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NYT! And Doggies!
Hi everyone, I was really excited to be quoted for the cool bookseller/author story in the New York Times this past weekend. I talked with Miss Sullivan (I call her J-Court) for a good 30 minutes on the phone for this story, and besides my semi-gloomy realist quote, I just want to let you know…
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Quick Update!
Hey folks! It’s been a busy year so far. Here’s what I’ve been doing, past, present, and futuuuuurrrrrre… Past: Got married, had big party in Portland, kept slowly trudging forward with my novel (hoping to have it done later this year), rewatched Twin Peaks, published Jamie Iredell’s paperback and Myriam Gurba’s chapbook,…
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The Dream Three
Devo is playing in Portland this Wednesday. They are one of the few older favorite (80s, 90s) bands that I have not seen yet. So, I was trying to think of my “Dream Three”–bands to see live. Bands that I haven’t seen before and are still together. Here’s my three. If you asked me next…
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Dancing In The Mirror
I sometimes wonder: if a musician dances to their own music, isn’t that kind of arrogant? Is it like an author cracking up at his own jokes at a reading? Also: I’m hosting this reading at Ampersand on March 5th, along with Michael Schaub of Bookslut. It’s going to be awesome!
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Marriage, Staples, Freaks…
Alright, 2011! It only took you two weeks to change my life! On January 15th, I got married to the beautiful B. Frayn Masters. I will put up some more wedding photos soon, I hope. Just waiting for friends to send their pics from the ceremony. You may know B. Frayn from her smash hit…
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It’s List Time Again
It’s that time of year when a bunch of year-end lists start popping up everywhere and I’m glad to say that A Common Pornography has landed on a couple of them. Every year–especially now in the 21st century–there are so many books published, so I feel fortunate and grateful to people who liked my book…
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The Essay You’ve All Been Waiting For
Well, at least I’ve been waiting for it. I wrote it earlier this year and now it’s out. Snip Tuck: A Simple Vasectomy Goes Wrong is in this week’s Portland Mercury, which means all sorts of people in the town I live in will be reading it for free and then pointing at me and…
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Video Action!
Earlier this year I set up a reading for three great poets–Emily Kendal Frey, Evelyn Hampton, and Bryan Coffelt. I made a special effort to write funny intros for each person (they were recently published at Lamination Colony!). It was a beautiful time at Ampersand in Northeast Portland. And look: there’s video to prove it.…
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Election Day Haiku
Haiku Inferno performed this last weekend at the Rally To Restore Sanity in Portland. Despite the crappy weather, it was a good time. We even got a photo taken with a Sarah Palin lookalike! Here are the haiku we read at the event. CHRIS DUDLEY HAIKU (Elizabeth Miller) The basketball star or the cowboy? Leather boots…
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Return of Haiku! Plus…Laminate Me!
Hey–just a quick note to say that Haiku Inferno (me, along with B. Frayn Masters, Elizabeth Miller, and Frank D’Andrea) are performing at the Portland Rally to Restore Sanity event tomorrow. I think we go on around 2:30. Our set is pretty short (it is haiku after all), so don’t be late. We’re gonna do haiku about…
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