John Madera

@aredamnhoj

Author of NERVOSITIES (@AntiOedipusP) and NOMAD SCIENCE (Spuyten Duyvil). Editor of @BigOtherMag. Publicist at @RhizomaticPR. More at johnmadera.com.

Brooklyn, NY johnmadera.com Joined December 2009

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John Madera @aredamnhoj May 16, 2024

Delighted to share that NERVOSITIES, my debut collection of short fiction, was published today! Kapow! NERVOSITIES has received advance praise from some of the world's finest writers, e.g., Rikki Ducornet, Brian Evenson, Lance Olsen, Sam Lipsyte, Garielle Lutz, & Michael Martone.

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In these two sharp, funny poems published in @BigOtherMag today, @JeromeSala skewers the absurdities of digital culture, the manipulative logic of marketing, the cult of consumerism, and our peculiar appetite for online provocation.

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bigother.com Two Poems, by Jerome Sala Toward a History of Digital Marketing I think it started with that guru who insisted that to be a marketer was to be a member of the most revolutionary profession. The general intellect, a.k…

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What does it mean to live an invisible life? In this terrific interview, Curtis Smith talks with Lance Olsen about Henry Darger, An Inventory of Benevolent Butterflies, outsider art, empathy, and why serious art is an extended act of contemplation.

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jmwwblog.wordpress.com The Invisible Man: An Interview with Lance Olsen by Curtis Smith Every act of interpretation is simultaneously an act of misinterpretation.

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Stay tuned for a marvelous trio of poems by @ElaineEqui in @BigOtherMag! In the meantime, read this superb quintet of Equi poems, where “remembering the future,” invisible perceptions, aging and desire, and the unruly imagination converge!

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bigother.com From the Archives: Five Poems, by Elaine Equi Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Elaine Equi! Celebrate by reading the five Equi poems below, which we published in 2025! And then go read the Equi poems we published in 2019 (and go wa…

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The voices have escaped into the virtual elsewhere: the recording of A Night of Readings Celebrating @BigOtherMag is live! Eight writers, seventeen years of artful unruliness, & one glorious gathering. Join us as we venture through the literary chaosmos!

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bigother.com Jamming Their Transmission, Episode 22: A Night of Readings Celebrating Big Other Today’s episode features a recording of A Night of Readings Celebrating Big Other, emceed by Big Other’s editor, John Madera, at New York Insight Meditation Center in celebration of the journal’s s…