20 Days to 40: “I’ll Be Around”
Not-so-secret secret here: I can be a bit of a control freak in my own way. It doesn’t manifest in the stereotypical ways… I don’t try to micromanage the people I work with or freak out if there’s snow instead of sun.… Read the rest
20 Days to 40: I’ll Be Around (On Change) Read More »
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
REVIEW: Homebody, by Desiree Duell Read More »
One of the first official Urbantasm events!
https://www.facebook.com/events/2267104146648458/
Please join me in CHICAGO on Thursday, December 7th for Indie Lit’s “Live Lit” event at the delightful 57th Street Books in Hyde Park, just two blocks from The University of Chicago.
CHICAGO: Thursday Live Lit with Connor Coyne. Read More »
I am very pleased to share that Belt Publishing & Belt Magazine have published my essay “Rightsizing Thanksgiving in the Rust Belt.”
Actually, I pitched them this essay only a week ago, and through their timely and insightful editing we were able to finish it before Thanksgiving.… Read the rest
“Rightsizing Thanksgiving in the Rust Belt,” by Connor Coyne, published in Belt Magazine Read More »
In 50 weeks my novel Urbantasm: The Dying City (the first in a series of four) will be published!
Each week, I am sharing some piece of media related to the project: images, stories, excerpts, pictures, etc.
This week I shared an account of one of the earliest incarnations of the project, a play titled An Urbantasm. … Read the rest
An Urbantasm, A Play (Early 1996) Read More »
I already posted about this on Facebook but now I think it warrants a proper blog entry.
My friend Gordon Young, a great guy who also writes and maintains the Flint Expatriates blog has come out with a stark new blog titled How to Fix Flint: Replacing the pipes in my hometown won’t revive the city.… Read the rest
Hope and Fixing Flint Read More »
Six years later, I still remember my last month in Chicago.
I’d gotten tired. The endless circles I’d run between friends’ parties, book readings, free music, neighborhood food fests, and the demands of my one-year-old daughter had — yes — ravaged my body with sleepless and almost sleepless nights.… Read the rest
When I Said Goodbye to Chicago… Read More »
Announcing the Flint Literary Festival! Read More »
This has been a momentous month for all of the wrong reasons…
For almost two years, a growing chorus of parents, children, scientists, and everyday people in my city have been complaining that our water was dirty, unclean, unsafe, and undrinkable. … Read the rest
The Flint Water Crisis Read More »
In Flint, if you walk behind Southwestern Academy, past the sunken track and football field, the well-manicured baseball diamonds and tennis courts and their overgrown cousins, and the launching point for the Cronin Soapbox Derby Downs, you’ll find a creaky pedestrian overpass that crosses I-69 and seems to descend into a huge thicket of trees. … Read the rest
Exploring Flint’s Happy Hollow Nature Area Read More »
