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Heppner’s project began in April 2008 with an on-line novella called Man Talking, which has been downloaded over three thousand times and has been written about in The Boston Globe. The other three novellas are Talking Man, Man, and Talking.

Heppner explains, “Man Talking can be read for free at my website, mikeheppner.com. Talking Man is available exclusively for purchase at Small Anchor Press (smallanchorpress.com), a New York based independent press specializing in high quality editions of handmade books. A first edition, published in September 2008, has nearly sold out, and a second edition is planned for 2009.

“Man cannot be purchased anywhere, nor can it be read on-line. Starting December 1st, five hundred copies have been left in random locations across the country. Readers are asked to read the novella and send an email through mikeheppner.com, telling about themselves, where they found Man, and what they thought of it, even if they didn’t like it. These comments will then be posted on mikeheppner.com.”

Since December, HEPPNER HAS RECEIVED THREE RESPONSES to Man from readers in Philadelphia and Chicago. THEY CAN BE READ AT mikeheppner.com, along with a PDF of the note included with each copy, PLUS PHOTOS of some of the locations where copies have been left.

The Man Talking Project was RECENTLY MENTIONED IN THE NEW YORKER’S “BOOK BENCH” and has received attention from Maud Newton, HTMLGiant, Conversational Reading, AdFreak, Media Bistro, and The Millions.

Mike Heppner lives in the Boston area and teaches Creative Writing at Emerson College. He is the author of two novels, The Egg Code and Pike’s Folly, both published by Knopf, and his short fiction has appeared in Nerve and Esquire. Entertainment Weekly calls Heppner, “A fearsome cultural critic,” and Publishers Weekly remarks, “Heppner’s prose is ax sharp.”
Link: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2008/12/in-the-news-tur.html
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Joshua Furst is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and has been the recipient of a Michener Fellowship, the Chicago Tribune’s Nelson Algren Award and fellowships from The MacDowell Colony and Ledig House. He lives in New York City, where he teaches at the Pratt Institute. He is the author of the collections: Short People and the novel: Sabatoge Cafe. He reads from new work.
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