Jim Hanas
@www.loureedsnephew.com
No relation to Lou Reed. (People do ask.) https://www.loureedsnephew.com/
Thoughts on listmaking, plus my Daemon list--40 pieces of writing I think about all the time.
The Order(ing) of Things
Thoughts on listmaking—and a list of my own.
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“I decided to use the strategy de Gaulle used to calm the unrest of May ‘68. I vanished briefly to interupt the tide of events, then returned and retook control of the situation.” — Jalen Brunson after Game 1 (in my dreams)
When Allium, the lit journal at Columbia College Chicago, asked me to contribute to their "series of imaginary films by visonary writers" I knew the time to pitch the first installment in my ‘pataTweens Animated Trilogy had come. allium.colum.edu/new-work-1/i...
I wrote about one of my favorite books -- Mount Analogue by René Daumal -- this month for 3 Quarks Daily. I think I did a decent job explaining what I see in it.
René Daumal’s Sermon on the Mount - 3 Quarks Daily
by Jim HanasA wag on Substack recently noted that there are apparently only four ideas: the angel of history, the eternal return, will to power, and one I
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What would happen if the NYT put out a list of the “Top 100 something or other” and everyone said, “Seems right. No notes.” Would the editor be fired?
In the news. (Broadly construed.)
Former HarperCollins Exec Debuts Small Press Sales Dashboard
Small Press Insights, launched by Jim Hanas earlier this month, is a free tool tracking roughly 900 indie and university presses against Amazon rankings, the Independent Publishers Caucus’s Top 40, an...
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I went to see what is likely Wallace Shawn and André Gregory’s final collaboration. open.substack.com/pub/loureeds...
Today I launched website where you can see which small press titles are selling at Amazon and what titles are forthcoming.
The Small Press View
Another way of looking at book publishing.
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Further notes on savvy bumpkinism and sugrophobia, the “fear of being a sucker.”
Your Fellow Americans: Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know?
Savvy bumpkinism revisited.
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After writing about the Oracle of Bacon, I decided to look at the network graph for literary Substack. www.loureedsnephew.com/p/visualizin...
Not even Piranha II: The Spawning.
I Have Never Seen a James Cameron Movie
An annual Oscar night performance.
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How I accidentally became a collagist.
Lou Reed's Nephew: The Collages
How they came to be.
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The Internet has a history. I wrote about The Oracle of Bacon and the discovery of small-world networks for my first monthly column at 3 Quarks Daily. 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...
The Oracle of Bacon: Thirty Years Later - 3 Quarks Daily
by Jim Hanas
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Hey all. You can download my out-of-print story collection, Why They Cried, free for a limited time. claims.prolificworks.com/free/VbP25Wp1
Why They Cried
Claim a free copy of Why They Cried
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Look who I ran into at outplacement this week.
S2E1: The Return of Lou Reed's Nephew Himself
The Season 2 premiere.
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Have you watched Mussolini: Son of the Century yet? You probably should. www.loureedsnephew.com/p/mussolini-...
Mussolini: Snub of the Century?
An urgent review.
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I will be ramping up cultural production in 2026. www.loureedsnephew.com/p/new-year-n...
New Year, New Lou
"That’s right, I’m planning to 4X this thing!"
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The NYT's latest take on Gen X made me wonder what happened to my half of it, so I tried to sort it. www.loureedsnephew.com/p/generation...
Herr Professor Marcuse Had all the brains he could use. He thought power’s last play Was allowing enjoyment all day, But that pleasure was just more abuse.
Playground Existentialism. You have no ball and you can never go home.
So is today the day we all break character and let Graydon Carter know this Nuzzi/Lizza thing was just his surprise going away present? Good job, everyone.
