Motor Trend, Manifest Destiny and the Mojave Desert

Cole Coonce’s collection of literary journalism—Sex & Travel & Vestiges of Metallic Fragments—is cited here in Motor Trend, replete with a piquant quote from the author! When asked about the intrinsic role of the automobile in post-Eisenhower California, Coonce was quoted thusly:

“California is where manifest destiny finally ran out of real estate. With nowhere else to go, the SoCal surfers and car guys motored up and down Pacific Coast Highway until that got old, and then they doubled back and ping-ponged between the beach and the Mojave Desert. Luckily, after the mother of all government stimulus projects — WW II — there was enough surplus cash, metal and cheap gas to facilitate these guys exploring and absorbing the amber, sun-drenched terrain. Southern California then was heaven on earth—and the hot rods were the angel’s wings.”

Read more: http://blogs.motortrend.com/speak-southern-californian-6125.html#ixzz1ABwqBsT2

Sex & Travel & Vestiges of Metallic Fragments, The Cole Coonce Reader Vol. 1

Coming Soon: The Sleep of Puss Titter

The Sleep of Puss Titter by Anthony Ausgang

Out this month on K-Bomb Publishing: THE SLEEP OF PUSS TITTER: A Lysenkoist Life  In The Random-Word Generation by Anthony Ausgang.

In Anthony Ausgang’s mini-novel of modern-beat prose, Puss Titter and Mr. Breakwind are a married couple living their predictable lives in the provincial city of Hill Town Eye. After receiving a series of unsolicited emails promising riches beyond reason, Puss Titter anticipates that her future wealth will end her husband’s philandering, even as Mr. Breakwind plans further infidelities inspired by online offers of cheap aphrodisiac meds. Their rival pursuits set off a series  of incidents that meld the real and virtual worlds together with startling results. Sampling phrases from the multi-level marketing matrix, Anthony Ausgang’s  psyber-tropic prose heightens the surreal action in The Sleep of Puss Titter.-30-