On a walk. Listening to Moby Dick.
This scene reminded me of Singapore.
The backyard looking scenic today. Ah, spring.
May Day!
The dark, rainy dawn.
Fiction writers CHAD SIMPSON & MARIE-HELENE BERTINO, are reading at Prairie Lights tonight at 7 PM. They both were honored with the Iowa Short Fiction Award for their collections, pictured above. I don’t know Bertino’s work, but I’ve read a few of Simpson’s stories and he’s good. And Bertino’s bio says she’s driven across the country four times, which means she’s seen a lot more of this land than most of us.
Chad Simpson’s tumblr is sadchimpson. Marie-Helene Bertino’s tumblr is mariehelenebertino.com.
Go see them read and/or follow their tumblrs!
Sketches of the readers at the Dublin Underground.
Obviously I can’t draw. I turned Amelia Gray into a severed head and Mike Meginnis into a bird’s nest.
Iowa City Lit Crawl
Tonight there will be readings spread throughout many of Iowa City’s bars and shops. I don’t know who all is reading (there will be 3-10 readers at each stop) except Amelia Gray is reading at 5pm at the Dublin Underground and I think at 7pm at the Foxhead.
The full schedule of Lit Crawl stops is here: http://litcrawl.org/iowa-city/events/
Tomorrow at The Mill there will be a book fair with publishers large and small. And on Sunday afternoon a guy named Marty will be giving a presentation on identifying local mushrooms. That one isn’t Mission Creek lit related, but mushrooms are important.
Sign at the grocery store. Uhm, yum.
This cart is far from home. Someone should walk it back.
50 degrees in Iowa City. Just found the tower which you can see from the steps of the old capital building. I always wondered where it was.
Snow!
Ice storm in Iowa City. Drive safely. Wear boots.
Lovers in the streets. Trees wearing sweaters. Iowa City is all right!
1. Be an introvert.
2. Go to Prairie Lights books.
3. Be recognized as Monkfish Jowls by the staff member who runs the Prairie Lights tumblr.
4. Run away because of #1.
(But really—I love you, Prairie Lights. Sorry I ran away.)
