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Chad Simpson

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About Me

Writer, Teacher, Etc.

I'll be more generous in this space as soon as I find the time to get around to it. And as soon as I can get the knack for how to link to things and all that.

If you're still reading this and are really interested in finding out a little more, you can check out my blog at http://sadchimpson.blogspot.com for links to some stories I've published and some awards I've won, among other (often more interesting, but not always) things.

My Interests

Books, Language, the Chicago Cubs, Mixed-Martial Arts (Watching It, Not Doing It), Photography, Film, Writing, Teaching, Cigarettes (Camel Lights--I know, they're bad for me), Good Coffee...

I'd like to meet:

People who know some good jokes. Writers. Clowns. One-man bands. Former superstar athletes. Masters of haiku. Masters of the Universe. Whomever.

Music:

Iron & Wine, R.E.M., Uncle Tupelo & Its Descendants: Son Volt and Wilco, Old 97's, Kanye West, Elvis, Prince, Tom Waits, De La Soul, The Shins, Radiohead, Thom Yorke, Low, Gram Parsons, Jose Gonzalez, Charles Mingus, Dexter Gordon, John Coltrane, A Tribe Called Quest, Bright Eyes, The Hold Steady, Whiskeytown, Ryan Adams, The Decemberists...

Movies:

The Godfather, The Godfather II, In the Bedroom, American Beauty, Pulp Fiction, Happiness, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Lost in Translation, Documentaries (In General)...

Television:

The Wire, The Shield, The Sopranos, Veronica Mars, UFC, the Cubs, Weeds, Entourage, The Office...

Books:

Dan Chaon, Charles Baxter, George Saunders, A.M. Homes, Anne Carson, Lydia Davis, Charles D'Ambrosio, Amy Hempel, Kevin Brockmeier, Cormac McCarthy, Richard Yates, Etgar Keret, Dennis Lehane, Jill McCorkle, Claudia Smith, Michael Chabon, Richard Price, Rick Bass, Nathanael West...

My Blog

Summer of Skin

No, the post's title is not a reference to my impending summer vacation. We're on terms here, which means I still have four-plus weeks to go. With all that's left to do, though, they should pass by pr...
Posted by Chad Simpson on Fri, 02 May 2008 10:55:00 PST

Rail City

My story "Rail City" is keeping excellent company in the new issue of 5_Trope. In other news, J.C. and I just got back from Chicago. We went to see Vitalist Theatre's production of "A Passage to India...
Posted by Chad Simpson on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:41:00 PST

As Per Usual...

A shortcut to a little post on the other blog about teaching Beginning Nonfiction, as well as links to some cool pieces at Brevity: A Concise Journal of Literary Nonfiction can be found right here. An...
Posted by Chad Simpson on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:56:00 PST

Especially Roosevelt

My story "Especially Roosevelt" is out in the April 2008 issue of The Sun Magazine.It looks pretty amazing, and I am, needless to say, as thrilled as always to put something out into the world. But es...
Posted by Chad Simpson on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:09:00 PST

the everybodyfields

Have you all heard of the everybodyfields? If you haven’t, go and seek them out now.I found out about them because J.C. is abandoning me next week. She’s going to Chicago to see friends an...
Posted by Chad Simpson on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:33:00 PST

Links

I typed out a couple new blog posts over at Blogspot, and one of them is links-heavy, so I’m taking the short-cut route here:You can read my open letter to Andrew Foster Altschul here.And you ca...
Posted by Chad Simpson on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:27:00 PST

Shortcuts

Info on the new issue of Storyglossia can be found here. And, info on the new issue of Barrelhouse, which includes my essay "Home of the Poor and Unknown," can be found here....
Posted by Chad Simpson on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:16:00 PST

Poll

One of J.C.'s friends who really enjoyed "A Man and His Fork" is encouraging her to shoot a movie of me every week. So, J.C. has come up with some options for the next video. If you feel like it, you ...
Posted by Chad Simpson on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 08:36:00 PST

Best of 2007

I came across Sewanee-pal Derek Nikitas' new blog and Best of 2007 list the other day, and he inspired me to put together my own little list. So, here goes:Best FilmHands down: No Country for Old Men....
Posted by Chad Simpson on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 08:08:00 PST

A Man and His Fork

Check out this video: A Man and His Fork Add to My Profile | More VideosJ.C. shot a video of me trying to bend a fork this morning.It's pretty funny.Well, it cracked us up, but we're hopin...
Posted by Chad Simpson on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:26:00 PST