all fiction is critical fiction
Posted in ‘I disdain “categories”’ on Jul 14th, 2012
Henry Wessells will be speaking at 8:00 p.m. tonight, 14 July 2012, at Readercon, on the topic “Critical Fictions & other Fabulous Beasts; or, Learning to Read/Write all over again”. This will be a talk providing definitions of the critical fiction mode (with examples), as well as reviewing the works of precursors and of contemporary practitioners, […]
Posted in definitions, distinctions, Jean Rhys, Precursors, Wendy Walker, ‘I disdain “categories”’ on Mar 29th, 2012
To the Editor of the TLS Sir, Part of the task of the reviewer is to consider the book at hand as literature, that is, a written work that functions within a context. One part of that context is the history of earlier works that will illuminate the book under review. Context also reveals the […]
Posted in distinctions, Technique, Wendy Walker, ‘I disdain “categories”’ on Mar 29th, 2012
My Man and other Critical Fictions by Wendy Walker and Treasure Island!!! by Sara Levine were reviewed by Ben Jeffery in the TLS for 24 February. Pieces of pieces BEN JEFFERY Sara Levine TREASURE ISLAND!!! 176pp. Europa. Paperback, $15. 978 1 60945 016 8 Wendy Walker MY MAN AND OTHER CRITICAL FICTIONS. 138pp. Temporary Culture. $22.50. […]
Posted in definitions, Jean Rhys, Jorge Luis Borges, Precursors, Wendy Walker, ‘I disdain “categories”’ on Dec 7th, 2011
Here is the introduction to Wendy Walker’s new book, My Man and other Critical Fictions (For a full size view click on individual pages, or for a full size pdf view click here). To buy the book, follow the My Man tab up top. [HWW]
Posted in definitions, examples, Technique, Wendy Walker, ‘I disdain “categories”’ on Nov 5th, 2011
My Man and other Critical Fictions Wendy Walker. Temporary Culture, $22.50 (138p) ISBN 978-0-9764660-7-9 A critical fiction, as publisher Henry Wessells explains in his introduction to this collection of eight eclectic tales, is “a work of art that explicitly declares itself as a critique of another work of literature.” Mixing collage and Burroughs-esque cut-up technique […]
Posted in definitions, Wendy Walker, ‘I disdain “categories”’ on Oct 26th, 2011
The Critical Fiction Symposium, held at the Grolier Club in New York City last night, was a success on all counts. Wendy Walker’s book, MY MAN AND OTHER CRITICAL FICTIONS was published and the beautiful subscribers issue was also on view. An engaged and intelligent audience of approximately 35 to 40 people gathered to see […]
Posted in definitions, examples, influence, Wendy Walker, ‘I disdain “categories”’ on Oct 14th, 2011
Temporary Culture and Henry Wessells are pleased to announce a Critical Fiction Symposium on Tuesday 25 October 2011 to celebrate the publication of a new book by Wendy Walker. MY MAN & OTHER CRITICAL FICTION is an original collection of 8 critical fictions on Joseph Conrad’s Nostromo, King Lear, Olaudah Equiano, Harry Mathews, and other […]
Posted in Wendy Walker, ‘I disdain “categories”’ on Sep 5th, 2011
Temporary Culture is pleased to report that My Man and other Critical Fictions by Wendy Walker is in press and on schedule for release in late October. It will be a beautiful book. Subscriptions to the hand bound issue (signed by the author and artists) are now being taken, as well as advance orders for the […]
Posted in examples, Janwillem van de Wetering, ‘I disdain “categories”’ on Jul 4th, 2011
Today I would like to add a new entry to the critical fiction reading list in honor of Janwillem van de Wetering, Dutch-born author who died in Maine three years ago today: Janwillem van de Wetering. Judge Dee Plays His Lute: A Play and Selected Mystery Stories. Bar Harbor, Maine: Wonderly Press, 1997. Cover illustration by the […]
Posted in definitions, examples, Technique, Tom Whalen, ‘I disdain “categories”’ on Jul 3rd, 2011
On Critical Fiction : Tom Whalen interviewed by Henry Wessells Tom Whalen is a novelist, poet, critic, short story writer, and (since 2008) visiting professor of film at the Staatliche Akademie der Künste in Stuttgart — his essay on Lola rennt (1998; Run Lola Run, 200) is wide ranging in its allusions and compelling […]