Brian Evenson
BRIAN EVENSON is the author of ten books of fiction, most recently the limited edition novella Baby Leg. He has translated work by Christian Gailly, Jean Frémon, Claro, Jacques Jouet, Eric Chevillard, Antoine Volodine, and others. He is the recipient of three O. Henry Prizes as well as an NEA fellowship.
In Conversation
Lane Twitchell
By Brian EvensonArtist Lane Twitchell grew up Mormon in Utah but in the mid-1990s moved to Brooklyn. His work involves an intensive paper folding and paper cutting process, with paint being applied to cut paper; the results are elegant, lacy designs of repeated American, religious, and place-specific icons that are at once ironized and celebrated, and that make gestures toward both high art and popular culture.
Voices Not So Distant
By Brian EvensonThe first book-length work by Elana Greenfield, author of several plays and Acting Director of the Arts in Context at the New School, At the Damascus Gate gathers together thirteen stories, dramaticules, and prose poems.
excerpt: Dark Property
By Brian EvensonThe darkness stripped back, unveiled for her eyes a dim man blocking her passage. "What is wanted?" asked the gatekeeper. She gangled the child toward him. "Yes," he said. "You carry the dead." "A child," she said.
Traub in the City
By Brian EvensonToward evening, well before Traub expected it, came a notable transformation in the face. The nose became more and more accentuated, like a blade, the cheeks grew hollow, the skin began to tighten.
