My friend Jason Molin and his band played the coolest little lunchtime show on the UT campus this afternoon. They played from 12:15-12:45 so everybody could get there and back on their lunch break. Really cool idea. Great tunes, and great weather. (See my sketch.)
Page 90 of Newspaper Blackout. Blogged by The New Yorker.
And a great tale from Heather Brush, the books page editor at the Roanoke Times (she reviewed NB):
There’s a funny story behind my review…the book was sitting on my desk here in the newsroom, waiting for me to finish it and review it, when it disappeared. Someone swiped it! I put up “wanted” posters and mysteriously it was returned in the dark of night. Apparently, news people are very interested in this book!
A book worth stealing — that’s what I like to hear! Thanks, Heather.
Two other great reviews from The Christian Science Monitor and The Austin American-Statesman.
Also: over 500 people now follow the Newspaper Blackout Tumblr where folks post their own blackout poems. Check it out.
Page 57 of Newspaper Blackout. Blogged by The New Yorker.
For those of you in Austin, I’ll be at the Hotel San Jose tonight at 8PM, teaching you how to make blackout poems!
Our super-soft, super-badass Newspaper Blackout t-shirts are shipping this week! Get yours:
Austin food blogger Addie Broyles featured me on her Relish Austin blog for The Austin American Statesman. She asked me to make a blackout poem from one of her columns, so this is what I came up with.
She also asked me a few questions:
What three things are always in your fridge? To quote the title of my friend Bill Keaggy’s book, Milk Eggs Vodka.
What’s your favorite condiment? If I ever drown myself, it’ll be in Mi Madre’s salsa.
What’s your go-to snack while reading/working with a newspaper? Almonds…and beer.
See the condition of our fridge after a party at our house: “Austin Kleon: What’s in Your Fridge Friday?”
The folks over at the Speakeasy Blog asked me to make some poems from the WSJ, and I obliged. I sent them five, thinking they’d only run one or two, and they ran them all. They’re a little hard to read over there, so I’m re-posting them here:
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“Tex”
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“The Market”
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“The Ark”
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“Land”
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“The Secretary”
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