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20140301

The Death of Cormac McCarthy's Dead Typewriter

After three full years of managing this blog and discovering/sharing the work of so many wonderfully talented experimental writers, musicians, and artists of other sorts, I have decided that it is now time for these curtains to close once and for all. Cormac McCarthy's Dead Typewriter has been a journey in and of itself, but as with any journey, it must eventually come to an end, and as with any journey that comes to an end, there will be plenty of journeys to follow it. Putting this blog to rest will allow me to focus more intensely on other projects and publications that either have already blossomed or are yet to blossom. I would like to thank each and every person who has supported CMDT in any way since 2011, and I hope that you will join me in moving onward to new pastures.

—Matt.

20110524

3-Month Anniversary Ustream Reading

Three months ago from tomorrow, Wednesday, May 25th, the first official submission to CMDT was posted, and I intend to celebrate. If you haven't already been made aware via Facebook, I will be hosting a live reading—streamed directly from my bedroom—of some of the excellent contributions I've received thus far. I will also read plenty of great work outside of this blog, and I would like to encourage you to send me a piece of your own for this occasion. There may or may not be a Harsh Noise Wall dance party during the course of the night, but even if there is not, tune in for the reading at 7:30 P.M. Eastern! You can involve yourself by visiting this very post. I hope that you will join me.

UPDATE: The reading was a terrific success, with 80+ viewers who came and went throughout the night. Due to issues with my video-editing software, I was unable to splice together any individual moments of note for your convenience, but you can still watch the event in its entirety below. Thank you again to everybody who attended! Below the archived videos is a list of what was read as well as what was mentioned but not read.





What was read:


Selected Contributions to CMDT
Two Poems by Ellen Flannery Major
“Clapping Hands (Portrait of Beth Weisser)” by Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino
“The Peaches Are Cheap” and “What the Fuck is an Electrolyte?” from Mike Young’s Look! Look! Feathers (Word Riot Press, 2010)
A Poem by Johnny Vulpine
Communication by Jackson Nieuwland
“You do,” “Strawberries and cherries,” “Be,” “Bitch,” “Don’t,” “Darius and Michelle,” “Chess,” “Kevin and it,” “Monty and Lisette,” “Blah-blah-blah,” “L&B&R (Take 1),” “L&B&R (Take 2),” “Gus and Nadia (Take 1),” “Gus and Nadia (Take 2),” “Gus and Nadia (Take 3),” “...,” and “?” from Nigel Tomm’s Nanodrama Not Nanofiction (BookSurge Publishing, 2007)
Excerpt from Tao Lin’s Eeeee Eee Eeee (Melville House Publishing, 2007)
Chapter VII of Alexander J. Allison’s The Prodigal
Two Excerpts from Christopher Higgs’s The Complete Works of Marvin K. Mooney (Sator Press, 2010)
The “Teachers and Staff” page of my 2010 high school yearbook
“Elvis Presley’s Love Me Tender Remix” from Nigel Tomm’s Selected Works of Nigel Tomm (2006/2007) (BookSurge Publishing, 2007)
“Spring,” “Happiness Levels 1994-2004,” “Happiness,” “Friday Night,” “Something Unbelievable Happened Yesterday,” “Deciphering My Hand,” “The Stigma of Self-Publication,” “Planning the Poetry Reading,” “Applause,” “Audience,” “Poetry,” “how long does it take to write a poem?,” “Mahi-Mahi,” “How to Say Thanks When You Mean It But Don't Really Have Time Right Now,” “The Secret of Life,” “Another Secret,” “A French Secret,”  and “The First Internet” from Mairéad Byrne's The Best of (What's Left of) Heaven (Publishing Genius Press, 2010)
“Swimming in the House of the Sea” from Jeremy Robert Johnson’s Angel Dust Apocalypse (Eraserhead Press, 2005)

Books mentioned but not read:
Matt Margo’s compostable (chalk editions, 2011)
Deborah Willis’s Vanishing and Other Stories (Harper Perennial, 2010)
Geof Huth’s ntst (If P Then Q, 2010)
Adam Robinson’s Adam Robison and Other Poems (Narrow House Press, 2009)

—Matt.

20110518

LINKS Page Now Online

Some of you followers, contributors, and/or strangers may have already noticed that I recently created the LINKS page I had been promising to make one day. There you can find 42 links pertaining to all of the wonderful folks who have submitted to CMDT thus far, as well as other literary blogs/journals and websites that embrace the many experimental forms of literature and music. More links will be provided as people continue to send work and as the Internet continues to excite me with goodies. Stay tuned.

—Matt.

20110331

An Update Concerning Links

Those of you who have been gracious enough to submit to CMDT and/or check out the blog may have noticed that none of the contributors' notes contains any sort of links. The reason for that is I will soon be adding a LINKS page to the site, and it will be there that you can direct yourself to the many projects and prospects associated with our wonderful contributors. This, and more, is forthcoming.


—Matt.

20110218

To Begin

So that the homepage doesn’t appear so barren, here is a brief layout of what’s ahead.

Submissions of literature, music, and photography (in accordance with the blog’s submission guidelines [click here]) will start to be posted as of one week from today. In the meantime, CMDT is currently accepting submissions via email, so do not think that you need to wait if you would like to send something for consideration. I have already received some wonderful work in various formats and would like to keep this momentum going. If you have your own Google account, feel free to follow the blog—and spread the word if you like what you read (or see or hear or smell or taste or feel).

—Matt.