Monthly Archives February 2012

A Spiritual Wind & Parenting

“I haven’t read a single parenting book!” I laughed with my friends soon after having my first son. I guess I had a self-righteous moment where I thought the implications of reading a parenting book were legalism and too-high-expectations. But then that thought turned to logic, and I began a mental freak out.

Nourishment

Writing has always been a solitary venture. At a reading I attended in Boulder, Colorado, author Michael Connelly commented on how odd author events were for him, since he spent the majority of his time as a writer alone, inside his own head and the heads of his characters.

An Evening with Ruminate in Chicago

Join Ruminate Magazine contributors Allyson Armistead and Josh MacIvor-Andersen, along with the Ruminate staff, for conversation and a free reading at the historic downtown Hilton Chicago on Friday, March 2nd. Other Ruminate contributors that will be reading their work include Tania Runyan and Jeffrey G. Dodd, in addition to readings from friends of WordFarm Press and Rock and Sling Journal — Bryan Dietrich, Ruth Goring, Christopher Howell, Amy McCann, and Alan Michael Parker.

Grab a drink at the bar and then head to the 3rd Floor. We’ll be in the Wiliford B Room, and we’ll be serving light appetizers. The reading will begin at 7:00 and each reader will read just a short sampling of their work, which makes for a lively and interesting evening. We hope to see you there!

News from the North

I’m 35. Not particularly old, not particularly young. I can run and jump. I feel it in my knees the next morning.

My son is five months. Such a tiny sliver of lifetime yet substantial enough that it’s hard to look past and remember anything without him. Those pre-Levin memories are there

Works with Soul: Micah Bloom