JY: I recorded myself reading four poems, Classic Water by David Berman, Some of my Happiest Moments In Life Occur on AOL Instant Messenger by Tao Lin, an untitled poem by Roberto Bolano from the Romantic Dogs and For Grace, After a Party by Frank O’Hara.
Listen here to James’ reading and introduction about why these books were life-saving: .
James Yeh (b. 1982) is a writer and founding editor of Gigantic, a magazine of short prose and art. His fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in PEN America, elimae and the anthology 30 Under 30. His humor, nonfiction and interviews have appeared in Gigantic, The Morning News, Yankee Pot Roast and The Faster Times. He is at work on a novel-in-stories called I Love and Understand You and Would Be Perfect to You Now and lives in Brooklyn, NY.
