Archive for the “literature” category
The Object
by Travis Jeppesen on January 20, 2012
He wonders how he will ever begin to write about the object. A bit like writing in the dark…The object is there in front of him, and yet isn’t. Both at the same time. How can that be, that state (…)
The Names
by Travis Jeppesen on October 9, 2011
The Names is a section from The Suiciders, a novel. Read it here.
Longitude’s Necklace
by Travis Jeppesen on June 4, 2011
“Her heart is boundless, bleeding. She is the porn star mother of us all, the whore, and she doesn’t even acknowledge her own presence once the forest threatens to overtake her human-style longing. She dresses in fur and feathers, leaves (…)
Bruce Benderson and Gary Indiana and Eileen Myles
by Travis Jeppesen on April 26, 2011
It doesn’t matter; there is no matter. Memory doesn’t spit out physical objects, all pristine and shiny. If there is such a thing as a truth in writing, about writing, then it’s always located in the roughness around the edges. (…)
Wolf at the Door
by Travis Jeppesen on February 22, 2010
Me reading from Wolf at the Door.
Excerpt from The Suiciders
by Travis Jeppesen on December 10, 2009
The artist must now live in a state of perpetual distraction. Art will be the measure of response to those distractions.
Dicklung & Others reviewed
by Travis Jeppesen on November 16, 2009
My latest poetry collection, Dicklung & Others, has been reviewed at Orange Alert.
The Suiciders
by Travis Jeppesen on November 12, 2009
I’m currently approaching the final phases of The Suiciders, a novel I’ve been working on for the last nine years. Below, you’ll find an excerpt from the final-ish version. Lukas (this was Peter’s name again all of a sudden) got (…)
Memory Glyphs
by Travis Jeppesen on October 21, 2009
My review of Memory Glyphs, a recent anthology of Romanian prose poetry, is now online at 3ammagazine.com.
The Suiciders excerpt
by Travis Jeppesen on October 18, 2009
An excerpt from my novel-in-progress, The Suiciders, is now online at 3ammagazine.com.