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About Me

I am the Mouth and Eyes of the Sun. What more could you possibly want to know about me?

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Mrs. Chen (deceased, a pirate). Peter Barnes (red noses, a playwright). Pessimistic Kiwis with tribal tattoos, who speak fluent Mandarin, and have traveled extensively. People with ostentatious signatures. Fencing masters and archers. Scuba-divers and hang-gliders.

My Blog

DESIDERIA

I am reading a haunted novel called Desideria. It is like the best of Tanith Lee, when she went into her Secret Books of Madness. It is also like Shakespeare, like a symphonic tone-poem, like a tale t...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:46:00 GMT

DATLOW'S INFERNO

Last night I finished reading Ellen Datlow's INFERNO. http://www.amazon.com/Inferno-Ellen-Datlow/dp/0765315599/ref =sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242924929&sr=1-1Trains are a good place to read short sto...
Posted by on Thu, 21 May 2009 09:57:00 GMT

God's Ear at the Dog and Pony

COME SEE THIS WITH ME, FOLKS! THIS FRIDAY!!!http://www.dogandponychicago.org/current.htm
Posted by on Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:12:00 GMT

Today --

You try to convince them - Be pears, not stones! Drop them in your brown bagLike pennies in a paper shrineBreathe upon them, EthyleneO Goddess of Ripening!***High blue, sky blueMove through like a rip...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:16:00 GMT

THEATRE OF THE UNDERGROUND: Staged Reading

Listen  Im working on something. This play. Big play. Very avant garde. Very smeary. Half improv, half nightmare. Well do it here, under the city. Make history. Rewrite it. And we want you.- Lucy...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:13:00 GMT

Max the Champion

Some of you probably KNOW already, but I didn't, and I was listening to CHICAGO PUBLIC RADIO tonight while doing my dishes, and then my laundry, in my sink, and what should I hear after the news of Bl...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:50:00 GMT

Reading at Mystic Celt

Monda..y, Janua..ry 12, 7:30 PMTWILI..GHT TALES.. WEEKL..Y READI..NG SERIE..S:Featured Readers: * Brend..an Detzn..er * C...S.E. Coone..yAt Mysti..c Celt,.. 3443 N. South..port,.. Chica..go, IL...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:56:00 GMT

NOVEMBER EVENTS at TOP SHELF BOOKS!

MONTHLY OPEN MICCOST: Free!* Bring up to 5 PAGES of prose or poetry (typed, double-spaced)* MUSICIANS WELCOME (5-7 minute time limit)* Potluck Style! Bring Food or Drink!* Enjoy Special Event Sale!Whe...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:02:00 GMT

ILLYRIAN BALL!

Join The Viola Project for THE ILLYRIAN BALL!When: Thursday, November 13, 7-10pmWhere: Mars Gallery, 1139 W Fulton Market.What: An evening of music, poetry, art, and fine food and drink (open bar!). C...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Nov 2008 10:40:00 GMT

FINAL EVENTS AT KATE THE GREAT’S

Greetings and What Ho, Fair Friends! This Delicious Delicatessen of Literary Delights is Celebrating its Death Throes. For a SWAN SONG, we have Musician JEREMY COONEY in his upcoming concert "WORLD'S ...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:33:00 GMT