New Writers

[monkey!]

Owned... indeed.

[fajwat]

don't forget the bears

[Matt]

in the rockpaperscissors game, bears beat monkey

[monkey!]

I still maintain that the bears forced nothing more than a temporary truce.

[Matt]

yeah, when they devoured your innards.

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[Cassander]

i hear Blur is a good new band that the kids are checking out.

[Matt]

how about those STP really cutting edge, eh?

[monkey!]

Blur are BLEEDING EDGE, dude!

I'm surprised you've heard of them, being all the way over in Freedom Land.

[nacho]

in the rockpaperscissors game, bears beat monkey

I think "mauled" was the word.

[Tatertots]

Arthur Nersesian is a tad old, but "The Fuck-Up" was pretty good. He's an "MTV" writer, I think.

Tim Hall ("Half Empty") is going the indie route and doing pretty well. I liked Half Empty quite a bit, but his new book "Triumph of the Won't" is WAY out of my current price range at $9. Also, I spent $40 on an art book.

McSweeney's is still clinging to the "bleeding edge", but it might not forever. Anyways, here's what the cool kids are reading: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/books/future.html

And Bookslut is usually on top of the "hip" new writers: http://www.bookslut.com/blog/

[Cassander]

oh, that reminds me!

my mole inside mcsweeney's sent me a care package.  Yannick Murphy's "Here They Come" was a good read.  i don't know if she's young or new, but she's decent.  hemingway and judy blume collide. 

mcsweeney's 18 was a borefest, but the Believer was decent. 

course, you probably started this thread to find people that...don't have deals, right?  yeah.

[Tatertots]

Oh, also: Jonathan Safran Foer. "Incredibly Loud and Incredibly Close" was an excellent 2nd novel. I think he'll only get better with time. Hopefully.