Foul Bachelorette Frog is still my go-to meme:
but Forever Alone is an additional welcome new drug of choice:
Our Greatest Year
Clevelanders! Tonight is the last night to go see the play Our Greatest Year (Dobama Theater, 8pm, Lee Road)
Written by JCU alums Scott Henkle and Robert Attenweiler, it is really, really funny. One of the comic stills that is part of a motion comic in the play is now on my refrigerator:
Reading: Friday, February 3rd; Akron, OH
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:
