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'''Tao Lin''' (born July 2, 1983) is an [[American poet]], [[novelist]], [[short story]] writer, and [[artist]]. |
'''Tao Lin''' (born July 2, 1983) is an [[American poet]], [[novelist]], [[short story]] writer, and [[artist]]. |
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He is the author of |
He is the author of five books of fiction and poetry: a novella, ''[[Shoplifting from American Apparel]]'', published September 15, 2009; a novel, ''[[Eeeee Eee Eeee]]'', and a [[short story collection]], ''[[Bed (book)|Bed]]'', published simultaneously May 2007; two [[poetry collection]]s, ''[[you are a little bit happier than i am]]'', which won Action Books' December Prize in 2005 and was published November 2006, and ''[[Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (book)|cognitive-behavioral therapy]]'', published May 2008. [[Melville House Publishing]] has published all his books except his first poetry-collection. |
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Lin's next book, ''Richard Yates'', his second novel, is forthcoming September 7, 2010 from [[Melville House Publishing]]. |
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⚫ | Lin's work has appeared on/in ''[[Gawker]]'', ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]'', ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'', ''[[Noon (magazine)|NOON]],'' to which he is a frequent contributor, ''[[The Stranger (newspaper)|The Stranger]]'', ''The Mississippi Review'', ''The Poetry Foundation'', ''[[Nerve (website)|Nerve]]'', ''The Cincinnati Review''. |
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⚫ | Lin's work has appeared on/in ''[[Gawker]]'', ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]'', ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'', ''[[Noon (magazine)|NOON]],'' to which he is a frequent contributor, ''[[The Stranger (newspaper)|The Stranger]]'', ''The Mississippi Review'', ''The Poetry Foundation'', ''[[Nerve (website)|Nerve]]'', ''The Cincinnati Review''. |
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Translations of his books have been published in [http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BC-%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3/dp/4309205232/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268437489&sr=8-2 Japan], [http://www.amazon.de/Gute-Laune-Tao-Lin/dp/3832180990 Germany], [http://www.eltercernombre.com/libros/93/ Spain] and are forthcoming in [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=%22cappelen+damm%22+tao+lin&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq= Norway], France, South Korea, China, and [http://www.booka.in/index.php/Uskoro/ Serbia]. ''[[Shoplifting from American Apparel]]'' and ''[[Eeeee Eee Eeee]]'' were optioned for film<ref>http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2010/04/tao-lins-eeeee-eee-eeee-getting-film-treatment.html</ref> in March 2010. |
Translations of his books have been published in [http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BC-%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3/dp/4309205232/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268437489&sr=8-2 Japan], [http://www.amazon.de/Gute-Laune-Tao-Lin/dp/3832180990 Germany], [http://www.eltercernombre.com/libros/93/ Spain] and are forthcoming in [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=%22cappelen+damm%22+tao+lin&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq= Norway], France, South Korea, China, and [http://www.booka.in/index.php/Uskoro/ Serbia]. ''[[Shoplifting from American Apparel]]'' and ''[[Eeeee Eee Eeee]]'' were optioned for film<ref>http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2010/04/tao-lins-eeeee-eee-eeee-getting-film-treatment.html</ref> in March 2010. |
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==Critical response== |
==Critical response== |
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His writing has attracted both negative and positive attention from publications such as ''[[New York Times]]'', ''[[New York Magazine]]'', ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[The Atlantic]]'', ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', ''[[San Francisco Chronicle |
His writing has attracted both negative and positive attention from publications such as ''[[New York Times]]'', ''[[New York Magazine]]'', ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[The Atlantic]]'', ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'', ''[[The Stranger (newspaper)|The Stranger]]'', ''ANP Quarterly'', ''[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]'', ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'', ''[[Nylon (magazine)|Nylon]]'', ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]'', ''[[Flaunt]]'', ''[[Giant Robot (magazine)|Giant Robot]]'', and [[Gawker]], who referred to him as "maybe perhaps the single most irritating person we've ever had to deal with," <ref>{{cite web | last = Gould | first = Emily | url = http://gawker.com/news/glaring-omissions/now-we-also-hate-miranda-july-272734.php | title = Now We Also Hate Miranda July | publisher = [[Gawker]] | date = 2007-07-27 | accessdate = 2009-03-13 }}</ref> though he was later pardoned <ref>{{cite web | last = Gould | first = Emily | url = http://gawker.com/news/tao-lin/pardons-329907.php | title = Pardons | publisher = [[Gawker]] | date = 2007-12-04 | accessdate = 2009-03-12 }}</ref> and then wrote for the site<ref>http://gawker.com/5595952/an-account-of-being-arrested-for-trespassing-nyus-bookstore</ref>. |
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[[Miranda July]] has said, "Tao Lin writes from moods that less radical writers would let pass—from laziness, from vacancy, from boredom. And it turns out that his report from these places is moving and necessary, not to mention frequently hilarious.” |
[[Miranda July]] has said, "Tao Lin writes from moods that less radical writers would let pass—from laziness, from vacancy, from boredom. And it turns out that his report from these places is moving and necessary, not to mention frequently hilarious.” |
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''[[L Magazine]]'' has said, "We've long been deeply irked by Lin's vacuous posturing and 'I know you are but what am I' dorm-room philosophizing..."<ref>http://www.thelmagazine.com/newyork/the-best-of-letters-nyc/Content?oid=1224878&storyPage=2</ref> [http://therumpus.net/2009/07/the-rumpus-interview-with-sam-anderson/ Sam Anderson] in ''[[New York Magazine]]'' has said, "Dismissing Lin, however, ignores the fact that he is deeply smart, funny, and head-over-heels dedicated in exactly the way we like our young artists to be."<ref>http://nymag.com/news/features/all-new/53358/</ref> |
''[[L Magazine]]'' has said, "We've long been deeply irked by Lin's vacuous posturing and 'I know you are but what am I' dorm-room philosophizing..."<ref>http://www.thelmagazine.com/newyork/the-best-of-letters-nyc/Content?oid=1224878&storyPage=2</ref> [http://therumpus.net/2009/07/the-rumpus-interview-with-sam-anderson/ Sam Anderson] in ''[[New York Magazine]]'' has said, "Dismissing Lin, however, ignores the fact that he is deeply smart, funny, and head-over-heels dedicated in exactly the way we like our young artists to be."<ref>http://nymag.com/news/features/all-new/53358/</ref> |
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An article in [[The Atlantic]] described Lin as having a "staggering" knack for self-promotion |
An article in [[The Atlantic]] described Lin as having a "staggering" knack for self-promotion. <ref>Hua Hsu. "Terminal Boredom: Reading Tao Lin" retrieved August 25, 2010 from www.atlantic.com.[http://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2010/08/terminal-boredom-reading-tao-lin/60437/]</ref> |
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==Books== |
==Books== |
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In November 2006 Lin's first book, a poetry-collection, ''[[you are a little bit happier than i am]]'', was published. It was the winner of Action Books' December Prize. It has consistently been a small press bestseller<ref>http://www.spdbooks.org/pages/bestsellers/poetry/poetry-bestsellers-july-aug-2008.aspx</ref><ref>http://www.spdbooks.org/pages/bestsellers/poetry/poetry-bestsellers-september-2007.aspx</ref>. ''[[Nylon]]'' called it "alternately quippy and rueful."<ref>http://www.flickr.com/photos/11002902@N00/3307499870/sizes/o/</ref> |
In November 2006 Lin's first book, a poetry-collection, ''[[you are a little bit happier than i am]]'', was published. It was the winner of Action Books' December Prize. It has consistently been a small press bestseller<ref>http://www.spdbooks.org/pages/bestsellers/poetry/poetry-bestsellers-july-aug-2008.aspx</ref><ref>http://www.spdbooks.org/pages/bestsellers/poetry/poetry-bestsellers-september-2007.aspx</ref>. ''[[Nylon]]'' called it "alternately quippy and rueful."<ref>http://www.flickr.com/photos/11002902@N00/3307499870/sizes/o/</ref> |
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===''Eeeee Eee Eeee'' |
===''Eeeee Eee Eeee'' & ''Bed'' (2007)=== |
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In May 2007 Lin's first novel, ''[[Eeeee Eee Eeee]]'', and first story-collection, ''Bed'' were published simultaneously. It was the first two-book novel/story-collection debut since [[Ann Beattie]] in 1976. |
In May 2007 Lin's first novel, ''[[Eeeee Eee Eeee]]'', and first story-collection, ''Bed'' were published simultaneously. It was the first two-book novel/story-collection debut since [[Ann Beattie]] in 1976. |
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===''cognitive-behavioral therapy'' (2008)=== |
===''cognitive-behavioral therapy'' (2008)=== |
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In May 2008 Lin's second poetry-collection, ''[[cognitive-behavioral therapy]]'' was published.<ref>http://www.mhpbooks.com/book.php?id=16</ref> |
In May 2008 Lin's second poetry-collection, ''[[cognitive-behavioral therapy]]'' was published.<ref>http://www.mhpbooks.com/book.php?id=16</ref> |
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===''Shoplifting from American Apparel'' (2009)=== |
===''Shoplifting from American Apparel'' (2009)=== |
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In September 2009 Lin's novella, ''[[Shoplifting from American Apparel]]'', was published to mixed, strong reviews. [[The Guardian]] said, "Trancelike and often hilarious… Lin's writing is reminiscent of early Douglas Coupland, or early Bret Easton Ellis, but there is also something going on here that is more profoundly peculiar, even Beckettian." <ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/nov/14/shoplifting-american-apparel-tao-lin | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=Shoplifting from American Apparel by Tao Lin | first=Steven | last=Poole | date=2009-11-14 | accessdate=2010-05-24}}</ref> [[The Village Voice]] called it a "fragile, elusive book."<ref>http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-09-08/books/tao-lin-s-five-finger-discount</ref> Bookslut said, "it shares an affected childishness with bands like [[The Moldy Peaches]] and it has a put-on weirdness reminiscent of [[Miranda July]]'s ''No One Belongs Here More Than You''."<ref>http://www.bookslut.com/fiction/2009_09_015097.php</ref> [[Time Out New York]] said, "Writing about being an artist makes most contemporary artists self-conscious, squeamish and arch. Lin, however, appears to be comfortable, even earnest, when his characters try to describe their aspirations (or their shortcomings) [...] purposefully raw."<ref>http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/books/78017/tao-lin-shoplifting-from-american-apparel-book-review</ref> [[San Francisco Chronicle]] said, “Tao Lin's sly, forlorn, deadpan humor jumps off the page [...] will delight fans of everyone from Mark Twain to Michelle Tea.”<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/30/NSK819S43O.DTL | title=Tao Lin: 'Shoplifting from American Apparel' | first=Ari | last=Messer | date=2009-10-01 | work=The San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref> [[Los Angeles Times]] said, "Camus' ''The Stranger'' or sociopath?"<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-ca-discoveries27-2009sep27,0,5317820.story | work=Los Angeles Times | title=Discoveries: 'Shoplifting From American Apparel' | date=2009-09-27 | accessdate=2010-05-24}}</ref> while [[Austin Chronicle]] called it "scathingly funny" and said that "it might just be the future of literature."<ref>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid:891344</ref> |
In September 2009 Lin's novella, ''[[Shoplifting from American Apparel]]'', was published to mixed, strong reviews. [[The Guardian]] said, "Trancelike and often hilarious… Lin's writing is reminiscent of early Douglas Coupland, or early Bret Easton Ellis, but there is also something going on here that is more profoundly peculiar, even Beckettian." <ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/nov/14/shoplifting-american-apparel-tao-lin | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=Shoplifting from American Apparel by Tao Lin | first=Steven | last=Poole | date=2009-11-14 | accessdate=2010-05-24}}</ref> [[The Village Voice]] called it a "fragile, elusive book."<ref>http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-09-08/books/tao-lin-s-five-finger-discount</ref> Bookslut said, "it shares an affected childishness with bands like [[The Moldy Peaches]] and it has a put-on weirdness reminiscent of [[Miranda July]]'s ''No One Belongs Here More Than You''."<ref>http://www.bookslut.com/fiction/2009_09_015097.php</ref> [[Time Out New York]] said, "Writing about being an artist makes most contemporary artists self-conscious, squeamish and arch. Lin, however, appears to be comfortable, even earnest, when his characters try to describe their aspirations (or their shortcomings) [...] purposefully raw."<ref>http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/books/78017/tao-lin-shoplifting-from-american-apparel-book-review</ref> [[San Francisco Chronicle]] said, “Tao Lin's sly, forlorn, deadpan humor jumps off the page [...] will delight fans of everyone from Mark Twain to Michelle Tea.”<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/30/NSK819S43O.DTL | title=Tao Lin: 'Shoplifting from American Apparel' | first=Ari | last=Messer | date=2009-10-01 | work=The San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref> [[Los Angeles Times]] said, "Camus' ''The Stranger'' or sociopath?"<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-ca-discoveries27-2009sep27,0,5317820.story | work=Los Angeles Times | title=Discoveries: 'Shoplifting From American Apparel' | date=2009-09-27 | accessdate=2010-05-24}}</ref> while [[Austin Chronicle]] called it "scathingly funny" and said that "it might just be the future of literature."<ref>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid:891344</ref> |
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===''Richard Yates'' (2010)=== |
===''Richard Yates'' (2010)=== |
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Expected to be published September 7, 2010 by Melville House Publishing<ref>{{cite web | last = Roy | first = Jessica | url = http://nyulocal.com/entertainment/2008/09/25/nyu-alum-and-poet-tao-lin-doesnt-care-whether-or-not-you-think-print-is-dead/ | title = NYU Alum and Poet Tao Lin Doesn’t Care Whether or Not You Think Print Is Dead | work = NYU Local | date = 2009-09-25 | accessdate = 2009-03-13 }}</ref>, [[Richard Yates (novel)|''Richard Yates'']] is Tao Lin's second novel. |
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It was the August selection for The Rumpus Book Club. |
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Multiple profiles of, and interviews with, Lin were published in mid-to-late August in anticipation of the book's September 7 release date by [[New York Observer]]<ref>Lorentzen, Christian. [http://www.observer.com/2010/culture/tao-lin-will-have-scallops "Tao Lin Will Have The Scallops"], ''[[New York Observer]]'', 2010-08-17. Retrieved on 2010-08-17.</ref>, [[Salon]]<ref>http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/08/24/tao_lin/index.html</ref>, [[Interview]]<ref>http://www.interviewmagazine.com/blogs/culture/2010-08-20/tao-lin/</ref>, and [[Nylon]]<ref>Rice, Mallory. [http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7o4ils6TJ1qzo3vco1_1280.png?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2&Expires=1282818151&Signature=r%2BJQp%2FXlx9bL3NoGcmHbMu%2BAJBc%3D "Write or Wrong"], ''[[Nylon]]'', 2010-08-24. Retrieved on 2010-08-24.</ref>, who referred to the book as "certainly the darkest thing he's written." |
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In England, papers such as [[The Daily Telegraph]]<ref>{{cite news | last = Moore | first = Matthew | url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2499559/Penniless-author-sells-shares-in-next-novel.html | title = Penniless author sells shares in next novel | work = [[The Daily Telegraph]] | date = 2008-08-04 | accessdate = 2009-03-13 | location=London}}</ref> and [[The Guardian]] <ref>{{cite news | last = Flood | first = Alison | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2008/aug/06/takingstockoftaolin | title = Taking stock of Tao Lin | work = [[The Guardian]] | date = 2008-08-06 | accessdate = 2009-03-13 | location=London}}</ref> ran pieces on him. |
In England, papers such as [[The Daily Telegraph]]<ref>{{cite news | last = Moore | first = Matthew | url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2499559/Penniless-author-sells-shares-in-next-novel.html | title = Penniless author sells shares in next novel | work = [[The Daily Telegraph]] | date = 2008-08-04 | accessdate = 2009-03-13 | location=London}}</ref> and [[The Guardian]] <ref>{{cite news | last = Flood | first = Alison | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2008/aug/06/takingstockoftaolin | title = Taking stock of Tao Lin | work = [[The Guardian]] | date = 2008-08-06 | accessdate = 2009-03-13 | location=London}}</ref> ran pieces on him. |
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In the United States, Lin was mentioned on the blogs of New York Magazine<ref>{{cite web | url = http://nymag.com/arts/all/approvalmatrix/49118/ | title = The Approval Matrix: Week of August 18, 2008 | work = [[New York Magazine]]}}</ref>, [[The New Yorker]] <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2008/08/in-the-news-2.html | title = In the News: Tory Reads, Male Retorts | work = [[The New Yorker]] | date = 2008-08-05 | accessdate = 2009-03-13 }}</ref>, [[The New York Times]] <ref>{{cite news | author = Freakanomics | url = http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/01/when-a-novelist-holds-an-ipo/ | title = When a Novelist Holds an IPO | work = [[The New York Times]] | date = 2008-08-01 | accessdate = 2009-03-13 }}</ref>, and [[Poets & Writers]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.pw.org/content/author_sells_shares_royalties_unfinished_novel | title = Author Sells Shares of Royalties for Unfinished Novel | work = [[Poets & Writers]] | date = 2008-08-05 | accessdate = 2009-03-13}}</ref>. |
In the United States, Lin was mentioned on the blogs of New York Magazine<ref>{{cite web | url = http://nymag.com/arts/all/approvalmatrix/49118/ | title = The Approval Matrix: Week of August 18, 2008 | work = [[New York Magazine]]}}</ref>, [[The New Yorker]] <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2008/08/in-the-news-2.html | title = In the News: Tory Reads, Male Retorts | work = [[The New Yorker]] | date = 2008-08-05 | accessdate = 2009-03-13 }}</ref>, [[The New York Times]] <ref>{{cite news | author = Freakanomics | url = http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/01/when-a-novelist-holds-an-ipo/ | title = When a Novelist Holds an IPO | work = [[The New York Times]] | date = 2008-08-01 | accessdate = 2009-03-13 }}</ref>, and [[Poets & Writers]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.pw.org/content/author_sells_shares_royalties_unfinished_novel | title = Author Sells Shares of Royalties for Unfinished Novel | work = [[Poets & Writers]] | date = 2008-08-05 | accessdate = 2009-03-13}}</ref>. |
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On September 23 [[The Stranger (newspaper)|''The Stranger'' (newspaper)]] published Lin on its cover and Lin profiled himself in an apparent parody of the [[Jonathan Franzen]] profile by Lev Grossman in [[Time Magazine]], with a photograph by [[Noah Kalina]]. Coverage of this was widespread, from [[Publishers Weekly]] to [[Gawker]] to [[The Alt Report]], and a side-by-side comparison was made at [[Thought Catalog]]<ref>http://thoughtcatalog.com/2010/taolin-jonathanfranzen/</ref>. |
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In the September 26 issue of the [[New York Times Sunday Book Review]] Charles Bock gave it a mixed review<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/books/review/Bock-t.html</ref>, stating that "[Lin can be] genuinely funny...and he provides accurate, often filthy dispatches on what it is to be young and pushing against the world" and concluding that "By the time I reached the last 50 pages, each time the characters said they wanted to kill themselves, I knew exactly how they felt." The review spawned [http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2010/09/tao_lin_makes_n.php a response] at [[The Village Voice]] in which Joe Coscarelli noted factual inaccuracies in the review that caused it to "[feel] like an affront on a generation, not a novel." |
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[[The Boston Globe]] on the same day reviewed it positively, stating that "[Lin's novel] is neither pretentious nor sneering nor reflexively hip. It is simply a focused, moving, and rather upsetting portrait of two oddballs in love." |
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==Other projects== |
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===Muumuu House=== |
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In November 2008 Lin founded the literary press [[Muumuu House]], publishing Gmail chats, Twitter selections, poetry, and fiction, both online and in print.<ref>{{cite web | last = Ries | first = Brian | url = http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/archives/2009/03/muumuu_house_bo.html | title = Tao Lin and Muumuu House Have Books 4 U! | publisher = Free Williamsburg | date = 2009-03-22 | accessdate = 2009-03-13 }}</ref> [[Muumuu House]] was featured in the March 2009 issue of ''[[Nylon]]'' and has, as of May 2010, published three books: two debut poetry-collections, by [[Ellen Kennedy]] and [[Brandon Scott Gorrell]], and a limited-edition non-fiction book composed of Gmail chats and emails, detailing a crisis involving book production. |
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Lin has stated plans for future print books, while work by authors from [[Rebecca Curtis]] to [[Audun Mortensen]] to [[James Purdy]] continue to be printed online [http://muumuuhouse.com at its site]. |
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===Art=== |
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Lin has been creating art, using Microsoft Paint, Adobe Photoshop, and pen/ink/marker/paper, of a distinct style since 2006. His art is minimalist and often features animals that are crying or displaying neutral facial expressions. He stores his art on [http://hihihihihihihihihiiihihihihihihihhi.com/ a website]. |
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In April 2010 at the Kansas City Art Institute Lin presented a 3-part/2-hour lecture on his drawing style, Kmart Realism, and a philosophy he entitled "moral within an existential framework." The "drawing style" portion of that lecture was repeated at Vassar University later that month. |
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==Selected work== |
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*[http://eeeee-eee-eeee-bed.blogspot.com/ Three Stories] from ''[[Bed]]'' and an excerpt of ''[[Eeeee Eee Eeee]]'' |
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*[http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=567821 What I Can Tell You About Seattle Based on the People I've Met Who Are From There in The Stranger] |
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*[http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=449302 The Levels of Greatness a Fiction Writer Can Achieve in America in The Stranger] |
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*[http://www.nerve.com/fiction/lin/sexafternotseeingeachother/ Story on Nerve.com] |
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*[http://thoughtcatalog.com/2010/marina-abramovic-the-staring-woman-at-moma/ Essay on Marina Abramovic at Thought Catalog] |
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*[http://thoughtcatalog.com/2010/coming-and-crying-tao-lin-audrey-shoplifting-from-american-apparel/ Essay about ''Shoplifting from American Apparel'' from Coming & Crying] |
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*[http://canteenmag.com/i6e2.shtml Essay about The New Yorker's 20 under 40 list at Canteen] |
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*[http://gawker.com/5595952/an-account-of-being-arrested-for-trespassing-nyus-bookstore Essay at Gawker] |
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*[http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/great-american-novelist/Content?oid=4940853 Self-profile in The Stranger] |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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*[http://reader-of-depressing-books.blogspot.com Tao Lin's blog] |
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*[http://richardyates.info Official site for ''Richard Yates''] |
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*[http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.tumblr.com Official Tumblr] |
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*[http://twitter.com/tao_lin Tao Lin's Official Twitter] |
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*[http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw091203tao_lin Interview with Michael Silverblatt for KCRW's Bookworm] |
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*[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/books/review/Bock-t.html New York Times Book Review review of ''Richard Yates''] |
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*[http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2010/09/25/tao_lin_spins_a_tale_of_two_oddballs_in_love/ Boston Globe review of ''Richard Yates''] |
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*[http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/nov/14/shoplifting-american-apparel-tao-lin The Guardian review of ''Shoplifting from American Apparel''] |
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*[http://www.viceland.com/blogs/en/2010/09/16/i-like-tao-lin-now/ Vice Magazine review of ''Richard Yates''] |
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*[http://blog.noahkalina.com/post/1009572633/heheheheheheheeheheheehehe-nylon-magazine Nylon profile] |
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*[http://nymag.com/news/features/all-new/53358/ New York Magazine profile] |
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*[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100902/ap_en_ot/us_books_tao_lin Associated Press profile] |
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Tao Lin | |
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Occupation | Novelist, short story writer, poet, editor |
Period | (2005) - present |
Subject | concrete reality, himself |
Notable works | you are a little bit happier than i am (2006) Shoplifting from American Apparel (2009) |
Tao Lin (born July 2, 1983) is an American poet, novelist, short story writer, and artist.
He is the author of five books of fiction and poetry: a novella, Shoplifting from American Apparel, published September 15, 2009; a novel, Eeeee Eee Eeee, and a short story collection, Bed, published simultaneously May 2007; two poetry collections, you are a little bit happier than i am, which won Action Books' December Prize in 2005 and was published November 2006, and cognitive-behavioral therapy, published May 2008. Melville House Publishing has published all his books except his first poetry-collection.
Lin's next book, Richard Yates, his second novel, is forthcoming September 7, 2010 from Melville House Publishing.
Lin's work has appeared on/in Gawker, Vice, Esquire, NOON, to which he is a frequent contributor, The Stranger, The Mississippi Review, The Poetry Foundation, Nerve, The Cincinnati Review.
Translations of his books have been published in Japan, Germany, Spain and are forthcoming in Norway, France, South Korea, China, and Serbia. Shoplifting from American Apparel and Eeeee Eee Eeee were optioned for film[1] in March 2010.
Critical response
His writing has attracted both negative and positive attention from publications such as New York Times, New York Magazine, The Guardian, The Atlantic, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, The Stranger, ANP Quarterly, Paper, Paste, Nylon, Vice, Flaunt, Giant Robot, and Gawker, who referred to him as "maybe perhaps the single most irritating person we've ever had to deal with," [2] though he was later pardoned [3] and then wrote for the site[4].
Miranda July has said, "Tao Lin writes from moods that less radical writers would let pass—from laziness, from vacancy, from boredom. And it turns out that his report from these places is moving and necessary, not to mention frequently hilarious.”
L Magazine has said, "We've long been deeply irked by Lin's vacuous posturing and 'I know you are but what am I' dorm-room philosophizing..."[5] Sam Anderson in New York Magazine has said, "Dismissing Lin, however, ignores the fact that he is deeply smart, funny, and head-over-heels dedicated in exactly the way we like our young artists to be."[6]
An article in The Atlantic described Lin as having a "staggering" knack for self-promotion. [7]
Books
you are a little bit happier than i am (2006)
In November 2006 Lin's first book, a poetry-collection, you are a little bit happier than i am, was published. It was the winner of Action Books' December Prize. It has consistently been a small press bestseller[8][9]. Nylon called it "alternately quippy and rueful."[10]
Eeeee Eee Eeee & Bed (2007)
In May 2007 Lin's first novel, Eeeee Eee Eeee, and first story-collection, Bed were published simultaneously. It was the first two-book novel/story-collection debut since Ann Beattie in 1976.
They were ignored by most mainstream media but have since been referenced in The Independent (who called called Eeeee Eee Eeee "a wonderfully deadpan joke."[11]) and The New York Times who called Lin a "deadpan literary trickster"[12] in reference to Eeeee Eee Eeee.
cognitive-behavioral therapy (2008)
In May 2008 Lin's second poetry-collection, cognitive-behavioral therapy was published.[13]
Shoplifting from American Apparel (2009)
In September 2009 Lin's novella, Shoplifting from American Apparel, was published to mixed, strong reviews. The Guardian said, "Trancelike and often hilarious… Lin's writing is reminiscent of early Douglas Coupland, or early Bret Easton Ellis, but there is also something going on here that is more profoundly peculiar, even Beckettian." [14] The Village Voice called it a "fragile, elusive book."[15] Bookslut said, "it shares an affected childishness with bands like The Moldy Peaches and it has a put-on weirdness reminiscent of Miranda July's No One Belongs Here More Than You."[16] Time Out New York said, "Writing about being an artist makes most contemporary artists self-conscious, squeamish and arch. Lin, however, appears to be comfortable, even earnest, when his characters try to describe their aspirations (or their shortcomings) [...] purposefully raw."[17] San Francisco Chronicle said, “Tao Lin's sly, forlorn, deadpan humor jumps off the page [...] will delight fans of everyone from Mark Twain to Michelle Tea.”[18] Los Angeles Times said, "Camus' The Stranger or sociopath?"[19] while Austin Chronicle called it "scathingly funny" and said that "it might just be the future of literature."[20]
Another reviewer described it as "a vehicle...for self-promotion."[21]
In December 2009 clothing retailer Urban Outfitters began selling Shoplifting from American Apparel in its stores.[22]
Richard Yates (2010)
Expected to be published September 7, 2010 by Melville House Publishing[23], Richard Yates is Tao Lin's second novel.
In England, papers such as The Daily Telegraph[24] and The Guardian [25] ran pieces on him. In the United States, Lin was mentioned on the blogs of New York Magazine[26], The New Yorker [27], The New York Times [28], and Poets & Writers[29].
References
- Notes
- ^ http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2010/04/tao-lins-eeeee-eee-eeee-getting-film-treatment.html
- ^ Gould, Emily (2007-07-27). "Now We Also Hate Miranda July". Gawker. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
- ^ Gould, Emily (2007-12-04). "Pardons". Gawker. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
- ^ http://gawker.com/5595952/an-account-of-being-arrested-for-trespassing-nyus-bookstore
- ^ http://www.thelmagazine.com/newyork/the-best-of-letters-nyc/Content?oid=1224878&storyPage=2
- ^ http://nymag.com/news/features/all-new/53358/
- ^ Hua Hsu. "Terminal Boredom: Reading Tao Lin" retrieved August 25, 2010 from www.atlantic.com.[1]
- ^ http://www.spdbooks.org/pages/bestsellers/poetry/poetry-bestsellers-july-aug-2008.aspx
- ^ http://www.spdbooks.org/pages/bestsellers/poetry/poetry-bestsellers-september-2007.aspx
- ^ http://www.flickr.com/photos/11002902@N00/3307499870/sizes/o/
- ^ Thorne, Matt (2010-06-04). "Beatrice and Virgil, By Yann Martel". The Independent. London.
- ^ Vizzini, Ned (2010-05-06). "Bridge Between Generations". The New York Times.
- ^ http://www.mhpbooks.com/book.php?id=16
- ^ Poole, Steven (2009-11-14). "Shoplifting from American Apparel by Tao Lin". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
- ^ http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-09-08/books/tao-lin-s-five-finger-discount
- ^ http://www.bookslut.com/fiction/2009_09_015097.php
- ^ http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/books/78017/tao-lin-shoplifting-from-american-apparel-book-review
- ^ Messer, Ari (2009-10-01). "Tao Lin: 'Shoplifting from American Apparel'". The San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ "Discoveries: 'Shoplifting From American Apparel'". Los Angeles Times. 2009-09-27. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
- ^ http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid:891344
- ^ Katie Nolfi."Review a Day". PowellsBooks. [2]
- ^ http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/12/urban_outfitter.php
- ^ Roy, Jessica (2009-09-25). "NYU Alum and Poet Tao Lin Doesn't Care Whether or Not You Think Print Is Dead". NYU Local. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
- ^ Moore, Matthew (2008-08-04). "Penniless author sells shares in next novel". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
- ^ Flood, Alison (2008-08-06). "Taking stock of Tao Lin". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
- ^ "The Approval Matrix: Week of August 18, 2008". New York Magazine.
- ^ "In the News: Tory Reads, Male Retorts". The New Yorker. 2008-08-05. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
- ^ Freakanomics (2008-08-01). "When a Novelist Holds an IPO". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
- ^ "Author Sells Shares of Royalties for Unfinished Novel". Poets & Writers. 2008-08-05. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
- Bibliography
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