Chicago Zine Fest

Flying House is headed out to the Chicago Zine Fest for a look at other independent self-publishers. It's open and free to the public, so stop on by!

And, in case you're wondering, zines are those little hand-drawn, photocopied and folded up books/pamphlets that you may have seen sitting at awesomely independent bookstores, or being passed around at college campuses, or, really, anywhere in between. It's what people did before this thing called the World Wide Web made self-publishing platforms like Kindle.

Spotlight on Jason Watts

March's Spotlight is live on House Talk. Painter, Jason Watts, was a participant in Flying House 2010. Stop on by and hear what he has to say about technique, iPhone applications, and collaboration. 

AB Gorham live on The Rumpus!

Flying House contributor AB Gorham has written a review of Taller When Prone, by Les Murray, posted on The Rumpus online. She speaks of the ways landscape meshes with memory and the personal history of an individual passing through it. Read more here. 

Story Week Starts Sunday!

Starting Sunday, March 13th, Columbia College Chicago will be hosting its 15th annual Story Week Festival of Writers, meaning Flying House will be sitting in on six days of readings, interviews, performances, workshops, Q&As, and panel discussions, all aimed at exploring class issues and how they “manifest themselves in creative works and the rapidly changing world of publishing.” There’s a ton going on, and we’re excited about it all. We’re especially excited about these following free events––and hope to see you there!

Sunday, March 13: 2nd Story––a storytelling performance at Martyrs’ | 6:30pm

Monday, March 14: Grad Reading/Open Mic at Sheffield’s | 9:30pm

Monday, March 14: Jennifer Egan (A Visit from the Goon Squad) reading, conversation, signing at Harold Washington Library | 6:00pm

Tuesday, March 15: Audrey Niffenegger (Time Traveler’s Wife), Gerard Woodward (Nourishment), and Karen Tei Yamashita (I Hotel), reading, conversation, signing at Harold Washington Library | 6:00pm

Wednesday, March 16, 6:00pm: Literary Rock N’ Roll, an event featuring readings and signings by authors Irvine Welsh (Crime), Preston L. Allen (Jesus Boy), and Gina Frangello (Slut Lullabies); short comedy by Stephanie Shaw; and music by DJ Dream Team (Joe Shanahan, Irvine Welsh, and Don De Grazia). Metro | 6:00pm

Thursday, March 17: Make Ready: Manuscript to Book, a panel discussion featuring Sam Weller (Listen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews), Johnny Temple (Akashic Books publisher), Katie Dublinski (Graywolf Press Managing Editor), Scott Miller (Trident Literary Agency Vice President), and Keidi Bell (freelance editor). Hosted by Sara Dodson. CCC Film Row | 11:00am

Thursday, March 17: Story & The Arts Panel, a discussion featuring Rod Slemmons (Museum of Contemporary Photography), Philip Hartigan (visual artist), Audrey Niffenegger (The Time Traveler’s Wife), Tony Trigilio (poet), Darrell Jones (poet), Darrell Jones (dancer), and Bruce Sheridan (Film & Video). Hosted by Patricia Ann McNair. CCC Film Row | 4-6:30pm

Megan Fink live on 5823 Quarterly

Version 1 (with new ending)

Version 2

Flying House contributor Megan Fink is featured in the new issue of 5923 Quarterly. Her story, "Overexposed, Mending into White," was written as a modern noir and she manipulated the story into her artwork--two versions are pictured above.

Danilo Thomas live on Precipitate!

Flying House contributor Danilo Thomas is featured in the new Percipitate Journal. His story, "Blast Furnace," breathes the life of a hard Montana friendship, where the earth sits reeked in pollution and opens its guts only to reveal fires that will not cease their burning.