Go away!

Still not sure what to do with this site, as there are so many committed and intelligent voices out there already (alongside the cranks, I mean). Have a hot dog on me — Hofmann franks/coneys (made in Syracuse!) are the best, and Silver Springs Beer 'n Brat (horseradish) mustard is delish (now find a good bun!) — and if you're curious about what I've been up to of late, see links at my ISU site to Chris Pusateri's interview with me at Jacket and a new review of Industrial Poetics by Susanne Hall at PMC.

My SUNY memoir is due out in a couple of months too -- started working on that project twelve years ago last March -- so aside from my continuing frustration with Blue Dog Democrats and right-wing blowhards and the like, things are pretty good at the moment. Kass will be in Boulder through January (on sabbatical, her first), so we'll be apart for a few months. But that'll likely mean that another book or screenplay or two will get written. If you know what I mean...

What are you doing here?

What am I doing here?




I'm promoting my red hots and, eventually, my screenwriting with cowriter Kass Fleisher. I don't plan to eat up space and processing power posting my thoughts day in and day out, but I might occasionally let you know where and when I'll be reading/yapping/materializing. See you around the bend...

Oh & we're back from the Rockies and in Normal, IL, until May 2009. Our Boulder summer was great, as per, and we managed to hike two more 14ers: Mt. Evans and Mt. Sherman (both easy as 14ers go, which is pretty much our speed). My brother Mike hiked both peaks with us — that's Mike with Kass and me at the summit of Sherman — and Chris Pusateri came along for Evans. Next summer we hope to be attempting several more difficult peaks.

Kass and I also began outlining a new script, (tentatively) TEN SLEEP. Should be finished with the outline by Labor Day, after which we'll get started banging it out. Can somebody say commercial viability? Can somebody say selling out? Can somebody say that's entertainment?!