Author Archives: The Evan Dara Affinity

Another penetrating review of Evan Dara's The Easy Chain (i.e, La cadena fácil via @palidofuego_ed), this time from @osbrox. https://t.co/DhybrDOxNR Apologies for the cyber translation, but here is the closer: "The exciting thing about The Easy Chain is that its author… — Evan Dara Affinity (@LincolnSelwyn) October 11, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

We were pleased to learn this week that the crackerjack team at Palido Fuego announced that their long-anticipated translation of Evan Dara’s The Easy Chain will be coming out on September 23rd.  You can order your copy here. We interviewed the translator, José Luis Amores, back in 2017, after he successfully brought The Lost Scrapbook (El CuadernoContinue reading “La Cadena Fácil”

Does anybody out there know (even through rumors) whether Evan Dara is working on another novel? I’m finishing up an essay on Dara, and any info about this would be helpful to me. — Daniel Green (@greenlitcrit) August 7, 2019 The critic’s critic, Daniel Green, recently asked about the status of Dara and whether heContinue reading “A New Evan Dara Novel?”

One of the cruel curses of the Trumpocene era, which likely afflicts large swathes of the literate within a society daydreaming toward totalitarianism, is the random reminder of your kakistocratic overlords while trying to enjoy a novel.  For instance, reading Dara’s The Easy Chain after the 2016 election, it was difficult not to draw linesContinue reading “Venture Pleonexia”

Still working my way through Jim Gauer’s Novel Explosives, but his appearance on The Great Concavity  (which is warmly supported by this site) is worth listening to in full.  For a quick gulp, here’s a clip of Dave Laird reading from the book: Here’s a snippet from the latest lethality enhanced episode of ⁦@ConcavityShow⁩, featuring novelistContinue reading “Jim Gauer and the Anxiety of Influence”

Pleased to hear that Evan Dara’s “Provisional Biography of Mose Eakins” earned a special mention in @ConcavityShow’s post-mortem for 2018: https://t.co/EfQAsCrsc5 https://t.co/wKpncLKYye — Evan Dara Affinity (@LincolnSelwyn) January 23, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Today marks the publication of Evan Dara’s Provisional Biography of Mose Eakins. This eBook is available now in three cold, digital flavors: ePub, Mobi, and PDF. Please note that Aurora will only accept a donation after you read the play. To download the play, click here: http://www.aurora148.com/eakins.php Thank you for your support of Dara’s work.

—It’s been a full decade since The Easy Chain? —And almost five years since Flee… —Hm… —So, if the pattern holds, does that mean…? —Hm… —What do you mean? Something different from Evan Dara. Coming June 2018.