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The American writer publishes “Rhyme for the dissolution of the world”, the occasion for an interview about the unusual trajectory of a man raised in a Mormon family who was then excommunicated.
A smile of cruelty. We could quickly sum up Brian Evenson like this, who surrounds his interlocutor with gentleness and quiet intelligence, while signing disturbing and powerful lyrics that abuse bodies and minds. His journey, like his fiction, stands out. Born in Iowa in 1966 to a Mormon family, he became a priest but was eventually excommunicated for his fiction. Today, the American writer has more than twenty novels and collections under his belt, and he teaches creative writing and literature at CalArts in Los Angeles. The French translator of Volodine, a real affinity channel, has long been published in France in Cherche midi, in the collection “Lot 49” (including the iconic Brotherhood of the Crippled in 2008).
In May 2023, present at Imaginales in Epinal immediately after publication lair (Quidam) and Immobility (Rivages “Imaginaire”), Brian Evenson retold his journey, concluded today with an exchange of e-mails during an appearance these days Rhymes for the world falling apart and that Rivages announces the release Phantom Li