Deluge Books
Deluge Books is an experimental press founded in 2020 in Los Angeles. The press publishes poetry, fiction, essays, and intergenre books.[1][2][3]
History
[edit]Deluge Books is an American mass experimental queer press co-founded by Emily Segal, Cyrus Dunham, and hannah baer in 2020.[3][4][5]
Deluge published Jeanetta Rich's debut book of poetry, Black Venus Fly Trap, in 2021.[6][1] The writer performed a poem, Love Poem, to celebrate the release of the book for Texte zur Kunst.[7]
In 2020, Deluge Books published Emily Segal's first novel, Mercury Retrograde, which was listed as a "New & Noteworthy" book by The New York Times and Artnet's 2020 "Holiday Reading List."[8][9] The book follows a young artist and futurist who traverses through New York City after the Occupy protests and before the 2016 election while working for a mysterious tech start-up.[10][11][12]
In 2022, K. Allado-McDowell's Amor Cringe which is described in Wired magazine as a "deepfake autofiction," written by both the author and artificial intelligence software, GPT-3.[13][14] Writer and scholar McKenzie Wark praised the novel storytelling noting that the author and GPT-3 make, "Sentences that are genius or dumb as a box of hammers, or both, or neither. Delightful like dime-store candy, or a lighter you found on the ground that works.”[1] Later that year, Irene Silt released one book of poetry, My Pleasure, on love, sex, and bodies, and one book of essays, The Tricking Hour, about sex workers, intimacy, and time.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Deluge". delugebooks.com. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ^ a b "We're More Powerful If We're Not So Embroiled In Illusion: A Conversation With Irene Silt - The Rumpus.net". therumpus.net. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ^ a b "On not being afraid to start something new". thecreativeindependent.com. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ^ baer, hannah (May–June 2020). "hannah baer". Artforum. Vol. 58, no. 9. ISSN 0004-3532. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
- ^ "hannah baer". Jewish Currents. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
- ^ "Jeanetta Rich - Black Venus Fly Trap". Printed Matter. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ^ "Jeanetta Rich: Love Poem | For day 3 of our anniversary event, Jeanetta Rich shares her Love Poem. Jeanette Rich is a mother and poet. Her debut poetry collection, "Black Venus... | By Texte zur Kunst | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ^ "New & Noteworthy, From Schopenhauer to the Pope". The New York Times. 2020-12-09. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ^ "Need an Absorbing Read for the Holidays? Check Out These 13 Books Recommended by the Artnet News Staff". Artnet News. 2020-12-22. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ^ "Why the 2010s Were the Decade of Mercury in Retrograde". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ^ Macias, Ernesto (2021-03-09). "Emily Segal Can See the Future". Interview Magazine. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ^ Tew, Caroline. "Mercury Retrograde". Harvard Review. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ^ Knibbs, Kate. "A Novelist and an AI Cowrote Your Next Cringe-Read". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ^ Studebaker, Lauren (2022-02-18). "K Allado-McDowell & Emily Segal". Outland. Retrieved 2023-02-12.