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Jason's Latest Blogs

Apr.20.2012 - 5:05 am
I’m damn tickled there was no Pulitzer awarded for fiction this year. Most of the time I find the winner to be unworthy anyway, so the fact the Pulitzer board couldn’t pick a...
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Jul.01.2011 - 4:34 am
Hello, my name’s Jason. Will you be my agent? I have a BA in Creative Writing from Kansas State University, and an MFA from Naropa University, and I have one published novel. The...
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Jun.02.2011 - 4:44 am
“The demands of the publishing business are a fetish that must not be allowed to keep us from trying out new forms.”  - Italo Calvino "Six Memos for The Next Millennium...
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May.30.2011 - 11:31 am
When I first arrived at Naropa University, I felt deeply out -of-place.  One of the first lectures I attended during the Summer Writing Program was one by Thalia Field (I’d give...
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Comments from Jason

Sep.27.2011 - 7:08 pm
In response to: All Things Shining - Sans Joseph Campbell
Brenden,  I too like that WCW line. It reminds me of a favorite quote I've collected; however, I wish I could...
Jul.02.2011 - 8:33 am
In response to: Writer Seeks Agent
Mr. Goldman, I have been thinking about how to respond to your comment, or even if I should respond. I've wrestled...
Jun.02.2011 - 4:17 pm
In response to: Gestures at Something
Thank you, Sharon, for taking the time to comment. After reading your bio, and seeing that your publisher is...
Oct.13.2010 - 4:55 am
In response to: Workshop Blues
Actually, the bit about drinking wine and promising to get to that manuscript later is, I am beginning to suspect, more...
Feb.17.2010 - 5:29 am
In response to: Who Works for .35 cents an hour?
Thanks, Rosy.   I am incredibly glad to be with Unbridled Books.  And I share your general view that the conglomerates...

Published Reviews

The Evolution of Shadows
Dec.10.2009
Published by Bookforum.com
Jason Quinn Malott's debut, The Evolution of Shadows, is a devastating, often dizzying novel of returns and turnarounds. [...] a meditation on both the horrors of falling apart,...