BLAKE BUTLER
1) Where are you from, why?
Atlanta, in a box, because I stay where I was made.
2) Generate a relevant formula.
Dogs are babies plus better skin.
3) In The Guardian’s “Ten Rules for Writing,” Jonathan Franzen’s #8 says, “It’s doubtful that anyone with an internet connection at his workplace is writing good fiction.” Please write a short letter to Franzen re: this.
Jon, That’s retarded. Yrs, B
4) What is the purest–that is, most authentic–form of communication between two humans?
Quiets.
5) Please transcribe/record a short “State of Literary Fiction” speech addressed to an audience composed of the people of your choosing (make sure to let us know who’s in the audience).
“I like my asses fat, not flat.”
6) What is there, and what should we do about it?
Pull the wet out of the hour, get the hole big, put it where it wants it and don’t put it there, go booboo with your inner-dad, cry a lot sometime, eat cake and dog.
7) There’s a video on your blog of someone burning a copy of your book, “Scorch Atlas.” This question is the chaos question. Please instill chaos in us, through whatever means or media you see fit.
Blake Butler’s blog is http://www.gillesdeleuzecommittedsuicideandsowilldrphil.com/
