Wordeater interview

Check out this interview which appeared in the spring Wordeater newsletter. Thanks, Kat!

Upcoming Musical Mayhem-ery

I would be remiss if I didn't point out some of my upcoming musical performances as well. Tomorrow night is my Folk You! songwriters showcase, held the third Friday every month. We begin semi-promptly at 8 PM and run until 10, which makes it an early night if you'd like, and/or opens up possibilities to catch a later show if you're so inclined. On April 29th, my band, The Injured Parties once again plays the fabled International Pop Overthrow (IPO) festival, here in Chicago. This is also an early show; we kick things off promptly at 8 PM. Hope you can make it to either of these events. The Injured Parties has another date in June coming up, and Folk You! continues its monthly residency at The Horseshoe. In the meanwhile, I'll keep you apprised of solo and band performances in the Chicago area and beyond.

NEIU Literary Bash

In addition to the other National Poetry Month readings I previously hyped, I'll be reading this Monday at Northeastern Illinois University's shindig:

The Department of English Presents SPRING 2010 LITERARY BASH Monday, April 19th Golden Eagles Room 6:00-10:00 p.m. Please join us for FOOD, FRIENDS and FINESSE The First English Department Literary Spring Bash The evening will feature readings from your beloved NEIU English Department professors, alumni and graduate students Poetry, Prose, Musical Intermezzo, Anecdotes, Philosophical Musings Readers include: Debra Bruce Michelle Steil Olivia Cronk Jen Besemer Elizabeth Marino J.J. Tindall Larry O. Dean Harry White Ryan Poll Bring your poems. OPEN MIC follows the slated readers. For more information contact Chi: c-eze@neiu.edu Northeastern Illinois University 5500 North St. Louis Chicago FREE PARKING IN LOT F & ON THE 5TH FLOOR OF THE PARKING GARAGE Hope to see you there!

Solomon Process Poems

Take a gander at the end of the year process poems from my students at Solomon Elementary. Rather boffo, if I do say so myself!

Dirty August review

Check out my review of Edip Cansever's Dirty August in the April edition of New Pages.