An anthology I’m part of just came out

…that being the Anthology of Etiquette and Terrifying Angels with Many Heads, edited by the mysterious & reclusive James Tadd Adcox.

Besides me, it features writing by Matt Bell, J. Bradley, Caroline Crew, Michael Czyniejewski, Jess Dutschmann, Megan M. Garr, Melissa Goodrich, Mason Johnson, M Kitchell, Robert Kloss, Meghan Lamb, Seth Oelbaum, Brian Oliu, Joel Patton, Poncho Peligroso, Caroline Picard, Matt Rowan, Joseph Scapellato, Davis Schneiderman, Glenn Shaheen, Dan Shapiro, Amber Sparks, Colin Winnette, and Russ Woods.

You can download a PDF copy here, via Nap Litmag. I just downloaded mine.

& thanks, Tadd, for having me!

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If you like you can watch some footage of me reading at an AWP offsite event

Specifically, “Come On, Seven!”, which was held on 2 March 2012 at SAIC, was organized by Eckhard Gerdes, and also featured James R. Hugunin, Davis Schneiderman, Yuriy Tarnawsky, Tantra Bensko, Lance Olsen, and E G himself …

(Clicking on the names will take you to the respective videos. Mine are after the jump.)

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I will be reading at the Red Rover Series on 7 April

No one has told me yet whether I'll need to take my clothes off.

That’s this Sunday, at 7pm, at Outer Space Studios (1474 N. Milwaukee Ave., near the CTA Damen Blue Line stop). There’s a suggested donation of $4.

Red Rover is “the reading series that plays with readings.” This will be its 53rd experiment, “Men Undressed,” with Gina Frangello, Cris Mazza, Susan Solomon, Charles Blackstone, Davis Schneiderman, and me:

A celebration for the new anthology Men Undressed: Women Writers and the Male Sexual Experience published by Other Voices Books. In this collection, women writers imagine all things sexual from the point of view of male characters.

More about the participants:

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I will be reading at two AWP off-site readings

Just like May’s G8 Summit, when thousands of delegates and protestors will descend on the city, AWP is coming in two weeks to Chicago. As such, I will be reading at two off-site events:

“Artifice / Mutable Sound / Smalldoggies“
Thursday, 1 March, 5–7:30pm
at Beef and Brandy (127 S.State St.)
feat. Jen Gann (Backtuck), A D Jameson (Giant Slugs, Amazing Adult Fantasy), Mike Kitchell (Slow Slidings), Christian Tebordo (The Awful Possibilities, We Go Liquid), J.A. Tyler (The Jimmy Interludes, A Man of Glass & All the Ways We Have Failed), Colin Winnette (Revelation, Animal Collection), Brian Allen Carr (Short Bus), Carrie Seitzinger (The Dots Don’t Connect), and Joel Patton.

“Come on, Seven!”
Friday, March 2, 6–8pm
at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago Ballroom (112 S. Michigan Ave.)
feat. Tantra Bensko, Eckhard Gerdes, James R. Hugunin, A D Jameson, Lance Olsen, Davis Schneiderman, and Yuriy Tarnawsky

I hope to see you there!

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A reading to celebrate the publication of Yuriy Tarnawsky’s SHORT TAILS

You probably know that Yuriy Tarnawsky is one of my favorite contemporary writers. Well, on Saturday, 17 September, at 7pm, there will be a reading to celebrate the publication of his new book, Short Tails, at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art (2320 W. Chicago Ave. Chicago, IL 60622) (Ukrainian Village).

Also reading will be Jeremy M. Davies, Eckhard Gerdes, Jim Hugunin, Davis Schneiderman, and myself. Refreshments will be served.

Click here for more information about Short Tails (Civil Coping Mechanisms, 2011), and here for my review of Yuriy’s last book, Like Blood in Water (FC2 2007). And you might also want to check out a long interview I conducted with Yuriy earlier this year: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

Hope to see you there!

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#AuthorFail @ Big Other

Davis Schneiderman let me write about a failed book project over at Big Other, as part of his ongoing series #AuthorFail. (Thanks, Davis!)

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