With an invite from the most lovely Amy Guth, I did The Fixx Reading Series this past Thursday. It was their one year anniversary. Poets Peter Davis and Aaron Belz were also on the bill, and was I dwarfed by their work, their presence. T’was a fantastic night, and while I think I was definitely [...]
Archive for June, 2008
The Fixx
Posted in Day to day on June 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Tomorrow Night’s Fixx
Posted in Day to day on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One more heads up about tomorrow night, ya’ll. Check it out. Hope to see you out there.
Thursday Night Fixx!
Posted in Day to day on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just letting you know that this Thursday night, June 26th, I’ll be reading at The Fixx Reading series in Lakeview hosted by the venerable Amy Guth, author of Three Fallen Women and creator of Pilcrow Lit Fest. This series is most definitely awesome, and I highly encourage you to come out and see the other [...]
50 Word Story Segment, Part 5
Posted in 50 Word Story Segment on June 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
That’s right, folks. This Thursday morning brings you a new 50 Word Story Segment with esteemed editor and writer Jackie Corley of Word Riot. She is the author of the forthcoming collection The Suburban Swindle from So New Media. She rocks, without a doubt. Find out for yourself.
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Peasant Feast
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Each had a part itching: an ankle under a [...]
Belated Report
Posted in Day to day on June 15, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Morning, and to all those father’s out there, enjoy your day.
A bit of a late report today from QUICKIES on Tuesday night, a reading series that I have dubbed one of the most exciting, laid back, and accessible series in Chicago. Hosted by two fine writers, the lovely Mary Hamilton–who said some lovely things about [...]
In The Mood For A Quickie Tonight?
Posted in Day to day on June 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Come see me and others read tonight at the Innertown Pub in Wicker Park. Details below. Hope to see you out there!
Tuesday, June 10 at 7:30, get your behind to the Innertown Pub for a night of QUICKIES!
featuring:
Meg Barboza
Dave Snyder
Jac Jemc
Amanda VerMeulen
Ben Tanzer
Nick Ostdick
QUICKIES!
Tuesday
June 10
7:30pm
Innertown Pub
1935 W Thomas
Chicago
50 Word Story Segment, Part 4
Posted in 50 Word Story Segment, tagged 50 Word Story Segment on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today we bring you a new installment of our lauded 50 Word Story Segment. This time it’s Jason Jordan, author of the collection Powering The Devil’s Circus and current MFA student at Chatham College in Pittsburgh. Read on. Get to know him–it’ll be well worth it.
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Semicolon
Semicolon is pissed off; he thinks that people don’t use [...]
NewCity’s Lit 50 2008/Come See Me!
Posted in Chi, Friends, Readings, Writings on June 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
New City’s Lit 50 was just released this past week. Some of the usual customers on the list this time around, but also some new faces and surprises this year too. Check it out. Always good to know who’s rockin’ the books in Chicago.
Come hear me read at a newish and exciting Chicago reading series [...]
In About One Week…
Posted in Day to day on June 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Come hear me read at a newish and exciting Chicago reading series entitled Quickies, where each writer has five minutes to tell a complete story. Sounds fab, doesn’t it? It is. It should be a good time. I don’t know who else is on the bill aside from Ben Tanzer, which is also fab, isn’t [...]
Some Things of Note
Posted in Books, Chi, Day to day, Friends on June 1, 2008 | 4 Comments »
1. Today is fellow author and good friend Ben Tanzer’sbirthday. We won’t say how old he is, but we will say he looks damn skippy for his age. We will also say that we’re very stoked for his forthcoming novel Most Likely You’ll Go Your Way and I’ll Go Mine, his second, from Orange Alert [...]
