Tao Lin

Tao Lin (1983-) is an American poet, novelist, and short story writer.

He is the author of a novel entitled Eeeee Eee Eeee and a story collection entitled Bed, which were published simultaneously by Melville House in May, 2007. He is also the author of a poetry collection called you are a little bit happier than i am, which won the Action Books Prize in December 2005.

Tao serves as co-editor of 3:AM Magazine, and co-edits with Ellen Kennedy a literary press called Ass Hi Books.

His writing has appeared in Noon, Nerve, The Mississippi Review, The Cincinnati Review, Other Voices, Fourteen Hills, and in many other magazines.

Gawker has referred to him as "maybe perhaps the single most irritating person we've ever had to deal with." [1]

External links

Tao's blog, Reader of Depressing Books

• Feature in Time Out New York
• Interview at Bookslut
• Interview at Litpark
• Interview at Redivider
• Interview at Publishers Weekly
• Review of Eeeee Eee Eeee and Bed on Hipster Book Club
• Review of Eeeee Eee Eeee and Bed on Bookmunch
• Review of Bed in The Stranger
• Review of Eeeee Eee Eeee on Bookslut
• Review of Eeeee Eee Eeee on Readysteadybook
• Review of you are a little bit happier than i am on Lime Tree
• Review of you are a little bit happier than i am in Time Out Chicago
• Review of you are a little bit happier than i am in Bookslut
• Review of you are a little bit happier than i am on Miporadio
• The Bat Segundo Show #110 (2007 podcast interview)
• Poetry at Realpoetik
• Poetry at Bear Parade
• Poetry at Mipoesias
• Poetry at Coconut
• Stories at Bear Parade
• Story on Mississippi Review
• Story on Mississippi Review
• Story on Nerve.com
• Story at Juked
• Story at Hobart
• Story at Alice Blue Review
• Blog at Reader of Depressing Books
• Booknotes essay at Largehearted Boy for you are a little bit happier than i am
• Booknotes essay at Largehearted Boy for Bed
• Booknotes essay at Largehearted Boy for Eeeee Eee Eeee