Wisconsin Public Radio’s Wisconsin Life is running an excerpt I read from the new book (due out 8/21/2012) in which I describe my neighbor’s workshop. Opening line: “Imagine an antique store stocked by Rube Goldberg, curated by Hunter Thompson and rearranged by a small earthquake…”
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The New Book
Is gonna look something like this…
Elevate the Prose
Got a new monitor (old one did not survive falling from desk). It wasn’t quite the right height, so in addition to The Oxford Companion to English Literature, I have delved back into the ol’ nursing school texts.
Audio Excerpt From Next Book
I just read part of my next book (It’s called Visiting Tom, and it’s due out in August) for Wisconsin Life, and you can have a listen by clicking here.
The piece is about the power of kitchens…but it’s not about food or cooking.
The music at the end is by my band the Long Beds (it’s a song from Tiny Pilot), in particular the red hot fiddle is by Molly Otis.
Terribly Author Photo
Recent Performance Photos
Photographer Dick Ainsworth took some photos of my recent shows in Mineral Point (with the band) and in Stoughton (solo monologue).
Sign You Might Be Father of Girls
Happened during the Packer game…
This Afternoon’s Vinyl
All from my Grandma’s collection.
Best part? I’m listening to them on this:
The Best Part
Revision: my favorite stage in the writing process. This is when the obsessive-compulsive tendencies that frustrate me to the edge of madness throughout the rest of the process (and daily life itself) suddenly become an asset. This is the inky equivalent of a musician tinkering with the mix.
Whad’Ya Know? Links
Someone asked for links to my appearances on Whad’Ya Know? I’m pressed for time but I think the Coop show is here and show with the Long Beds is here.
My first ever appearance on the show here. (I’ll never forget how Michael Feldman put me at my ease by recognizing my reference to dead emus).
And here’s the one where I talk about the kidney stone.
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