I know that we’re already a month into 2021, but I’m curious to hear about your reading plans for the year. It’s still cold outside — the temperature is in the single digits and the snow is beaming the sunlight back into the sky — so as far as I’m concerned it isn’t too late to draw up plans for a year of reading.… Read the rest
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I still remember the thrill of intrigue I felt the first time a polar bear turned up on Lost. The story was already bizarre; I’d been introduced to the wreckage of an airplane, an unseen monster, and a cast of untrustworthy characters with compelling backstories.… Read the rest
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Readers and reviewers noted, to my great delight, that music was a constant presence in Urbantasm, Book One: The Dying City. There’s music in the background, music in the foreground, and it shapes the characters lives and the action on the page. … Read the rest
Music Playlist Available for Urbantasm, Book 2: The Empty Room Read More »
This is a subject upon which I have recently become an authority whilst cleaning my basement.
For starters, you’ll want to consult the original.
#10.
Dark World Theme on 7 Ocarinas (Zelda: Link to the Past Cover)
by David Erick Ramos – Ocarina
This wins for concept.… Read the rest
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There are, by now, several books dealing, in part or entirely, with the Flint Water Crisis. If you only have time to read one of them it should be Anna Clark’s sweeping, thorough, rigorous, and lyrical overview of the crisis.
There are a number of things that make Clark’s account important, and I’ll lead off with one of the less likely, or at least, what is often the least recognized: its lyricism.… Read the rest
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This weekend it was my honor and delight to preview Desiree Duell‘s new installation “Homebody,” (or, rather, a series of connected exhibits) created and assembled as a part of her MFA thesis for University of Hartford. Desiree is a good friend of mine and I’ve been convinced of her brilliance ever since we first worked together on the Our Town residency back in 2013, so you won’t be surprised to hear that I was impressed with Homebody as well.… Read the rest
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DISCLAIMER: Elisabeth Blair is a friend of mine IRL.
I recently finished polymath Elisabeth Blair‘s provocative chapbook “We He She/It,” published by Chicago’s luminous Dancing Girl Press and you should order a copy for yourself.
I always think of Elisabeth’s writing as associative and anachronistic in the very best of ways: it’s a bit like stumbling into someone’s bedroom that has been sealed up for a half-century and is stuffed full of treasures and oddities that all seem of a piece.… Read the rest
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DISCLAIMER: Michael Wilson is a friend of mine IRL.
I probably do not read poetry correctly. If I’m listening to music, I generally prefer the whole album to an individual song. In fiction, I gravitate toward novels over short stories.… Read the rest
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Those of us who follow the literary adventures of M.L. Kennedy are accustomed to the brisk tempo, the brashly supernatural, the self-deprecating wit. 100 by 100 mixes it up some. Not in the sense that these characteristic signatures of Kennedy’s writing aren’t there – they are – but they aren’t what most captures a reader’s attention.… Read the rest
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First off, I just wanted to thank Connor for letting me on here. Connor is a good friend, a great writer and a big supporter of new talent. I am truly honored to be here.
There was a time I had a book reading/signing at a local bookstore here in Chicago.… Read the rest
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