JOHN MADERA—Writer, Editor, Publisher

New Story Forthcoming in Conjunctions!

Posted on January 13, 2011 | Leave a comment

I’m happy to announce that my story “Notes Toward the Recovery of Desiderata” will appear in Conjunctions 56: Terra Incognita: The Voyage Issue (Spring 2011), alongside the work of Charles Bernstein, Gabriel Blackwell, Ryan Call, Jonathan Carroll, Robert Coover, Julia Elliott, Nomi Eve, Peter Gizzi, Elizabeth Hand, Cathy Park Hong, Tim Horvath, Karla Kelsey, Stephen Marche, China Miéville, James Morrow, Howard Norman, Donald Revell, Barney Rosset, Joanna Scott, Susan Steinberg, Cole Swensen, and G. C. Waldrep, and more to come.

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Audio Recording of Me Reading “Some Varieties of Being and Other Non Sequiturs”

Posted on January 12, 2011 | Leave a comment

Check out an audio recording of me reading an excerpt from “Some Varieties of Being and Other Non Sequiturs”, which appeared in Conjunctions:55, Urban Arias. Thanks, again, Brad, Brian, J.W., and Micaela, and everyone else at Conjunctions, not to mention to all the people who came out to hear our words.

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My Interview with Thalia Field

Posted on January 2, 2011 | Leave a comment

Check out an excerpt of my interview with Thalia Field in The Believer (January 2011).

Thanks, Thalia Field and Ross Simonini (Interviews Editor, The Believer)!

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A Trailer for Unfinished

Posted on December 23, 2010 | Leave a comment

Check out this trailer for, Unfinished, Stories Finished by Lily Hoang (Jaded Ibis Press), a book that contains “The Museum of Oddities & Eccentricities,” a collaborative story of mine and Lily’s, alongside other collaborations Lily did with Kate Bernheimer, Blake Butler, Beth Couture, Debra Di Blasi, Justin Dobbs, Trevor Dodge, Zach Dodson, Brian Evenson, Scott Garson, Carol Guess, Elizabeth Hildreth, Ryan Manning, Michael Martone, Kelcey Parker, Ted Pelton, Kathleen Rooney, Davis Schneiderman, Michael Stewart, and J.A. Tyler.