Kevin Sampsell

Author.Editor.Publisher.Collagist

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  • In the Flesh at Happy Ending

    I just got back from a great four readings in four nights trip to the East Coast. I’ll be posting some photos from these nights–all great fun and very special–very soon, thanks to my lovely camera-ready fiance. I was lucky to read with the fabulous Justin Taylor at the first three of these: Harvard Bookstore…

    Kevin Sampsell

    February 21, 2010
    Uncategorized
    Adam Robinson, Baltimore, Bat Segundo, Boston, Cooking and Food, East Coast, Ed Champion, Events, frayn masters, Happy Ending, HarperCollins, In the Flesh, Justin Taylor, Michael Kimball, New York, Time Out New York, video
  • Tour Action, part one

    The first part of my February book touring is done. Thanks to everyone who came out to the events in San Francisco (@ Books Inc and at the Rumpus) and Los Angeles (Skylight Books). I really need to start taking photos. Tuesday night in L.A. was especially pic-worthy, as I met a bunch of great…

    Kevin Sampsell

    February 10, 2010
    Uncategorized
    Books Inc., City Lights, Events, KQED, Makeout Room, podcast, Signed Books, Skylight Books
  • About Last Night

    Last night was one of those nights that seemed too good to be true. I had my first reading from ACP in front of around 200 people at Powell’s. My dear friend, Frances Miller, started it off with a killer intro that left me teary-eyed and barely able to begin. But I turned down the…

    Kevin Sampsell

    February 3, 2010
    Uncategorized
    Blitz Bar, Events, fake bling, frayn masters, love, Powell’s, proposal, video
  • V-day, Fainting, etc.

    So. Let’s get personal here. Ready. On Friday the 15th, I got a vasectomy. I know. I know. Who does that the week before their book comes out!? Well, I do. But I didn’t think it would be a big deal. The packet told me it would only take two or three days before I…

    Kevin Sampsell

    January 23, 2010
    Uncategorized
    A Common Pornography, Boo-boo, personal, The Rumpus, True Stories, Vasectomy, Willamette Week
  • Video Gift From My Baby

    Yesterday, on the first day of my memoir’s shelf life, my beautiful girlfriend, Frayn Masters (I call her Barb) presented me with an incredibly awesome gift. She snuck around under the cloak of darkness (and the Internet) and asked a bunch of our friends to give recorded and written huzzahs for A Common Pornography. He…

    Kevin Sampsell

    January 20, 2010
    Uncategorized
    A Common Pornography, frayn masters, kevin sampsell, video
  • For All the Shy Readers…

    My book is now out! And if you’re shy about putting money down on a book with the word pornography on the cover, fear not: I have thought of some crafty ways to protect your chaste reputation. Enjoy these helpful tips, my fair reader!

    Kevin Sampsell

    January 18, 2010
    Uncategorized
    A Common Pornography, biography, book covers, chastity, oceanography, photography, video
  • Reclinerland and the ACP “Soundtrack”

    In 2002, I was about to self-publish the first version of A Common Pornography. It was a slim 60-page book with footnotes by Mike Daily and collages by Melody Owen, The print run was about 600 copies. It looked like this: But first I needed to make a bit of moolah to pay for it.…

    Kevin Sampsell

    January 13, 2010
    Uncategorized
    A Common Pornography, Melody Owen, Mike Daily, music, Reclinerland, Secret Notebook
  • When it rains, it pours

    A great smattering of stuff about A Common Pornography lately. Like… pg 57 of the new Poets & Writers Magazine! A sweet review on Blog Critics! The cover of The Portland Mercury! (they excerpted a part of the book) (I had no idea they were going to put my name right on the cover, but…

    Kevin Sampsell

    January 7, 2010
    Uncategorized
    A Common Pornography, blog critics, Haiku, Mary Gaitskill, Oprah, Poets & Writers Magazine, portland mercury
  • Want me to read you a story?

    A couple of months ago, I went into the fancy Wieden & Kennedy building and recorded some audio tracks in their radio studio. It reminded me of my days as a Spokane radio DJ. Back then I went by two different air names; when I was on the country station (KTRW-AM) I was Kevin Patrick…

    Kevin Sampsell

    January 7, 2010
    Uncategorized
    audio, beautiful blemish, KTRW, KZZU, spokane, trinie dalton, Wieden & Kennedy
  • Just Look Where Twenty Years of Work Gets You

    Hi everyone, I always thought it would be cool to have a kevinsampsell.com someday and now here it is. What’s the occasion, you ask? Well, I’ve sold my soul to the devil (HarperCollins!). But seriously–I am super excited to be two weeks away from the release of my most personal book to date, A Common…

    Kevin Sampsell

    January 5, 2010
    Uncategorized
    A Common Pornography, First blog post, HarperCollins, Kennewick, Memoir, Small Press
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