Works

Works is a collection, but also something new: it is a conversation between Maierhofers early and contemporary writings that shares its title with douard Levs masterful experimental Works. Its a volume containing many books, with new introductions and emendations to make it a definitive and expansive heir to its previous components. Flamingos, a novella, chosen by Blake Butler as one of the best books of 2016 for Vice Magazine, is the first in a cycle of books Maierhofers writing on modern madness. This edition is an expansion of the original, which was published by ITNA Press and features a new introduction by German Sierra. Postures, originally published as the eighth book in Publication Studios Fellow Travelers Series, features an introduction by Sean Kilpatrick and praise from the late Kevin Killian. Bleach is a collection of new and old stories and has received praise from Matthew Simmons and Kate Zambreno. The collection features pieces previously published in Berfrois, Terraform, 3:AM Magazine, and elsewhere. And finally, the original unpublished edition of the PX138 3100-2686 Users Manual, first written as liner notes for Lorns EP The Maze to Nowhere. The manual received accolades from Tan Lin but has not been published, until now. Due out on Bloomsday 2020. Praise for the WORKS of Grant Maierhofer "SINGULARLY ALIVE AND WILD." MAGGIE NELSON DAUNTINGLY PROLIFIC AND DARING GARI LUTZ IF ID READ THE FRENCH TRANSLATION, I WOULD BE THINKING OF BAUDELAIRE, HIS POETRY AND FURY AND CONTEMPT AND HIS SADNESS AND HIS CALL FOR A TRANSFIXING FIRE. KEVIN KILLIAN "ELLIPTICAL, SURGICAL, GRIM, SMART, FUNNY AND SYNTACTICALLY MENACING" SAM LIPSYTE READING THESE BEAUTIFUL SHARDS OF STORIES MIGHT MAKE YOU FEEL OKAY FOR A WHILE WITH YOUR OWN LONELINESS. KATE ZAMBRENO "A NEW NOVEL IN AN ERA WHERE THERE CAN ALMOST NO LONGER BE A NOVEL AT ALL, BUT INFORMATION." BLAKE BUTLER GRANT MAIERHOFER WRITES LIKE SOMEONE WHO CUT THEIR TEETH ON JAIL AND SO SHOULD YOU. SEAN KILPATRICK INCANTATORY SENTENCES SPIN DIZZILY THROUGH A READERS BRAIN CAREFULLY CRAFTED COLLECTION, CLEARLY IN LOVE WITH ITS LITERARY PEDIGREE. MATTHEW SIMMONS "A LUMINOUS WHIRLWIND OF LANGUAGE, EMOTION AND WIT, FLAMINGOS CUTS THROUGH THE LETHARGY AND INDIFFERENCE OF OUR LIVES AND OUR LIT WITH STYLE AND RAGE.JEFFREY DESHELL MAIERHOFER IS A RELENTLESS EXPERIMENTER, SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS BOTH GENRE AND EXPERIMENT SUFFICIENTLY TO TORQUE THE SORTS OF STORIES WE THINK WE KNOW INTO TRULY UNSETTLING AND ALARMING PLACES WHERE, BY THE END OF THEM, OUR SKIN IS BUZZING AND WERE NOT SURE WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO US. BRIAN EVENSON GRANT MAIERHOFERS WORKS IS AN UNSAFETY PROTOCOL: HOW TO SAW YOUR WAY OUT OF A HEAD FULL OF HELLS. - JOANNA RUOCCO THERE'S A PIECE OF YOU IN HERE. YOU, THE REAL YOU, THE STICKY, SWEATY ONE THAT WINCES WHEN IT NEEDS TO. - LORN 462 pages ; 21 cm Introduction / Joanna Ruocco -- Postures / [Grant Maierhofer] -- Flamingos / [Grant Maierhofer] -- Bleach / [Grant Maierhofer] -- PX1383100-2686 Users' Manual / [Grant Maierhofer] -- Afterword / David Vichnar