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December 25, 2008
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"Young and in the Way" [review of Neal Shusterman's book Unwind]
New York Times
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States Need to Follow Harvard: End Loans Completely
Huffington Post
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Review of "Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps"
The L Magazine
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"Adventura" [short story]
Word Riot
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Occupational Oppression (dirt bagger job)
SMITH Magazine
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Recommendation: It's Every Child's Duty to Lick a Dangerous Toy!
Huffington Post
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"Mom" [short story from The L Magazine's 2nd Annual Summer Fiction Issue]
The L Magazine
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Clink Slammer Hoosegow
SMITH Magazine
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Hocus Potus [review]
New York Press
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Where the Wild Things Are
The New York Sun
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"Beauty" Short Story [I like how this one came out]
3:AM Magazine
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The Page 69 Test: It's Kind of a Funny Story
The Page 69 Test
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An Impelling Force: Impetus Books
Bookslut
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The Problem with Fram
Huffington Post
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Interview with Rasmus Holmen
Largehearted Boy
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High Anxiety [review of American-Born Chinese and Stuck in The Middle]
New York Times
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Man (My second published poem)
Dogmatika.com
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My Small Movie Date Story
SMITH Magazine
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Interview with Tao Lin
Bookslut
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Review: Travels in the Scriptorium by Paul Auster
Bookslut
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Interview with Lexy Benaim (Harlem Shakes)
Largehearted Boy
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"Nose" - a short story I got paid $30 for!!
Underground Voices
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Working Class
Writer's Digest
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BOOKS WE CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT (5 favorites of mine) (scroll down to see)
hipsterbookclub.com
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"Drum 'N' Bass" [poem]
Dogmatika.com
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Straight Talk on Antidepressants [panel discussion]
Sirens Magazine
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Ned Vizzini's Five Favorite Songs
3:AM Magazine
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An Interview with Nick Antosca
Bookslut
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The Three Best Books of 2006
Professor Barnhardt's Journal
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My First Kiss
SMITH Magazine
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June 1, 2004
In Germany, Be More Chill was published Bertelsmann Jugenbuch Verlag (or "Random House" to you).
The German version of Be More Chill is called "Cool: Und was ist mit Liebe"? (According to my brother, that means "Cool: And what's with Love"?)
The copies has a vellum jacket with all the text; when removed, the jacket reveals the wraparound faces of, uh, a very Germanic Jeremy and Christine:
Also, the translator of the German edition had some hilarious questions about words I used:
Hi, Ned Vizzini,
you wrote a great book! I translate it into German and there are some questions I would like you to answer as fast as possible as they gave me a terrible short deadline…
Here we go:
p.25 Who is Rick James?
47 dur
64 phillies
70 pimpin’
85 seeing eye dogs
87 poonanti
107 hairy necessaries
118 GLAAD
126 palsy, palsy-ish
214 For a guy, there’s something dangling in front of your face or something sticking out your ass.
It would be most helpful, if you could interpret or circumscribe these expressions, so I can see if I am on the right track or not.
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10-01-2006
Germany, which had the cool hardcover Be More Chill with the clear jacket (which some people got in one of our giveaways), is the first non-US nation to have a BMC paperback in addition to a hardcover. Same design, no clear jacket.
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June 27, 2005
In Italy, Be More Chill has been published by Mondadori, Italy's largest publishing group, with the title "Datti Una Mossa".
I've been getting very cool letters from Italy like the one below. Thanks so much to everyone who has gotten the book in Italy; I really apprecaite the mail.
Hi Ned!First of all,I want to tell you that I'm Italian,so please forgive me if my English isn't perfect.I bought your "Be more chill" (in Italian,obviously)just yesterday and I have already read it.Last night.Well,it's great,congratulations,even though the end it's a bit...oh,you know what I'm talking about! :-) !
Ok,the reason why I'm writing is that I'm 19 years old and I really,really love writing books.Both novels and short stories.I've been writing since I was 7 and I won 2...can I say "competitions"?I'd really like to become a writer,because it's the only things that makes me free and makes me fly,if you know what I mean:I think so.
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Teen Angst? Nah!
New York Times
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She Shits on the Shit Seat [Subway Poop Story]
New York Press
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Peak Contraction [me at the gym]
New York Press
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Why I Still Hate Rap
New York Press
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Schizo Rock [r.i.p., Wesley]
New York Press
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Bjorn Again [concert review]
New York Press
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Review of Marilyn Manson "Holy Wood"
New York Press
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What the Hell is Kaiju?
New York Press
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Since When: Brent Camponi, Rising Legend, and His TV Show; Natan, Who Sings Like a Bastard; Church Ladies for Choice; A Jeff Buckley Book
New York Press
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Since When: Straight-Edge Vegan Hardcore at Roseland; Cool Japanese Porn; George Tabb Presents Unsigned Bands at CBGB; Some Abused Girls Are Hot
New York Press
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Since When: Moral Court and Knockers the Klown; DJ Wake ’N’ Bake Dave Plays Rock at Barmacy; Pete Best at Rebar
New York Press
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Since When: Bowie, Moby, Merchant and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Play for Tibet House; The Rev. Vince is a Bootleg Gospel Tom Waits; Meet Godfrey Cheshire!
New York Press
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New York Press
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Park Slope’s Nasty, Egg-Throwing Kids
New York Press
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Who Shut Down the NO ID Party?
New York Press
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Since When: Rocket from the Crypt and the Gotohells; The Memoir Thing Continues; An Amateur Monster-Wrestling Troupe; Mardi Gras Notes
New York Press
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Since When: Those Damn Beatles; Concrete TV; The Dropkick Murphys, Reach the Sky and Lars and the Bastards at Wetlands; C.J. Sullivan Live!
New York Press
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Since When: Spike & Mike’s Sick and Twisted Animation Festival; The Soft Boys and Other Puss Music; A Malian Demi-Goddess; Miles Davis; Upright Citizens Brigade
New York Press
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Since When: New York International Independent Film and Video Festival; The People’s Poetry Gathering; Cutthroats 9 Play CBGB; Ned Does Soho
New York Press
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Since When: 4-4-01
New York Press
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