Cleveland and Other Distractions
Ah, the dangers of the summertime, when it becomes more and more difficult to click things on the internet and log into accounts. But it's been far too long since I've posted an update on the very easygoing Round 2 of readings for The Cradle. I spent the first three days of this week in Cleveland, hosted by the inimitable Cuyahoga County Public Library, literally the best library system in the country, and jumped all around, from dinner to webcast to radio to reading. All in all, a lovely three days.
This month also marks the release of THE2NDHAND's 32nd broadsheet, a story about a felon, set in Kaukana, Wisconsin. While the story does contain a dramatic arc, the whole point, really, was to give myself a platform from which to attempt a description of Kaukana's smell--a goal since I was a small child, and the holy grail of Wisconsin Literature.
And finally, I will again be venturing out toward the eastern lands next week, when I join the traveling band of merry, probably stinky featherproof writers for the final leg of their Great American Dollar Store Super-Tour. I know not what I will find when I meet up with them in Boston, on July 14th, nor do I know what will come of our Albany (July 15th) and Ann Arbor (July 16th) events. If you live in one of these cities, however, I demand your presence. Look at these beautiful people, for God's sake.