I’m reading this Friday, February 3rd as part of THE BIG BIG MESS Reading Series with John Estes, Adam Clay, Krysia Orlowski, and Michael Dumanis:
7-9pm at Annabell’s Bar & Lounge, 782 West Market Street in the basement bar. Come get big and messy!
Reading, Friday Feb. 20th @9pm in Bowling Green, OH
I’m reading tonight for Heavy Feather Review’s event We Are Really Good Ppl, featuring myself, Karen Craigo, Paul Aarand Rodgers, and music by Chris Bathgate.
The reading is at 9pm, Kamikaze’s nightclub, 153 E. Wooster St. See you there!!
Celebration Bowels
Love these xmas cards from genius comic artist Brad McGinty, which can be ordered here: ($5 for 5 plus a bonus sketch)
Interview by Juliana Paslay
The fabulous Juliana Paslay interviews me about my S&M/lifeguard relationship with writing here in Omniverse, the great new online web magazine of Omnidawn Publishing.
There’s also an incredible poem from the swoon-worthy Amanda Nadelberg! Amanda’s book Isa the Truck Named Isadore makes me *so* excited for her forthcoming book, Bright Brave Phenomena from Coffee House Press that you can pre-order here!! It’s a holiday gift you can give to yourself that will show up to delight you LATER when it’s released on April 10th! You’re literally buying future happiness! Do it!
Roxane Gay’s Ayiti Officially Released Tomorrow (Oct. 11th)!
Preorder right here while you can still preorder, as opposed to just ordering…you know, like our parents did. “Back when I was a kid, we had to wait until books came out to purchase them. And don’t get me started on how much we loved DDT!”
‘On Reading’ Series
Check out my thoughts on reading for Shome Dasgupta’s column (you can also read the ‘on reading’ thoughts of many other beloved authors, such as Shane Jones, Steve Almond, Kate Bernheimer, Joyelle McSweeney, Ben Mirov, etc. etc.–this is a fabulous project).
Also check out Shome’s chapbook I Am Here and You Are Gone (Outside Writer’s Press, 2010), which I am eagerly awaiting in the mail. If a title alone can break my heart, it usually bodes very well for what’s inside.
Reading this Saturday, Feb 26th, 7pm at Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle
Come see me this weekend at Elliott Bay! This bookstore is so, so beautiful. Photos of its interior are like porn for bibliophiles. Case in point here:
Elliott Bay Book Company’s Blog
I’ll be giving a reading next month at Elliott Bay Book Co. (Saturday Feb. 26th at 7pm), and I’m really digging its blog:
1) The blog’s title has a parenthetical pun (win)
2) It currently features young adult books that are serious, serious reads. Books I would buy for the precious, acneic teens dear to my heart (double win; I can finally stop doling out copies of Jude the Obscure and Death of a Salesman to smart adolescents whom I’m afraid of insulting with YA books about buying eyeshadow).
3) Other posts are devoted to sublime and variegated fetishes of literature, like graphic novels (win, add dialogue bubble that also reads “win”), etc. etc.
When Generosity and Talent do Discovery Channel-style Breeding: Ethel Rohan’s Book Giveaway to Benefit Tiny Hardcore Press
The altruistic and brilliant Ethel Rohan is giving away a fab book bundle! To be eligible, preorder Normally Special from Tiny Hardcore Press now through Jan. 31st. The winner gets:
Matt Bell, How They Were Found
Paula Bomer, Baby and Other Stories
Alissa Nutting, Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls
Ethel Rohan, Cut Through the Bone (signed)
Chad Simpson, Phantoms (chapbook)
Here are directions on how to get a chance at this gemnest-o-books, copied from Ethel’s website:
“What do you have to do to get your name in my red cowboy boot and be eligible to win? Simple. Forward me a copy of your receipt to Tiny Hardcore Pressfor your advance copy of xTx’s forthcoming story collection, Normally Special, for a purchase made between today, January 11 and January 31st and you could win all five books. Only purchases made between these dates are eligible. Send receipts to ethelrohan@gmail.com. Winner announced February 1st. Books mailed same day to winner. Please spread the word.”
Delicious!!!
