Andy Bieman
@subsumed
Musician, writer, after school program worker. Debut novella Brocken Spectre forthcoming from Galileo Press. he/him Music: Drone/noise/ambient duo active from 2014-2016:
Now playing: Circle - Andexelt (Metamorphos, 1999. This is the 2000 tUMULt reissue with the track Friitalan Nahka.)
Photo I took on 7/7/26 at Screen Door (southern restaurant) in Portland, Oregon.
Currently reading Lookout Cartridge by Joseph McElroy (Alfred A. Knopf, 1974) After reading mostly short stories and other forms for a while, it’s time to get immersed in a novel again. This is great already. Read Cannonball in June ‘23…He’s compared to Pynchon but really writes like no one else.
From Eclipse by Keiichiro Hirano, translated by Brent de Achebe and Charles De Wolf. (2024 Columbia University Press edition pictured. Originally published by Shinchosha in 1998.)
Currently reading Eclipse by Keiichiro Hirano, translated by Brent de Achebe and Charles De Wolf. (2024 Columbia University Press edition. Originally published by Shinchosha in 1998.)
Just finished reading: For Want of Walls by Christina Carter (Unifactor, 2024) Second read. A book I’ll be reading again and again. Delves deep into the spiritual dimensions of personal and artistic reflection. I would put it next to my books by Christina Tudor-Sideri and Janice Lee. Check it out!
Just listened: Low - Secret Name (Kranky, 1999) Their first album on Kranky. In my top three Low albums. 1. Things We Lost in the Fire 2. Secret Name 3. Trust
Currently reading For Want of Walls by Christina Carter (Unifactor, 2023). My second read through. This hybrid prose / art book from Christina Carter of Charalambides has really stayed with me. Profound, reflective, metaphysical, nothing else quite like it. @chtctr.bsky.social
Happy LGBTQIA+ Pride Month! I’m nonbinary. Support the trans community in any way you can!
Listened earlier tonight: Vazz - Submerged Vessels and Other Stories (Stroom, 2017)
Recent listening: Haco + Sakamoto Hiromichi - Ash in the Rainbow (ReR Megacorp, 2002)
Currently reading Angel in the Forest: A Fairy Tale of Two Utopias by Marguerite Young. (1994 Dalkey Archive edition. Originally published by Reynal & Hitchcock in 1945.)
Currently reading The Doll’s Alphabet by Camilla Grudova (Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2017)
Read today: Cauldrons by K.R. Morrison (Paper Press, 2021) Saw her perform at the Monterey Poetry Festival at Old Capitol Books on Friday night and had to buy this chapbook.
Read last Saturday: Black Mystery School Pianists and Other Writings by Matthew Shipp (Autonomedia, 2025) I recently discovered Matthew Shipp’s music and writing and they’re so inspiring! This book explores the personal, philosophical, and spiritual dimensions of musical practice.
Currently reading Phantom Advances by Mary Lynn Reed (Split Lip Press, 2023)
Currently reading Halfway from Home by Sarah Fawn Montgomery (Split Lip Press, 2022)
Currently reading Black Sunlight by Dambudzo Marechera (2024 Apollo edition. Originally published by Heinemann in 1980.)
Just finished reading: Miracles and Conundrums of the Secondary Planets by Jacob M. Appel (Black Lawrence Press, 2015)
Read last weekend: The Sky Isn’t Blue by Janice Lee (Civil Coping Mechanisms, 2016) Janice Lee is one of my favorite authors, and this collection of philosophical lyric essays is a highlight of my 2026 reading so far.
Just finished reading: Notes on Shapeshifting by Gabi Abrão (Not a Cult, 2022)
Recent listening: Jessica Williams - Blue Abstraction: Prepared Piano Project 1985–1987 (Pre-Echo Press, 2025)