Research Catalog

Title

Fakes : an anthology of pseudo-interviews, faux-lectures, quasi-letters, "found" texts, and other fraudulent artifacts / edited by David Shields and Matthew Vollmer.

Publication

New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton, c2012.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Shields, David, 1956-
• Vollmer, Matthew.

Description

361 p. : ill.; 21 cm.

Summary

Two writers and professors present 40 short pieces of fiction that serve as humorous counterfeit texts, including a personal ad from Ron Carlson, a parking department complaint from Amy Hempel, and a list of works cited from Rick Moody.

Subject

• American prose literature > 21st century
• Creative nonfiction
• Counterfeits and counterfeiting in literature
• Found objects (Art)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-358) and index.

Contents

Learning how to fake it -- "Disclaimer" : disclaimer / David Means -- "I can speak!" : letter responding to complaint / George Saunders -- Some instructions to my wife concerning the upkeep of the house and marriage, and to my son and daughter concerning the conduct of their childhood (excerpt) : instructions/guidebook / Stanley Crawford -- "One thousand words on why you should not talk during a fire drill" : essay as punishment / Mark Halliday -- "Problems for self-study" : story problems / Charles Yu -- "Permission slip" : public address / Caron A. Levis -- "How to become a writer" : instructions / Lorrie Moore -- "The dead sister handbook-- a guide for sensitive boys (laconic method to near misses)" : glossary / Kevin Wilson -- "Interview with a moron" : interview / Elizabeth Stuckey-French -- "Reference #3884758-5" : letter to parking bureau / Amy Hempel -- "The explanation" : interview / Donald Barthelme -- Letters to Wendy's (excerpt) : comment cards / Joe Wenderoth -- "This is just to say that I'm tired of sharing an apartment with William Carlos Williams" : note / Laura Jayne Martin -- "Single woman for long walks on the beach" : personal ad / Ron Carlson -- "My beard, reviewed" : reviews / Chris Bachelder -- "The varieties of romantic experience-- an introduction" : lecture / Rob Cohen -- "Vis à vis love" : contract / Mieke Eerkens -- "Practice problem" : story problem / Joseph Salvatore -- "Officers weep" : police blotter / Daniel Orozco -- "Subtotals" : list / Greg Burnham -- "Our spring catalog : publisher's catalog / Jack Pendarvis -- "Reply all" : e-mail / Robin Hemley -- "Chaucer tweets the South by Southwest Festival" : twitter feed / Kari Anne Roy -- "Iconographic conventions of pre- and early Renaissance-- Italian representations of the flagellation of Christ" : academic essay / Rachel B. Glaser -- "The human side of instrumental transcommunication" : conference paper / Wendy Brenner -- "Class notes" : alumni newsletter / Lucas Cooper -- "Dear Stephen Hawking" : letter / Samantha Hunt -- "National treasures" : auction catalog / Charles McLeod -- "Discarded notions" : list / Matthew Williamson -- "Star Lake letters" : correspondence / Arda Collins -- "Life story" : compilation / David Shields -- "Instructions for extinction" : instructions / Melanie Rae Thon -- "Will & testament" : will and testament / Matthew Vollmer -- "Letter to a funeral parlor" : letter / Lydia Davis -- "Acknowledgments" : author's acknowledgments / Paul Theroux -- "Primary sources" : works cited / Rick Moody -- "Contributor's note" : contributor's note / Michael Martone -- "The year's best fiction 2008-- the authors speak" : author's explanations / J. Roberts Lennon -- "About the typefaces not used in this edition" : note on type / Jonathan Safran Foer -- "The index" : index / J.G. Ballard.

Call Number

JFD 13-673

ISBN

• 9780393341959 (pbk.)
• 039334195X (pbk.)

LCCN

2012013070

OCLC

783161112

Title

Fakes : an anthology of pseudo-interviews, faux-lectures, quasi-letters, "found" texts, and other fraudulent artifacts / edited by David Shields and Matthew Vollmer.

Imprint

New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton, c2012.

Edition

1st ed.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-358) and index.

Added Author

Shields, David, 1956-

Vollmer, Matthew.

MARS

Research Call Number

JFD 13-673