The reading at Flourish Bakery Cafe was a great success last night. I had a terrific time. Thanks to everyone who came out to listen, including all the crew from Imagination, and especially to Steven Silver and ❦stonetable, neither of whom I'd met before, and each of whom
And here's the flyer for the Tuesday Funk Reading Series, where I'll be reading this coming Tuesday along with Elisabeth Blair and Gina DiPonio. Hope to see you there!
Hey, Chicagoans! I have a reading coming up just over a week from now, Tuesday, April 7, 2009, as part of Chicago's Tuesday Funk Reading Series. The reading starts at 7:00 pm sharp at: Flourish Bakery Cafe 1138 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. Chicago, IL 60660 That'
Doris Lessing just won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Well, how about that? Apparently the rumors that her SF output had killed her chances were either exaggerated or dated.
Last night I finished reading As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner. I read the last paragraph and I wanted to throw the book across the room. It is with relief this morning that I retreat to the comforts of The Dirdir, third book of Jack Vance's Planet
A more full report of last evening's reading with ❦matociquala will have to wait until I'm less frantic at the office, but I will commend to your attention one photo by the Slushgod (my wife likes it) and one tale of zombie visitation by ❦nick_kaufmann.
If you saw me on that evening subway ride and judged me for my reading material, a battered, torn copy of Snow Crash, how would your opinion have changed if you'd known I was toting four volumes of Proust in my shoulder bag?
As promised last week, my review of Heddatron is now live at SciFi.com: http://www.scifi.com/sfw/screen/sfw12238.html Despite the review, an evening spent at Heddatron is not without its compensations (one of the chief being the theater's proximity to Lupe's East
Last night my wife fell in love with another man. We went to see Umberto Eco reading and in conversation with Jay Parini last night at the 92nd Street Y. █████ was enraptured. Eco is a very charming, self-effacing, funny fellow—and the Italian accent probably doesn't hurt—all
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