Beach Sloth does a good job of summing up Jordan Castro’s recent ‘antics,’ but he forgets one key point — Supercomputer by Jordan Castro can be found at Deckfight Press.
Jordan Castro is the most accomplished member of the ‘twenty under twenty’ writer’s list I’ve encountered. Certainly he’s been around for a while despite his recent graduation from high school. His books include “think tank for human beings in general”, “Assuming Size” and his most recent effort “Cute”. “Assuming Size” appears to have been the biggest one as it took on the size of a ‘sellout’. Besides his books he maintains a blog and writes articles, poems, and short stories for places such as HTML Giant and other assorted venues.
Due to living in the crushingly boring place of Ohio, he has many additional interests besides writing. Jordan appears on the DVD ‘Muumuu House’ reading some of his poems. In the film you’re treated to another one of his talents: specifically that of musician. Following in a proud tradition of bored High School students, he has multiple bands and music projects, the most recent of which offers its entire album free of charge on bandcamp.
None of this would’ve come to my attention had Jordan not engaged in a little shameless self-promotion. Authors are known to do this: Pynchon appears in the Simpsons, Hemingway sold beer. Well we’re in a more shock-and-awe kind of culture so bigger statements are needed. Jordan decided he’d need to pull something big, something people would notice.
