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Recycling Facebook
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September 14, 2012 by Marcus Speh (Birkenkrahe)

Originally, I only wanted to share a few posts from Facebook over at my blog (a little like what I …
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Category: 100 Days Of Summer, Facebook, Goings-on | Tags: 100 days 2012, Action, Aotearoa, beach sloth, cathedral, Christmas, Christopher Allen, Christopher Forsley, Darwin, Elephant, Ernst Jandl, Existentialism, facebook, Figure, frank hinton, Friederike Mayröcker, Friendship, Gizella, Ken Clarke, Lego, Lettau, Mexican Dude, New Zealand, PANK, Robots, Roxane Gay, S. Teri O'Type, Serenity, Susan Tepper, Tiny Hardcore Press, TYFYS, Vatican, Veszprem, wolves
Caught in the Crossfire: Moments of Truth
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June 1, 2012 by Marcus Speh (Birkenkrahe)

(Julie O’Yang is a writer and visual artist from Amsterdam. We recently met on the back of a virtual napkin for an hour of literary courting. The result was this cross-fire discussion ranging from Art to Amsterdam and from Butterfly (also the title of Julie’s last novel) to Bejing. …

Category: Carnival, Guest Post, Interview | Tags: Blake, butterfly, crossfire, DNA, duchamp, food, Gardner, interview, Julie O'Yang, Robots, writing

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«At a party, I stood next to a bald guy with a beard who didn’t say anything. I noticed a nearby couple put their heads together and whisper while pointing at me. They were smiling so I went over and inquired if I could help them in any way. “No, not at all,” said the woman, “but listen, isn’t that Sir Salman Rushdie who stood next to you just now? We’re such fans.” The man nodded.»

Excerpt from: My Friend Salman Rushdie, in: Pachydermini Pack 4 (Turtleneck Press); donation dependent download.

«Tara, I look at us in that photo, taken so many years ago, I look at you sandwiched between Tom and me, with our left arms in casts, so ridiculous, it makes me think of music that is ridiculous also, music by Charles Ives with two bands playing against one another, or two melodies backpacking a third, or an instrument entering a dialog of two other instruments like a dangerous stranger. It makes me think of your musical voice and your rich hair, Tara, I’m thinking of you as my ship begins the landing process.»

Excerpt from: Friends, in: In Those Days We, available online at Issuu. Paperback version to appear.

New Sun Rising—Stories For Japan

Now at Amazon as paperback and on Kindle. See also goodreads.

I've now beaten several reluctant potential readers of #TYFYS into submissive poses and they have ordered the bloody book. Online marketing! 37 minutes ago
RT @AndyBoydnl: Just ordered an old friend's new book @marcus_speh 's amazon.de/gp/product/098… 1 hour ago
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RT @JaneEHRoberts: Oh no! RT@matthaig1: My new blog is all the reasons not to be jealous of writers. (TEN REASONS NOT TO BE A WRITER.) http… 1 hour ago
brothers on amazon: @lx69 and @tao_lin (from: #TYFYS page amzn.to/15RZE2X) sales continue 2 b strong http://t.co/I4DBdaFUMP 1 hour ago

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I am German writer who lives in Berlin. My short fiction has been published in elimae, Mad Hatter's Review, kill author, PANK and elsewhere. First published in 2009 at Metazen, I've been nominated for a Micro Award, two Pushcart Prizes, two Best of the Net awards and two Million Writers Awards, and a novella of mine was longlisted for the Paris Literary Prize. My short fiction collection "Thank You For Your Sperm" is published in 2013 by MadHat Press. My mosaic novel "Gizella" is forthcoming from Folded Word Press. I have a lush web site at marcusspeh.com (English), I blog on Tumblr und Deutsch auf marcusspeh.de. Join me on Facebook, on Twitter, Pinterest or send me an email.

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