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My writing has appeared in many publications, including Word Riot, Babel, Razorcake, the Zine Yearbook, the Racine
Journal-Times, the Peninsula Pulse, and the Shepherd Express. Not to mention my own zines, Safety Pin Girl (c. 1999-2004), A
Shout In The Street (c. 2004), Sad and Beautiful World (c. 2004-present), and various one-shots. A group of Chicago filmmakers
based their film, Brush Fires, which was released in autumn 2004, on a poem I wrote of the same title. I have been part of several
spoken word/music engagements, including the Perpetual Motion Roadshow in September of 2003, FILF in July of 2006, and
Thee Hobo Love Tour in September of 2008.

Just to give you a small sampling of what I do -

A nd they will become angels, hallelujah (fiction; appeared in Sad & Beautiful World #9, October 2005)
Blackberry Brandy (fiction; appeared in Sad & Beautiful World #7, May 2005 and the Peninsula Pulse, August 2005)
Bruce Springsteen America (non-fiction; appeared in slightly different form in Sad & Beautiful World #12, July/August 2007)
C oal T rain S ong (poetry; appeared in Sad & Beautiful World #5, October 2004 and desire & freedom & danger, July 2007)
D esire & F reedom & D anger (poetry; appeared in lovers & ghosts, January 2007 and desire & freedom & danger, July 2007)
E mpty P ockets (poetry; appeared in Sad & Beautiful World #4, August 2004 and desire & freedom & danger, July 2007)
F ire S pirit (fiction; appeared in Sad & Beautiful World #11, June 2007)
First-of-May (fiction?; appeared in Sad & Beautiful World #7, May 2005)
I wanna take you on kind of an inebriational travelogue, here.... (non-fiction; appeared in Sad & Beautiful World #14, April 2009)
I Wouldn't Want to Live In a World Without Grudges (fiction?; appeared in Sad & Beautiful World #7, May 2005)
Jersey Girl (fiction; appeared in Sad & Beautiful World #7, May 2005)
Oh Wisconsin, Land of My Dreams (non-fiction; appeared as a one-shot zine in April 2008)
O n the L ost H ighway (fiction)
Paean (fiction; appeared in Sad & Beautiful World #7, May 2005)
P riceless (poetry; appeared in Sad & Beautiful World #6, January 2005 and desire & freedom & danger, July 2007)
Rags and Old Iron (non-fiction; appeared in Sad & Beautiful World #13, September 2008)
Ramblers Ghost (non-fiction; appeared in slightly different form in Sad & Beautiful World #12, July/August 2007)
R um & T urpentine (non-fiction; appeared in lovers & ghosts, January 2007)
Setting: cheap motel. Time: night, midsummer. (poetry; appears in Sad & Beautiful World #13, September 2008)
S tep R ight U p (fiction; appeared in Sad & Beautiful World #9, October 2005)
T ake M e O ut T o D reamland (poetry; appeared in desire & freedom & danger, July 2007 and the Peninsula Pulse, August 2007)
These Are the Things Women Know About Love (fiction; appeared in Sad & Beautiful World #7, May 2005)
Vermin of Beer City (non-fiction; appears in Lost & found & ten years down, August 2009)
When Night Falls (non-fiction; appeared in Sad & Beautiful World #14, April 2009)
W here D id I S leep L ast N ight? (poetry; appeared in desire & freedom & danger, July 2007 and Sad & Beautiful World #13,
September 2008)
Wyoming (non-fiction; appeared in Sad & Beautiful World #12, July/August 2007 and Sad & Beautiful World #13, September
2008)

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