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HTMLGIANT on World Takes
0940 days
HTMLGIANT’s pr reviews World Takes by Timmy Waldron (May 2009, Word Riot Press):
“Here is a collection perfectly shaped, with a strong, punch of a first story, “Amanda”, that perfectly sets the dark, funny tone for the book. …
“Throughout the collection, Waldron’s characters exhibit a simmering wrongness and inevitable falling apart. Whereas Cormac McCarthy’s work always portrays an aspect of chaos theory, Waldron’s stories better exemplify the theory of entropy. …
“World Takes represents how independent presses can do more than publish books that are too experimental (although many of these stories are formally interesting, for sure) for the major publishers, but also can publish books that make you think, “why doesn’t this guy have a major publisher?” (Elizabeth Ellen does that to me.) And the answer to that would be that they can’t publish every good thing out there, can they? That all presses are run by humans, and many a press will pass up, wrongly, a very good book. I have no idea whether or not Waldron tried to get a major publisher in the first place, but that is’t totally my point. What I mean to emphasize here is how Indie Presses can be of a different benefit to the readers of the world: they can publish the surplus of excellent manuscripts, that for whatever non-reason, are not getting published by Random House.”
Go, Timmy, go!
11031 days
WORLD TAKES author Timmy Waldron has recently been honored by the New Jersey State Assembly:
New Jersey General Assembly
Assembly Resolution
By Assemblyman Gusciora
WHEREAS, The General Assembly of the State of New Jersey is pleased to honor and salute Timothy Patrick Waldron, an esteemed lifelong resident of West Trenton, Mercer County, in recognition of his highly acclaimed first book, World Takes; and
WHEREAS, A graduate of Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Timothy Patrick Waldron is a renowned author and editor whose work has been circulated widely on the Internet and in print, his debut book of thirteen short stories was published in March 2009 by Word Riot Press; and
WHEREAS, Timothy Patrick Waldron’s World Takes has been noted as being both darkly humorous and endearing as it leads readers through America’s interior landscape with tales that explore people of all backgrounds; and
WHEREAS, Within all spheres of his life and work, Timothy Patrick Waldron has established a model to emulate and set a standard of excellence toward which others might strive; and
WHEREAS, It is altogether proper and fitting for this House to pause in its deliberations to praise the creative work of Timothy Patrick Waldron, and to commend him as an individual of strong character and exceptional determination; now, therefore
Be It Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: That this House hereby salutes Timothy Patrick Waldron, pays tribute to his meritorious record of achievement, and extends sincere best wishes for continued success in his literary career; and,
Be It Further Resolved, That a duly authenticated copy of this resolution, signed by the Speaker and attested by the Clerk, be transmitted to Timothy Patrick Waldron.
Boston and back
01069 days
Timothy Gager invited me back to the Dire Reading Series in Cambridge, Mass. on Friday. T’was awesome. Wish I had more time to wander around Boston but this weekend was too cramped.
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Advance review copies of Timmy Waldron’s WORLD TAKES are in the mail. The files for the final copies are at the printer and the books should be ready in a few weeks.
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Big news on the horizon for WRP’s next title. It’s an anthology with some big names attached. I’m keeping mum until the contracts are signed and make their way back to me.
Pre-order Timmy Waldron’s World Takes
01191 days
Timmy Waldron’s short story collection World Takes is now available for pre-order at Word Riot.
Check out this gorgeous cover design by David Barringer:
World Takes updates
11280 days
I went to Trenton on Sunday to take photos for possible use on the cover of Timmy Waldron’s short story collection, World Takes. The book’s title is taken from a sign on the Lower Trenton Bridge that reads, “TRENTON MAKES THE WORLD TAKES.”
David Barringer will be doing the cover design (because he likes being worked to death by me). Word Riot Press will be putting out the book in the next few months.
Here are some of the pics I took. (Industrial!)
Timmy’s gotten some awesome blurbage on the book:
In World Takes, Timmy Waldon has great fun pushing buttons. From a George Washington impersonator who loses his job to twentysomethings tripping through life with their pants down, he spins delightful, provocative and often hilarious tales about that journey we all share to find our place in the universe. It’s an impressive collection that will make you wish that all short stories were this present and amusing.
—Kemble Scott, author of the bestselling novel SoMa
Timothy P. Waldron shares my unhinged and free-floating hatred for humans, their dry Up-Space, and their promiscuous use of the be-fingered appendage known as “the hand”, especially in the provocative gestural combination known as “the Fives of Highs”. If you, like me, lurk gently in the cool grip of the benthic deep awaiting the oncoming Neo-Diluvian age when non-euclidean monoliths will cast soul twisting shadows on the unheeded faces of man, then this slender volume of World Takes shall carry you through for a while. In the meantime, appreciate with me the accurate renderings of post-millennial Americo-cubicle culture which Mr. Waldron so carefully crafts. He is truly a high-priest of this, the Immediate Age.
—Poor Mojo’s Giant Squid, of Detroit the Michigan, and the Internets (http://www.poormojo.org)
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