Preparing to leave
This time next week I’ll be on the red-eye to New York to attend Book Expo America. I’ve never been away from the kids before. Look at these faces. How could I possibly leave these faces? I adore them. I’ll …
Author: Cari
The video that made me cry today
Members of Colectivo piloto made this video from footage they shot while visiting NYC and the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space last summer. If you’re even remotely interested in the history of activism on the Lower East Side, the history …
Writer, with Fetus: Kashana Cauley
Kashana Cauley, author of: online short stories in Tin House and Juked, and soon-in-print stories in Esquire and Redivider. I just completed a novel about a lead singer’s attempt to sink his band’s fourth album and am working on another …
ARCs! ARCs!
Hunh? ARCs! Advance Reader’s Copies! Ooooh! Look how pretty! Guys, I’ve been waiting my entire adult life for this milestone. It’s not in its final form yet–which will include fancy French flaps and pretty deckle edges–but my book is book-shaped! …
Writer, with Kids: Sunny Bleckinger
Sunny Bleckinger worked for five years as a journalist and editor in the Netherlands. He currently hosts the Soft Show reading series and he’s working on his first novel for the third time. Age of kid: 5 What was …
Writer, with Kids: John Roderick
John Roderick: songwriter and singer/guitarist for The Long Winters. His film and music reviews have appeared in The Stranger and he is a frequent contributor to Seattle Weekly. (You might want to check out his most recent article, “Punk Rock Is …
Frank Morales speaks about squatting and housing justice
Frank Morales spoke to Occupy Wall Street in November 2011. If you’re interested in squatting and housing rights and what the hell happened to our inner cities and why, do check it out. It’s fascinating. Morales speaks until about the …
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reading: I recently finished The Shelter Cycle by Peter Rock. It’s excellent. You should read it. (Also read his post from the Writer, with Kids series to find out how he finds the artist/parent balance.) listening to: Laura Gibson. Obsessively. …
Attention, Portland!
I will be reading this Saturday evening in the Soft Show reading series at The Blue Monk. Details here. I’ll be reading something from The Revolution of Every Day. Hope to see you there. Keep half an eye on the …
Better Living Through Technology: Author Readings
Yesterday I woke up at 5:45, made myself as presentable as possible, and headed down to my office to give a reading to Beverly Army Williams’s creative writing class at Westfield State University via FaceTime at the ungodly hour of …
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