Things Kept Burning is the debut collection of stories by Rob Simons
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About the Author
Rob Simons was born in 1974. He received his BA in Film Studies from UC Santa Barbara and his MFA in Writing from California College of the Arts (CCA). His collection of stories, Things Kept Burning, was published in September 2006. Rob also collaborated with German director Werner Herzog on the script for Rescue Dawn, which debuted at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival. His photography has been featured in Mooncruise, Gomma, Beautiful Decay, Braintwisting, 1983, Iconology and XFuns.Influences
The following were huge influences as I was writing Things Kept Burning:
LITERATURE
Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
The White Album by Joan Didion
First Love, Last Rites by Ian McEwan
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver
13 Stories and 13 Epitaphs by William T. Vollman
Naked by David Sedaris
CINEMA
Requiem for a Dream by Darren Aronofsky
Ratcatcher by Lynne Ramsay
Buffalo 66 by Vincent Gallo
Gummo by Harmony Korine
American Movie by Chris Smith
PHOTOGRAPHY
Ray’s a Laugh by Richard Billingham