Reading at THERE

This Friday, May 12, I'm reading at the THERE series at the Octopus Literary Salon in Oakland with fellow Bay-Area writers Cecile Barlier and Jiajing Liu. Big thanks to host Doug Sovern for the invitation! Come on down, I'm rusty but it's free and there's trivia.

Talkin' Bob Dylan Nobel Blues

I've got an essay in the latest issue of Boulevard literary magazine, as part of their symposium on Bob Dylan winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, alongside works by buddy-heroes Adrian Matejka and Cate Lycurgus. Grateful to editor Jessica Rogen for asking me to contribute! 

Not yet available online, but you can buy a print copy. Here's an excerpt: 

"As artists, readers, and citizens, we could take a cue from Dylan's stubbornness. His intrepidness in meeting America on the ground, in its Triple-A ballparks and graveyards. His dedication to moving forward, his resistance to sliding into the tyranny of self-parody."