Pia's Nest: October 2007

October 28, 2007

Sunday's Gifts.

Just when you think no one's reading your book much anymore, a Google Alert (do you use this?) comes through with this review of Famous Fathers that makes me grateful - relieved - to be a writer with a blogger/reader named Moonlight Ambulette.

To return the gift, be lifted by Saint Paul Sunday - clarinetist, Anthony Gill, and pianist, Natalie Zhu, playing Poulenc and Brahms. (sigh.)

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October 27, 2007

Resonance.

This is a fine looking publication you can read on line. Matthew Simmons posted a review of Famous Fathers. Thank you, Matthew, for saying it like you said it.

I brought you to my page, but you can flip through the issue via PDF. Lots of writing to enjoy and the art direction's beautiful.

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Someone's Epinion.

This is what whyterabbit79 thinks about my short story collection.*

Okay.

But why didn't she throw the book across the room before she finished it? If I felt this way about what I was reading, I'd probably change horses midstream. Life's short and there's so much good work to read. I mean, she works in a bookstore, you know?

*I happily post the good reviews in here, so it only seems fair to post the not-good ones too.

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Whoa.

Mariza. She makes my palms sweat.

Listen.

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October 26, 2007

On the couch.

You've got to give this new show a try, because the cast kills (a pun!), it's smart, funny, sexy - kissing-through-saran-wrap-sexy - and the art direction's hugely beautiful.

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Octavia Books.

I'm reading with one of my favorite people, Roy Kesey, on Tuesday night at 6 p.m. at Octavia Books on Octavia Street, near Whole Foods on Magazine. It's a beautiful store and Roy's come all the way from Beijing, so I hope that even if you're tired of Famous Fathers and me, you'll come to hear my friend read.

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I'm Not The Girl Who Misses Much.

Pipilotti Rist. Also here thanks to UbuWeb, an endless place.

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365 Days Project.

Aural overlead. My favorite kind. Thank you Otis Fodder.

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In Rainbows.

Radiohead is letting you decide what to pay for their new CD In Rainbows.

"The majority of the public are really decent human beings who are honest." So says Chris Hufford, a manager of the group Radiohead, on its plans to let fans name their price for the digital download of its new album.

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Crooked House.

One of the best writers in N.A. and Luke's seriously smart mama - is blogging about kids and books and kids.

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October 22, 2007

The Normal School.

Just got word of a new lit mag with great writers behind it.

The Normal School.
A Literary Magazine

Now Accepting:

Creative Nonfiction. Story. Poem. Critique. Experiential Recipes.

Quirky. Boundary-challenging. Energetic. Innovative in both form and focus.

We're the equivalent of the kid who always has bottle caps, cat's eye
marbles, dead animal skulls and other treasures in his pockets.

Trust us. We're Normal.

Contributing Editors include Steve Almond, Tom Bissell, Beth Ann
Fennelly, Duncan Murrell, Laura Pritchett, Steve Yarbrough, and MORE.

Are you Normal School material?

Send us your work:

The Normal School
5245 N. Backer Ave.
M/S PB 98
California State University, Fresno
Fresno, CA 93740-8001

OR as an attachment in .doc or .rtf format only to

submissions@thenormalschool.com

Please include an email address in your contact information and
indicate genre to the best of your ability.

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About Damn Time.

Jim Shepard recently received a long overdue nomination for the National Book Award for LIKE YOU'D UNDERSTAND, ANYWAY. Here, he's interviewed by my fellow Bread Loaf Fellow, Bret Anthony Johnston. Raised awareness of this book can only bring more sheep into his fold. He's a great writer and a good guy.

(Thanks to Linera Lucas for the link.)

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Oxford American's Music Issue.

Buy it. Read it. Pop the CD into your CD player and listen. Scratch and sniff the perfume card. (Wait. There is no perfume card.) This issue's a sensory overload with pieces by my friends Jim Ruland and Jim Whorton, and my mentor, Frederick Barthelme. I've got a piece in there about moving with my family from Calgary, Alberta to Hattiesburg, Mississippi called "Classical Is A Period, Not An Adjective."

Here's the photo the newspaper took and ran of me and my sisters way back when.

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Kesey's All Over.

Away from Beijing for the next couple of weeks and reading in the states, with (lucky) me on Tuesday the 30th at Octavia Books. He'll be reading from his new short story collection - ALL OVER.

Here's his schedule.

October 23: Ann Arbor
Shaman Drum Bookshop
311-315 South State St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
734.662.7407
Reading starts at 7:00 PM

October 24: New York
Happy Ending Reading Series
302 Broome Street @ Forsyth
212-334-9676
(B,D to Grand Street or F, J, M, Z to Delancey)
Reading with Benjamin Percy and Min Jin Lee starts at 8:00 p.m.
Hosted by Amanda Stern
After-party at Grotto: 100 Forsyth Street, just around the corner from Happy Endings

October 25: Chicago
The Fixx Reading Series
The Fixx Coffee Bar
3053 N Sheffield Ave.
Chicago, IL
Reading with Elizabeth Crane starts at 7:30 p.m.
Hosted by Amy Guth

October 26: Memphis
Burke's Books
936 South Cooper
Memphis, Tennessee 38104
Phone: (901) 278-7484
Fax: (901) 274-8863
Signing from 5-6:30 p.m.
Reading with Corey Mesler starts 7 p.m.

October 27: Asheville, NC
Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe
55 Haywood Street
Asheville, NC 28801
Tel: (828) 254-6734
Signing at 3:00 PM

October 29: Greenwood, MS
Turn Row Books
304 Howard Street
Greenwood, MS 38930
(662) 453-5995
Time: TBA

October 30: New Orleans
Octavia Books
513 Octavia Street
New Orleans , LA 70115
504-899-READ (7323)
Reading with Pia Ehrhardt starts at 6 p.m.

November 2: Iowa City, IA
Borden NonFictionNow Conference
University of Iowa
Iowa Memorial Union, Iowa City
Panel Discussion with Philip Graham, LeAnne Howe, Roy Kesey, Michele Morano, Xu Xi
Travel Writing: To Simmer or Not to Simmer
8:45-10:15 a.m.

November 5: Urbana-Champaign, IL
University of Illinois
809 South Wright Street
Champaign, IL 61820
Tel. 217.244.2118
Carr Reading Series: Author's Corner, Illini Union Bookstore
Reading starts at 4:30pm

November 7: Davis, CA
University of California at Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
(530) 752-1011
Room 126, Voorhies Hall
Reading starts at 6:30 p.m.

November 8: Ukiah, CA
Mendocino College
1000 Hensley Creek Road
Ukiah, CA 95482
(707) 468-3000
Center for the Performing Arts
Room 5310
Reading starts at 7:30 p.m.

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October 20, 2007

Chicago.

How I love this city and its people. I'll be reading at Bookslut on Tuesday the 23rd with Eileen Miles and Matthew Eck. Come see me and us, please. It's not that far a drive, is it, if you leave now?

And where is Claire Zulkey lately?

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October 08, 2007

Reading.

I'll be reading (maybe a story with Eddie in it) at New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) this Wednesday the 10th, with writer and lawyer, Billy Sothern. 7:00 p.m.

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Eddie.

We had to put our sweet chocolate Lab, Eddie, down this morning. He had a bad heart, and poor circulation was atrophying his back legs. He'd been going downhill, eating less if at all, moving less, barking at the garbage truck less, but we were hanging on. When Malcolm went to greet him and feed him this morning, he didn't get up, just lay on his stomach with his legs splayed, and looked at us with such sad, resigned eyes, which we took as a plea to help him out and let him go. He was almost 13. M and A and I took turns sitting with Eddie in the cool cellar where he sleeps, and at 11:00 a.m. we drove to the vet together. Andrew didn't want to watch him be put to sleep or euthanized, so he stood outside under the portico and watched the rain. The sun broke through the clouds around the time that Eddie went, which made A feel better, and us too. Like he died with grace. But now it's the end of the day, and there's still food in his bowl, fresh water, and no good dog to greet us when we walk in the front door.

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					October 28, 2007 Sunday's Gifts. Just when you think no one's reading your book much anymore, a Google Alert (do you use this?) comes through with this review of Famous Fathers that makes me grateful - relieved - to be a writer with a blogger/reader named Moonlight Ambulette. To return the gift, be lifted by Saint Paul Sunday - clarinetist, Anthony Gill, and pianist, Natalie Zhu, playing Poulenc and Brahms. (sigh.) hosted by Pia, posted by pia permalink :: songs { there are 0 } :: sing to me :: feed me October 27, 2007 Resonance. This is a fine looking publication you can read on line. Matthew Simmons posted a review of Famous Fathers. Thank you, Matthew, for saying it like you said it. I brought you to my page, but you can flip through the issue via PDF. Lots of writing to enjoy and the art direction's beautiful. hosted by Pia, posted by pia permalink :: songs { there are 0 } :: sing to me :: feed me Someone's Epinion. This is what whyterabbit79 thinks about my short story collection.* Okay. But why didn't she throw the book across the room before she finished it? If I felt this way about what I was reading, I'd probably change horses midstream. Life's short and there's so much good work to read. I mean, she works in a bookstore, you know? *I happily post the good reviews in here, so it only seems fair to post the not-good ones too. hosted by Pia, posted by pia permalink :: songs { there are 1 } :: sing to me :: feed me Whoa. Mariza. She makes my palms sweat. Listen. hosted by Pia, posted by pia permalink :: songs { there are 0 } :: sing to me :: feed me October 26, 2007 On the couch. You've got to give this new show a try, because the cast kills (a pun!), it's smart, funny, sexy - kissing-through-saran-wrap-sexy - and the art direction's hugely beautiful. hosted by Pia, posted by pia permalink :: songs { there are 0 } :: sing to me :: feed me Octavia Books. I'm reading with one of my favorite people, Roy Kesey, on Tuesday night at 6 p.m. at Octavia Books on Octavia Street, near Whole Foods on Magazine. It's a beautiful store and Roy's come all the way from Beijing, so I hope that even if you're tired of Famous Fathers and me, you'll come to hear my friend read. hosted by Pia, posted by pia permalink :: songs { there are 0 } :: sing to me :: feed me I'm Not The Girl Who Misses Much. Pipilotti Rist. Also here thanks to UbuWeb, an endless place. hosted by Pia, posted by pia permalink :: songs { there are 0 } :: sing to me :: feed me 365 Days Project. Aural overlead. My favorite kind. Thank you Otis Fodder. hosted by Pia, posted by pia permalink :: songs { there are 0 } :: sing to me :: feed me In Rainbows. Radiohead is letting you decide what to pay for their new CD In Rainbows. "The majority of the public are really decent human beings who are honest." So says Chris Hufford, a manager of the group Radiohead, on its plans to let fans name their price for the digital download of its new album. hosted by Pia, posted by pia permalink :: songs { there are 0 } :: sing to me :: feed me Crooked House. One of the best writers in N.A. and Luke's seriously smart mama - is blogging about kids and books and kids. hosted by Pia, posted by pia permalink :: songs { there are 0 } :: sing to me :: feed me October 22, 2007 The Normal School. Just got word of a new lit mag with great writers behind it. The Normal School. A Literary Magazine Now Accepting: Creative Nonfiction. Story. Poem. Critique. Experiential Recipes. Quirky. Boundary-challenging. Energetic. Innovative in both form and focus. We're the equivalent of the kid who always has bottle caps, cat's eye marbles, dead animal skulls and other treasures in his pockets. Trust us. We're Normal. Contributing Editors include Steve Almond, Tom Bissell, Beth Ann Fennelly, Duncan Murrell, Laura Pritchett, Steve Yarbrough, and MORE. Are you Normal School material? Send us your work: The Normal School 5245 N. Backer Ave. M/S PB 98 California State University, Fresno Fresno, CA 93740-8001 OR as an attachment in .doc or .rtf format only to submissions@thenormalschool.com Please include an email address in your contact information and indicate genre to the best of your ability. hosted by Pia, posted by pia permalink :: songs { there are 0 } :: sing to me :: feed me About Damn Time. Jim Shepard recently received a long overdue nomination for the National Book Award for LIKE YOU'D UNDERSTAND, ANYWAY. Here, he's interviewed by my fellow Bread Loaf Fellow, Bret Anthony Johnston. Raised awareness of this book can only bring more sheep into his fold. He's a great writer and a good guy. (Thanks to Linera Lucas for the link.) hosted by Pia, posted by pia permalink :: songs { there are 0 } :: sing to me :: feed me Oxford American's Music Issue. Buy it. Read it. Pop the CD into your CD player and listen. Scratch and sniff the perfume card. (Wait. There is no perfume card.) This issue's a sensory overload with pieces by my friends Jim Ruland and Jim Whorton, and my mentor, Frederick Barthelme. I've got a piece in there about moving with my family from Calgary, Alberta to Hattiesburg, Mississippi called "Classical Is A Period, Not An Adjective." Here's the photo the newspaper took and ran of me and my sisters way back when. hosted by Pia, posted by pia permalink :: songs { there are 1 } :: sing to me :: feed me Kesey's All Over. Away from Beijing for the next couple of weeks and reading in the states, with (lucky) me on Tuesday the 30th at Octavia Books. He'll be reading from his new short story collection - ALL OVER. Here's his schedule. October 23: Ann Arbor Shaman Drum Bookshop 311-315 South State St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 734.662.7407 Reading starts at 7:00 PM October 24: New York Happy Ending Reading Series 302 Broome Street @ Forsyth 212-334-9676 (B,D to Grand Street or F, J, M, Z to Delancey) Reading with Benjamin Percy and Min Jin Lee starts at 8:00 p.m. Hosted by Amanda Stern After-party at Grotto: 100 Forsyth Street, just around the corner from Happy Endings October 25: Chicago The Fixx Reading Series The Fixx Coffee Bar 3053 N Sheffield Ave. Chicago, IL Reading with Elizabeth Crane starts at 7:30 p.m. Hosted by Amy Guth October 26: Memphis Burke's Books 936 South Cooper Memphis, Tennessee 38104 Phone: (901) 278-7484 Fax: (901) 274-8863 Signing from 5-6:30 p.m. Reading with Corey Mesler starts 7 p.m. October 27: Asheville, NC Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe 55 Haywood Street Asheville, NC 28801 Tel: (828) 254-6734 Signing at 3:00 PM October 29: Greenwood, MS Turn Row Books 304 Howard Street Greenwood, MS 38930 (662) 453-5995 Time: TBA October 30: New Orleans Octavia Books 513 Octavia Street New Orleans , LA 70115 504-899-READ (7323) Reading with Pia Ehrhardt starts at 6 p.m. November 2: Iowa City, IA Borden NonFictionNow Conference University of Iowa Iowa Memorial Union, Iowa City Panel Discussion with Philip Graham, LeAnne Howe, Roy Kesey, Michele Morano, Xu Xi Travel Writing: To Simmer or Not to Simmer 8:45-10:15 a.m. November 5: Urbana-Champaign, IL University of Illinois 809 South Wright Street Champaign, IL 61820 Tel. 217.244.2118 Carr Reading Series: Author's Corner, Illini Union Bookstore Reading starts at 4:30pm November 7: Davis, CA University of California at Davis One Shields Avenue Davis, CA 95616 (530) 752-1011 Room 126, Voorhies Hall Reading starts at 6:30 p.m. November 8: Ukiah, CA Mendocino College 1000 Hensley Creek Road Ukiah, CA 95482 (707) 468-3000 Center for the Performing Arts Room 5310 Reading starts at 7:30 p.m. hosted by Pia, posted by pia permalink :: songs { there are 0 } :: sing to me :: feed me October 20, 2007 Chicago. How I love this city and its people. I'll be reading at Bookslut on Tuesday the 23rd with Eileen Miles and Matthew Eck. Come see me and us, please. It's not that far a drive, is it, if you leave now? And where is Claire Zulkey lately? hosted by Pia, posted by pia permalink :: songs { there are 1 } :: sing to me :: feed me October 08, 2007 Reading. I'll be reading (maybe a story with Eddie in it) at New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) this Wednesday the 10th, with writer and lawyer, Billy Sothern. 7:00 p.m. hosted by Pia, posted by pia permalink :: songs { there are 0 } :: sing to me :: feed me Eddie. We had to put our sweet chocolate Lab, Eddie, down this morning. He had a bad heart, and poor circulation was atrophying his back legs. He'd been going downhill, eating less if at all, moving less, barking at the garbage truck less, but we were hanging on. When Malcolm went to greet him and feed him this morning, he didn't get up, just lay on his stomach with his legs splayed, and looked at us with such sad, resigned eyes, which we took as a plea to help him out and let him go. He was almost 13. M and A and I took turns sitting with Eddie in the cool cellar where he sleeps, and at 11:00 a.m. we drove to the vet together. Andrew didn't want to watch him be put to sleep or euthanized, so he stood outside under the portico and watched the rain. The sun broke through the clouds around the time that Eddie went, which made A feel better, and us too. Like he died with grace. But now it's the end of the day, and there's still food in his bowl, fresh water, and no good dog to greet us when we walk in the front door. hosted by Pia, posted by pia permalink :: songs { there are 4 } :: sing to me :: feed me recently Another Sweet Holiday Gift Idea. \| Awww. \| A request for Jim Shepard. \| Pia's Nifty Gift Ideas. \| My Favorite Runners. \| Story Quarterly Contest. \| Clickable: \| You Try and Choose. \| Pop Up Books. \| Container Houses. \| aviary July 2003 \| August 2003 \| September 2003 \| October 2003 \| November 2003 \| December 2003 \| January 2004 \| February 2004 \| March 2004 \| April 2004 \| May 2004 \| June 2004 \| July 2004 \| August 2004 \| October 2004 \| November 2004 \| December 2004 \| January 2005 \| February 2005 \| March 2005 \| April 2005 \| May 2005 \| June 2005 \| July 2005 \| August 2005 \| September 2005 \| October 2005 \| November 2005 \| December 2005 \| January 2006 \| February 2006 \| March 2006 \| April 2006 \| May 2006 \| June 2006 \| August 2006 \| September 2006 \| October 2006 \| November 2006 \| December 2006 \| January 2007 \| February 2007 \| March 2007 \| April 2007 \| May 2007 \| June 2007 \| July 2007 \| August 2007 \| September 2007 \| October 2007 \| November 2007 \| December 2007 \|					All text and images copyright 2003-2007 Pia Z. 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