All Things Pankish

Friday Five

[Roxane Gay / July 10th, 2009 / Random Meandering Thoughts & Shiny ]

1. A give away because it is Friday. Be the first person to post about our contest on your blog, put the post link in the comments and get a free copy of Stephanie Johnson’s One of These Things is Not Like the Others from Keyhole Press. Previous winners of things not eligible, sorry. UPDATE: (6:53 pm) Books gone.

2. What is your favorite song or album to write to? I listen to all kinds of music but I love listening to Ani DiFranco’s album Little Plastic Castles on repeat when I’m writing and especially the song Swan Dive.

3. A writer this week ended his cover letter with the phrase, “Shut up.” I’m still trying to understand why. Is it a rhetorical shut up like I can’t believe you said that? Is it a shut up as in don’t judge me? Or is it a shut up, don’t respond to my submission?

4. Five great things to read over the weekend: Monday by audri sousa; Sex is Blind by xTx; Headspace Sampler by Erin Fitzgerald; Leaving Aisha by Caleb Powell; and Formation by Gary Moshimer.

5. Five Twitter users to follow: @FRIGGMagazine, @SarahKSilverman, @robertswartwood, @jessamarsh, and @DanielNester.

Have a great weekend. Monday, a fun interview with Erin Fitzgerald, editor of The Northville Review.

16 Responses to “Friday Five”

  1. ravi says:
    July 10, 2009 at 9:41 am

    http://ravimangla.blogspot.com/

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  2. ravi says:
    July 10, 2009 at 9:42 am

    Oh shucks, I didn’t read the previous winners thing. No worries. I wanted something new to post about.

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  3. xtx says:
    July 10, 2009 at 10:21 am

    Yo. Thanks for the link love! xoxox

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  4. Matt Bell says:
    July 10, 2009 at 10:26 am

    http://www.mdbell.com/blog/2009/7/10/1001-awesome-words-contest-at-pank.html

    I’ve already got a copy of Stephanie’s amazing book coming. So keep the contest rolling!

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  5. Tim Jones-Yelvington says:
    July 10, 2009 at 11:19 am

    http://perverseadult.blogspot.com/2009/07/1001-awesome-words.html

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    • rgay says:
      July 10, 2009 at 1:12 pm

      Thanks for posting about the contest. E-mail me your address and in a couple weeks, I imagine, you’ll have a new book to read!

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  6. Tim Jones-Yelvington says:
    July 10, 2009 at 11:21 am

    “I don’t care if they eat me alive. I’ve got better things to do than survive…”

    re: number 3, I am for some reason picturing a very fagalicious flaming gay boy dropping his jaw and saying, “Shuuuuuut up!” like on of the mean girls does in Mean Girls right before LiLo stammers, “I didn’t say anything.”

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  7. Todd Keisling says:
    July 10, 2009 at 1:42 pm

    Good stuff, Pank.

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  8. Molly Gaudry says:
    July 10, 2009 at 2:25 pm

    1. Awesome.
    2. I do the repeat, too; to Ani DiFranco, too (Dilate).
    3. I received one today that opened with “Hey.”
    4. Gary Moshimer, like PANK, brought me back in a time of need.
    5. Twitter? What is this Twitter? Kidding. Ha!

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  9. Angi says:
    July 10, 2009 at 4:10 pm

    I posted a link: http://angibeckerstevens.blogspot.com/2009/07/in-other-news.html

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  10. audri says:
    July 21, 2009 at 1:51 am

    thank you for the plug. i will have you know that the PANK corner of the twitterverse tops my list of places to stalk regularly. cheers

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