The 'brock clarke' Tag Archive

Below you'll find all my writing tagged with the word brock clarke. The posts are listed in chronological order. Click the post title to read more.

May 12th, 2008

Funny fiction Part II

Part I and voila! now Part II. So now I have to ask, what are some books that you’ve found funny, and if you mention Lamb by Christopher Moore, I will cut you. Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem I’ve written about this book here and here. It is totally worthy of your time. Home Land [...]

October 18th, 2007

An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England

I just counted and I’ve read (or attempted to read, some of the books I chose were so bad I stopped [Fifth Business and that awful, horrible fucking Freebird book]) forty-one books so far this year. I can say with absolute conviction that thus far my favorite novel of the year is Brock Clarke’s An [...]

September 12th, 2007

From the it seemed like a good idea at the time file

It’s 10 a.m. and my eyes have yet to completely open. I feel a little bit like I got hit by a bus. So I decided that taking a few caffeine-infused Midols (a very beautiful wonder drug) and washing them down with a cup of coffee was a good idea. I’m hoping to use the [...]

September 9th, 2007

Author readings make booknerds happy

Last night I stayed up entirely too late reading Brock Clarke’s An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Home in New England (thanks for the book, Largehearted Boy). I’m only two chapters in, but I am loving it. It’s a hilarious novel about Sam Pulsifer a guy who accidentally burned down Emily Dickinson’s house when he was [...]