CONTEST: Win Bolaño’s English-Language Oeuvre and More
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?
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DFW’s Papers
The David Foster Wallace archive has been acquired by The University of Texas at Austin, which now has, ahem, a lot of writers’ papers.
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I’m a bookseller, but after reading Craig Mod’s Books in the Age of the iPad, even I would rather read Tomasula and Danielewski on an iPad.
Triptych Readings
If you’re in New york, you’ve got places to be. Triptych Readings brings together emerging and established writers for brief and luminous readings in New York City’s East Village. All readings are free and open to the public.
The Revolution That Wasn’t
If the ebook revolution was really a revolution, it would have already happened. Ebooks are here to stay, but they won't be killing printed books.
Attempting Metre
I suffer from an affliction akin to being tone-deaf: metre-deafness. I am told by friends who blithely scan poems that hearing metre, particularly in a formal poem, richly enhances the experience. Therefore, every few years, I attempt to understand metre by laboriously sounding out formal poems
If Bill Gates Designed a Book
My vote for most utterly awful, Microsoft-ish “feature” to yet be applied to digital books has to be text that knows its being read and pops up with annoying citations when it thinks you don’t understand something.
Robot Library on Display at Abu Dhabi Book Fair
Maybe, for the people who like to check themselves out at the grocery store, this is a good thing.
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