Impossible to work

Last night was the 3rd annual Printers’ Ball, hosted by the Poetry Foundation at the Zhou B. Center. It was really awesome, until the cops shut it down (around 10:30 or so). This was the best possible event anyone could have hoped for. For my own part, I walked out with about 20 pounds worth […]

I decided to go to the 9th experiment in the Red Rover Reading Series (co-curated by Jen Karmin and Amina Cain), Gnoetry, at the Spareroom’s new home, Locus, on Saturday night. I wish I could say that it was great (I was intrigued by their process and wanted to know more). Instead, it was a […]

A week or so ago Siara and Brad got married. Siara has been an important fixture in my life since my junior year of high school. While Brad has only been around for the past year or two, he has also become one of the more important people in my life.
The two of them came […]

I spent yesterday in Hyde Park with Kath going to the Renaissance Society, the Seminary Co-Op”a1a”, and a reading by Lyn Hejinian presented by Poem Present at the U of C. After the reading, everybody went up to the tea room on the second floor of the SSRB to hob nob with the poet.
The show […]