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 [...]
Posted in Books, Chi, Friends, RAGAD, Readings, Writings on April 25, 2008 | No Comments »
RAGAD #6 Release Reading
Saturday, April 26th
7 PM
The Book Cellar
4736 N Lincoln Ave
Chicago, IL
Featuring readings by Ben Tanzer, Jason Jordan, Amy Guth, and Jill Summers. Editor Nick Ostdick will read and host.
This, folks, is going to be awesome. Tanzer’s story ‘What We Thought We Knew’ is one of the best RAGAD has put forth. All the [...]
Posted in Books, Chi, RAGAD, Stories, Writings on March 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It has been quite a while, huh? I’ve been off from school this whole week and have been enjoying some time off–some time to write (on a more productive and predictable schedule, which has yielded some interesting things), to read, to kick back. Some things to note:
I attended Columbia College’s Story Week and it was [...]
Posted in Books, Friends on February 28, 2008 | No Comments »
decomP’s March issue has just gone live. Check it out. No book review for me this month, as my contribution in that vain is bi-monthly, but next month I’ll have a brief bit with Benjamin Percy, author of Refresh, Refresh, a quite fabulous collection of fiction.
For now, head on over to decomP and read the new [...]
Posted in Books, Friends, Stories on February 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
…a great story by the even greater Bobbie Ann Mason from her collection of the same name. I’ve read it twice in the last two days, and I know it’ll three or four more times before I feel like I’ve exhausted it. It’s funny and heartbreaking, bleak and reaffirming all at the same time. It’s [...]
Posted in Books, Chi, Friends, RAGAD, Readings, Writings on February 19, 2008 | 7 Comments »
So it’s been a while, right? I know, I know. Crazy. I will try and update this blog more regularly from now on, try being the operative word there. Much has happened. Let’s recall:
1. I have a new story up at Ghoti called ‘Ape Walk.’ The link to the story is in the post directly [...]
Posted in Books, Day to day, Friends, Writings on February 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
OK, kids, there is something new you have to check out. decomP, a fine online lit mag of great fiction, poetry, and book reviews, is back with it’s February issue. Why is this so important, you ask? Aside from that the fact that decomP rocks it? Because this is the first issue under the helm of [...]
Posted in Books, Chi, Day to day, Friends, RAGAD, Readings on January 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So it’s been a little while, huh? A few people have reminded that I have not blogged in some time, which struck me as odd because much has happened that requires some attention.
1. Charlie Wilson’s War was damn good. One of Hanks’ finest performance, much like his role in Catch Me if You Can. See it. [...]
Posted in Books, Chi, Friends, RAGAD, Readings on January 17, 2008 | No Comments »
RAGAD Release Party #5. Come together to see the launch of our fifth issue, which carries the superb story from Joliet writer Peter Anderson entitled ‘Mercy Day.’ This should not be missed.
Saturday, January 19th
7:00 PM
The Book Cellar
4736 N. Lincoln Ave
FREE
Featuring performances by:
BEN TANZER is the author of Lucky Man, a novel released in 2007 by [...]
Posted in Books, Friends, Writings on January 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So I guess this is as good a time as any to make an announcement that is currently sweeping the Myspace webs. The literary magazine decomP (www.decompmagazine.com) is readying itself for relaunch with a new editor and new staff which I am now apart of. Dubbed as book reviewer, I am giving my two cents [...]
