Blake Butler (author)

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Blake Butler
Born1979 (age 45–46)
Occupation
  • Writer
  • editor
NationalityAmerican
Education Georgia Tech
Bennington College (MFA)
Spouse
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(m. 2017;died 2020)​
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(m. 2022)​
Website
blakebutler.org

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

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Butler attended Georgia Tech, where he majored in multimedia design. He went on to Bennington College for his Master of Fine Arts. [5] He was married to poet and memoirist Molly Brodak from 2017 until her death in 2020. [6] Since 2022 he has been married to writer Megan Boyle. [7]

Commentary on his work

Publishers Weekly has called Butler "an endlessly surprising, funny, and subversive writer". [8] Of There Is No Year, Library Journal wrote, "This artfully crafted, stunning piece of nontraditional literature is recommended for contemporary literature fans looking for something out of the ordinary. ... Also recommended for students of literature, psychology, and philosophy, as the distinctive writing style and creative insight into the minds of one family deserve analysis. [9] Kirkus Reviews wrote, "For those who like their prose fresh out of a cleaner and more traditional wellspring, Blake's writing can prove tedious at best and arduous at worst. But for those who lean toward writing that is more visceral, taxing or outright demanding of the reader, this might be the right cup of tea". [10]

Bibliography

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. 2 July 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "Blake Butler and What Happens When a Novelist Lives on the Internet". The New York Observer. 9 March 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Blake Butler". Vice. Archived from the original on February 4, 2012.
  5. ↑ Alexander, Andrew. "For author Blake Butler, it's an abstract world". Access Atlanta. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  6. ↑ Schwartz, Alexandra (15 December 2023). "Can a Memoir Say Too Much?". The New Yorker. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Make Art for Me - Poetry Off the Shelf". Poetry Foundation. 2024-07-07. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  8. ↑ 2010. "There Is No Year." Publishers Weekly 257, no. 50: 27. MasterFILE Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed June 17, 2011).
  9. ↑ Funk, Jennifer. 2011. "There Is No Year." Library Journal 136, no. 2: 50. MasterFILE Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed June 17, 2011).
  10. ↑ 2011. "THERE IS NO YEAR." Kirkus Reviews 79, no. 1: 1. MasterFILE Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed June 17, 2011).
  11. ↑ "Review: There Is No Year". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  12. ↑ "Review: There is no Year". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  13. ↑ "Review: There is no Year". Book Verdict (Library Journal). Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  14. ↑ Salvatore, Joseph (29 April 2011). "The Novel as Puzzle". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  15. ↑ "Review: There Is No Year by Blake Butler". Time Out Boston. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  16. ↑ "Review: Nothing". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  17. ↑ Moyer, Justin (25 November 2011). ""Nothing: A Portrait of Insomnia" by Blake Butler". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 18 July 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  18. ↑ "Review: Sky Saw". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  19. ↑ "One". Roof Books. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  20. ↑ "One". Harper Perennial. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  21. ↑ "Alice Knott". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  22. ↑ "Aannex". Apocalypse Party. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  23. ↑ "Molly". Archway Editions. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  24. ↑ "UXA.GOV". Inside the Castle. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  25. ↑ "Void Corporation". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
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