Karl Wenclas

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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."

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• Underground Literary Alliance website
• King Wenclas blog
• Happy Lit America blog
• Save the Beatniks!
• 2007 WHYY radio debate
• 2007 City Paper
• Interview with Karl "King" Wenclas
• Start Making Sense
• Believer Article
• Boston Phoenix
• Page Six
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• Swimming Against the Mainstream an interview with Michael Jackman
• Writers Beware! an interview with Steve Kostecke
• A Reader's Guide to the Underground Press