David Hoenigman (born and raised in

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) is an author of

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and

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literature. He has lived in

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since 1998.

''Burn Your Belongings''

Hoenigman's novel, ''Burn Your Belongings'', has been described by ''

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'' as "a brave exercise in anti-narrative, a reminder to us that there is more to writing and reading than best-sellers." ''

Word Riot ''Word Riot'' was an American online magazine that published poetry, flash fiction, short stories, novel excerpts, creative nonfiction, reviews, and interviews. History and profile The magazine was launched in March 2002 by author and publisher ...

'' compared the novel to the work of

Samuel Beckett Samuel Barclay Beckett (; 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish novelist, dramatist, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator. His literary and theatrical work features bleak, impersonal and tragicomic expe ...

and

Pierre Guyotat Pierre Guyotat (9 January 1940 – 7 February 2020) was a French writer. Early life Pierre Guyotat was born on 9 January 1940 in Bourg-Argental, Loire. Literary career 1960s–1970s Guyotat wrote his first novel, '' Sur un cheval'', in 1960. ...

, summarizing the novel as "a well-crafted and adventurous book from what is undoubtedly a writer of great promise." '' The Stranger'' writes "David Hoenigman's ''Burn Your Belongings'' is a dense narrative of choppy sentences that elude the human desire for story at almost every turn. When read aloud, mantralike, the thick walls of text take on the feel of religious chant, a prayer to weariness and sickness and anxiety. At other times, they flutter with moments of happiness and love, and feel exponentially more like real life than anything

Hemingway Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style—which he termed the iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century fic ...

or any naturalist ever put to paper."

Bibliography

;Novels * ''Burn Your Belongings'', Jaded Ibis Press (2010) * ''Squeal for Joy'', Schism 2 Books (2015) Novellas * ''Man Sees Demon'', SFC Indie Press (2020) Chapbooks * ''Shame on You'', Louffa Press (2010)

Film appearances

Hoenigman appeared as a giant in the film ''

Attack on Titan is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. It is set in a world where humanity is forced to live in cities surrounded by three enormous walls that protect them from gigantic man-eating humanoids referred to as ...

'' (2015).

Interviews

Hoenigman regularly interviewed

writers for the online journal ''

''. Some of the writers he has interviewed for ''Word Riot'' include

Mark Amerika Mark Amerika (born 1960, Miami, Florida) is an American artist, theorist, novelist and professor of Art and Art History at the University of Colorado. He is a graduate of the Literary Arts program at Brown University, where he received his MFA in ...

, John Bennett,

Norbert Blei Norbert Blei (August 23, 1935 – April 23, 2013) was an American writer of non-fiction, fiction, and poetry. In 1994, he established Cross+Roads Press, dedicated to the publication of first chapbooks by poets, short story writers, novelists and ...

, Tom Bradley, James Chapman,

Billy Childish Billy Childish (born Steven John Hamper, 1 December 1959) is an English painter, author, poet, photographer, film maker, singer and guitarist. Since the late 1970s, Childish has been prolific in creating music, writing and visual art. He has le ...

Noah Cicero Noah Cicero (born October 10, 1980) is an American novelist, short-story writer. He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is the author of six books of fiction and two ebooks. Cicero's stories, poetry, and essays have been published in magazines such ...

Dennis Cooper Dennis Cooper (born January 10, 1953) is an American novelist, poet, critic, editor and performance artist. He is best known for the ''George Miles Cycle'', a series of five semi-autobiographical novels published between 1989 and 2000 and describ ...

Debra Di Blasi Debra Di Blasi (born 1957) is an American author, screenwriter and former publisher. Biography Debra Di Blasi was born May 27, 1957, in Kirksville, Missouri. She grew up in northern Missouri. She was the art columnist for ''The Pitch'' magazin ...

Shozin Fukui is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He has produced three experimental shorts ('' Metal Days, Gerorisuto'', and ''Caterpillar'') and two full-length films (''964 Pinocchio'', and '' Rubber's Lover''). These movies (excluding ''Metal ...

Eckhard Gerdes Eckhard Gerdes (born 1959) is an American novelist and editor. Life Eckhard Gerdes was born in 1959 in Atlanta, Georgia, and has lived in Switzerland, Germany, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Katanga, the Republic of South Africa, as wel ...

, Richard Gilbert,

Richard Kostelanetz Richard Cory Kostelanetz (born May 14, 1940) is an American artist, author, and critic. Birth and Education Kostelanetz was born to Boris Kostelanetz and Ethel Cory and is the nephew of the conductor Andre Kostelanetz. He has a B.A. (1962) from ...

Stacey Levine Stacey Levine is an American novelist, short story author, and journalist. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, she attended The University of Missouri's journalism school and the University of Washington. Her fiction and criticism have appeared in num ...

Jeffrey Lewis Jeffrey Lewis (born November 20, 1975) is an American singer-songwriter and comic book artist. Early life Lewis was born in New York City and grew up on the Lower East Side. He attended State University of New York at Purchase, graduating in ...

Carole Maso Carole Maso is a contemporary American novelist and essayist, known for her experimental, poetic and fragmentary narratives which are often called postmodern. She is a recipient of a 1993 Lannan Literary Award for Fiction. Biography Maso was bo ...

Scott McClanahan Scott McClanahan is an American writer, economist, explorer, and martial artist. He lives in Beckley, West Virginia and is the author of eight books. His most recent book, ''The Sarah Book'', was featured in Rolling Stone, Village Voice, and Pla ...

Dawn Raffel Dawn Raffel is an American writer. She has authored two short story collections, a novel, a memoir, and a biography. Her work has appeared in ''The Quarterly,'' ''NOON'', edited by Diane Williams, ''O, The Oprah Magazine,'' '' Conjunctions'', ''O ...

Davis Schneiderman Davis Schneiderman (born 1974) is an American writer, academic, and higher-education administrator. He is a professor of English and Krebs Provost and Dean of the Faculty at Lake Forest College in Illinois. Prior to that appointment, he served as ...

, Jess C Scott,

Ron Silliman Ron Silliman (born August 5, 1946) is an American poet. He has written and edited over 30 books, and has had his poetry and criticism translated into 12 languages. He is often associated with language poetry. Between 1979 and 2004, Silliman wr ...

Judith Skillman Judith Skillman (born 1954) is a contemporary northwest American poet and the author of eighteen books of verse. She is the winner of many poetry awards, including the Eric Mathieu King Fund from the Academy of American Poets, and has received g ...

Terese Svoboda Terese Svoboda is an American poet, novelist, memoirist, short story writer, librettist, translator, biographer, critic and videomaker. Early life and education Svoboda was raised in Nebraska. She attended local schools, then matriculated at Ma ...

, and D. Harlan Wilson. Hoenigman's

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article was the cover story of the June 19, 2009 edition of '' Metropolis Magazine''. In November 2009, Hoenigman's interview with

Yoko Ono Yoko Ono ( ; ja, 小野洋子, Ono Yōko, usually spelled in katakana ; born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist. Her work also encompasses performance art and filmmaking. Ono grew up i ...

appeared in ''

''. Hoenigman also interviewed Japanese film director and screenwriter,

Kōji Shiraishi is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and occasional actor. He is primarily known for directing Japanese horror films, most notably '' Noroi: The Curse''. Background Kōji Shiraishi was born and raised in Fukuoka, Japan. After graduatin ...

for '' 3:AM Magazine''. In 2020, Hoenigman started the ''Blown Speakers'' ''Vlog'': "A Program for Mass Liberation in the Form of an Album Discussion Vlog."

References

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