in the mail

yesterday, some goodies:
Jill Alexander Essbaum's Necropolis (thanks jill!).

Dan Beachy-Quick's This Nest Swift Passerine
Mark Yakich's The Making of Collateral Beauty

catching up on pictures

the newest addition to my family: silas
kathleen rooney & abby beckel of rose metal press
melissa severin reading at the dva gallery reading on july 4th
kr hides from poetry:

quimby's

turned out to be the perfect venue for my first reading since grad school. it was a good crowd -- not too packed but enough people to actually read to...some that i didn't even know! i was nervous beforehand but a coupla beers took care of that! here are pics:

yours truly:

pic of me in the audience (from left to right: laura dunn, mandy ellis, ryan (sp?), & sdw)

kathleen rooney reading collabs (miss you elisa!)

this is the shoe oscar found on the way to the bar (after the reading; sorry these are a bit out of order)

the multitalented jasmine dreame wagner (whose album searchlight needles i am listening to right now (it's really good; experimental folk; they should hook up with mandy (see above) at some point))

also: a major announcement: henceforth i will be known professionally as:

Samuel Day Wharton

not Samuel Wharton; keep that in mind....

so, well, thanks again to quimby's for having us

really. you should come.

otherwise this fine silkscreen is wasted.

in 1 week:

jasmine dreame wagner, kathleen rooney & i will be reading at quimby's books at 1854 w north ave in chicago

it will probably rock

hey, um, have you heard?

this is happening june 17th at quimby's bookstore.

um.

come.