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Jun. 20 - Poem of the Week: "Roots" from the Women Writing Project.

Apr. 6 - Live Reading! The English 5660 literature class, Folk Lore and Fairy Tales, at Western Michigan University is putting on an hour long reading at Kazoo Books II at 6:00 p.m. I will be reading an original poem which retells the tale of Little Red Riding Hood from the point of view of the friendly neighborhood wood cutter. Other original poems will be debuted alongside readings of published fairytale poets such as Anne Sexton. Listen to a recording of "Cuttin Wood" here.

Apr. 3, 4 - Performance! Cake a short opera adapted by John Chittum from a short story by the same name will be performed in New York City on April 3 and 4. Get the details and RSVP at the Facebook event.

Mar. 19 - Live Reading! Reading of original work on Friday, March 20, 2009. Event starts at 6:45 pm at The Strutt (formerly Dino's Coffee Shop). Directions.

Three MFA candidates from Western Michigan University will be reading original work. I will be reading two pieces of flash fiction, "The Apology" and a new version of "Reasons," a piece originally debuted at the Kenyon Review Writer's Workshop.

The Strutt has a full bar (beer specials), gourmet pizza and other food, as well as a nice selection of coffee and tea drinks. More info on The Strutt.

Jan. 13 - Listen to a live reading of "Reasons," a 26 sentence story from my time at the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop in June of 2008


Apr. 5 - The open reading period on a draft of the short story "Cake," is now closed. Thank you for the great feedback!

Oct. 27 - Reading Period Closed: The draft of the short story "Ten Days" has been taken down. It has been workshopped and will now be rewritten as it appears to have grown into a different story while I wasn't looking! Thank s to everyone who supplied feedback!


Website Launch Party
Aug. 7 - 17

Thank you to everyone who visited during the launch party!  I'm happy to say it was a great success.  


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