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Dan Circus

About Me

Not the official Dan Circus Myspace page. This is a fan page dedicated to the author.
Dan Circus has been turning heads with his unconventional writing style since his 1994 novel Everyone's A Crybaby. He is also the author of Silent Basements, Quiet People: An In-Depth Glance Into Underwater Gang Activity. His newest book, The Great American Novel: The Book is now available in paperback.
Praise for the Writings of Dan Circus:
"Never before has an author chronicled the history of fire retardation in such a vitriolic fashion. Mesmerizing! This novel's indictment of modern day firefighting is as uplifting as it is unnerving. Everyone's a Crybaby definitely turned me into one.
-The New York Times
"Silent Basements, Quiet Rooms:An In-Depth Glance Into Underwater Gang Activity is as moving a portrait of Victorian-era family life as I've ever read."
-The Los Angeles Times
"You want cutting-edge American fiction? Read a Dan Circus novel. And thank whatever god it is you thank that he picked up a pen."
-Salman Rushdie
"It's superb. To say it is one of the most thoughtful and inspired short stories to come out of modern American Literature is an inadequate compliment. In it, Dan obliterates the boundaries on which we've come to be accustomed as he exposes the deep, and sometimes frightening underbelly of tobacco production. Circus lets his imagination soar; in doing so, he sets ours free as well."
-Gore Vidal

My Blog

Degrees

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Posted by on Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:39:00 GMT

Speech

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Posted by on Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:14:00 GMT

PARK

When you come full Circle someone says,Go left straight right, againRight?On circleRightGo onTo makeThe leftIs the rightGo leftForward, straightTwo more downBut before thisPass on the leftHere it is...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:59:00 GMT

Fatal Shooting

Fatal shooting and son is a myth.  Fatal shooting and son dont walk stretches and do not have sunken or darkened eyes to peer.  Because they are myths they cannot bring with them a soiled theme.  The...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:29:00 GMT

Information when "death" is googled

After you die, there is a mess and you become a maniac.  Worrying stops altogether, and you find yourself surrounded  by constant almost-accidents.  If you are sane its a hair-brain idea not to be fr...
Posted by on Mon, 11 May 2009 05:11:00 GMT

5 / 1

PentachotomyIn American Indian tribes, when the exact face smiles, somehow the teeth change weather patterns.Radiation within the body is exuded beginning with the front and moving toward the back of ...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:26:00 GMT

Tonya

I have a salt lick between my teeth, a small stain in the shape of my tongue under my tongue,An assaulted, relevant cement block in back of my throat when I talk.When I breathe, sticky silk lines stri...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:23:00 GMT

Fold Your Hands, Child

The thrill of sleeping comes from confessionThe art of good confession is in the handsFrom the hands the ability to convince our fatherWho will offer repentance in place of forgivenessThe key is to ho...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:03:00 GMT

The Wrist Burn

We come from different sides of the track: you with your foot fetish and me with my petty cash.  We can move to the next level if youd like.I hope my trust fund lasts forever so I never have to get a...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:13:00 GMT

Donofrio Chronicles

To have 11 studies and a single completed Albrecht Dürer painting of Vincent Donofrio sitting in a diner, sipping from a thermos, contemplating weak quantum mechanics (as if the conception of the pain...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:30:00 GMT