Lance Phillips

 

HCE : An Here Comes Everybody Anthology

NOW CANCELLED

Unfortunately this book in no longer. A poet in this list to sue us and others were just angry and others baffled at us making a book out of this -- DAMN BLAZEVOX!!!

SO AS OF 04/09/2007 HCE will be no more than a webpage. If you wish to sue Lance or me pleased be advised that we have mean lawyers on our side! fed on rusty nails and tree bark!!!!!

POETS SUCK!
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FROM THE INTRODUCTION by Geoffrey Gatza


“No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.” George Bernard Shaw



Ten Question! Lance Phillips asked the same ten question to as many writer as he could email and those that responded, and respond they did, became one of the hottest websites in the early days of blogging. A wildfire of excitement grew. Lance had what we call a YouTube a moment of capturing the right idea at the right moment. And this book is a gathering from that site. The idea is of course not new. These 10 questions originally came from a French series, "Bouillon de Culture" hosted by Bernard Pivot. It is probably more familiar to many as the question James Lipton asks at the end of "Inside the Actor's Studio." I've found these questions interesting among friends. It's amazing what the simple answers to these questions reveal about a person's thoughts, feelings and beliefs.

Presented are 130 writers, each with their own 10 questions and their answers. These questions are disarmingly simple steps towards attaining a knowing, a greater understanding of person as poet. We also get a rare glimpse at how each brain wraps around a seemingly obvious question. Each author creates a charming portrait of themselves in their answers. Each writer comes to their craft in their own way and here we have a splendid way to engage each writer, in their own words, on a level playing field across a large strata of information. Here comes everybody, indeed.


Also included in this volume is the reactions from friends, remarks made on this website in the days following Robert Creeley’s death. This one poet influenced so many .... it is hard for me, even today to find the proper words one has to say to get out what it is that this section is supposed to do. The world no longer has a Creeley in it. This is a record, more or less, a portrait, maybe, a snapshot of sorts of grief. A reaction of artist for their artist, friend, mentor, father … so on. Here are questions, interviews and poems submitted by Ed Smith, Joseph Lease, Chris Stroffolino, Jim Ellis, Brent Cunningham, Elizabeth Robinson, Ann Lauterbach, Linh Dinh, Joel Lewis, and Ken Rumble.

Lance Phillips grew up in many places, among them, Stuttgart, Las Vegas, Del Rio, and New Castle. He holds degrees from the University of North Carolina and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, though doesn’t really like school (i.e. jumping through hoops). His first book, Corpus Socius (Ahsahta Press), appeared in May 2002 and his second, Cur aliquid vidi (Ahsahta Press) is due out December 2004. Texts of his have been published in Aufgabe, Fence, Interim, The Gig, Slope, Colorado Review, Gutcult, Muse Apprentice Guild and other journals. He lives in Charlotte, NC with his wife, son (pictured, though it’s a couple of years old) and daughter. He edits the interview blog, Here Comes Everybody and lately has been writing some fiction.


http://lancephillips.blogspot.com [web log]
Writers on writing at http://herecomeseverybody.blogspot.com
Corpus Socius (Ahsahta Press) ISBN 0-916272-71-0 http://ahsahtapress.boisestate.edu

 

Book Information:

· Paperback: 754 pages
· Binding: Perfect-Bound
· Publisher: BlazeVOX [books] (R.I.P.)
· ISBN: 1-934289-04-3

 

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