Posted in Chi, Friends, Readings, Writings on June 6, 2008 | No Comments »
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 [...]
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 50 Word Story Segment, Chi, Friends, RAGAD, Readings, Writings on April 20, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Our third installment of this series is quite exciting. First off, because I can’t believe the writers I pitch these to actually do them (thank you! so much to all of them). Secondly, because this time we feature Ben Tazner, author of the novel Lucky Man, as well as ‘What We Thought We Knew,’ a [...]
Posted in Chi, Friends, Readings on April 4, 2008 | No Comments »
TONIGHT!!
Friday, April 4th
Quimby’s
1854 W North Ave
Chicago, IL
7:00 PM
FREE
Featuring Spencer Dew, Jeremy Biles, Jill Summers, and Nick Ostdick.
I will be reading to help release Dew’s long awaited first book of fiction entitled Songs of Insurgency. Should be a great show. I’m going to be reading something new, something no one has ever read before. Or maybe [...]
Posted in Day to day, Friends on April 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Jason Jordan has a new piece of non-fiction in Sub-Lit’s newest issue. A very fine story indeed, but I always expect nothing less from Jordan–a fine writer. Check out the story; you won’t be sorrry.
Posted in Friends, Writings on March 31, 2008 | No Comments »
New issue of decomP is now live, April’s issue. Great stories and poems this month, kids, and I review Ben Percy’s Refresh, Refresh as well. There is an interview with Mr. Percy too. Click here for the interview and click here for decomP’s homepage. Below is a dispatch from decomP editor Jason Jordan.
“Welcome back to [...]
Posted in Chi, Friends on March 25, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Storyteller and friend Peter Anderson has just finished a chapbook entitled This Land Was Made For You And Me, with each story based off of a photo. He’s submitting the chapbook to DIAGRAM’S annual chapbook contest. We here wish him well. Stop by Pete’s blog and read an excerpt of one of the stories. It’s [...]
Posted in Chi, Friends, Readings, Stories, Writings on March 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So last night I traversed to The Book Cellar in Lincoln Square to pay witness to the launch of Spencer Dew’s book Songs of Insurgency. A fine roster of readers, including Dew, Kate Duva (who was quite impressive), and Elizabeth Crane, who was gracious and lovely and read from her new book, You Must Be [...]
Posted in Chi, Friends on March 5, 2008 | No Comments »
This Saturday RAGAD contributor and good friend Spencer Dew will release his first book, Songs of Insurgency, a collection of stories, at The Book Cellar in Lincoln Square. He’ll be reading with the fantabulous Elizabeth Crane and Kate Duva. Festivities start at 7 PM. Come and see. I’ll be there. Buy his book. I will [...]
