NYC — Andrew Weatherhead was born in Chicago, Illinois. He is the author of $50,000 (2020), Todd (2018) and Cats & Dogs (2014). He began writing $50,000 in 2015. I read $50,000 probably four times, each time in a single sitting, over the past fortnight since its release.

Purchase $50,000 from Publishing Genius: https://www.publishinggenius.com/product/50000/

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POD CONTENTS

3 min - pod start

6 min - comin in hot w wittgenstein tractatus bars/the inadequacy/importance/absurdity of language

11 min - on Facts/‘fake news’

17 min - on the title, $50,000

21 min - on working a 9-to-5

24 min - “wait until you see me dance” by Deb Olin Unferth and writing about office life

27 min - things only mean in context / a setting

30 min - “the things that no one knows about you are how you know yourself” but also “you can only know yourself thru ppl”

31 min - money only works when we agree on its value

35 min - mfa gripes

38 min - redacted mfa quote htmlgiant story

44 min - on humor/laughter

45 min - “Winners” by Nicolette Polek from Imaginary Museums (2020)

49 min - on literary readings

51 min - on concision/editing/first drafts

56 min - on Time/cycles

59 min - on neuroscience

1 hr 2 min - writing vs. medicine

1 hr 5 min - on Satantango (1985) by Laszlo Krasznahorkai

1 hr 9 min - line breaks vs block text

1 hr 15 min - on Names

1 hr 18 min - “Joe Loser Jr.”

1 hr 23 min - writing about writing

1 hr 25 min - art-making in 2020

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Referenced pieces:

"Origin of the World" (collage of book blurbs): http://thefanzine.com/the-origin-of-the-world/

Selected tweets: http://muumuuhouse.com/ajw.twitter.2009-2014.html

Creative independent interview:

https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/poet-andrew-weatherhead-on-hijacking-language/

$50,000 excerpt: http://magazine.nytyrant.com/from-50000-andrew-weatherhead/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/weeatherhead?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

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Sean Thor Conroe lives in New York City.

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