Reading this Thursday at The Times Club @ Prairie Lights

And, a few weeks after the fact, artist Andy Casto was kind enough to send a picture of me reading at Prairie Lights. Thanks, Andy!

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I'm reading this Thursday night (4/28) at the closing reception for the exhibition Underneath the Bunker at The Times Club at Prairie Lights book store. I'm really thrilled to be a part of this exhibition and it should be a lot of fun. Come have a drink (coffee/alcohol), check out some great art work by Deb Sokolow and Travis Head (meet the artist!), and see me read from my latest short story around 8:45 p.m. If you're in Iowa City I hope to see you there!

Interviewed at the Monkeybicycle Blog

I'm interviewed over at the Monkeybicycle Blog today. Click here to check it out. Thanks to J. A. Tyler for the thoughtful questions about my story "Donald Mason's City Inspection and the Stakeout Standoff," which is featured in Monkeybicycle8. I answer some questions about hero-vs-antagonist, irony in my work, the picaresque novel I'm working on, and a few other things. I hope you enjoy it!

Featured work at The Times Club @ Prairie Lights

My Monkeybicycle8 podcast of "Donald Mason's City Inspection and the Stakeout Standoff" is featured as a sound piece in a month-long exhibition titled "Underneath the Bunker" at The Times Club in Iowa City. The Times Club, by the way, is part of the legendary independent bookstore Prairie Lights, which has been an Iowa City institution since 1978.

So what does it mean to have my story re-classified as a sound piece in an art exhibition? Basically Artist/Curator Pete Schulte will play the 26 minute recording of "Donald Mason's City Inspection and the Stakeout Standoff" randomly 3-4 times per day over the sound system at The Times Club at Prairie Lights. For the entire month of April! I will also do a live reading of this story later in the month at The Times Club, details to follow.

"Underneath the Bunker" features brilliant artwork by renowned artists Deb Sokolow and Travis Head. If you're in Iowa City head over to Prairie Lights and check it out. You won't be sorry. And you can check out images of "Underneath the Bunker" from afar by liking The Times Club on Facebook.