tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656566791004857842024-03-09T02:19:40.675-08:00Carol Guess :: Books I'm the author of twenty books of poetry and prose. Write to me here: carolannguess@gmail.comCarol Guesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810606077438065844noreply@blogger.comBlogger354125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665656679100485784.post-25954713587966655242021-11-18T22:41:00.000-08:002021-11-18T22:41:33.042-08:00New website<p>I'm excited to share <a href="https://www.carolguess.net" target="_blank">my new website</a> with the world! This will replace my blog, so I won't be posting here in the future. Enjoy! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjta9aEOx0MDsnZOF_6DdPlBuGyrYsoyC2M_urHYxDO_hss7zYw8UM6gEsBly9bt2mWAsA6xkGIqHRum5qVBzBIRRyKsRyyn0IUDfSFPj6Qqz4kdZBI9DKckYkJti2oKDt8HcYme1D_h0Sz/s640/55362056241__0AD7F0F9-1C13-454C-9E3B-FBD3834D370F.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="640" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjta9aEOx0MDsnZOF_6DdPlBuGyrYsoyC2M_urHYxDO_hss7zYw8UM6gEsBly9bt2mWAsA6xkGIqHRum5qVBzBIRRyKsRyyn0IUDfSFPj6Qqz4kdZBI9DKckYkJti2oKDt8HcYme1D_h0Sz/s320/55362056241__0AD7F0F9-1C13-454C-9E3B-FBD3834D370F.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Carol Guesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810606077438065844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665656679100485784.post-4888086308480015102021-04-22T14:04:00.000-07:002021-04-22T14:04:20.963-07:00New Work in McSweeney's<p><a href="https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/alternative-teaching-modalities-in-hell" target="_blank"> "Alternative Teaching Modalities in Hell"</a> is obviously not based on memos I've been receiving biweekly for over a year now. 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Fiction, of course. "The Body Politic" is a collaboration with Susanne Antonetta. 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We're almost done with our prose poetry manuscript <i>NonCompendium.</i> Meanwhile, Susanne Paola Antonetta and I have written our first collaboration. Our friendship spans 20 years, so celebrate with us and read our short story <a href="https://www.tupeloquarterly.com/the-desk-by-susanne-paola-antonetta-and-carol-guess/">"The Desk"</a> in <a href="https://www.tupeloquarterly.com/"><i>Tupelo Quarterly</i>. </a><br />
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<br />Carol Guesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810606077438065844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665656679100485784.post-79285360976384455042020-05-01T00:25:00.001-07:002020-05-01T00:25:53.302-07:00Podcast! Award Nomination! New Poems! New Stories!How are you? I mean, how are you really? Send me an email and let's catch up. You can also follow me on Twitter, where I like things, which is what you do. I'm here: @carolannguess<br />
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While I've been pandemic-ing, I've also been busy. Thanks to <i><a href="https://bigother.com/">Big Other</a></i> and John Madera for inviting me to join the conversation on <a href="https://bigother.com/2020/04/03/jamming-their-transmission-episode-14-life-during-the-contagion-pt-1/">Jamming Their Transmission</a>, alongside Davis Schneiderman and Tony Trigilio for Podcast Episode #14, Life During the Contagion.<br />
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I'm thrilled to announce that <i><a href="http://www.uapress.ua.edu/product/Girl-Zoo,7090.aspx">Girl Zoo</a></i>, my short fiction collection co-written with Aimee Parkison, has been nominated for the 2019 <i>Big Other </i>Book Award for Fiction. It's an honor to be included on such a stellar shortlist. Check out the nominees<a href="https://bigother.com/2020/04/24/announcing-the-finalists-for-the-2019-big-other-book-award-for-fiction/"> here. </a><br />
<a href="http://www.westernhumanitiesreview.com/">Western Humanities Review</a> recently published three stories from <i>Girl Zoo </i>online<i> </i><a href="http://www.westernhumanitiesreview.com/spring-2018-72-1/aimee-parkison-carol-guess-three-stories-2/">here</a>, including "Girl in Ransom Note," one of my favorites. Hungry for poetry? Here are three new poems in <i><a href="https://superstitionreview.asu.edu/">Superstition Review,</a></i> co-written with Rochelle Hurt, from our manuscript-in-progress.<br />
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Stay tuned for future updates! I have short fiction forthcoming in <i>Tupelo Quarterly</i>, poems in <i>Juked, </i>hybrid work in <i>Hotel Amerika,</i> and lots of work-in-progress.<br />
As ever, be well. C<br />
<br />Carol Guesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810606077438065844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665656679100485784.post-88444549019551213022019-11-10T20:13:00.002-08:002019-11-10T20:13:26.699-08:00Reading at WWU, Zombies, and more!On Thursday, November 14th from 5-6:30pm I'll be reading with several colleagues at Western Washington University in the Wilson Library Reading Room. Hosted by our undergraduate literary magazine, <i><a href="https://jeopardy.wwu.edu/">Jeopardy</a>,</i> the faculty showcase is always a fun event, free and open to the public. Join us!<br />
And since my blog readership is now largely located in Ukraine and Russia (thanks for sending my stats sky high!), here's a handy <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/28/politics/trump-ukraine-scandal-people/index.html?utm_source=CNN%E2%80%99s+Impeachment+Tracker&utm_campaign=89310e7cf9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_11_05_06_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_84015bed88-89310e7cf9-108235685">"Guide to the Impeachment Drama: Major Players Edition,</a>" in case you're having trouble keeping track of So. Many. Names. Meanwhile, my dear friend N wrote a beautiful essay about activism amidst the zombies of Big Tech. Find it <a href="https://thelongingisthecompass.wordpress.com/2019/11/02/zombies-awaken/">here</a> in <i>The Longing is the Compass. </i><br />
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Carol Guesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810606077438065844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665656679100485784.post-12259576711819723842019-11-06T21:42:00.000-08:002019-11-06T21:42:50.476-08:00The Story Behind the Story: "Girl in Doubt"<div style="text-align: justify;">
Thanks to <i><a href="https://fictionsoutheast.com/">Fiction Southeast</a> </i>for inviting me to share my thoughts on writing "Girl in Doubt," one of the stories in my short story collection <a href="http://www.uapress.ua.edu/product/Girl-Zoo,7090.aspx"><i>Girl Zoo</i> </a>(co-written with Aimee Parkison). You can read <a href="https://fictionsoutheast.com/girl-in-doubt/">"Girl in Doubt"</a> here and my process piece <a href="https://fictionsoutheast.com/the-story-behind-thew-story-girl-in-doubt/">here.</a> Earlier today I guest lectured in a seminar on Critical Animal Studies. I was reminded again of the weight of the word <i>zoo</i>, of the role humans play in capturing, detaining, and confining wild animals. Of what it means to believe that animals exist for you, instead of with you. Of the way humans forget that we, too, are animals. New footage taken of northern and southern resident orcas should be a reminder to everyone that sentient beings don't belong in captivity. Watch <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/new-drone-underwater-footage-of-orcas-stuns-researchers-gives-intimate-look-at-killer-whales-family-life/">here. </a></div>
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Carol Guesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810606077438065844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665656679100485784.post-37596423890305981722019-11-04T22:25:00.000-08:002019-11-04T22:25:25.742-08:00I went to a political protest and all I got was page views from RussiaHello friends! Hello people monitoring this blog! I don't know if I should be flattered or freaked out or amused, but following my recent participation in an entirely legal, respectful political protest, I discovered that my usual blog page views had shot up to 676 in one day, largely coming from Russia. So hi, new friends. I'm glad that you found my blog, and hope you enjoy my poetry and fiction! If you are queer, I hope my writing gives you hope. If you're a bot, maybe I'll title my next book <i>Troll Farm.</i> <div>
This incident reminds me of a fascinating conversation I had with my students a week ago about the loss of privacy in the age of the internet. We had a delightful, animated conversation that felt a little odd and scattered, until I realized we were all talking about different concepts of privacy. I was thinking about literal physical privacy. Being alone in a room. Studying in the library. Writing in a diary no one else would ever read. Sharing a photograph with one other person. My students, however, were all talking about privacy <i>settings.</i> About the difficulty or ease of choosing who sees what on shared devices or platforms. Their concept of privacy assumed an audience; for them, privacy meant starting with an audience, then filtering it out. For me, privacy meant being alone, or sharing something with just a few people. The concept of strangers was included in my students' idea of privacy. Strangers were always there; it was just a question of when to filter them out. </div>
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I don't move through the world with a great deal of nostalgia; I tend to focus on present day pleasures and problems. I'm not particularly sentimental. But I miss certain forms of privacy, including both solitude and the gift of choosing when to share time, words, and affection with one person. I'm not on Facebook because I don't trust the company's politics or surveillance tactics, so finding that my scruffy, old school blog had been visited by a team of bots was disheartening. I wish I could pretend all 676 page views were LGBTQ folks in Russia newly discovering my writing, but while I'm an optimist, I'm not a fool. </div>
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Carol Guesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810606077438065844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665656679100485784.post-81563601130593853712019-08-16T15:16:00.000-07:002019-08-16T15:16:00.114-07:00New flash fiction, new review of True AshHappy summer! Here's a tiny story co-written with Rochelle Hurt, in <a href="http://newflashfiction.com/?fbclid=IwAR2ABF8efqDsjyGAQaQ-zzrIwAA4EYJN3TE4LLgGnrid9UP7WBir7Ykbl28"><i>New Flash Fiction Review</i>,</a> which was guest edited by Aimee Parkison. It's titled <a href="http://newflashfiction.com/carol-guess-rochelle-hurt/">"Noncompliant,"</a> and part of our ongoing manuscript, <i>The Book of Non.</i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><a href="http://www.rowanglassworks.org/book-reviews/review-true-ash">Glassworks</a></i> magazine just published a fabulous <a href="http://www.rowanglassworks.org/book-reviews/review-true-ash">review</a> of <i><a href="https://www.blacklawrence.com/true-ash/">True Ash</a></i>, my short story collaboration with Elizabeth J. Colen. I'm grateful to Jenna Pauline Burke for her careful, detailed reading of our book. </div>
Carol Guesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810606077438065844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665656679100485784.post-55837812369945661612019-07-28T13:26:00.000-07:002019-07-28T13:26:13.538-07:00Interview in Heavy Feather ReviewOur friends at <i><a href="https://heavyfeatherreview.org/">Heavy Feather Review</a></i> invited Dana Diehl to interview me and Aimee Parkison about our collaborative short story collection <a href="http://www.uapress.ua.edu/product/Girl-Zoo,7090.aspx"><i>Girl Zoo</i>.</a> Check it out <a href="https://heavyfeatherreview.org/2019/07/24/girl-zoo/amp/?__twitter_impression=true">here</a>, and check out Dana Diehl and Melissa Goodrich's <i>The Classroom </i><a href="http://www.danadiehl.com/">here.</a> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Carol Guesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810606077438065844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665656679100485784.post-2892793547742303162019-07-16T17:44:00.000-07:002019-07-16T17:44:25.882-07:00Interview with Aimee Parkison and Andrea Scrima in 3 Quarks DailyIn this interview with <i><a href="https://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2019/07/trapped-inside-the-gaze-of-strangers-a-conversation-with-aimee-parkison-and-carol-guess.html">3 Quarks Daily</a></i>, Aimee Parkison and I talk about our recent short story collection, <i><a href="http://www.uapress.ua.edu/product/Girl-Zoo,7090.aspx">Girl Zoo</a>. </i>Thanks to Andrea Scrima for asking insightful questions and inviting us to muse in public! The interview includes a link to my short story, <a href="https://statorec.com/">"Girl in Perfume,"</a> simultaneously published in STAT®REC. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Carol Guesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810606077438065844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665656679100485784.post-85671022793219112542019-06-25T19:46:00.003-07:002019-06-25T19:46:51.781-07:00Gun Safe: New Short Fiction :::: Seattle Screening of "Unlocking the Cage"Here's a new short story, <a href="https://statorec.com/gun-safe/">"Gun Safe,"</a> part of an ongoing project examining whiteness, <a href="https://marchforourlives.com/">gun violence,</a> trauma, and police brutality. It's published in <a href="https://statorec.com/about/">STAT®REC</a>, where you can also read several new pieces by <a href="https://statorec.com/three-flash-fictions-by-aimee-parkison/">Aimee Parkison</a>.<br />
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If you're in Seattle on Friday, July 5th, come celebrate the concepts of freedom, justice, and independence with a viewing of the documentary <a href="https://meaningfulmovies.org/events/unlocking-the-cage/">"Unlocking the Cage,"</a> at 7pm at Keystone Congregational Church in Wallingford. Animal rights lawyer Steven Wise will be in attendance at this special screening to discuss his work with the <a href="https://www.nonhumanrights.org/">Nonhuman Rights Project</a> fighting to transform a chimpanzee from a thing with no rights to a person with limited legal protections.<br />
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Carol Guesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810606077438065844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665656679100485784.post-78028161332526505382019-04-29T21:35:00.000-07:002019-04-29T21:35:44.554-07:00New Poems, New Collaboration, New Book ProjectPoet <a href="https://www.rochellehurt.com/">Rochelle Hurt</a> and I are writing a book together! We've concocted a character named Non-Mom, and set her adrift on troubled waters. Want an introduction? Here are four of our collaborative poems in <i><a href="http://www.jetfuelreview.com/carol-guess--rochelle-hurt-spring-2019.html">Jet Fuel Review</a></i>.<br />
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Also, in case you wondered which podcast was currently fueling my commute, I'm hooked on <a href="https://www.autostraddle.com/announcing-to-l-and-back-an-l-word-podcast-from-autostraddle-com/">"To L and Back"</a> by the good queers at <i><a href="https://www.autostraddle.com/">Autostraddle</a></i>.<br />
<br />Carol Guesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810606077438065844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665656679100485784.post-37781035694041247622019-04-29T21:18:00.002-07:002019-04-29T21:18:10.775-07:00Review of Girl Zoo in Necessary FictionHere's a fabulous <a href="http://necessaryfiction.com/reviews/GirlZoobyAimeeParkisonandCarolGuess">review of <i>Girl Zoo</i></a> in <i>Necessary Fiction, </i>written by Kaja Rae Lucas.<br />
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I'm participating in the 2019 AWP Conference in Portland, Oregon. Here's a list of my events. Stop by and visit!<br />
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Book Signing. Black Lawrence Press booth. 1-2pm.<br />
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Offsite Reading. FC2, Sidebrow, Ellipsis, and Dorothy. 7-9pm at ADX.<br />
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Panel. The Coast is Queer: LGBTQ+ Voices from the Pacific Northwest. 9-10:15am Portland Ballroom 255, Oregon Conference Center, Level 2.<br />
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Book Signing with Aimee Parkison. FC2 booth. 1-3pm.<br />
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Offsite Reading. "They Said" Anthology of Collaborative Writing. 5:30-7:30 at The Fixin' To.Carol Guesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810606077438065844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665656679100485784.post-28527797207461770142019-02-19T21:57:00.000-08:002019-02-19T22:09:58.370-08:00Happy Book Birthday to Girl Zoo!<i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Girl-Zoo-Aimee-Parkison/dp/1573660701">Girl Zoo</a></i> got born today. She has an excellent APGAR. It's really an AP BAR, since she's behind bars, scrabbling to get out.<br />
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You can order this collaborative short story collection, co-written with Aimee Parkison, directly from <a href="http://www.uapress.ua.edu/product/Girl-Zoo,7090.aspx">University of Alabama Press</a>, which houses FC2, which published our book, which got born today, flushed pink and pawing.<br />
In lieu of cake, Aimee and I co-wrote <a href="http://monkeybicycle.net/if-my-book-girl-zoo-aimee-parkison-and-carol-guess/?fbclid=IwAR26DSwN1t01vOv6mswrNfReVeRAIUcL1DRDP6cbRoOBR51mvtZ8cbOmBvs">this interview</a> for <i><a href="http://monkeybicycle.net/">Monkeybicycle</a> </i>as part of their "If My Book" feature.<br />
Since we're on the subject of cages and confinement, <a href="https://www.nonhumanrights.org/">The Nonhuman Rights Project</a> continues to advocate for the fundamental rights of nonhuman animals: "Humans are not the only animals entitled to recognition and protection of their fundamental rights."Carol Guesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810606077438065844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665656679100485784.post-66776124002183173162019-02-19T21:48:00.001-08:002019-02-19T21:48:26.922-08:00Essay on Compression in Lit HubHere's an essay on compression titled <a href="https://lithub.com/notes-on-my-literary-minimalism/">"Notes on My Literary Minimalism: Carol Guess Considers Subtraction, In Writing and In Life."</a> I wanted to explore how my spare aesthetic might be linked to moving frequently as a child, and to valuing emotional connections over material possessions. <a href="https://lithub.com/">Lit Hub</a> changed my original title, which was "Tiny Boxes, Teeming," based on the compression workshop I taught recently at <a href="http://www.openpoetrybooks.com/">Open Books</a>. Enjoy! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Carol Guesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810606077438065844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665656679100485784.post-69479201006415923862019-02-06T14:32:00.000-08:002019-02-06T14:32:49.090-08:00Brilliant Brooklyn Rail Review of Girl ZooThe very first <a href="https://brooklynrail.org/2019/02/books/Girl-Zooby-Aimee-Parkison-and-Carol-Guess">review</a> of <i>Girl Zoo</i> just appeared in <i><a href="https://brooklynrail.org/2019/02/books/Girl-Zooby-Aimee-Parkison-and-Carol-Guess">The Brooklyn Rail</a>. </i>It's a brilliant piece written by <a href="https://www.melanie-odelle.com/">Melanie Odelle</a> that sets the book against the canon of mainstream thrillers focused on missing, violated, and murdered girls. It's great to read a review that captures our subversive intentions. My co-writer Aimee Parkison and I set out to critique these mainstream narratives by viewing our fictional female characters through an experimental queer feminist lens. This review elegantly articulates our project, locating it within the cultural moment and contemporary literary/political movements. <i>Girl Zoo </i>will be published by <a href="http://www.uapress.ua.edu/product/Girl-Zoo,7090.aspx">Fiction Collective 2</a> later this month. Contact me for information about review copies, author interviews and readings, and anything else pertaining to our zoo.<br />
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<br />Carol Guesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810606077438065844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665656679100485784.post-43344069909393468552019-01-13T18:26:00.000-08:002019-01-13T18:26:04.879-08:00Workshop in Seattle @ Open Books<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm happy to offer a <a href="http://www.openpoetrybooks.com/2-part-class-tiny-boxes-teeming-with-carol-guess/">workshop on compression in prose poetry</a> at <a href="http://www.openpoetrybooks.com/">Open Books</a> in Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood. This two-part workshop will be held on Sunday, January 20th and Sunday, January 27th from 10-12.<br />
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Compression forces us to choose wisely, to winnow, to do without. Simultaneously, we celebrate what remains and the surprise that emerges. This two-part course will incorporate strategies for compressing narrative or lyric text into prose poetry. We’ll read samples of brilliant compressed prose poems, practice writing exercises, and read our work aloud or in pairs. There will be homework between the first and second class sessions, so green light some writing time between. Preregistration is required, and the cost is $50 per person. This two-part class will take place at Open Books on January 20 and 27, 10:00 am – noon.<br />
<br />Carol Guesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810606077438065844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665656679100485784.post-66839340832987602412018-12-13T15:42:00.000-08:002018-12-13T15:42:22.941-08:00GIRL ZOO: New Book with Fiction Collective Two<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm thrilled to announce a new short story collection, co-written with <a href="http://www.aimeeparkison.com/">Aimee Parkison</a> and published by <a href="https://www.fc2.org/">Fiction Collective Two</a>. <i>Girl Zoo</i> is a series of loosely linked stories, organized around the concept of confinement and coercion. In each story, a woman or a girl struggles to escape a cage, sometimes literal (hot car, hot seat, hot pants) and sometimes figurative (a gaslighting lover, a corporate ladder). Aimee and I wrote most of the stories together, but several pieces were solo works, which allowed us to expand the boundaries of our usual styles. Together, supporting each other as artists and as female-identified creatures, we got graphic in this collection. While there are beautiful, lyrical moments, much of the book is brutal, blood-spattered, angry, raw. It's also funny, if ballooning breasts and dick jokes and creepy first dates and mansplaining are funny. You tell me! Think <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80233611">Hannah Gadsby's <i>Nanette</i></a>. Think <a href="http://www.etgarkeret.com/">Etgar Keret's <i>Suddenly, A Knock on the Door</i></a>. You can <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Girl-Zoo-Aimee-Parkison/dp/1573660701/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1544742365&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=Girl+Zoo+Aimee+Parkinson">pre-order <i>Girl Zoo</i> on Amazon here</a>; the book will be released on February 19, 2019. I'm grateful to <a href="http://www.lanceolsen.com/">Lance Olsen</a> and <a href="https://lidiayuknavitch.net/">Lidia Yuknavitch</a> for blurbs that make me want to read their books all over again: </div>
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"Part dark angry fairytales, part avant-gothic myths, part surreal fever dreams, and always genuinely unique, Girl Zoo is a remarkable collaborative collection of concentrated narraticules about 56 captive women who are the same woman, not the same woman, and not not the same woman. Aimee Parkison and Carol Guess explore the thematics of the commodified and controlled female subject, complicating the problem, nuancing it, metaphorizing it so the reader sees it always anew, yet never offering any easy way out. The rhythms, syntax, vocabulary, and meta-logic feel childlike, yet the content remains relentlessly bloody, violent, somehow naively (and, of course, not naively at all) dangerous to the bone."<br />
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“Girl Zoo is a breathtaking journey inside the cold hard facts of gender and sexual incarceration. Taking the "woman as object" trope to its logical extreme, these stories stage a break-in and dare the reader to imagine what it would take for women and girls to break out of the very narratives that keep us caged. A triumph of the imaginal in the face of a culture that would see us silenced, dead, and gone. Read these girls, change your life.”<br />
—Lidia Yuknavitch, author of <i>The Book of Joan</i>Carol Guesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810606077438065844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665656679100485784.post-52565953478243188622018-11-13T21:18:00.000-08:002018-11-13T21:18:07.236-08:00Upcoming Readings <div style="text-align: justify;">
Hello lovely reader friends! I'll be sharing work in Seattle and Everett in November. </div>
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On <b>November 15, 2018</b> I'll be the featured reader at <a href="http://duanekirbyjensen.wixsite.com/everett-poetry-night">Everett Poetry Night.</a> This popular venue hosts an open mic from 7-8pm; I'll read from 8-8:30pm. Then we'll mingle and eat delicious food! Join us at Cafe Zippy 1502 Rucker Ave., Everett, WA.</div>
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On <b>November 28, 2018</b> I'm reading with two of my favorite writers, Bruce Beasley and Suzanne Paola. We all teach in the <a href="https://chss.wwu.edu/english/department-english-mfa-creative-writing">MFA Creative Writing program at Western Washington University,</a> a relatively new program focused on hybrid, multi-genre, and experimental writing. On the 28th we're reading for Words West, a Seattle-based literary series held at my favorite West Seattle coffee shop, <a href="https://candpcoffee.com/">C&P Coffee Company</a>, 5612 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA. Bruce and Suzanne are brilliant, explosive readers; I'm planning on reading new short fiction. We're excited to share this with you!</div>
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Lastly, I have big news about a NEW BOOK forthcoming in 2019! But I promised I'd stay quiet until the press announces it, so I'm squirming. I can't wait to celebrate! Stay tuned. </div>
Carol Guesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810606077438065844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665656679100485784.post-30081653237018365652018-10-14T16:02:00.001-07:002018-10-14T16:03:42.523-07:00True Ash in print<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><a href="https://www.blacklawrence.com/true-ash/">True Ash</a></i> lives in print and not just in my head. It's always strange when a book gets born, because until it's born it lives in my imagination, but after, it lives in someone else's. So here it is, growing green among houseplants. <i>True Ash</i> consists of interlinked short stories co-written with Elizabeth J. Colen. If you're interested in reviewing a copy, drop me an email and I'll happily pass it along! As always, let me know what you think. ps Theo fell asleep on the job<br />
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<br />Carol Guesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810606077438065844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665656679100485784.post-82780564944948028072018-08-15T15:21:00.000-07:002018-08-15T15:22:25.123-07:00They Said: new collaborative writing anthology <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Collaboration feels like cramming foolish limbs into a clown car. Walking a tightrope that turns into a plank. Here's an anthology full of magical, risky, funny, elegant, and/or absurd collaborations. Pick a page, any page. <a href="https://www.blacklawrence.com/they-said-a-multi-genre-anthology-of-contemporary-collaborative-writing/"><i>They Said</i> is newly published by Black Lawrence Press</a>, edited by Simone Muench, Dean Rader, Sally Ashton, and Jackie White. My contributions include stories and poems co-written with Elizabeth J. Colen, Kristina Marie Darling, Kelly Magee, and Daniela Olszewska. If you're teaching the anthology and you'd like me to visit your class (IRL or virtually), drop me a note!Carol Guesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810606077438065844noreply@blogger.com0