Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite

Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite (born 1963, died 14 July, 2008 [http://www.legacy.com/can-montreal/Obituaries.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=114489869] , aged 45) was a novelist, spoken word artist, dub poet, essayist, digital drummer and short fiction writer.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, he has been called “one of the outstanding Canadian prose writers alive” (Gail Scott) and linked to the "New Narrative" movement [Gail Scott, “In the Future, Where Prose is Going”, "Matrix" 62: a special issue on New Narrative edited by Gail Scott and Corey Frost.] , a term coined by Steve Abbott. [ [http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/still_fresh/january/dennis_cooper.html Aleander Lawrence's "Free Williamsburg" interview with Dennis Cooper] ] . Author of the legendary cult novel "Wigger", [ [http://www.planetout.com/entertainment/books/reviews/ratzarenice.html Lawrence Chua's PlanetOut review of "Ratz Are Nice (PSP)] ]

Braithwaite's work has been praised by Dodie Bellamy for its "sublime impenetrability". [Dodie Bellamy, "Body Language", "Academonia" (San Francisco: Krupskaya, 2006): page 82; available online in "Fascicle" 2 (Winter 2005-2006) [http://www.fascicle.com/issue02/essays/bellamy1.htm] ] and is fueled by a modernist and Fredric Jameson-influenced late modernist approach to writing and recording. His work draws influences from the musical and social realism of punk rock, opera, musique concrète, noise, hip hop, rap, industrial, black metal, country music and dub.

Braithwaite utilized the intensity of the New York City No Wave scene and the Los Angeles and Montreal hardcore punk music subcultures to compose his narrative.

Bibliography

*"Wigger" (1995) ISBN 1-55152-020-6
*"Ratz Are Nice: PSP" (2000) ISBN 1-55583-554-6
*"Speed, thrash, death: Alamo, B. C." (with illustrations by Krista E. McLean & Max)
*"More at 7:30 (Notes from New Palestine)"

Anthologies

*"Role Call: A Generational Anthology of Social & Political Black Literature & Art"
*Dodie Bellamy and Kevin Killian's "Mirage #4/Period(ical)"
*"Bluesprints: Anthology of Black British Columbian Literature and Orature" *Redzone zine,
*"Of the Flesh: Dangerous Fiction"
*"Vanilla Primitive". [http://www.simonsellars.com/sleepybrain/vanilla-primitive] in the e-journal "Sleepy Brain"
*"Nocturnes" 3 Review of the Literary Arts 2005
*"Biting the Error: Writers Explore Narrative"
*"Sidebrow" e-journal. [http://www.sidebrow.net/2006/a047braithwaite.php] and [http://www.sidebrow.net/2006/a006braithwaite.php]
*"New Standards: The First Decade of Fiction at Fourteen Hills." [http://newpages.com/bookreviews/archive/reviews/newstandards.htm]
*The World Crisis Web (ed. Danny Dayus) [http://www.world-crisis.com/analysis_comments/766_0_15_0_C/ Revolution is Bloody]
*"Black Ice". [http://www.altx.com/profiles/archives/instantfix/goodvi.html]
*"The Rain Review of Books" [http://www.rainreview.net/rain-040205.html]

=Recordings=
* [http://melbourne.indymedia.org/uploads/01_logopolis__redux_.mp3 Logopolis with The Killing Flaw]
*Good Violence. D.U.N.
* [http://melbourne.indymedia.org/uploads/how_fast_does_light_travel___for_george_scott_3rd_b2.mp3 How fast Does Light travel (for George Scott 3rd, James Chance and Lil G)] . [http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2005/10/7255.php]
* [http://melbourne.indymedia.org/uploads/olivet___h.a.t.s_in_the_square___loud_ruffa1b____.mp3 Olivet (H.A.T.s in the Square) (featuring Intifada Al Ard)] . [http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2006/07/10440.php]
*Unnerstated (Downpressin) from Hurricane Angel "Luckily I Was Half Cat"
*En Fins (Clichy Sous Bois) with Tolan McNeil (AKA The Giver). [http://www.upstartradio.com/Links.html]
* [http://www.indymedia.be/files/London%20bomb%20sensation%20(hoffman%20sub%20dub%20the%20samo%20samo).mp3 London bomb sensation (hoffman sub dub the samo samo) lord patch vs david patrick]
*Unnerstated (acapella) in Sean Lennon's Upstart Radio in Mindwalk 31: [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/02/334197.html Driving to Baghdad]
*En Fins (Clichy Sous Bois) in Mindwalk 42: Henry, Ann Coulter & the FCC. [http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive2/07.01.07/[e-mail]/1249-1-20060618-mindwalk_20060617.mp3]
* [http://nyc.indymedia.org/media/2006/09//76166.mp3 Just A Sect For Whiteboys In Afrika]

ee also

* List of Black Canadians
* List of Skinhead books

References

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/lordpatchdub lord patch (dub)]
* [http://www.icompositions.com/artists/lord%20patch Information about Braithwaite]
* [http://www.indymedia.be/en/node/3872 London bomb sensation (hoffman sub dub the samo samo)]
* [http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2006/07/116878.php They wanna make my people unreal]
* [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/06/04/18269411.php Notes from new Palestine: oh gracious Israel the aggressive violence of the oppressor]
* [http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/08/323001.shtml Notes from new Palestine: revolutionary suicidal tendencies (the war brought home)]
* [http://www.alyson.com/html/00_files/00_interviews/0300/0300ratz_interview.html Publisher's interview with Braithwaite]
* [http://www.rainreview.net/rain-040205.html "The Black Gangster as Urban Resistance: A Review of Sam Greenlee, "The Spook Who Sat By the Door" by Braithwaite]
* [http://dodie-bellamy.blogspot.com/2008/08/remembering-lawrence.html "Remembering Lawrence" by Dodie Bellamy (13 August 2008)]
* [http://www.amazon.com/review/R2S13UOA212KZL "Lost Leader" by Kevin Killian (15 August 2008)]
* [http://www.fantasticweapon.com/fantastic-picks/outsider-artist-lawrence-braithwaite-dies "In Memorium to Lawrence Braithwaite" by Fantastic Weapon (15 August 2008)]