Blake Butler (author)

Blake Butler (born 1979) is an American writer and editor.^[1][2] He edited the defunct literature blog HTML Giant, and two journals: Lamination Colony, and concurrently with co-editor Ken Baumann, No Colony. His other writing has appeared in Birkensnake, The Believer, Unsaid, Fence, Willow Springs, The Lifted Brow, Opium Magazine, Gigantic and Black Warrior Review.^[3] He also writes a regular column for Vice Magazine.^[4]

Butler attended Georgia Tech, where he initially intended to major in computer science before switching to multi-media design. He graduated with a Bachelors and went on to Bennington College for his Master of Fine Arts.^[5]

Bibliography

• Ever (novella) (Calamari Press, 2009)
• Scorch Atlas (novel-in-stories) (Featherproof Books, 2010)
• There Is No Year (novel) (Harper Perennial, 2011)^{[6][7][8][9][10]}
• Nothing: A Portrait of Insomnia (memoir) (Harper Perennial, 2011)^[11][12]
• Sky Saw (novel) (Tyrant Books, 2012)^[13]
• One (novel) (Roof Books, 2012)^[14]
• 300,000,000 (novel) (Harper Perennial, 2014)^[15]

References

1. McCormack, JW. "A Surprising Kind of Art: PW Talks with Blake Butler". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
2. "Blake Butler Just Wants Your Attention (and Your Money)". The L Magazine. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
3. "Blake Butler and What Happens When a Novelist Lives on the Internet". New York Observer. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
4. http://www.vice.com/author/blake-butler
5. Alexander, Andrew. "For author Blake Butler, it’s an abstract world". Access Atlanta. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
6. "Review: There Is No Year". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
7. "Review: There is no Year". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
8. "Review: There is no Year". Book Verdict (Library Journal). Retrieved 18 July 2013.
9. Salvatore, Joseph (29 April 2011). "The Novel as Puzzle". NY Times. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
10. "Review: There Is No Year by Blake Butler". Time Out Boston. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
11. "Review: Nothing". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
12. Moyer, Justin (25 November 2011). ""Nothing: A Portrait of Insomnia" by Blake Butler". Washington Post. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
13. "Review: Sky Saw". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
14. "One". Roof Books. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
15. "One". Harper Perennial. Retrieved 22 October 2014.

External links

• Butler's weblog "Gilles Deleuze Committed Suicide and So Will Dr. Phil"
• weblog "HTMLGiant"