September 10, 2012 |
The Art of Fiction Skateboarding
an interview with Kyle Beachy, by Aaron Burch
"...the activity is difficult and risky and can be the source of great dissonance if it reaches the point of cognition."
September 7, 2012 |
Non-Reader Spotlight: James Lai
Jac Jemc
First a note about what I’m doing here: talking to people who consider themselves non-readers.
September 6, 2012 | Nonfiction
I Love This Let Me Sleep
Delaney Nolan
Welcome to Camp Bread Loaf. Put your apron on.
September 5, 2012 | Fiction
Agreements
Michael Don
A little man in a boat paddles laps around a toilet bowl.
from the vault: The Novelist by Tao Lin
Elizabeth Ellen
Elizabeth Ellen looks back at Tao Lin's "The Novelist" from Hobart, Aug./Sept. '04.
from the vault: Overhanded by Amy Minton
Matthew Simmons looks back at Amy Minton's "Overhanded" from Hobart, May '07, and also her interviews, and just her awesomeness in general.
from the vault: The Exit Colony by Spencer Dew
Jac Jemc looks back at Spencer Dew's "The Exit Colony" from Hobart October '04.
from the vault: Belly by Glen Pourciau
Jensen Beach looks back at Glen Pourciau's "Belly" from Hobart October '08.
from the vault: Two Shorts by Aaron Gwyn
Aaron Burch looks back at two Aaron Gwyn shorts from Hobart, early 2002.
The Spastic Indecision of Squirrels in the Road
Andrew Ervin
An interview with Ted Sanders, author of No Animals We Could Name.
The Haunt of Santa Fe
Ashley Bethard
"She had lost something, but she was not sure what."
Driving to Olympia
Lynn Gordon
"It was terrible the way we were fighting, Janine saying how many other girlfriends of yours are going to call me, pulling out the ashtray and stubbing her Doral cigarette..."
Three Shorts
Alex Streiff
"We go to the golf course with a case of Busch and two deep-sea fishing rods fitted with steel leaders."
Ping-Pong, 12 Loring Place
Meagan Cass
It was the day after Christmas when our parents began to argue and we went down to the basement, to our new Titan 360 Pro ping-pong table, my brother Ari and I. We were unsure about the game
The Buddy System
Jon Morgan Davies
The afternoon David was fired for stealing company office supplies and reselling them in an office superstore parking lot, the four verificationists took lunch ninety minutes late to see the
She'd Taught Us How
Jesse Eagle
We the children were out there in the alley again, digging holes in the asphalt with our shovels, digging holes in the dark and wind and snow, but no matter how hard we dug our sister wasn’t
Lil Bitch: An Interview With Chelsea Martin
Elizabeth Ellen
Chelsea Martin is easily one of the sweetest persons I know, as well as one of the funniest. She’s so quiet and seemingly unassuming, you don’t see it coming. It sneaks up on you,
A Conversation with John Warner & Tom Williams
Tom Williams: What do you find funny?
John Warner: I find lots of things funny, and have pretty broad tastes, but you know who I think is the number one comedic genius of the last
HOBART "expert" picks for the 2012 Season
Jim Ruland,
Author of Big Lonesome
You don't want to bet against
A Visit to the Dock
Bruce Harris
Most baseball fans remember the late Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis for his June 12, 1970 no-hitter against the San Diego Padres in San Diego. Dock struck out 6, walked 8, and hit one
Ken Burns' Little League
Dan Moreau
Episode 1
Humble Beginnings
The first official Little League was played in 1882 on a balmy summer afternoon in Springfield, MA. It was a perfect day for a ball game, the grass freshly
Only Catchers Get Credit For Their Unflinchingness
Ronald Metellus
The Catcher showed his pointer finger, the signal for a fastball. Two fingers issued a polite suggestion for a curveball. If the Pitcher included a change-up in his arsenal, and he really should,
Baseball is Poetry
Sam Ramos
Mike Hampton - P
When I wore my Astros hat and jersey to see them play the Cubs at Wrigley Field, someone threw a tampon at me, still in its wrapper. I didn’t see who threw it.
Tony
Craig Griffey
Mark Baumer
Craig Griffey ate snowflakes because he thought it would make him better at baseball.
When Craig Griffey was six he almost retired from baseball to pursue a career in motorcycles, but his