Posted in RAGAD on July 29, 2007 | No Comments »
NEW EVENT INFO!!!! HERE IT IS!!
RAGAD PRESENTS INTERSECTIONS: A READING FROM THE STREETS.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 @ 7:30 PM
QUIMBYS
1854 W NORTH AVE
CHICAGO, IL
FREE
FEATURING: BEN TANZER (author of LUCKY MAN), PETE COCO (editor of the new webzine PLEASE DON’T), SCOTT STEALEY (editor of the webzine PLEASE DON’T), and CT BALLENTINE. RAGAD editor NICK OSTDICK will read and [...]
Posted in RAGAD on July 26, 2007 | No Comments »
RAGAD’s July/August online issue is up now. Really good stuff this month, folks. Three stories, by J. Lee Luera, Paul Kavanagh, and Jack Swenson. Check them out here. Enjoy.
Posted in Book Of the Month on July 25, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I posted an announcement a few weeks ago that I am going to start a little segment aptly and not that cleverly titled Book Of the Month. To kick this little shindig off, I chose Ben Tanzer’s Lucky Man, which coincidentally, I am reviewing this month for 63 Channels. Due to the review, I don’t [...]
Posted in Day to day on July 20, 2007 | No Comments »
Chicago—The 3rd Annual Printers’ Ball is scheduled for Friday, July 20, at the Zhou B. Art Center in the heart of Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood.
Created by local print publications, book publishers, and literary organizations, the festival provides readers with an opportunity to celebrate and explore Chicago’s vibrant print scene. For the first time, a variety of [...]
Posted in RAGAD on July 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Just returned from MoJoe’s Hothouse, Chicago, Illinois, USA, et al, the release reading for RAGAD # 3. A good-sized crowd, about twenty people or so, all attentive and mellow, were regaled with tales, both large and small, hilarious and heartbreaking. I started the night by reading “Maybe Love Can Do That Too.” Went well. Then [...]
Posted in RAGAD on July 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
SATURDAY (yes, this Saturday, TOMORROW, actually), JULY 14, 7:00 PM
MOJOE’S HOTHOUSE
2849 W BELMONT AVE
CHICAGO, IL
FREE
The release reading for RAGAD # 3 is upon us. This Saturday join a whole host of fine readers for performances in celebration of our third installment. Readers include SPENCER DEW, BEN TANZER (author of the new novel Lucky Man), PETER [...]
Posted in Writings on July 9, 2007 | No Comments »
I have something fun, I think, up now at decomP. Not much, but something small and fast and fun.
Posted in Writings on July 3, 2007 | No Comments »
I have a new meta-fiction piece up now at Cautionary Tale I published a story there a little less than a year ago and have been much enjoying what Eric Wisely, editor/honcho, has been doing over there since. Read on, please, and enjoy.
Posted in Day to day on July 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »
A new segment on this blog: book of the month. I feel that, since I read so many good books each month, so many bad books each month, so many “eh” books each month, that I should let you know which ones are picks and which are pans. I’ll start in July, toward the end [...]
