Poetry. Asian American Studies. Winner of the 2005 December Prize. Reading Tao Lin is like looking the wrong way down Frank O'Hara's ear trumpet at a 21st century Mayakovski IM-ing Lili Brik. This book is fun, smart, manic and ecstatic; it puts on a clean shirt before it loads the gun.
"YOU ARE A LITTLE BIT HAPPIER THAN I AM has the energy and oddness of a thing that is rising very fast that is not supposed to be rising, or that is supposed to be rising but for a moment you forget that, and for a moment this ordinary thing looks very strange and exciting."—Deb Olin Unferth
Author City: BROOKLYN, NY USA
Tao Lin (b. 1983, Alexandria VA) grew up in Orlando FL and lives in Brooklyn NY. He is the author of 6 books of fiction/poetry & has a B.A. in Journalism from NYU.
Reviews and Other Links
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Craig Santos Perez @ Jacket
Jeb Gleason-Allured @ Time Out Chicago
Mike Young @ CutBank
Aysha Somasundaram @ Bookslut
Andrew James Weatherhead @ The Rumpus