Evan Lavender-Smith

Evan Lavender-Smith is an American writer, editor, and professor.

Evan Lavender-Smith
Lavender-Smith reading at New Mexico State University
OccupationWriter, editor, professor
NationalityUnited States
Notable worksFrom Old Notebooks, Avatar
Website
el-s.net

Lavender-Smith was raised in Las Cruces, New Mexico.[1] He received a BA in English from the University of California, Berkeley in 1999 and an M.F.A. in Fiction from New Mexico State University in 2004. He is the founding editor of Noemi Press and the former Editor-in-Chief of Puerto del Sol.[2] He teaches in the MFA program in creative writing at Virginia Tech.

Books

From Old Notebooks (2010)

Lavender-Smith's first book, From Old Notebooks, a cross-genre work combining elements of fiction, non-fiction, memoir, poetry and philosophy, was published in March 2010.[3][4] Writing in Rain Taxi, literary critic and Harvard University professor Stephen Burt called From Old Notebooks "an anti-masterpiece of an anti-novel," noting novelist David Markson's influence on the book.[5] In TriQuarterly, Barry Silesky wrote that From Old Notebooks "defies placement in a genre ... It is structured like poetry, in shifting events and tones without transition, though ... the language is ruthlessly prosaic."[6] Daniel Nester has referred to Lavender-Smith's From Old Notebooks, along with books by Jenny Boully, as combining "the best of the poetics of prose poetry with the I-centric essay," and counted Lavender-Smith and Boully as members of a "New Prose" movement in contemporary American literature.[7]

Avatar (2011)

Lavender-Smith's second book, a short novel entitled Avatar, was published in February 2011.[8] The novel consists of a monologue thought or spoken by a character floating in space, between two points of light or "stars."[9][10]

Bibliography
  • From Old Notebooks. Ann Arbor: Dzanc Books. 2013. ISBN 9781938604324.
  • Avatar. Pittsburgh: Six Gallery Press. 2011. ISBN 9781926616162.

Interviews

Reviews
From Old Notebooks
Avatar
gollark: ``` _________________________________________ / However, on religious issures there can \| be little or no compromise. There is no || position on which people are so || immovable as their religious beliefs. || There is no more powerful ally one can || claim in a debate than Jesus Christ, or || God, or Allah, or whatever one calls || this supreme being. But like any || powerful weapon, the use of God's name || on one's behalf should be used || sparingly. The religious factions that || are growing throughout our land are not || using their religious clout with || wisdom. They are trying to force || government leaders into following their || position 100 percent. If you disagree || with these religious groups on a || particular moral issue, they complain, || they threaten you with a loss of money || or votes or both. I'm frankly sick and || tired of the political preachers across || this country telling me as a citizen || that if I want to be a moral person, I || must believe in "A," "B," "C," and "D." || Just who do they think they are? And || from where do they presume to claim the || right to dictate their moral beliefs to || me? And I am even more angry as a || legislator who must endure the threats || of every religious group who thinks it || has some God-granted right to control || my vote on every roll call in the || Senate. I am warning them today: I will || fight them every step of the way if || they try to dictate their moral || convictions to all Americans in the || name of "conservatism." - Senator Barry || Goldwater, from the Congressional |\ Record, September 16, 1981 / ----------------------------------------- \ ^__^ \ (oo)\_______ (__)\ )\/\ ||----w | || ||```I need a cowsay command.
gollark: ++fortune
gollark: Hask is all haskell types, right?
gollark: No, seriously, what's an endofunctor.
gollark: What's an endofunctor?

References
  1. Hicks, Dylan (June 1, 2011). "Interstellar Overdrive: An Interview with Evan Lavender-Smith". Rain Taxi. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  2. Puerto del Sol
  3. Buchen, Callista. "From Old Notebooks by Evan Lavender-Smith". Prick of the Spindle. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  4. Higgs, Christopher (March 28, 2010). "Some Thoughts on Evan Lavender-Smith's From Old Notebooks". HTMLGiant. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  5. Burt, Stephen (Fall 2010), From Old Notebooks by Evan Lavender-Smith, Rain Taxi
  6. Silesky, Barry. "From Old Notebooks by Evan Lavender-Smith". TriQuarterly. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  7. Nester, Daniel. "Dig the New Prose Breed: Richard Froude's Fabric". We Who Are About To Die. Archived from the original on November 24, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  8. "Avatar Small Press Distribution page". Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  9. Blackwell, Gabriel (May–June 2011). "Black Space: Avatar by Evan Lavender-Smith". American Book Review. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  10. Tyler, J.A. (May–June 2011). "Avatar by Evan Lavender-Smith". The Collagist. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
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