Mailing List


Scott Esposito

Scott Esposito is the co-author of The End of Oulipo? (with Lauren Elkin; Zero Books, 2013). His writing has appeared recently in Music & Literature, Drunken Boat, and The Point. His criticism appears frequently in the Times Literary Supplement, the San Francisco Chronicle, and The Washington Post.



Articles Available Online


The Last Redoubt

feature

November 2014

Scott Esposito

feature

November 2014

As they say of politics, I have found essay-writing to be the art of the possible. Certain work can only be done in those...

feature

February 2014

Another Way of Thinking

Scott Esposito

feature

February 2014

I. There is no substitute for that moment when a book places into our mind thoughts we recognise as our...

look at your kitchen look at your kitchen oh my god look at your kitchen it’s delightful only wait ’til you hear what my husband said how it’s all very well if all you’ve got to do is look after the kids i mean he doesn’t have to get up in the night i mean he doesn’t have to get up in the morning so i get it in early: going from being a full-time event manager with a social life, a very fulfilling life, to being a full-time mum is a big shift i spend a lot of time mourning my old life i mean i’m very happy i wouldn’t change anything but it’s hard it’s difficult it’s lonely although i’m doing the most important job in the world i feel like a sack of shit but it’s fine i’ve been volunteering not doing a huge amount cold calling funny cos thats why i had a baby in the first place to get away from that shit and then the festival was this weekend for me, it was work i was going to enjoy myself i wouldn’t get too fucked up and i could go back go to the tent to feed him so friday night was fine but then saturday lloyd disappeared called me 2 hours later like i’m in luton what you doing in luton? urghdunno he said he was at the airport there were people laughing in the background i said: just remember in 2 and a half hours you’ve got to take the baby an hour later i called again this time he was in gatwick what you doing in gatwick? ughdunno 630 comes and the door opens he’s soaked in alcohol 10 minutes later he’s sleeping so i do breakfast and i go up at 730 to wake him i-i-i-i think you should get up and like it’s just so bad i’m already this kind of person i thought the transition was going to be harder but i’m settled i guess anyway guess who i met at the festival probably one of the most famous people in the world but it’s the motherfucking principle – i have to go to the festival with my baby because you’ve been on a fucking booze binge round London airports i just felt like such a gooner really bad really bad really really really bad your responsibility your child you’ve known about this for 3 fucking months i was so angry and he’s such a

Contributor

August 2014

Scott Esposito

Contributor

August 2014

Scott Esposito is the co-author of The End of Oulipo? (with Lauren Elkin; Zero Books, 2013). His writing has...

Negation: A Response to Lars Iyer's 'Nude in Your Hot Tub'

feature

September 2012

Scott Esposito

feature

September 2012

I do not know whether I have anything to say, I know that I am saying nothing; I do not know if what I...
Art's Fading Sway: Russian Ark by Aleksandr Sokurov

Art

May 2012

Scott Esposito

Art

May 2012

I have often fallen asleep in small theatres. It is an embarrassing thing to have happen during one-man shows, and I am certain that...

READ NEXT

poetry

November 2016

Gentle

Harriet Moore

poetry

November 2016

Forgive me Sister for I have sinned it’s been seconds since my last confession. I sit in the dark...

Art

August 2013

The External World

David OReilly

Art

August 2013

  The External World from David OReilly.   BASIC ANIMATION AESTHETICS   For the purposes of talking about animation,...

fiction

April 2014

Chiral

Paul Currion

fiction

April 2014

I cough while the technician tinkers with the projector, although the two are not related, and I wonder why...

 

Get our newsletter

 

* indicates required