The 'Joshua Furst' Tag Archive

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

January 1st, 2008

Wrapped up in books 2007, Part I

One of the resolutions I made last night was to read more books and watch less TV. I only managed to read a paltry 47 books last year. Pathetic. So this year I’m giving myself what I call the Largehearted Boy Reading Challenge, 52 books in 52 weeks. Go me! Before I start my challenge [...]

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 21st, 2007

How I’ve been ruined by Joshua Furst

“I read that because I heard you were going to be here,” Joshua Furst the author of the absolutely wonderful (and challenging in a good way all books should challenge you) The Sabotage Cafe said. “Where’d you hear that?” I asked because I should not be allowed to talk to total strangers. “Oh,” he smiled. [...]

September 20th, 2007

A list because Hell just got a little bit hellier and I’m busy until tomorrow night

I got tickets to the Mike Doughty show at Bryant Lake Bowl. Did you? My new fiction class started last night and I have roughly 39,193 things to say about it, later It is really very cold in here and I keep sneezing OH MY GOD, Sunday is Paul Westerberg day Tonight at 7 p.m. [...]

September 4th, 2007

Some really, very important housekeeping items from the management of iwilldare.com

First of all, and this is really very serious and important, if anyone knows anyone who can get me some tickets (or, realistically A TICKET, because I am not above going alone) to the MGD Craft Series with Paul Westerberg at First Ave, not only will I be your BFF, I will supply you with [...]