Karl Wenclas

Karl Wenclas

Karl "King" Wenclas (born in Detroit, Michigan) is a founder and the former Publicity Director and front man of the Underground Literary Alliance. (The moniker "King" was taken from a critic of the ULA.) After ceasing publication of his zine New Philistine, Wenclas returned to writing at the urging of fellow underground zinesters Michael Jackman and Steve Kostecke, both of whom founded the ULA with Wenclas in 2000. His essay "How to Create a Literary Movement," published in A Reader's Guide to the Underground Press, launched the idea of the ULA. Wenclas likens his brand of "ballyhoo" to the tactics of famous promoters including P.T. Barnum, Brian Epstein and Malcolm McLaren. A quote: "The entire history of rock music is a history of ballyhoo."

External links

* [http://www.literaryrevolution.com Underground Literary Alliance website]
* [http://www.kingwenclas.blogspot.com King Wenclas blog]
* [http://www.happyamericaliterature.blogspot.com Happy Lit America blog]
* [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/dispatches/dispatches.reading.html?id=178113 "Save the Beatniks!"]
* [http://www.whyy.org/podcast/071207_110630.mp3 2007 WHYY radio debate]
* [http://www.citypaper.net/articles/2007/04/19/fight-this-generation 2007 City Paper]
* [http://www.zulkey.com/diary_archive_030703.html Interview with Karl "King" Wenclas]
* [http://www.villagevoice.com/books/0112,frey,23217,10.html "Start Making Sense"]
* [http://www.believermag.com/issues/200307/?read=article_bissell Believer Article]
* [http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/other_stories/documents/02212395.htm Boston Phoenix]
* [http://www.pagesix.com/story/critics+unmasked Page Six]
* [http://www.pagesix.com/story/rich+writer+gets+20g+cookie Page Six]
* [http://www.pagesix.com/story/cold+words+ice+author Page Six]
* [http://www.pagesix.com/story/more+icy+words+writer Page Six]
* [http://www.3ammagazine.com/litarchives/2004/jan/interview_michael_jackman.html "Swimming Against the Mainstream" an interview with Michael Jackman]
* [http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14813907&BRD=1291&PAG=461&dept_id=523592&rfi=6 "Writers Beware!" an interview with Steve Kostecke]
* [http://www.undergroundpress.org A Reader's Guide to the Underground Press]


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