/media/the-velvet-podcast-episode-004-%e2%80%9cwhy-can%e2%80%99t-i-write%e2%80%9d-i-write-or-inventing-trans-fat/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Back from the AWP Conference in Denver, CO</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, I&#8217;m back, after four short days of writing-related debauchery. All-in-all, a great time. The highlight, of course, was the OW Press The Velvet reading, which took place on Friday, April 9th at Leela European Cafe. Fourteen readers came together to read current works, works-in-progress, or never-to-be-published works. A damn fine time. I managed to meet a lot of people I&#8217;ve only communicated with over the Internet, which made the trip both surreal and important. Go to The Velvet Podcast &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/back-from-the-awp-conference-in-denver-co/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Velvet Podcast, Episode 003: INTERVIEW with Brian Evenson</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 03:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A very special Episode #003 of The Velvet Podcast just went live a few hours ago. I interview one of my very favorite authors, Brian Evenson about his upcoming AWP Conference panel, Crime, Horror, Sci‐Fi, and Fantasy… Seriously.Extract below: (Anthony Smith, Brian Evenson, Stephen Graham Jones, Tod Goldberg, Mark Smith, Seth Harwood) Six writers of genre fiction who also teach and/or have graduated from university creative writing programs discuss how they approach genre fiction as a serious literary pursuit rather &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/the-velvet-podcast-episode-003-interview-with-brian-evenson/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Velvet Podcast, Episode 002: Hey, is that a copy of Kiss Me Judas on your desk, Professor Meriweather?</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/media/the-velvet-podcast-episode-002-hey-is-that-a-copy-of-kiss-me-judas-on-your-desk-professor-meriweather/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode #002 of The Velvet Podcastjust went live a few hours ago. Me, Chris Deal, Bob Pastorella, and Chris Bodenstein talk about: Why the disparity between genre fiction and literary fiction? Why are these two modes so often thought of as mutually exclusive? Though genre fiction (the big ones: mystery, sci-fi, horror) are taught at the university level, there is a palatable disinterest among much of academia. In this episode, four The Velvet members discuss these questions and more. I &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/media/the-velvet-podcast-episode-002-hey-is-that-a-copy-of-kiss-me-judas-on-your-desk-professor-meriweather/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dialogue with Pablo D&#8217;Stair for Predicate #1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 02:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Someone needs to murder Pablo D&#8217;Stair. He&#8217;s making all of us, who for so long have relied on passion as a vehicle for discussing literature, look like asses. I&#8217;ve never met a person more in love with books (possibly more in love with the idea of- and the ideas within- books than the books themselves). This guy makes me imagine a beautiful world of quiet dive bars and smokey conversation. He recently asked me to be a part of the &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/dialogue-with-pablo-dstair-for-predicate-1/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Velvet Podcast, Episode #001: Of Members and Horse Nostrils</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been a member of The Velvet for a few years. During that time, I&#8217;ve come to respect the pool of talent over there not just for their writing chops, but for their reading tastes as well. They are my taste-makers. I am glad to now be able to share that camaraderie with you. Episode #001 of The Velvet Podcast just went live a few hours ago. Me, Gordon Highland, and Rob Parker talk about a few things writing, specifically &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/media/the-velvet-podcast-episode-001-of-members-and-horse-nostrils/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Stolen Interview with Tim Hall</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Right away, let me say that this interview is fake. For the real, and much more interesting interview between Tim Hall and Scott McClanahan, click here. Why fake an interview with Tim Hall? I&#8217;m procrastinating work on my current novel. Tim Hall (TH): Your book is built around my two favorite themes of creative writing: autobiographical fiction mixed with a geographical/sociological postcard of a place. It&#8217;s like a portrait of the artist in the &#8220;staycation&#8221; from hell. What made you &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/a-stolen-interview-with-tim-hall/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Not a loud lesbian nor a story of masturbation; how will I succeed?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned in a previous post, I’ll be one of a great group of writers to read at Leela European Café on April 9th in Denver. I’ve done a few readings in the past, despite the live aspect being something writers don’t often get to experience. I’ve been lucky, I guess. I am perhaps more excited to see and meet these people more than I am to actually read some of my own work. That’s natural. I’m humble by &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/not-a-loud-lesbian-nor-a-story-of-masturbation-how-will-i-succeed/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Otherworld Publications makes a couple smart moves</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I probably don’t do enough promoting other writers here. I don’t know why. Perhaps I fear that any writers I mention will feel obligated to reciprocate kind words, while not necessarily having justification for such. So, for all the writers I mention here, you are free to slander my name without fear of any hostilities on my part. Richard Thomas, throbbing heart heart throb and master of duct tape Though too early really to benefit my good man Richard Thomas &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/otherworld-publications-makes-a-couple-smart-moves/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>De Kameel uit Marokko door Caleb J Ross (en vertaald door Mlaz Corbier)</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/de-kameel-uit-marokko-door-caleb-j-ross-en-vertaald-door-mlaz-corbier/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mlaz Corbier, well-read crazy man and all-around glorious inbastard, offered to translate my story, &#8220;The Camel of Morocco,&#8221; into Dutch (mainly for a university class, but I like to pretend my work is so captivating that it demands translation). I don&#8217;t read Dutch, so it is entirely possible that Mlaz may have turned this story into a space operatic porn, and if so, I would be equally as impressed and grateful. And considering Mr. Corbier&#8217;s reputation, one of wise-crackery, I &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/de-kameel-uit-marokko-door-caleb-j-ross-en-vertaald-door-mlaz-corbier/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>One for the good guys&#8230;right? Lauren Conrad reads Clevenger</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/one-for-the-good-guys-right-lauren-conrad-reads-clevenger/</link>
		<comments>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/one-for-the-good-guys-right-lauren-conrad-reads-clevenger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lauren Conrad, of The Hills fame, is reading Craig Clevenger’s The Contortionist’s Handbook. Let me repeat…no, just read that sentence again; this is text, not audio, you lazy bastard. What does this mean to those of us who have long been in the know about Clevenger’s amazing writing? The optimist in me says, “great, maybe good literature will catch on to the reality TV addicted masses.” The pessimist in me, one admittedly self-interested, says, “there goes my dirty little hipster &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/one-for-the-good-guys-right-lauren-conrad-reads-clevenger/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Orgy Tour: a hangover post with Monkeywright</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/blog-orgy-tour-a-hangover-post-with-monkeywright/</link>
		<comments>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/blog-orgy-tour-a-hangover-post-with-monkeywright/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though the official Blog Orgy Tour has sadly passed, I&#8217;m still shaking off the effects. Today, I introduce the hangover post, a guest post that could have been part of the Blog Orgy Tour if only I weren&#8217;t so busy with groupies and drugs (truth: books and dominoes). Today, at Michael Paul Gonzalez&#8217;s blog, I talk a bit about the true purpose of a blog. My post acts as a ribbon-cutting ceremony of sorts, as this is the first post &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/blog-orgy-tour-a-hangover-post-with-monkeywright/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Yeah, I wrote a vampire story&#8230;I&#8217;d be embarrassed if it wasn&#8217;t so good.</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/yeah-i-wrote-a-vampire-story-id-be-embarassed-it-if-wasnt-so-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disclaimer: I&#8217;ve never read/seen any part of the Twilight franchise. The last vampire movie I saw was The Lost Boys. I&#8217;m not a fan of the vampire genre and probably never will be. So, why the hell did I write a vampire story for the new Eternal Night: a Vampire Anthology? Two reasons: 1) the concept of the anthology is to combat traditional vampire cliches, and 2) I was asked to by a friend to contribute, and it seemed like &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/yeah-i-wrote-a-vampire-story-id-be-embarassed-it-if-wasnt-so-good/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Five questions for Black Coffee Press, Scott C. Rogers</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/five-questions-for-black-coffee-press-scott-c-rogers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, as one of the final stops on my Blog Orgy Tour, my 3AM Magazine Buzzwords blog takeover continues, this time with a short, five question series for Black Coffee Press founder, Scott C. Rogers. I ask him, among other things, why he started this press and why people should care. This is hard-hitting journalism.]]></description>
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		<title>Tim Hall&#8217;s One Damn Thing After Another, preorder open</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/tim-halls-one-damn-thing-after-another-preorder-open/</link>
		<comments>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/tim-halls-one-damn-thing-after-another-preorder-open/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been a fan of Tim Hall&#8217;s since first coming on board with Outsider Writer&#8217;s Collective over a year ago. His articles were always great (his Open Letter to Oprah Winfrey as part of his Naked Opinion column is especially good), the email and forum exchanges I had with him consistently proved his dedication to both his writing and the writing community at large. His four books, published through his own Undie Press label, are all quite good. So, of &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/tim-halls-one-damn-thing-after-another-preorder-open/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>My 2010 Lit Midget list of forthcoming small press books</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/my-2010-lit-midget-list-of-forthcoming-small-press-books/</link>
		<comments>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/my-2010-lit-midget-list-of-forthcoming-small-press-books/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Millions recently posted a list of 2010 books forthcoming from literary giants. I&#8217;m looking forward to quite a few on that list. But, I think we are due a list from literary midgets, too, right? So here they are (the ones I can think of right now, anyway. I reserve the right to add more): Sawako Nakayasu&#8217;s Texture Notes and Travis Nichols&#8217;s Iowa from Letter Machine Editions. I only recently heard about Letter Machine Editions, and, other than a &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/my-2010-lit-midget-list-of-forthcoming-small-press-books/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tom Waits Raps?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Waits stands as one of the most innovative artists alive, mixing crooner piano tunes, industrial percussion, and all the styles between in a way that compliments, though dissonantly, his abrasive voice. Woven throughout his catalog, there&#8217;s hip hop, too, from when hip hop was beat poetry. Take 1978&#8242;s &#8220;Step Right Up&#8221; from his Small Change album: Step Right Up Then, as Waits fell in with (helped create?) the garbage clank-boom crowd, he upped the percussion, giving his hip hop &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/tom-waits-raps/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>CHARACTERED PIECES, given the Bosworth treatment</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/charactered-pieces-given-the-bosworth-treatment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mel Bosworth, skullcap connoisseur and Pushcart nominee, has a burgeoning series of youtube videos in which he reads stories by other writers. The short videos (usually less than a minute or so) work well to break down a dull day. And if you are too busy to watch, you can at least listen – Mel’s got a great reading voice. His latest, him reading the opening section of CHARACTERED PIECES. I’m thrilled and honored. One of my first intros to &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/charactered-pieces-given-the-bosworth-treatment/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nothing for Money OR How to Diminish a Prize&#8217;s Power</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/nothing-for-money-or-how-to-diminish-a-prizes-power/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After Blake Butler, editor of the print lit journal NO COLONY, posted an aside about publishing and Pushcart-nominating anyone willing to pay $650, Shya Scanlon called his bluff, and quickly rallied 65 people, each willing to fork over $10, to put together a composite of 150 word prose chunks. That’s 9,750 words by 65 authors, each with claim to 1/65th of a Puschart nomination. The entire point of Butler’s original offer, I think, was to comment on how easy it &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/nothing-for-money-or-how-to-diminish-a-prizes-power/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Beer und Questions Asks &#8211; Gordon Highland</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/beer-und-questions-asks-gordon-highland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/beer-und-questions-asks-gordon-highland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gordon Highland is not Drew Ballard. Though, to know the former after reading the latter, one might not recognize a distinction. Ballard, the protagonist of Highland’s first novel, Major Inversions, has much in common with his author: 80’s tribute band member, check; film scoring history, check; unending wit, check. Film set drug dealer…no. After reading Major Inversions, I sat with Gordon to ask him a bit about these parallels (as well as a couple especially interesting others). Check out the &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/beer-und-questions-asks-gordon-highland/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fans of Sideshow Fables</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/fans-of-sideshow-fables/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Sideshow Fables creator Paul Eckert approached a group of writers (to which Paul and I belong) about creating a magazine of circus themed tales, I said a silent thank you on the behalf of all readers. He’s got it right, I think. Going about fanbase-building and marketing in the way that independent record companies have been doing for years is a wise move when falling publisher profits has become too common a story. It was at last year’s AWP &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/fans-of-sideshow-fables/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Coming (Staying?) of Metafiction&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/the-coming-staying-of-metafiction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Metafiction (see: “intertextual fiction”): self-referential fiction. A simple definition but one open to great possibilities. Think of the infinite mirror effect in that when two similar subjects are forced to reflect each other, self-commentary snowballs. For me, the pull started with Jorge Louis Borges’s story, “The Garden of Forking Paths”: “In all fictional works, each time a man is confronted with several alternatives, he chooses one and eliminates the others; in the fiction of the almost unfathomable Ts’ui Pen, he &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/the-coming-staying-of-metafiction/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Colored Chalk #9 now live. Heaven or Hell? We’re taking a vote.</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/colored-chalk-9-now-live-heaven-or-hell-we%e2%80%99re-taking-a-vote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hard to believe we are already at issue #9. And the stories just keep getting better. This new issue is all about Heaven and Hell. From Richard Thomas, #9’s editor, and Colored Chalk staple: IS IT YOUR IDEAL HEAVEN OR UNBEARABLE HELL? One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor. One man’s trappings are another man’s freedom. What is heaven and hell to you? Is it brimstone and hooves opposing angels floating on ethereal clouds? Is it merely the eternal battle &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/colored-chalk-9-now-live-heaven-or-hell-we%e2%80%99re-taking-a-vote/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>David Blaine&#8217;s new chapbook&#8230;and I helped!</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/david-blaines-new-chapbook-and-i-helped/</link>
		<comments>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/david-blaines-new-chapbook-and-i-helped/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over at Outsider Writers, Pat King, etiquette aficionado and all-around glorious specimen, is heading up an OW Chapbook Series, designed to paper and bind voices of the otherwise electronically chained OWC editors. So, what the hell does this have to do with me? How can I wring the appropriate ego from this post? Two ways: I am an OWC editor, meaning that a fiction chapbook of my own waits in the pipeline. More on this in the future, you can &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/david-blaines-new-chapbook-and-i-helped/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Broken Clocks but a fully functioning new issue of Colored Chalk</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Extree, extree! The new issue of Colored Chalk sits ready for consumption amid worthy virtual newsstands/host servers! Also, corruption within the Govna&#8217;s office! Read all about it! Will I ever be disappointed with an issue of Colored Chalk? No. No, is the answer to that question. How best to describe the issue 8 theme, Broken Clocks? How about a some text from the minds behind the pages: It&#8217;s the human condition to lick the wounds of our mistakes and pick &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/broken-clocks-but-a-fully-functioning-new-issue-of-colored-chalk/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Waits and Bukowski Fistfight on eBay</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 02:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With all the talk of dwindling advances, shrinking sales, and too many scribblers willing to saturate the bookshelves with crap, Writers (with the admittedly douchey capital &#8220;W&#8221;) must become more creative in monetizing their efforts. I anticipate the recent Amazon Kindle decision to open its interface to the blogosphere at large will ultimately impact blog-structured web zines like Literary Saloon and The Elegant Variation, acting in much the same way traditional door delivery currently works. But until a collective schism &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/marketing/waits-and-bukowski-fistfight-on-ebay/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Authors are prostitutes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The path to book sales shouldn’t be paved with white smiles and checkerboard slacks. When dealing with a product that has neither life-sustaining value nor infomercial superfluence, sales might best be treated as a byproduct of a well-manicured relationship. One between author and audience, as well as among the audience members themselves. Book groups exist. George Foreman Grill groups do not. Which is why world of mouth is a valuable route to book sales. People talking and sharing opinions, with &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/marketing/authors-are-prostitutes/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>&quot;Almost Every Aspect of Civilization Horrifies Me&quot;: An Interview with Author Jeremy C. Shipp</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Be warned; this collection will polarize audiences, splitting readers according to their willingness to trust in an untethered voice. Sheep and Wolves does not believe in beach reading or in hammocks and hot chocolate. It does not believe in love at first sight or in happy marriages. To be happy, Sheep and Wolves says, is to embrace the absurd. “Lies are cheaper than therapy” [pg. 69]. Welcome to the bizarro fiction movement, hail Jeremy C. Shipp.&#8221; [from the Oxyfication.net review &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/almost-every-aspect-of-civilization-horrifies-me-an-interview-with-author-jeremy-c-shipp/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Train Wreck Girl by Sean Carswell</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/train-wreck-girl-by-sean-carswell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carswell, Sean, Train Wreck Girl. San Francisco: Manic D Press. 2008. paper,ISBN: 978-1-933149-21-9 Before I go any further, know that Train Wreck Girl will easily be one of the best novels of 2008. At 20 pages in, the earth paused. I remained absolutely entranced through the final page. Novels like this don’t happen very often, so pay attention. Train Wreck Girl poses as a fairly straightforward story of a man traveling cross-country to flee his past, returning years later, only &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/train-wreck-girl-by-sean-carswell/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>&quot;Hoist That Rag&quot; still &quot;Hoist That Rag&quot;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been working on a novel for the past couple years inspired by the Tom Waits song, &#8220;Hoist That Rag.&#8221; This song is as close to religion as I get. Strangely, or perhaps fittingly, I don&#8217;t know the literal meaning of the song. There&#8217;s a guy named Piggy, something about rat addresses, and of course, as with most religions, there are crying babies involved. What this means for my novel-in-progress is that everything is simply an interpretation. Again, very fitting &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/hoist-that-rag-still-hoist-that-rag/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Scarlett Jo&#8217;s no no</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 00:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Until today I&#8217;ve thought to keep this page about my writing &#8211; the physical, textual, words and paper aspect of my writing. Today, however, I feel compelled to stray, if only slightly, into the meta aspects of my writing &#8211; the ambient noise and inspiration surrounding my work. Today’s theme, Tom Waits, the core inspiration for my current novel-in-progress, “Hoist That Rag” (I’ll look into the legal issues with such blatant inspiration once I secure a publisher). Scarlett Johansson, of &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/scarlett-jos-no-no/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Loading the Stone by Harley Elliott</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/loading-the-stone-by-harley-elliott-non-fiction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 03:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like the subject matter in this, Harley Elliott’s twelfth book and first collection of non-fiction, there exists below the surface, universal binds and shared histories from which the impetus of progression can be said to reside. The non-fiction moniker given to this collection belies the engaging, story-telling mode Elliott uses. Set against the backdrop of the Kansas prairie, Loading the Stone reads more like a story of a familial love of history used to explore the bonds threading father and &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/loading-the-stone-by-harley-elliott-non-fiction/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>6 Sick Hipsters out now</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rayo Casablanca’s debut novel, 6 Sick Hipsters is now officially out and available for order. Rayo was nice enough to send me an ARC of his novel a few months back, which I reviewed for Dogmatika, here. Casablanca is truly a great writer and all around great guy. He can probably dance, too, which makes me even more jealous. Get his novel. From the review: &#8220;6 Sick Hipsters carries the rogue camaraderie of Joey Goebel&#8217;s The Anomalies—punk attitude and hipster &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/6-sick-hipsters-out-now/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Extinction Journals by Jeremy Robert Johnson</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 05:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a man in a suit made of cockroaches meets a man in a suit made of Twinkies &#8212; well, that&#8217;s about as easy as subtraction gets. From Jeremy Robert Johnson&#8217;s Extinction Journals About a year ago I came across this novella, fell in love, then promptly forgot it in favor of my ever-increasing to-read stack. Shame, really. Recently (today, actually) I revisited the story, coming away from the experience with all the enthusiasm I had after the original read. &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/extinction-journals-by-jeremy-robert-johnson/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>all about the writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2006 15:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reaching for conversation I once said to Ron Carlson, author of many short story collections including The Hotel Eden and At the Jim Bridger, after his book reading in Emporia, KS (USA) that touring has got to be one of the best things about being a writer.&#8220;No,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s all about the writing.&#8221; Yeah, I said, but knowing that people actually want to hear you read has got to stroke your ego just a bit. He insisted still that &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/all-about-the-writing/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Remember to BLINK by Jason M. Heim (first published at DepravedPress.com)</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/remember-to-blink-by-jason-m-heim-first-published-at-depravedpresscom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2006 22:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note: This review originally appeared in the now defunct DepravedPress.com Jason M. Heim. Remember to Blink. Lulu.com, 2003-04. $15.99, paper, ISBN: 1-4116-1121-7. The narrator of Jason M. Heim’s debut novel, Remember to Blink, suffers from what might best be described as a chronic case of boredom. Taking a cue from his mundane job in computer software maintenance at one of the world’s largest computer manufacturers, the unnamed narrator creates for himself an autopilot personality which he uses to handle tedious &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/remember-to-blink-by-jason-m-heim-first-published-at-depravedpresscom/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Emporium: Stories by  Adam Johnson</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 02:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Midnight finds us rolling through the waves of the old Double Drive In, the gravel crunching under our tires, the Monte Carlo&#8217;s trunk bottoming out like it used to, and all the broken glass, beer caps, and bullet casings now sparkle like stars. From &#8220;Trauma Plate&#8221; as included in Emporium Emporium taught me more about short story craft than most textbooks dedicated entirely to the topic. Adam Johnson has what some may call a natural story-telling ability, and I&#8217;d agree &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/emporium-stories-by-adam-johnson/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>When the Nines Roll Over &amp; Other Stories by  David Benioff</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 02:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;&#8221;How old were you the first time?&#8221; &#8220;The first time I shot someone? Nineteen.&#8221; Leksi nodded and opened his mouth, but forgot what he had meant to say. Finally, he asked, &#8220;Who were we fighting back then?&#8221; Nikolai laughed. &#8220;How old do you think I am, Aleksandr?&#8221; &#8220;Thirty-Five?&#8221; Nikolai smiled broadly, flashing his crooked teeth. &#8220;Twenty-four.&#8221; He pressed the poker&#8217;s tip against the base of Leksi&#8217;s skull. &#8220;Here&#8217;s where the bullet goes.&#8221; From &#8220;The Devil Comes to Orekhovo&#8221; as included &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/when-the-nines-roll-over-other-stories-by-david-benioff/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Condemned by  Noah Cicero</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 02:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Were you ever drinking one night and thought, &#8220;I would like to kill myself, but I just don&#8217;t have a good reason. I wish my daughter would get hit by a car or I was a ground troop in The Iraqi War so people would say after I did it, &#8216;He had his reasons.&#8221; From &#8220;Civilization&#8221; as included in The Condemned Keep Going. When you land in a passage about a pregnant woman snorting cocaine and eating pussy, keep going. &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/the-condemned-by-noah-cicero/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Altmann’s Tongue by Brian Evenson</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 02:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[He came close enough to her to see the webbed stresses on the surface of her eye spreading out from the minute white pocks of crushed glass. He wondered how it felt for her to have the roughness of the glass scratching against the insides of her eyelid, damaging it. From &#8220;Eye&#8221; as included in Altmann&#8217;s Tongue If you haven&#8217;t read anything by Brian Evenson then you haven&#8217;t seen the true capabilities of modern literature. Every line in Altmann&#8217;s Tongue &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/altmanns-tongue-by-brian-evenson/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Carnival Wolves by Peter Rock</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/carnival-wolves-by-peter-rock/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 02:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am eight times as old as this child, he thought. Do I know eight times as much? No. Not nearly. From Peter Rock&#8217;s Carnival Wolves Think of Carnival Wolves as a reverse picaresque novel divided into short stories. Where a traditional picaresque novel might follow a single character as he/she is affected by various other characters, Carnival Wolves examines how a single character affects those various other characters. Simple, right? &#160; Each section describes a unique setting, one in &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/carnival-wolves-by-peter-rock/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Toxicology by Steve Aylett</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 02:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acres of grass were blow to italics From &#8220;Repeater&#8221; as included in Toxicology I&#8217;ve never been a fan of the futuristic, cyber-puck, apocalyptic, neo-noir—and however many other tags you want to tack on there—genre. My reason: I just plain had more important things I wanted to read. Simple. But those damn Amazon.com recommendations&#8230; &#160; Aylett can twist a sentence like nobody I&#8217;ve ever read. Mark my words: he will be famous one day for the phrases he can craft. In &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/toxicology-by-steve-aylett/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Stranger by Albert Camus</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 02:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don&#8217;t know. I got a telegram from the home&#8230; From Albert Camus&#8217;s The Stranger (translation) Short novel. Simple premise. A man gets arrested and persecuted for essentially not grieving his mother&#8217;s death the &#8220;proper&#8221; way. Sure there is more it, but this is the main idea. &#160; This novel taught me so much about seeing the world through multiple perspectives. It&#8217;s one thing to know the centric tendencies of people. It is quite &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/the-stranger-by-albert-camus/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 01:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;the world is just as concrete, ornery, vile and sublimely wonderful as before, only now I better understand my relation to it and it to me. From Ralph Ellison&#8217;s Invisible Man My undergrad professor, Amy Sage Webb, mentioned this book in class one day and seemed genuinely appalled to discover that no one had read the book, and very few of us had ever heard of it. Her words exactly: &#8220;This is one of the great dystopian novels. You guys &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/invisible-man-by-ralph-ellison/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 01:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strange then how something so uncanny and outside of the self, even ghostly as some have suggested, can at the same time also contain a resilient comfort: the assurance that even if it is imaginary and at best the product of a wall, there is still something else out there, something to stake out in the face of nothingness. From Mark Z. Danielewski&#8217;s House of Leaves House of Leaves affected me in the same ways it affected everyone else. The &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/other-writers/house-of-leaves-by-mark-z-danielewski/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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