CD Mitchell is Something Wonderful

Flying Houser, CD Mitchell, hit up Art@311 in Jonesboro, Ar. for a reading of his work last week, and apparently he left the crowd spellbound. 

According to Linda Nance, reading attendee and blogger: 

"When we think of something special I have to say the experience of listening to CD Mitchell would have to go on the list of Something Wonderful.  He would have to sit at the top of the list.  I have listened to many speakers on many topics,but this man has the magic of a story teller, the expertise allowing for in depth and insightful discussion and the creativity that works magic to bring a story to life.  When he read his stories you could see it, feel it and know the characters.  The crowd sat motionless mesmerized with his presentation."

Read more here. 

Now I really can't wait for our show!! Mark your calendars–– August 25th!

Tyler Gillespie & Dirty Socks

FHer, Tyler Gillespie, has a new book out: Dirty Socks and Pine Needles (Sibling Rivalry Press). 

As his review in the Windy City Times states, "Tyler Gillespie's book is a slender collection of reminiscences that sing of gentle and bittersweet memories of a childhood in the South."

How can family not find its reflection in our selves?  

Read the review here. 

Buy the ebook here. 

Congrats Tyler!

July 1st Update

The Flying House participants are hard at work, and yesterday was one of their big BIG deadlines––a work-in-progress update of their collaboration project. 

We have stories about schizophrenia and insane asylums, about lumbermen and tangerines, about the artifice of language and the ability of words to travel through time and space. 

We have sculptures of sinking stories, paintings of re-exposed texts, 3D wood-layered portraits, photography and video and so much to see! 

It's gonna be a good show, y'all. 

If you want to see a sneak peek of Jennifer Moore's photography, she has a few pics up on her blog right now! 

2012 FLYING HOUSE SPONSORS!

Thank you to the 2012 Flying House sponsors for signing on for another year. We love you and thank you for your support!

Poets & Writers has once again pledged to help fund our writing participants in this year's show. 

Plus, Vivo has pledged to supply our appetizers at the show and offer a drink & dinner special at their restaurant (right around the corner from Maes Studio) to anyone who shows up with their Flying House ticket! 

Last by not least, the talented Andrea Rettig (also a Flying House artist from 2011), will be manning the bar with her talented Cocomori crew and supplying her famous cake pop inventions––we're excited to see what flavors she brings!

If you or your company are interested in sponsoring Flying House, please contact us for a sponsor packet. theflyinghouseemail@gmail.com

THANK YOU!

Ponce and the NEA

Flying Houser, Pedro Ponce, received a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts this year, and here is what he's up to: 

"For the last couple of years, I've been a short story writer attempting to make the transition to writing novels. It's easy to underestimate the differences between genres; it's not just about adding pages, as I soon learned after starting work on my first full-length novel in the summer of 2010. The more time I spent away from the novel, the hazier the plot and characters, and the less narrative energy to galvanize readers' interests chapter by chapter. The support of the NEA will allow me invaluable time, not only to practice but also learn the craft of novel writing from teachers up to now shelved away for future reference."

Read more here. 

And did we mention Pedro used his piece "The Piazza de Chirico" to win the grant? The same piece he applied to FH with, coincidentally. They must have good taste!!

Congrats, again, Pedro. Hope that novel is shaping up!

Danillo Thomas Reviews

Flying Houser, Danillo Thomas, reviews "Sinners of Sanction County" at Southern Lit Review. Thomas writes:

"White’s world is rendered vividly here, and it is brutal, and so his characters, too, are brutal. This is nothing we have not seen recently in Bonnie Jo Campbell’s or Donald Ray Pollack’s spine jarring fictions, but what savesSinners from redundancy is a “grace of calamity,” as White puts it, that gives these stories a life of their own and that separates the noirish, often excessive violence from the emotions fueling these acts. White allows the reader to recognize the sorrow in the characters even while they wipe the blood off their hands."

Read more. 

2nd Place Winner, Katherine Zlabeck!

Congratulations to Flying Houser, Katherine Zlabeck, for making second place in the Hatfield/Westheimer Short Story Prize Competition.