Jason McBride

Jason McBride is a Toronto-based writer and editor who has written on culture and politics for the Globe and Mail, New York, The New York Times Magazine, The Believer, Maclean's, Slate, The Walrus and many other publications. His biography of Kathy Acker will be published by Simon and Schuster in 2022.

Mine for Yours: DC’s Blog is a Lit Community

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Polity of Literature (42/51)

Mine for Yours: DC’s Blog is a Lit Community

Written by Jason McBride, Illustrated by Ken Krimstein

When an anarchist hosts a blog it becomes a polity. Dennis Cooper’s features literature (and GIF novels).

“You are on the enemy list of The Black Tarantula.”

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Polity of Literature (18/51)

“You are on the enemy list of The Black Tarantula.”

Written by Jason McBride, Illustrated by Ken Krimstein

In the space of her writing the legendary Kathy Acker found an arsenal of voices that gave her agency and opened readers and writer to a volatile politics. Her biographer, Jason McBride, recalls Acker’s boldest, early efforts.