3 A.M. Literature
Literary oriented articles, stories, essays, and documentaries as featured in previous editions of 3 A.M. MAGAZINE.
KNOWING WHERE TO LOOK
NOVEMBER, 2000 - BOOK REVIEW
Richard took the three grand and the junk he had begun collecting and opened a second hand store "in a small, dingy town on the fringe of Detroit, Michigan (a large dingy town), on what was once a lovely little Main Street." With that, Michael Zadoorian's Second Hand, a novel about the struggle to find meaning amidst the detritus left behind by the great machine of the world (obsolete cities, families, things) begins in earnest. Review by Greg Farnum.
TWISTED SHADOWS
NOVEMBER, 2000 - BOOK REVIEW
This week's showcase: A review of James Schmerer’s first novel Twisted Shadows followed by a "hot on the trail" excerpt and an interview with the author.
WHAT THE BUTLER NEVER SAW
NOVEMBER, 2000 - TALES OF THE LEORPARD SPOTTED COUCH
By Andrew Gallix
LATEST IN LITERARY NEWS
OCTOBER, 2000 - BUZZWORDS
By Guillaume Destot & Andrew Gallix
BYTE-SIZED: LIT LITE FOR AN ACCELERATED CULTURE
OCTOBER, 2000
Byte-Sized: More lit-lite for an accelerated culture by Vincent Abbate, Jason Borne, Matt Devereux and Greg Farnum
NOBROW
OCTOBER, 2000 - 3 A.M. BOOKS
If in 25 years John Seabrook's Nobrow "is not being taught right next to Toffler's Future Shock as one of the most important books of modern philosophy", James Brundage will be very upset.
LATEST IN LITERARY NEWS
AUGUST, 2000 - BUZZWORDS
Cutting-edge literary news from around the world (watch for ongoing exclusive features on the new Parisian literary movement called the neo-Hydropathes).
KURT VONNEGUT, GALAPAGOS
August, 2000
New 3 A.M. writer James Brundage taps into the world of Kurt Vonnegut.
 TOTALLYBRITWORD INTERVIEW
AUGUST, 2000
Spoken word? It's the new rock'n'roll. Andrew Gallix speaks to BILLIE PINK, Editor of totallyword.com, the new online spoken word radio broadcasting from Britain.
LITERATURE IN CYBERSPACE INTERVIEW
AUGUST, 2000
The Internet is changing the face of literature. Andrew Gallix interviews SUE THOMAS, Director of the trAce online writing community which is holding an international conference on writing and the Internet.
PUSHING THE DAGGER OF PERCEPTION THROUGH THE DRAPES OF NARRATIVE ESSAY
AUGUST, 2000
"The important thing was to have found a writer, a brilliant writer, who escaped all the schemes they had so worthily dismantled for us at university." It was at university that TIM PARKS, the greatest living English novelist, discovered Henry Green. His "short circuitry of thought and syntax" has remained with him ever since.
LITERATURE IN CYBERSPACE II PREVIEW: AN AMERIKAN IN PARIS
AUGUST, 2000
Avant-pop? Ambient fiction? Neuromantic? Designwriting? Fiction installations? Lit-hop? Guillaume Destot and Andrew Gallix have met MARK AMERIKA, the embodiment of the future of literature. They offer you a sneak preview of their exclusive non-virtual interview with the cybermaster.
 EROS ESSAY
AUGUST, 2000 - ZOUNDS
"No experience even remotely compares with true eros, with long and lavish love-making . . . Never does the world seem so freshly painted, so brightly enamelled, so new, for heaven's sake, as after the best sex." A new lick of paint, anyone? Read the health warning first! World-famous novelist Tim Parks on "intelligently pert breasts" and "perceptively warm thighs."
INTERVIEW: THE NEO-HYDROPATHES -
WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?
AUGUST, 2000
François Bosques interviews French poetess Lucie Aveliere who is part of a
new Parisian literary phenomenon.
SHOWCASE: THE EVENT
AUGUST, 2000
How to write a commerically-viable novel without selling your soul? Greg Farnum presents his new novel and writing career.
LATEST IN LITERARY NEWS
JUNE, 2000 - BUZZWORDS
Andrew Gallix brings you cutting-edge literary news from Russia, Japan, Britain, North America and France, plus an exclusive feature on the new Parisian literary movement called the neo-Hydropathes.
 ALISTAIR GENTRY: GLOBALISATION OR GLOBALIZATION?
JUNE, 2000 - ZOUNDS
"I want patois and pidgin and slang and idiom and accents. I want to see English in its best party frock, and I want to see English with its hairy arse hanging out." Andrew Gallix asks English novelist and playwright Alistair Gentry if globalis(z)ation is having an impact on literature.
GLOBALISATION OR GLOBALIZATION? PART II - TOPSY TURVY
JUNE, 2000 - ZOUNDS
French novelist François Bon on globalis(z)ation & literature : he turns our question on its head!
SHOWCASE: PHOEBE REEVES
JUNE, 2000
"'What're you doing?'" Someone shook me hard. I opened my eyes. My fingers still gripped the shiny red handle of the plane's EXIT door : Skye Wentworth introduces an extract from Phoebe Reeves' The Revenant. Andrew Gallix interviews the author.
LATEST IN LITERARY NEWS
APRIL, 2000 - BUZZWORDS
Cutting-edge literary news from around the global village brought to you by Andrew Gallix. He's got his finger on the pulse of the zeitgeist.
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