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9781593766818
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ISBN
9781593766818
Book Title
Garbage Times/White Ibis : Two Novellas
Publisher
Counterpoint Press
Item Length
8.2 in
Publication Year
2018
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.8 in
Author
Sam Pink
Genre
Literary Criticism, Fiction
Topic
Humorous / Black Humor, Short Stories (Single Author), Anthologies (Multiple Authors), Modern / 20th Century, Literary
Item Weight
10.3 Oz
Item Width
5.4 in
Number of Pages
272 Pages

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Publisher
Counterpoint Press
ISBN-10
1593766815
ISBN-13
9781593766818
eBay Product ID (ePID)
237862880

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Book Title
Garbage Times/White Ibis : Two Novellas
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Humorous / Black Humor, Short Stories (Single Author), Anthologies (Multiple Authors), Modern / 20th Century, Literary
Publication Year
2018
Genre
Literary Criticism, Fiction
Author
Sam Pink
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
10.3 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.4 in

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Trade
LCCN
2017-046521
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Praise for The Garbage Times/White Ibis "I love the pulse of Sam Pink's sentences, the way they can hold the gorgeous and the grisly and the hilarious all at the same time. The Garbage Times/White Ibis thrilled me and messed me up, left me feeling a little dazed and a lot changed." --Laura van den Berg, author of The Third Hotel and Find Me "Sam Pink is the most important writer in America. This isn't hyperbole. In a world of literary Bing Crosbys, Sam Pink is our Little Richard. The Garbage Times/White Ibis is the voice of the new writing underground."--Scott McClanahan, author of The Sarah Book and Hill William "Sam Pink's writing is exquisitely succulent--it stimulates my intellect, makes me laugh and smile and feel complex emotions, and delights me with its tenderness, novelty, intensity, concision, and surprises."--Tao Lin, author of Trip and Taipei Praise for Sam Pink "Sam's writing reminds me of Kurt Cobain's or Eminem's, with a mixture of anger and dead babies and umbilical cords. It alternates swiftly from humor and playfulness to isolation and sadness. You might read a piece through the first time laughing your ass off, but if you stay on the page long enough, let the words really sink in, you soon realize, hey, this isn't funny at all, actually, this is really fucked up and sick and heartbreaking as hell." --Elizabeth Ellen, editor of Short Flight/Long Drive Books Praise for Witch Piss "By eschewing a traditional plot and letting the voices of the characters tell their own tales, the author created an immersive novel built on oral tradition and street slang. When mixed with a touch of social critique and a good dose of humor, Witch Piss becomes one of Pink's most bizarre and daring offerings so far." -- Bookslut " Witch Piss seemed to--please forgive the triteness of what I'm about to type--'give a real voice to the otherwise voiceless.' Laughed out loud a lot while reading this book." --Jordan Castro, "My Favorite Art (and Other) Things of 2014, Hobart Praise for Person "How can you tell a story that is about nothing? Sam Pink's Person , the Bizarro equivalent of Albert Camus's The Stranger (as if The Stranger wasn't already strange enough), does just that. Person is written in the first person, and it's about a person, living in Chicago. That's it--or at least, that's about as much as we can say about it. Take this sentence though: "I live in Chicago and I don't get along with a lot of people and the reasons are always new and wonderful." It's poetry that reads like a book--or maybe vice versa. This is existentialist Bizarro Literature at its finest." -- Flavorwire "A phenomenal achievement." --Mike Daily, author of Alarm and Valley "If you read just one book this year, let it be Sam Pink's Person ." -- Electric Literature "One of the most exciting, most inspiring novelists currently writing." -- Thought Catalog "It made me laugh and my hair stand on end." -- HTMLGIANT "...there's a troubling build-up of rage and self-destructive desire that makes Person incredibly unsettling. In other words, he's a great example of why I carry Mace. -- The Fanzine "It's a compulsive page-turner [...] There's something infectious, I think, about the honesty of the book, in how it relates the sometimes unflattering aspects of what goes on in a person's daily life." -- The Faster Times, Praise for The Garbage Times/White Ibis "Between awful jobs, country club soirées, reptile shows, and an unlikely turn entertaining a troop of Girl Scouts, the narrator and his girlfriend learn to thrive in 'the theme park state.' Pink certainly gets Florida right, and his prose is wonderfully offbeat." -- Publishers Weekly "I love the pulse of Sam Pink's sentences, the way they can hold the gorgeous and the grisly and the hilarious all at the same time. The Garbage Times/White Ibis thrilled me and messed me up, left me feeling a little dazed and a lot changed." --Laura van den Berg, author of The Third Hotel and Find Me "Sam Pink is the most important writer in America. This isn't hyperbole. In a world of literary Bing Crosbys, Sam Pink is our Little Richard. The Garbage Times/White Ibis is the voice of the new writing underground."--Scott McClanahan, author of The Sarah Book and Hill William "Sam Pink's writing is exquisitely succulent--it stimulates my intellect, makes me laugh and smile and feel complex emotions, and delights me with its tenderness, novelty, intensity, concision, and surprises."--Tao Lin, author of Trip and Taipei Praise for Sam Pink "Sam's writing reminds me of Kurt Cobain's or Eminem's, with a mixture of anger and dead babies and umbilical cords. It alternates swiftly from humor and playfulness to isolation and sadness. You might read a piece through the first time laughing your ass off, but if you stay on the page long enough, let the words really sink in, you soon realize, hey, this isn't funny at all, actually, this is really fucked up and sick and heartbreaking as hell." --Elizabeth Ellen, editor of Short Flight/Long Drive Books Praise for Witch Piss "By eschewing a traditional plot and letting the voices of the characters tell their own tales, the author created an immersive novel built on oral tradition and street slang. When mixed with a touch of social critique and a good dose of humor, Witch Piss becomes one of Pink's most bizarre and daring offerings so far." -- Bookslut " Witch Piss seemed to--please forgive the triteness of what I'm about to type--'give a real voice to the otherwise voiceless.' Laughed out loud a lot while reading this book." --Jordan Castro, "My Favorite Art (and Other) Things of 2014, Hobart Praise for Person "How can you tell a story that is about nothing? Sam Pink's Person , the Bizarro equivalent of Albert Camus's The Stranger (as if The Stranger wasn't already strange enough), does just that. Person is written in the first person, and it's about a person, living in Chicago. That's it--or at least, that's about as much as we can say about it. Take this sentence though: "I live in Chicago and I don't get along with a lot of people and the reasons are always new and wonderful." It's poetry that reads like a book--or maybe vice versa. This is existentialist Bizarro Literature at its finest." -- Flavorwire "A phenomenal achievement." --Mike Daily, author of Alarm and Valley "If you read just one book this year, let it be Sam Pink's Person ." -- Electric Literature "One of the most exciting, most inspiring novelists currently writing." -- Thought Catalog "It made me laugh and my hair stand on end." -- HTMLGIANT "...there's a troubling build-up of rage and self-destructive desire that makes Person incredibly unsettling. In other words, he's a great example of why I carry Mace. -- The Fanzine "It's a compulsive page-turner [...] There's something infectious, I think, about the honesty of the book, in how it relates the sometimes unflattering aspects of what goes on in a person's daily life." -- The Faster Times, Praise for Sam Pink Sam's writing reminds me of Kurt Cobain's or Eminem's, with a mixture of anger and dead babies and umbilical cords. It alternates swiftly from humor and playfulness to isolation and sadness. You might read a piece through the first time laughing your ass off, but if you stay on the page long enough, let the words really sink in, you soon realize, hey, this isn't funny at all, actually, this is really f***ed up and sick and heartbreaking as hell." - Elizabeth Ellen, editor of Short Flight/Long Drive Books Praise for Witch Piss "By eschewing a traditional plot and letting the voices of the characters tell their own tales, the author created an immersive novel built on oral tradition and street slang. When mixed with a touch of social critique and a good dose of humor, Witch Piss becomes one of Pink's most bizarre and daring offerings so far." - Bookslut " Witch Piss seemed to - please forgive the triteness of what I'm about to type - 'give a real voice to the otherwise voiceless.' Laughed out loud a lot while reading this book." - Jordan Castro, "My Favorite Art (and Other) Things of 2014, Hobart Praise for Person "How can you tell a story that is about nothing? Sam Pink's Person , the Bizarro equivalent of Albert Camus's The Stranger (as if The Stranger wasn't already strange enough), does just that. Person is written in the first person, and it's about a person, living in Chicago. That's it - or at least, that's about as much as we can say about it. Take this sentence though: "I live in Chicago and I don't get along with a lot of people and the reasons are always new and wonderful." It's poetry that reads like a book - or maybe vice versa. This is existentialist Bizarro Literature at its finest." - Flavorwire "A phenomenal achievement." - Mike Daily, author of Alarm and Valley "If you read just one book this year, let it be Sam Pink's Person ." - Electric Literature "One of the most exciting, most inspiring novelists currently writing." - Thought Catalog "It made me laugh and my hair stand on end." - HTMLGIANT "... there's a troubling build-up of rage and self-destructive desire that makes Person incredibly unsettling. In other words, he's a great example of why I carry Mace. - The Fanzine "It's a compulsive page-turner [... ] There's something infectious, I think, about the honesty of the book, in how it relates the sometimes unflattering aspects of what goes on in a person's daily life." - The Faster Times ", Praise for The Garbage Times/White Ibis "Sam Pink is the most important writer in America. This isn't hyperbole. In a world of literary Bing Crosbys, Sam Pink is our Little Richard. The Garbage Times/White Ibis is the voice of the new writing underground."--Scott McClanahan, author of The Sarah Book and Hill William "Sam Pink's writing is exquisitely succulent--it stimulates my intellect, makes me laugh and smile and feel complex emotions, and delights me with its tenderness, novelty, intensity, concision, and surprises."--Tao Lin, author of Trip and Taipei Praise for Sam Pink "Sam's writing reminds me of Kurt Cobain's or Eminem's, with a mixture of anger and dead babies and umbilical cords. It alternates swiftly from humor and playfulness to isolation and sadness. You might read a piece through the first time laughing your ass off, but if you stay on the page long enough, let the words really sink in, you soon realize, hey, this isn't funny at all, actually, this is really fucked up and sick and heartbreaking as hell." --Elizabeth Ellen, editor of Short Flight/Long Drive Books Praise for Witch Piss "By eschewing a traditional plot and letting the voices of the characters tell their own tales, the author created an immersive novel built on oral tradition and street slang. When mixed with a touch of social critique and a good dose of humor, Witch Piss becomes one of Pink's most bizarre and daring offerings so far." -- Bookslut " Witch Piss seemed to--please forgive the triteness of what I'm about to type--'give a real voice to the otherwise voiceless.' Laughed out loud a lot while reading this book." --Jordan Castro, "My Favorite Art (and Other) Things of 2014, Hobart Praise for Person "How can you tell a story that is about nothing? Sam Pink's Person , the Bizarro equivalent of Albert Camus's The Stranger (as if The Stranger wasn't already strange enough), does just that. Person is written in the first person, and it's about a person, living in Chicago. That's it--or at least, that's about as much as we can say about it. Take this sentence though: "I live in Chicago and I don't get along with a lot of people and the reasons are always new and wonderful." It's poetry that reads like a book--or maybe vice versa. This is existentialist Bizarro Literature at its finest." -- Flavorwire "A phenomenal achievement." --Mike Daily, author of Alarm and Valley "If you read just one book this year, let it be Sam Pink's Person ." -- Electric Literature "One of the most exciting, most inspiring novelists currently writing." -- Thought Catalog "It made me laugh and my hair stand on end." -- HTMLGIANT "...there's a troubling build-up of rage and self-destructive desire that makes Person incredibly unsettling. In other words, he's a great example of why I carry Mace. -- The Fanzine "It's a compulsive page-turner [...] There's something infectious, I think, about the honesty of the book, in how it relates the sometimes unflattering aspects of what goes on in a person's daily life." -- The Faster Times, Praise for Sam Pink "Sam's writing reminds me of Kurt Cobain's or Eminem's, with a mixture of anger and dead babies and umbilical cords. It alternates swiftly from humor and playfulness to isolation and sadness. You might read a piece through the first time laughing your ass off, but if you stay on the page long enough, let the words really sink in, you soon realize, hey, this isn't funny at all, actually, this is really fucked up and sick and heartbreaking as hell." --Elizabeth Ellen, editor of Short Flight/Long Drive Books Praise for Witch Piss "By eschewing a traditional plot and letting the voices of the characters tell their own tales, the author created an immersive novel built on oral tradition and street slang. When mixed with a touch of social critique and a good dose of humor, Witch Piss becomes one of Pink's most bizarre and daring offerings so far." -- Bookslut " Witch Piss seemed to--please forgive the triteness of what I'm about to type--'give a real voice to the otherwise voiceless.' Laughed out loud a lot while reading this book." --Jordan Castro, "My Favorite Art (and Other) Things of 2014, Hobart Praise for Person "How can you tell a story that is about nothing? Sam Pink's Person , the Bizarro equivalent of Albert Camus's The Stranger (as if The Stranger wasn't already strange enough), does just that. Person is written in the first person, and it's about a person, living in Chicago. That's it--or at least, that's about as much as we can say about it. Take this sentence though: "I live in Chicago and I don't get along with a lot of people and the reasons are always new and wonderful." It's poetry that reads like a book--or maybe vice versa. This is existentialist Bizarro Literature at its finest." -- Flavorwire "A phenomenal achievement." --Mike Daily, author of Alarm and Valley "If you read just one book this year, let it be Sam Pink's Person ." -- Electric Literature "One of the most exciting, most inspiring novelists currently writing." -- Thought Catalog "It made me laugh and my hair stand on end." -- HTMLGIANT "...there's a troubling build-up of rage and self-destructive desire that makes Person incredibly unsettling. In other words, he's a great example of why I carry Mace. -- The Fanzine "It's a compulsive page-turner [...] There's something infectious, I think, about the honesty of the book, in how it relates the sometimes unflattering aspects of what goes on in a person's daily life." -- The Faster Times, Praise for Sam Pink "Sam's writing reminds me of Kurt Cobain's or Eminem's, with a mixture of anger and dead babies and umbilical cords. It alternates swiftly from humor and playfulness to isolation and sadness. You might read a piece through the first time laughing your ass off, but if you stay on the page long enough, let the words really sink in, you soon realize, hey, this isn't funny at all, actually, this is really fucked up and sick and heartbreaking as hell." --Elizabeth Ellen, editor of Short Flight/Long Drive Books Praise for Witch Piss "By eschewing a traditional plot and letting the voices of the characters tell their own tales, the author created an immersive novel built on oral tradition and street slang. When mixed with a touch of social critique and a good dose of humor, Witch Piss becomes one of Pink's most bizarre and daring offerings so far." -- Bookslut " Witch Piss seemed to--please forgive the triteness of what I'm about to type--'give a real voice to the otherwise voiceless.' Laughed out loud a lot while reading this book." --Jordan Castro, "My Favorite Art (and Other) Things of 2014, Hobart Praise for Person "How can you tell a story that is about nothing? Sam Pink's Person , the Bizarro equivalent of Albert Camus's The Stranger (as if The Stranger wasn't already strange enough), does just that. Person is written in the first person, and it's about a person, living in Chicago. That's it--or at least, that's about as much as we can say about it. Take this sentence though: "I live in Chicago and I don't get along with a lot of people and the reasons are always new and wonderful." It's poetry that reads like a book--or maybe vice versa. This is existentialist Bizarro Literature at its finest." --Flavorwire "A phenomenal achievement." --Mike Daily, author of Alarm and Valley "If you read just one book this year, let it be Sam Pink's Person ." --Electric Literature "One of the most exciting, most inspiring novelists currently writing." -- Thought Catalog "It made me laugh and my hair stand on end." --HTMLGIANT ..".there's a troubling build-up of rage and self-destructive desire that makes Person incredibly unsettling. In other words, he's a great example of why I carry Mace. -- The Fanzine "It's a compulsive page-turner [...] There's something infectious, I think, about the honesty of the book, in how it relates the sometimes unflattering aspects of what goes on in a person's daily life." -- The Faster Times
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23
Dewey Decimal
813.6
Synopsis
Many writers are called original; Sam Pink is one for whom the term is beyond dispute. The stories in The Garbage Times take readers on a funny, despairing, raw, ecstatic journey to the rat-infested dive bars, restaurant kitchens, and alleys of Chicago., "I love the pulse of Sam Pink's sentences, the way they can hold the gorgeous and the grisly and the hilarious all at the same time. The Garbage Times/White Ibis thrilled me and messed me up, left me feeling a little dazed and a lot changed." -Laura van den Berg, author of The Third Hotel and Find Me From the freezing alleys of Chicago to the dew-blanketed bayou of Florida. From bouncing drunks and cleaning up puke to biking through the swamp laughing at peacocks. Freeze to thaw. Filth and broken glass and black water backed up in showers; lizards and Girl Scouts and themed birthday parties. A baby rat freed from the bottom of a dumpster becomes a white ibis wandering the wet driveway after a storm. Goodbye, hello, goodbye. It was the garbage times; it was time for something else. A tale of two tales, connected by a mysterious sunlit portal. The edition is designed with tete-beche binding as a single volume., The basement was filthy. There was garbage all over. Any job I'd ever had involved garbage. I had been, and always would be, a garbageman. And yes, I took great pride in my garbage pedigree. It was my calling. My very meaning. Something dripped on my head. I touched my head. Thick, dark-green gel on my hand--like pureed spinach. Oh hello! I was just talking about you to someone! The stories in this collection take us on a journey to the rat-infested dive bars, restaurant kitchens, and alleys of Sam Pink's Chicago. Here our protagonist stacks kegs and cleans up puke. He unclogs toilets and breaks up fights. He fantasizes about killing his landlord. He impersonates a doctor to adopt a kitten. He has exact change for a sports drink. He watches a car wreck and eats a burrito. A pigeon eats a cigarette butt. A sandwich maker scratches himself with the tip of a knife. Welcome to the garbage times, where you best just shut the hell up and do what you have to do., "I love the pulse of Sam Pink's sentences, the way they can hold the gorgeous and the grisly and the hilarious all at the same time. The Garbage Times/White Ibis thrilled me and messed me up, left me feeling a little dazed and a lot changed." --Laura van den Berg, author of The Third Hotel and Find Me From the freezing alleys of Chicago to the dew-blanketed bayou of Florida. From bouncing drunks and cleaning up puke to biking through the swamp laughing at peacocks. Freeze to thaw. Filth and broken glass and black water backed up in showers; lizards and Girl Scouts and themed birthday parties. A baby rat freed from the bottom of a dumpster becomes a white ibis wandering the wet driveway after a storm. Goodbye, hello, goodbye. It was the garbage times; it was time for something else. A tale of two tales, connected by a mysterious sunlit portal. Designed with t te-b che binding as a single volume., "I love the pulse of Sam Pink's sentences, the way they can hold the gorgeous and the grisly and the hilarious all at the same time. The Garbage Times/White Ibis thrilled me and messed me up, left me feeling a little dazed and a lot changed." --Laura van den Berg, author of The Third Hotel and Find Me From the freezing alleys of Chicago to the dew-blanketed bayou of Florida. From bouncing drunks and cleaning up puke to biking through the swamp laughing at peacocks. Freeze to thaw. Filth and broken glass and black water backed up in showers; lizards and Girl Scouts and themed birthday parties. A baby rat freed from the bottom of a dumpster becomes a white ibis wandering the wet driveway after a storm. Goodbye, hello, goodbye. It was the garbage times; it was time for something else. A tale of two tales, connected by a mysterious sunlit portal. The edition is designed with tete-beche binding as a single volume.
LC Classification Number
PS3616.I5687A6 2018
Copyright Date
2018
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