http://www.featherproof.com/Mambo Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:33:42 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.featherproof.com/Mambo/images/M_images/8da7d7a41bbb2200d289c9c39475ddda.gif http://www.featherproof.com/Mambo http://www.featherproof.com/Mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=276&Itemid=9 Well, little friends, plenty has happened since our last blog update. We could be cute and cloying as usual, but honestly: who's got the time anymore? Let's get down to business. First order: Mini Book (http://www.featherproof.com/Mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=274&Itemid=41). But it's only gonna start the jonesin'. For real relief, you need your own copy. First/best place to pick it up? Lindsay's Book Release Party (http://www.featherproof.com/Mambo/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&Itemid=28&agid=346&year=2010&month=08&day=30), where it's included in the price of the admission. Someone's getting scarred on August 30th: Daddy's Book Release Party, presented by featherproof books (http://www.featherproof.com/) and the Quickies! (http://quickieschicago.blogspot.com/) Road Crew The Hideout (http://www.hideoutchicago.com/) 1354 West Wabansia, Chicago featuring: Lindsay Hunter (http://yourtreat.blogspot.com/) Lindsay Hunter's Dad (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjJ5NWFuuB8) Blake Butler (http://www.gillesdeleuzecommittedsuicideandsowilldrphil.com/) Amelia Gray (http://ameliagray.com/) Aaron Burch (http://www.hobartpulp.com/) Mary Hamilton (http://thedukegoesonreading.blogspot.com/) Jac Jemc (http://jacjemc.wordpress.com/) John Jodzio (http://www.johnjodzio.net/John_Jodzio/News.html) Hosted by featherproofer Zach Dodson With music from DJ Baby Sloth $10 = Admission + Yer Own Copy of here (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=142499475771246&ref=ts). Another reason you know this'll be a doozy: it's the culminating night of Quickies! The Gathering (http://quickieschicago.blogspot.com/), a Midwest tour of pretty complete magicness. Led by Lindsay Hunter and Mary Hamilton, including featherproof stalwarts Blake Butler and Amelia Gray, as well as Dollar Store veterans Jac Jemc and Aaron Burch, and new blood John Jodzio reppin' Replacement Press. Whatever you're thinking about this tour: we can guarantee that you ain't wrong. St. Paul, Iowa City, Madison: Peggy's Brother (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=274 Itemid=41) [new] by Lindsay Hunter Congo Standee Bike Ride (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=275 Itemid=41) [new] by Brandon Will Option 2: Check out some book design work. Zach's design site Bleached Whale (http://bleachedwhale.com/) was just updated with all the book design he's done in the past year. He'll be giving a big fat slideshow at Public Works (http://www.thispublicworks.com/) all about featherproof design stuff this Friday, August 20th at the Andrew Rafacz Gallery. More details here (http://www.featherproof.com/Mambo/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&Itemid=28&agid=335&year=2010&month=08&day=20). Option 3: start stalking Patrick Somerville (http://twitter.com/pvickers22). Meeting adjourned, featherproof Blog - featherblog Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:08:12 +0100 http://www.featherproof.com/Mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=269&Itemid=9 Remember when you would spend countless hours playing in the sprinkler, and fresh cut grass stuck and dried to your ankles? The adrenaline that surged through your veins when you heard the ice cream truck was enough to power you through the house and tirelessly beg your mother for a couple dollars so you could wave down the truck before its song became silent. Let’s not forget about the simple excitement that was involved in a slip n’ slide. Sunburn was a good price to pay for an entire day outside, getting sticky with sweat and melted popsicle. Speaking of hot, Christian TeBordo’s ears must be burning. He’s getting a lot of love, so we want you to get in on this steamy action. The Big Other (http://bigother.com/2010/06/15/down-with-tebordo-an-interview/) has shared their love, check out this sweet interview by Ryan Bradley and learn a little more about how “The Awful Possibilities” was conceived and birthed. decomP (http://www.decompmagazine.com/theawfulpossibilities.htm) gets it. And Largehearted Boy (http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2010/06/book_notes_chri_2.html) mixes it up. There’s nothing like a Happy Ending. Get what you want at the Happy Ending Music and Reading Series (http://www.featherproof.com/Mambo/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&Itemid=28&agid=333&year=2010&month=07&day=07). It’s one of New York’s best shows with consistently good moves. Our friends Amelia Gray, Shane 'Shank' Jones, and Audrey Niffenegger will be gracing the stage, so get your ticket and get their early before it sells out! If you’re in NYC July 7th, get over to Joe’s Pub 425 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10003. Why are we so sentimental lately? Because in these oil-filled, troubled times, we need to seize the last drops of goodness. Even the Mayans say it’s over in 2012, and that’s a hot minute away. Get yourself to a good party and soak up your possible last moments. We happen to be goin’ to a banger on Friday July 9th at 7pm at the new Green Lantern (http://www.featherproof.com/Mambo/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=336&year=2010&month=07&day=09&Itemid=28)! We're teaming up with them and Ampersand in our sweet new digs. Come check it: Monsters and Dust (http://monstersanddust.com/) are big and scary. We're obsessed. Here’s a quick list of things that are small, yet awesome: Jelly Beans, those new dollar coins, zip drives, sea shells, origami, and the new minis available on featherproof! There are two new ones out, The Miniature version of The Universe in Miniature Miniature by Patrick Somerville and Foxes by Mary Miller. So don’t forget to get yourself some joy in a small packages, you deserve it! Foxes (http://www.featherproof.com/Mambo/index.php?option=com_content task=view id=268 Itemid=41) [new] by Mary Miller Mary Miller is on the for real list of Writers to Watch over at Dzanc (http://emergingwriters.typepad.com/dzanc_books/2010/06/20-writers-to-watch-an-alternate-list.html), which also includes Amelia Gray, and Blake Butler! They write good books. Dzanc makes good lists. We're straight sweatin' in this summer fever. HuffPo almost called us feisty (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anis-shivani/independence-day-15-feist_b_631929.html). Zach almost cracked NewCity’s Lit 46 (http://lit.newcity.com/2010/06/08/lit-50-who-really-books-in-chicago-2010/5/)! And we're hunkering down to get our fall books almost finished. Look for a new cover on that Daddy's soon! In the meantime, the hang out don't stop. Check out Stop Smiling Books (http://www.stopsmilingbooks.com/)' second release, by Sam Weller, appearing all over the map this weekend. And we'll be experimenting heavily at The Science of Obscurity (http://underground-library.org/?page_id=458), put on by the awesome Chicago Underground Library. They are blogging down to The Printers Ball (http://www.printersball.org/), which we can hardly wait for. But we will wait, until July 30th. There'll be a special edition of The Show 'n Tell Show (http://showntellshow.com/), with a radical line-up. Summer is the time to soak up the vitamin D and catch up on some much needed reading. Be sure to synchronize your planner with the goings on here at featherproof. It will be wet and wild this summer, and you are totally invited to the pool party! Blog - featherblog Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:26:14 +0100 http://www.featherproof.com/Mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=266&Itemid=9 KFC has been getting a lot of slack lately for its infamous Double Down sandwich, which can be described more accurately as a chicken-bacon-cheese goopfest, frat house pantry staple, or nemesis to the human artery. Weighing in at 145 milligrams of cholesterol, 1,380 milligrams of sodium, and 32 grams of fat, the DD is packin' about half your daily allowance of just about everything. But hey, one person's junk food is another person's model of digestive efficiency. One thing we know for sure -- If Featherproof's recent haps had a caloric value, they'd definitely surpass your recommended daily intake. Diets are way 90's, so let's dig in: We've got new lit for you voracious readers. We're doubling down with two great new stories with as much grease, grit, and secret sauce as any joint boasting a SuperSize menu option. Natalie Edwards makes Waffle House mystical in Crop Milk and Mickey Hess makes Colonel Sanders a tragic hero in Life Story, so don't pass on these minis. Life Story (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=265 Itemid=41) [new] by Mickey Hess Crop Milk (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=264 Itemid=41) [new] by Natalie Edwards We'll be back in our Midwest nest for another edition of the Show 'n Tell Show (http://www.showntellshow.com) on June 6th, and folks, this one's gonna be a doosie. For the uninitiated, Show 'n Tell is a live talk show where designers, photographers, illustrators, and poster makers gab about their work and geek out about what they love: design. The show is FREE and will take place at the ever-accommodating Lincoln Hall, so no fear, you won't have to troll the web to score tickets like you did for Conan O'Brien at the Chicago Theatre. More on the event page. Finally, our moms may not approve of our eating habits, but they love the recent praise that Christian TeBordo's been getting for The Awful Possibilities : The nine stories of Christian TeBordo's first collection are ambiguous and creepy. Sheer delight for connoisseurs of nongenre strangeness. --Booklist The stories of The Awful Possibilities inhabit the thrilling, hazy space between high art and bullshit. --Stockyard Magazine Right on! That's all for now, Featherproof junkies. A lot to take down, but boy is it tasty. We won't remind you that swimsuit season is just around the corner. Blog - featherblog Wed, 19 May 2010 22:25:54 +0100 http://www.featherproof.com/Mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=263&Itemid=9 A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird
B-b-b-bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word. And the word is that Featherproof will be all up in AWP this coming week! So much to see and do in Denver! Come visit our table at the book fair, the doors open 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM, Thursday through Saturday. We will be at space E17 sampling our wares, better get here early to get your hands on the hot ticket items. We will have copies of Christian TeBordo’s, said! (http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/454272-Fiction_Book_Reviews_3_29_2010.php) That's right, we left stars in Publishers Weekly's eyes. Because we punched them in the FACE. With a BOOK. And did someone say free preview items for the up and coming fall books? We’ll have hand rolled ciga-stories for Lindsay Hunter’s non-AWP Shots N Shorts party (http://www.featherproof.com/Mambo/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&Itemid=28&agid=321&year=2010&month=04&day=09) at Skylark Lounge, Friday April 9th starting at 7pm. There will be copious amounts of shots that need consuming, shorts that need wearing and reading, and to tie it all together we’ll throw a wheel in to keep us all mesmerized. Get this down on your social calendar for a guaranteed good time! Summer, AWP, Drinking, Denver. Put 'em together and what do you got? Shots 'n Shorts! Featherproof Books and Green Lantern Press are joining forces to bring you spinning wheels, shots, and shorts (the clothing as well as the story version) in a fabulous AWP Off-site event. A fabulous line up of authors will be displaying their gams and literary prowess at Skylark Friday April 9th at 7pm. Each storyteller will step up to spin Nicolette Bond's Wheel of Drunken Shame, determining which shot they will take or what fate they will endure before reading their short short. With returning authors from the national Dollar Store Tour, you can bet your sweet bippy this is going to be a gratifying night. Leggy Ink Slingers include: Nicolette Bond Blake Butler Zach Dodson Amelia Gray Mary Hamilton Lindsay Hunter Jac Jemc Caroline Picard Aaron Plasek Patrick Somerville Christian TeBordo Jess Wigent The juicy details: Friday April 9th 7pm Skylark Lounge 140 S Broadway Denver, CO 80209 We’ll also be reppin’ heavy at Amelia Gray (http://ameliagray.com/) will be reading Thursday April 8th at 1:30pm, HTMLGIANT Table, AWP Bookfair Bust Down the Door and Eat All the Chickens Elevator Reading Series. Thursday night at 7pm she’ll be at Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St, VERMIN ON THE ROCKY MOUNT, Hosted by Richard Nash and Jim Ruland 

Blake Butler (http://blakebutler.com/) will be at Stella's Coffeehaus Thursday, April 8, 2-4pm. 
Then he’ll be hitting Orbiting Salt: A Quarterly West/Western Humanities
Review/Barrelhouse/Versal Reading, Scheduled Time: 4:30 PM to 5:45 PM Thursday April 8 and Thursday, April 8, 2010: 9 PM - A Reading: Northwestern University Press, &Now Books , and Artifice Magazine The Celtic Tavern at 1801 Blake Street, THEN Indie Mags: Publishing Outside of MFA Programs and Other
Institutional Support, Friday, April 9, 12:00 PM to 1:15 PM, 108 - CCC
w/ Aaron Burch, J. Wang and others
 Back in Chicago, hungover? Come to the MOTHER LOVIN' Release Party (http://www.featherproof.com/Mambo/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&Itemid=28&agid=324&year=2010&month=04&day=26) for Christian TeBordo’s The Awful Possibilities April 26th at the Whistler 2421 N. Milwaukee. It starts at 8 and is free! Once this book is released you’re gonna want to pounce on it, so get over here to get some sweet release action! Featherproof books is releasing The Awful Possibilities into the world. We're calling it 'Pandora's Book' because once it's opened, nothing will never be the same. "Bizarre and biting, these tales leave a mark!" says Publishers Weekly (with stars in their eyes). Come watch Christian TeBordo crack it wide open. He'll be joined by Jeff Parker, Lindsay Hunter, Adam Levin, and Tim Kinsella, all releasing their own ills upon the world. Who'll bring the hope? Our money is on DJ Baby Sloth, rounding out the night with some jams. All this horror can be yours, April 26th, 8pm, FREE of charge at The Whistler. featherproof books presents A BOOK RELEASE PARTY for The Awful Possibilities Christian TeBordo Jeff Parker Lindsay Hunter Adam Levin Tim Kinsella Plus DJ Baby Sloth The Whistler 2421 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL Monday, April 26th 8pm FREE Well now a every body knows about the bird! No excuses, see you guys there! 

 Blog - featherblog Wed, 07 Apr 2010 09:58:52 +0100 http://www.featherproof.com/Mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=262&Itemid=9 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush If you’re applying this avian idiom to the literary news in your life, then good news lads and lassies, we have much for your calendar this month. You won’t even care for the possible bush because featherproof is shoving birds into your hands, arms, purses, carry-alls, and other storage containers. Big things come in small packages including our new mini-books. Available right now, as in, this second is ss Attacks! (http://www.featherproof.com/Mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=261&Itemid=41), a sample of Christian TeBordo’s 3 Guys 1 Book (http://threeguysonebook.com/3g1b-spring-indie-preview/). According to Jeff Parker, Author of Ovenman , Christian TeBordo’s newest collection is- "Quentin Tarantino on short story juice. The violence and depravity ride the surface, where I like them, and the heart is a lyrical heart. Add to that creepy postcards with cryptic messages and this collection attacks from all sides." You’d be silly to not check it out! Goofy! ss Attacks! (http://www.featherproof.com/Mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=261&Itemid=41) by Christian TeBordo TripleQuick.com (http://www.triplequick.com) So get your read, review and write on. The best liked story will receive the coveted Golden Egg. Kate Axelrod is currently the holder of this recognition for her story "Someplace Bright and Sweaty" you can read it here (http://www.featherproof.com/Mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=243&Itemid=46) now! OK, events. Get your planners out… Tuesday March 9th, 7:30pm at The Innertown Pub Quickies! (http://quickieschicago.blogspot.com/) will be putting out prose. Bring your lit love and your short attention span. Free beer, so: duh! March 17th come and get your free panel discussion during the University of Illinois Early Spring Literary Festival on Independent Publishing with featherproofer Zach Dodson. It’s all taking place at the Authors Corner, Illini Union Bookstore, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Come to the next Show 'n Tell Show (http://showntellshow.com/) March 28th, featuring graphic novelist Anders Nilsen, and local short-story-silhouette-magic-sister team Jill Summers and Susie Kirkwood. Check out their mini book here (http://www.featherproof.com/Mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=4&id=17&Itemid=41/) before you skip off to The Paper Machete (http://chicagoist.com/2010/03/05/take_a_handful_of_clever.php). Check out that chop! Come back, and come back often to fill your body and your social calendar with literary sustenance! And your bush with birds! Yikes. Blog - featherblog Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:14:05 +0100