Archive for the “Writing” category
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.
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 (…)
Dicklung & Others
by Travis Jeppesen on August 3, 2009
My new collection of poetry, Dicklung & Others, is now available for pre-order from BLATT Books. The cover painting is Basan, the Fire-Breathing Chicken by Jeremiah Palecek, who also did the images for my last collection, Poems I Wrote While (…)
2008: Moments: Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
by Travis Jeppesen on December 28, 2008
I haven’t been to the theatre very often in the last ten years. I’ve purposefully avoided it. What a lot of people don’t know is that I actually started off as a writer for the theatre, when I was a (…)
For Jan Jakub Kotik, at 3am
by Travis Jeppesen on October 16, 2008
I do an occasional poetry column with Matthew Wascovich at 3ammagazine.com. In the latest installment, now online, you can read my homage to Jan Jakub Kotik.
The Critic as Avant-Garde Artist
by Travis Jeppesen on September 21, 2008
I have to say that I’m a lot more interested now in the prospect of reading Boris Groys’s new book Art Power than I was before reading Brian Dillon’s review of it in the latest issue of Frieze. According to (…)
Roman Holiday: A Travel Journal
by Travis Jeppesen on June 16, 2008
Roman Holiday: A Travel Journal ARRIVAL Thought I could keep everything intact – a towel? That won’t absorb my lust. I am holding onto you anyway. Fantasize a way of life like on TV. Wait, that’s not fantasy. Two ducks (…)
Dagger
by Travis Jeppesen on May 31, 2008
Words: Heidi James Visual: Matthew Coleman
Climbing the Anal Staircase: The Art of No Bra
by Travis Jeppesen on May 4, 2008
I. They say No Bra is all tits and wonder, but they’re wrong. There’s also a lot of cock, and even some fake mustache. This isn’t music for the masses; it’s music that makes fun of the masses – or (…)
hear me read, see me lick…..
by Travis Jeppesen on May 2, 2008
I read out loud (a slightly edited version of) “What the Witch Doctor Says” at Foyles Bookshop in London. I eat pussy on Bruce LaBruce’s blog.