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Happy America Literature: May 2012
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THE POSITIVE MESSAGE OF NEW AMERICAN ART AND LITERATURE. Sunday, May 27, 2012. The Truth About the Lit Scene. What keeps this little world atop the heap is their control of the print media. The flagship publications are staffed mainly by Ivy Leaguers sympathetic to the artistic ideas of the herd. They’re ideas designed to feed into the pack’s snobbery. Who’s their most lauded writer; their highest standard of literary value? Posted by Karl Wenclas. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Truth About the Lit Scene.
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Happy America Literature: November 2012
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THE POSITIVE MESSAGE OF NEW AMERICAN ART AND LITERATURE. Tuesday, November 27, 2012. Why should writers of all stripes consider joining a renewed Underground Literary Alliance? Posted by Karl Wenclas. Tuesday, November 13, 2012. Who would be the immediate rivals on today’s literary scene to a resurrected Underground Literary Alliance? Right now I pick out three. 1) The McSweeney’s Gang. A) Eggers himself is not in any way an intellectual. He’s surrounded himself with strictly limited individual...B) They...
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Happy America Literature: December 2013
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THE POSITIVE MESSAGE OF NEW AMERICAN ART AND LITERATURE. Wednesday, December 18, 2013. The New ULA Part I. The new Underground Literary Alliance will run on fanatical commitment. It will be more akin to a religious order than a writers group. That’s the only way to combat the Cult of McSweeney’s and other ruthless establishment fronts. We’d need to be like an order of medieval knights, eager for cultural crusade. Knights for the renewal of art. Posted by Karl Wenclas. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Happy America Literature: September 2012
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THE POSITIVE MESSAGE OF NEW AMERICAN ART AND LITERATURE. Sunday, September 30, 2012. ARE WE ALL ULA NOW? Here’s a biased but interesting take on the ULA from one year ago, by Jim Hanas, who at the time was (still? Https:/ plus.google.com/117878885489517665945/posts/Z8CC6ZSK6NH#117878885489517665945/posts/Z8CC6ZSK6NH. This shows an intrigued if detached attitude toward us. It also shows the effectiveness of the original campaign in getting the ULA’s name and message into peoples’ heads. I'VE ENGAGED in a ...
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Happy America Literature: June 2014
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THE POSITIVE MESSAGE OF NEW AMERICAN ART AND LITERATURE. Friday, June 20, 2014. For the moment I’m putting on hold ideas of restarting the Underground Literary Alliance. I’ll soon be involved in another literary project with different tactics and somewhat different goals. At the same time I encourage other former ULAers to restart the ULA campaign themselves. Or at least, I won’t oppose such endeavors. Posted by Karl Wenclas. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Happy America Literature: January 2014
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THE POSITIVE MESSAGE OF NEW AMERICAN ART AND LITERATURE. Friday, January 17, 2014. Was sound—embracing the criticism to defuse it. In hindsight, we needed more. “19th Street Murder” or such would’ve been more attention getting. Our “look” was low-rent pop. To fit the reputation we needed to be edgier. I was edging toward this by 2004 or so with one of my own small projects,. No longer completely “pop,” but requiring more edge. I think about this often. Posted by Karl Wenclas. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Happy America Literature: February 2013
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THE POSITIVE MESSAGE OF NEW AMERICAN ART AND LITERATURE. Sunday, February 17, 2013. UNDERGROUND VS. ESTABLISHMENT. Authenticity: Texas writer Wild Bill Blackolive:. Fakery: Lit-establishment darling John Hodgman:. Posted by Karl Wenclas. Friday, February 8, 2013. ULA Looking for Shit Disturbers! Posted by Karl Wenclas. Monday, February 4, 2013. WHAT distinguished the Underground Literary Alliance from the rest of the literary scene, and caused amid that scene untold anxiety, is that we weren’t pret...
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Philly Literary Blog: March 2009
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A literary fugitive is back in Philly and looking to cover and promote the lit scene in this town. Thursday, March 26, 2009. Join the list of petitioners at. Posted by Karl Wenclas. Tuesday, March 10, 2009. Was the highlight of the event the flaming Volcano which brought the Philadelphia Fire Department to the event? Was it Mark Brunetti angering the crowd by reading politically incorrect poetry by Mike Noordsy? Was it Carnevolution antics by sideshow performers Matt, Eric, and Betty?
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Happy America Literature: January 2013
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THE POSITIVE MESSAGE OF NEW AMERICAN ART AND LITERATURE. Sunday, January 20, 2013. When re-reading an article on the infamous Amazon glitch, discussed here-. Http:/ kingwenclas.blogspot.com/2013/01/what-are-facts.html. But we were fearless. We created hysteria within the clubby corrupt walls of the established literary scene. I suspect that if we ever got going again, they’d be as panicked. Their hostility toward us to this day comes because they await, with abject fear, our return. Posted by Karl Wenclas.
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Underground Lettres Arts Manifest: April 2009
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Underground Lettres Arts Manifest. ULAManifest is the latest, among others, progressive act in the independent underground literary and arts movement on Earth. Inclusive and accountable. For the people. Thursday, April 2, 2009. Letter Head 2 David Williams the fake hecklers caught on more video from ULA/TheIdiom Rotunda show, April 7th! BIG HEAD, BIGGER TWO HEARTED AMERICAN RIVER. GET YRS BEFORE THE BORDERS ARE SEALED AND THE WHIP COMES DOWN! DIRECT INQUIRIES: bradleylastname@hotmail.com. SPACE-MOZART, h...