Ever

                                           
                                                     
is a novella written by Blake Butler with help  
from God in the form of an Atlanta tornado and
Blake's consequent decision to return to the   
room he grew up in, and with help from the
caring and creative Derek White, editor of 
Calamari Press.                                
                                               
For my knowledge of this I am indebted to       
Johannes Göransson, who posted about it
on his Exoskeleton blog, and Rauan Klassnik,
who conducted an Ever e-mail interview of
Blake Butler which he posted on his blog.  
                                                
Ron Silliman asked in one of his posts:    
What comes next?  From what I have been         
learning recently from blog posts about   
works by younger authors, I think that    
"what comes next" is already here.  What
is most noticeable to me is twofold:         
 1) The willingness to draw from           
       all available aesthetics.             
 2) The strength to allow intuition    
       to prevail.                      

                                          
I favor a sense of play over a sense   
of control, or at least space for play
within a controlled universe.                
                                               
No One Does That is the best
first place to scroll through and click 
around in.  Both a writer of fiction and
poems, Mr. Butler can be found in many  
locations.  The Collected Poems: 1951-1971
by A. R. Ammons was or is on his wish  
list at Amazon.  Speaking of lists, list
#2 of a projected 50 lists of 50 items each.
                                                   
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