Michael Snyder

Literary Man; Author of JAMES PURDY: LIFE OF A CONTRARIAN WRITER (Oxford UP); OUR OSAGE HILLS; JOHN JOSEPH MATHEWS: LIFE OF AN OSAGE WRITER. jazz, dreampop, 60s

[Michael Snyder @AmLit7]

Thank you, Dawn!

[Dawn Keetley @DawnKeetley]

If you're at all excited about Killers of the Flower Moon, you should also check out OUR OSAGE HILLS, a collection of lost articles by Osage writer John Joseph Mathews, edited by @AmLit7 & published by @LehighPress #KillersoftheFlowerMoon

https://t.co/WoNexoGBm2

[Michael Snyder @AmLit7]

@joetrainorjunk Their aesthetic/ethos was thoroughly indie, and “Almost every release has an indie label tied to it b/c the band operated through their own indie imprint, Duophonic Super 45s. While Elektra handled their mid-career US distro, they used indies for UK and other releases.”

[Michael Snyder @AmLit7]

Lots of confusion, so here are some examples of indie bands: The Fall, Hüsker Dü, Guided by Voices, Sebadoh, Swirlies, Stereolab, Pavement, Galaxie 500, Tsunami, Velocity Girl, Unrest, Beat Happening, Lilys, Superchunk, Black Tambourine, The Ropers, Deerhunter

[Michael Snyder @AmLit7]

@rideox4 I was there! One of the highlights of an incredible festival. I also recall seeing Johnny Cash solo up close, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Bjork, The Pretenders, Blur, Oasis, Peter Gabriel…

[Michael Snyder @AmLit7]

@LiteraryVienna The Man

[Michael Snyder @AmLit7]

@clinicalwstmn @AlfredEjewman Only two out of six Hüsker Dü albums were on a major, and they also had EPs and 7”s on indies.

[Michael Snyder @AmLit7]

Posting the indie songs without the band/artist is so hipster.

[Michael Snyder @AmLit7]

@jamesmckz One of their best releases, fantastic EP.

[miranda @mirandareinert]

the best american indie rock song is gold star for robot boy. the rest is up in the air.

[Michael Snyder @AmLit7]

@XMartinsMusicX Are Boo Radleys close enough?

[Michael Snyder @AmLit7]

@hoodedgom I take it you’re not a fan of the Outlaw Country genre.

[Michael Snyder @AmLit7]

6. Narrow Rooms by James Purdy
7. Apt Pupil by Stephen King, from Different Seasons
8. Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
9. Glamorama by Bret Easton Ellis
10. Guide by Dennis Cooper

[Michael Snyder @AmLit7]

Ten Great American Transgressive Texts for America 250.
1. Howl by Allen Ginsberg
2. “The Time of Her Time” by Norman Mailer, from Advertisements for Myself
3. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
4. Portnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth
5. The Wild Boys by William S Burroughs

[John McNally / Johnny Mack @JMcNallyBooks]

Once every ten years I write a short story that I really like, a story that’s quintessentially me. This is one of them. It’s also the title of my New and Selected Stories coming out next year. Grateful to BOOTH for publishing it. I hope you check it out. Link is in the comments.

[Michael Snyder @AmLit7]

@JMcNallyBooks That’s excellent. Thank you for sharing the funny and poignant “You Can Stop Now.”

[THE CHURCH @thechurchband]

The journey across North America continues! Ten shows remain on The Singles Tour.

JUNE 30: Norwalk
JULY 01: Woodstock
JULY 02: Cleveland
JULY 03: Homer
JULY 04: Toronto
JULY 06: Pittsburgh
JULY 07: Chicago, IL
JULY 08: St Paul
JULY 10: Kansas City
JULY 11: Denver

🎼🌈🎼

[Michael Snyder @AmLit7]

@warmthofthesurf “Do you mean to lie there and tell me that George fell into his French Horn?”

[John McNally / Johnny Mack @JMcNallyBooks]

James Leo Herlihy / All Fall Down
Dell

[Michael Snyder @AmLit7]

@JMcNallyBooks All Fall Down by James Leo Herlihy, best known for Midnight Cowboy, is a wonderful, poignant coming-of-age novel, and very underrated.

[@gdess @GDess]

Purdy "would not play ball with the team of the establishment, refusing to review their books, swap blurbs, or join official guilds. Instead, he identified with the individual fighter." Purdy IS a great writer, if you haven't read him, you should. https://t.co/pThLcaU0hs

[Michael Snyder @AmLit7]

Gordon Lish on JAMES PURDY: LIFE OF A CONTRARIAN WRITER: “If anyone ought to have lived to see himself memorialized, Purdy's the man.  Your book, a work of art, does, with dignity, such credit to Jim.” (1/2) #JamesPurdy @OUPAcademic