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A review by jasminenoack
30 Under 30: An Anthology of Innovative Fiction by Younger Writers by Blake Butler, Lily Hoang
4.0
okay notes I wrote in the book next to the contributor names to remember who I liked.
Danielle adair: alright not great, a fine story
angi becker stevens: interesting would be good as a novelist I think
matt bell: Fucking fantastic. WANT. geeked out story about jumpman!!!
kristina born: very good. buy about how we interface with the world, like Tao lin.
ryan call: interesting everyone but me vibe, a fun story.
joshua cohen: very cool, pretty writing, interesting ideas, about hidden magic.
beth couture: very cool sideshow/nobody/why can't I fit in ambivalence.
ian davisson: he isn't credited for having written any of the stories in the collection I don't know why his bio is in the book.
zach dodson: I didn't know he launched featherproof. But I like it this is not a surprise. (boring, boring, boring guy)
ryan downey: interesting amelia grey everyday life shorts
jaclyn dwyer: palahniukesque, proud of sleeze. an inside, but a happy moment.
andrew farkas: reminds me of work about conflict and misunderstanding lack of identity.
Elisa gabbert: see Rooney
rachel glaser: interesting reads like pretty basic gay fiction. nice but not special
adam good: postmodern poetry. I don't get it.
devin gribbons: very good meta about how to write a story and the meaning of the author.
evelyn hamptom: very cool sort of blake butler like in fact very very similar to there is no year
shane jones: duh fantastic. nice magical realism.
sean kilpatrick: poetic random, good in an amelia format
andrea kneeland: very good I like it interesting character holes
christina kloess: reminds me of shane jones interesting bizarro tint.
rebecca jean kraft: good kind of like bucket of tongues of suburban pornography, literary, smart.
michael j lee: very very good. emotional but distanced. BUY
conor robin madigan: interesting ideas nothing sticks out as special but worth looking at.
megan milks: nice. good. bizarro vibe. about family, life, has a moral
brian oliu: very much of the life vs. technology vein and how we separate them would read more
kathleen rooney: with gabbert. very cool, joycesque, poetic word play like it very much
joanna ruocco: alright has the "look at me" aspect of palahniuk's writing would be better with less focus on shock factor and more on character.
todd seabrook: very cool, strange formating, cool story of disconnection and confusion.
michael stewart: very nice good distance/perspective, interesting ideas.
james yeh: writing moments a fit more detailed than amelia gray. true to life.
mike young: really good palahniukesque writing grimy but relational