For the shiftless:
“[W]e do not take a trip; a trip takes us. Tour masters, schedules, reservations, brass-bound and inevitable, dash themselves to wreckage on the personality of the trip. Only when this is recognized can the blown-in-the-glass bum relax and go along with it. Only then do the frustrations fall away. In this a journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.” -John Steinbeck (from Travels With Charley)
There you have it,
JT
I forgot to pimp this last month when it happened. My short story A Shortcut Through The Minefield appeared at unfilteredsmoke.com, a website started by a guy named Jason Wilson. The site is about exploring your creative side, and they’re looking for pretty much any kind of art you’ve got.
Hey all,
Our hero, Step “Groundhog Timberbeast” Taylor, will be breaking some theatrical legs at Theatre Books in Toronto for the launch of his newly published play Chapel Arm. Sweetback Twist and the T-dot chapter should show up and give an East Coast brother some love.
The event site is: http://www.theatrebooks.com/events/index.html
JT
Howdy Vagabonds,
The bell hath tolled for the SW NFLD town of Grand Bruit. The residents have voted to vacate the former fishing village and be relocated by the province. Check out the CBC story and video here:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/10/09/f-gallery-grand-bruit-vik-adhopia-newfoundland.html
See if you recognize the interview subject talking about her future ghost town. Thanks, Campeye, for bringing this to our attention.
Until again,
JT
Exciting news!
Our Oxford book-learner has recently published not 1, not 2, not 3 but FOUR poems in recent issues of GRAIN, The Malahat Review and DESCANT!
Way to go Steph! Give us a holler sometime. Let us know of your U.K. exploits. I only found out you were in these mags from perusing the Lit section at Read’s with the Doughnut Philosopher.
until again,
Cannonball Captain
Hello Folks,
Get out and grab your copy of Nonymous 2.1 now at Westminster Books and reNeu Boutique in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Support a burgeoning local publisher and read poetry by The Vagabond Trust’s Corenski Nowlan and Jordan Trethewey.
Cheers, C.C.
