The New Inquiry, BOMB Magazine, and ForYourArt present:
THE MARATHON READING OF
THE ADVENTURES OF MAO ON THE LONG MARCH
BY FREDERIC TUTEN
The grand finale event celebrating the 75th anniversary of New Directions Publishing
Sponsored by Google Places
December 4, 2011, 2:30-8PM
The Jane Hotel, 113 Jane Street, New York, NY 10014
***RSVP (required): MaoMarathon@bombsite.com***
Visit www.MaoMarathon.com for more information
On December 4, 2011, The New Inquiry, BOMB Magazine, and ForYourArt will host a Marathon Reading of Frederic Tuten’s visionary novel, The Adventures of Mao on the Long March, first published in 1971. This five-hour festival, free and open to the public, will bring together hundreds of participants, including some of America’s most notable artists, novelists, poets, musicians, and filmmakers, to read the full text of Tuten’s avant-garde masterwork. The Marathon Reading marks the 40th anniversary of the publication of the novel and the finale of New Directions Publishing’s year-long celebration of their 75th Anniversary.
The Adventures of Mao on the Long March is the first novel to use methods of appropriation. It is a radical, original work made up of a linear narrative of Mao Zedong's legendary Long March, interspersed with passages quoted from a variety of novels and essays used as dialogue and exposition. It has been praised by a variety of writers ranging from Susan Sontag and Iris Murdoch to John Updike and Raymond Queneau.
Readers will include Walter Mosley, Amy Hempel, Lydia Davis, Jon Robin Baitz, Kurt Andersen, Laurie Anderson, Ross Bleckner, Deborah Eisenberg, Francine du Plessix Gray, A.M. Homes, Edmund White, Oscar Hijuelos, Patricia Marx, Hans Ulrich Obrist, David Salle, and Cecily Brown. More readers will be announced in the coming weeks. Please check for updates at www.MaoMarathon.com.
The Adventures of Mao on the Long March Reading Marathon is sponsored by Google Places, a personalized local recommendation engine powered by the reviews of users and their friends. As part of their sponsorship, Google Places will be offering attendees the opportunity to win a package of prizes [see website].
