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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Interview with Literary Death Match, Nov. '08 Winner Tao Lin

me:  did you feel normal during the literary death match?
 Tao:  more nervous than normal
 me:  what did your friends say to you before the death match?
 Tao:  i'm going to buy [keith gessen's book] if it's under $8
 me:  how did you prepare for the match?
 Tao:  i put the poems in a file and printed the file, i read the poems on the screen in my head while using an online stop watch i found and approximated 5-6 minutes worth of poems, at the venue i crossed out two poems on the paper and said 'i won't read that poem' about another poem
 me:  do you feel emo right now?
 Tao:  i do not feel emo right now
 me:  congrats on your victory
i might blog this
 Tao:  thank you, good, if you post it and write 'literary death match' and 'tao lin' in the post it will show up on the link i made so people can click it, giving you more hits
 me:  i know, bitch.
haha jk
Tao:  fuck youm don't take your bad attitude out on me
jk