CONTEST: Win Bolaño’s English-Language Oeuvre and More
Essay by The Quarterly Conversation Contests
Winter Contest
The Quarterly Conversation is holding a winter contest to take place during the month of December.
First prize is every single one of Roberto Bolaño’s works available in English, plus a special preview of his forthcoming novel The Ice Rink (New Directions, 2009). That’s eight books, including his mammoth new novel, 2666, and his new poetry collection, The Romantic Dogs, both reviewed in this issue.
Second prize is a free copy of two books reviewed in Issue 14.
Third prize is a free copy of one book reviewed in Issue 14.
To enter, find the answers to the below questions and email your responses to the editor at scott_esposito@yahoo.com, subject line “The Quarterly Conversation Winter Contest.” We will be accepting entries until 11:59 pm, December 31, 2008. After that, will will randomly draw three winners from all entries with correct responses to each question. Winners will be announced in early January.
Answers to all the contest questions can be found in the winter issue.
Questions
With whom did Carter Scholz coauthor a book of re-imaginings of Kafka’s fiction?
What is the real name of Zach Plague, author of boring boring boring boring boring boring boring?
Which cornerstone of modernist literature did William Gaddis claim to never have read?
For how many years did Charles Bukowski work in the post office?
Complete this sentence from Attila Bartis’s novel Tranquility: “From the dried-off vagina goo both my _____ looked as if I had some skin disease.”
What is the title of the painting reproduced in Xavier’s cell in John Berger’s novel From A to X?
What is the name of the utopian sect that poet Susan Howe draws on for inspiration in her most recent poetry collection?
To what does Roberto Bolaño compare “a black motorcycle” in The Romantic Dogs?
What do the two characters in Erotomania do more than anything else?
What Italian metafictional writer does Murray Bail resemble in his novels Eucalyptus and The Pages?
Articles by The Quarterly Conversation Contests
ISSUE 14
Features
The Quarterly Conversation’s winter contest! First prize is every single one of Roberto Bolaño’s works available in English. Details here.
“There are four ways to survive as a writer in the US in 2006: the university; journalism; odd jobs; and independent wealth,” argues Keith Gessen in
n + 1. We disagree.
“It was a sunny day, hot and not real breezy, when I brought Oblivion with me to my bench. I felt almost cheeky, book in hand, making my way to the pond, like I knew something everyone else at the office didn’t know. It was easy to find the part of the story I loved so much because I had marked it off and marked it up . . . “
William Gaddis’s career could have started with the question, “Work?” John Lingan argues that no single word better encapsulates the concerns and organizing metaphor for Gaddis’s artistic project.
Legends abound regarding Bukowski the drinker, Bukowski the womanizer, Bukowski the belligerent, Bukowski the unexpectedly tender-hearted. But among the many titles bestowed upon Bukowski, that of “working stiff” is rarely invoked. Nicole Gluckstern explores Bukowski the worker.
Crossing the concerns and techniques of Don DeLillo, William Gaddis, and Richard Powers, Carter Scholz has been writing some of our most interesting fiction about science, commerce, and America. Sacha Arnold digs into
Radiance, his novel of nuclear weapons research scientists.
What happens when work-based writing starts to dominate creative writing? Barrett Hathcock reveals his struggles with alumni profiles.
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