Since Federico Garcia Lorca reconstituted the meaning of duende, defining it for a new generation of artists, the word no longer fills the mind with goblins. In “Play and Theory of the Duende,” Garcia Lorca states, “the duende is a power and not a behavior, it is a struggle and not a concept . . […]
Harold Jaffe: “Hair” and “Lino 1,” excerpts from the novel BRANDO BLEEDS
Hair There was Lino Ventura, Wally Cox, Satch Sanders, Christian Marquand. My detractors called them toadies and maybe they were. Hell, I was a fucking matinee idol so there’s going to be hangers-on. But they were also my friends, until they died or betrayed me. Or I betrayed thembecause of some mood I was […]
WIPs Conversation: Harold Jaffe on his work in progress BRANDO BLEEDS
Harold Jaffe is the author of 23 volumes of fiction, novels, docufiction, and essays, most recently Anti-Twitter: 150 50-Word Stories, OD, Paris 60, Revolutionary Brain, Othello Blues, and Induced Coma: 50 & 100 Word Stories. His books have been translated in France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Japan, Cuba, Turkey, Romania and elsewhere. Jaffe is editor-in-chief of […]
KPBS Interview with Editor-In-Chief Harold Jaffe on Induced Coma
Hal Jaffe will be interviewed about his new volume Induced Coma on KPBS radio (89.5) on Friday, August 19 from 12:40-1 and on public TV at a date to be announced. Tune in, turn on, but don’t quite drop out.
Sleipnir Interview with Editor-in-Chief Harold Jaffe
Editor-in-Chief of Fiction International Harold Jaffe was interviewed by Robin Andreasen of Sleipnir about his novel Othello Blues. The interview will be published in Sleipnir in Fall 2014. The following is a transcript of the interview: Robin Andreasen: Your work in crisis art or docufiction, including incisive discussions of serial killers, prisoners, artists (the […]
WIPs Conversation with Harold Jaffe
Harold Jaffe spoke with WIPs, Works (of fiction) in Progress, about his forthcoming book Induced Coma: 50 and 100 Word Stories. Take a look at the interview here, as well as an excerpt from Induced Coma.
Press Release for Harold Jaffe’s Induced Coma
Please take a look at the press release for Harold Jaffe’s Induced Coma: 50 and 100 Word Stories. Advance copies will be available May 2014.
Advance Copies of Harold Jaffe’s Induced Coma Available in May 2014
Advance copies of Fiction International‘s editor-in-chief Harold Jaffe’s forthcoming book, Induced Coma: 50 and 100 Word Stories, will be available next month, May 2014. Induced Coma is a semi-sequel to Harold Jaffe’s book Anti-Twitter: 150 50-Word Stories. Stay tuned for details of the release!
Fiction International’s Real Time / Virtual, #46, Receives a Superlative Review from New Pages.
New Pages has reviewed Fiction International #46 Real Time/Virtual, which came out in November 2013. To see this and other reviews from New Pages, visit their website. Here is the text of the Fiction International review: Review by Mary Florio The journal Fiction International provokes fantastic response in its “Real Time / Virtual” edition. On the one […]
Fiction International Issue #47 Phobia/Philia Cover Art
Fiction International‘s issue for 2014, themed Phobia/Philia, is currently being put together. Take a look at this sneak peek of the issue cover art and the list of contributors.