Good Times

Crushed by the grading wave these last few weeks, this is the first chance I've had to express my gratitude to Penina Roth of the Franklin Park Reading Series and the good folks at Electric Literature, who had me down to Brooklyn back in November for a reading with Matt Sumell, Ben Greenman, Colson Whitehead and Jim Shepard. You can read Julia Jackson's story about the reading here. Suffice it to say, I was thrilled to take part in the festivities. Doesn't get much better for a Monday night.

One of the evening's highlights for me was the debut of the single-sentence animation (by Edwin Rostron) for my short story, "Daily Bread," which appeared in EL No. 6. I really loved the concept Edwin came up with! And you can check out the rest of the single-sentence animations for Electric Literature here. They're such a great fusion of literature and the digital arts.

The main highlight of the evening, of course, was the chance to hear Shepard and Whitehead read. Sumell and Greenman, too. Good times, all around.