Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Scorch Atlas eats streets today

Today is the official release date of Scorch Atlas, and no better way to kick it off than a glowing review from Time Out New York's Kimberly King Parsons, who writes: "The extreme subject matter and obsessively rendered syntax will evoke comparisons to writers like Brian Evenson and Gary Lutz, but Butler is an original force who is fearless with form."

Also glowing words from the ever awesome Matt Bell at his blog: "Butler excels at forcing the familiar through the a sieve of strange until it is stripped clean of its everyday banality, until it is once again made so fresh you can smell the decay it contains, until you can taste the despair that threatens to destroy not just his characters but also the dangerous worlds they inhabit."

Two kind and killer reviews, both for which I am quite grateful.

Things feel nice. Blessings and blessings. Graciousness from eyes.

Did I mention how amazing Sean Kilpatrick is? His novel excerpts at Spork are black fucking teeth. What the fuck.

Pleasures. Mud.
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19 comments:

  1. davidpeakSeptember 9, 2009 at 5:37 PM

    Just ordered Scorch Atlas, can't wait to read it. Like got physical hunger for it.

    It's your world, B

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  2. BLAKE BUTLERSeptember 9, 2009 at 5:44 PM

    thanks david. i hope you enjoy it.

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  3. Ken BaumannSeptember 9, 2009 at 7:52 PM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4RNb3tt0LM

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  4. Greg SantosSeptember 9, 2009 at 10:03 PM

    Hi Blake, ordered myself a copy of Scorch Atlas, too. Congrats! I look forward to reading it. G

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  5. Keith MontesanoSeptember 9, 2009 at 10:41 PM

    Ken,

    That's incredible.

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  6. BLAKE BUTLERSeptember 9, 2009 at 11:42 PM

    ken, u stoopid

    thanks a lot greg, most appreciated

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  7. markSeptember 10, 2009 at 10:55 AM

    just showed up yesterday. psyched.

    in the featherproof book destruction complex, somewhere down the line, someone said: "fuck it, get the hose."

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  8. BLAKE BUTLERSeptember 10, 2009 at 10:56 AM

    hey Mark,
    i think you got one Zach took a shower with. mmm mold. hope you enjoy, thanks for doing the buy.

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  9. markSeptember 10, 2009 at 11:19 AM

    rad, i'll stick it in a ziplock w/some cheap 60s paperback classics, really get some good cultures going.

    lots of tattoos and bookmarks and chapbooks in the package too, very smart of fp.

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  10. Ben BrooksSeptember 10, 2009 at 1:25 PM

    exciting days. hope it all goes well.

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  11. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2009 at 9:25 PM

    Ordered.

    Ordered before the books I actually NEED to buy for school were ordered.

    Looking to get my mind fucked.

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  12. BLAKE BUTLERSeptember 11, 2009 at 11:30 AM

    thanks michael !

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  13. DarbySeptember 11, 2009 at 4:07 PM

    whos publishing sucker june and when? is that known?

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  14. BLAKE BUTLERSeptember 11, 2009 at 4:09 PM

    if i'm not mistaken it's Six Gallery Press. not sure of a date, but praying for soon, cuz i need.

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  15. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2009 at 12:40 AM

    I love Scorch Atlas so far. When I'm not reading it I'm taking pictures of it http://alexiabrown.wordpress.com/2009/09/13/caterpillar/ .
    It makes me feel as if my fingers will get stained from touching it.

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  16. BLAKE BUTLERSeptember 17, 2009 at 1:16 AM

    thanks alexia!

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