New Article by Yours Truly |
I visit the Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention. Enjoy.
Posted by on Mon, 05 May 2008 06:39:00 GMT |
Whoremonger |
I had an article published in the Chicago Reader wherein I interviewed author Karen Abbott about her new book, Sin and the Second City and wrote a little bit about the history of the Everleigh Club, t...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:15:00 GMT |
Chemicals Around My Heart |
by Dan KellyWho are you, mystery Chicagoan? Never mind, you've already told me, repeatedly. For a year now, I've seen your name scrawled at the bottom of your signs; the ones you use to methodically s...
Posted by on Tue, 29 May 2007 12:46:00 GMT |
Book Hell! |
I wrote this for Donna Kossy's zine Book Happy. Oddly enough, I worked on it during a long and agonizing week of jury duty for a murder trial. Book Happy covers all sorts of strange and odd books. For...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 21:36:00 GMT |
Garry Wills and Why I Am a Lapsed Catholic |
I wrote this one for the Chicago Journal a few years ago. It remains one of my favorite pieces. You don't have to be Catholic to enjoy it, but it helps.Why I Am a Lapsed CatholicBy: Dan KellyGarry Wil...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:12:00 GMT |
Behold! God's Brass Knuckles! |
I have a feeling some of my MySpace subscribers may not have seen my on-again, off-again online Fr. Dan novel. Oh my, you're in for a treat, if I do say so myself.Please stop by and check it out.If th...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 13:48:00 GMT |
Phanphic -or- I Am a Middle-Aged Woman Who Calls Herself "Lemur McFurfeathers" |
This got a few laughs over at my Live Journal blog. Maybe you'll like it. Of course, several of you are my LJ friends. Consequently, having to read this twice will not only make it not funny anymore, ...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 07:40:00 GMT |
Joseph Cornell |
Here's a rerun of a piece I wrote a year back about Joseph Cornell and the Art Institute of Chicago's Bergman Collection.Paint Spatters and Pixie Dustby Dan Kelly ®2006 Dan KellyJoseph Cornell, artist...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 09:36:00 GMT |
Oh, Henry! |
A Christmas Classic to Warm Your Cockles...The Gift of the Magi by Way of Mr. Dan KellyBiff and Muffy married against their wealthy parents' wishes and were subsequently disowned and left to survive o...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:21:00 GMT |
Skittles |
An acquaintance pointed out this bit of drug panic nostalgia. As I indicated at his blog, this is the part that makes me think the writer is just making shit up:In its own surveys, the Partnership has...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 01:15:00 GMT |
