Tag: A Common Pornography
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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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What Have I Been Doing?
Hey friends, It really seems like this whole year has been nonstop action. After all the touring and attention for A Common Pornography, I thought I’d be settling down a little, but I still have a few big readings coming up. Check the events page for that list. We got libraries, benefit readings with rap…
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Road Trip/Tour Diary Wrap-up: Atlanta
Hey y’all, I’m back in Portland. Our last few days on the road were great. We got into Atlanta on Thursday just in time to return our rental car without getting a late charge. I wasn’t so sure we’d make it since we started out from a cheap hotel in Hamilton, Alabama that morning. While…
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Spring With a Vengeance!
It seems like every week is a busy week for me these days. This one is no exception. It’s packed full of events with a capital E! First off, this Wednesday night is Back Fence PDX. My lady is the co-host and the line-up is stellar. (She’s always giving me hints about what the stories…
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Video Gift From My Baby
Yesterday, on the first day of my memoir’s shelf life, my beautiful girlfriend, Frayn Masters (I call her Barb) presented me with an incredibly awesome gift. She snuck around under the cloak of darkness (and the Internet) and asked a bunch of our friends to give recorded and written huzzahs for A Common Pornography. He…
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For All the Shy Readers…
My book is now out! And if you’re shy about putting money down on a book with the word pornography on the cover, fear not: I have thought of some crafty ways to protect your chaste reputation. Enjoy these helpful tips, my fair reader!
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Reclinerland and the ACP “Soundtrack”
In 2002, I was about to self-publish the first version of A Common Pornography. It was a slim 60-page book with footnotes by Mike Daily and collages by Melody Owen, The print run was about 600 copies. It looked like this: But first I needed to make a bit of moolah to pay for it.…
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When it rains, it pours
A great smattering of stuff about A Common Pornography lately. Like… pg 57 of the new Poets & Writers Magazine! A sweet review on Blog Critics! The cover of The Portland Mercury! (they excerpted a part of the book) (I had no idea they were going to put my name right on the cover, but…
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