Reading # 70

Topical Haiku for June

As summer began, co-host Andrew Huff read another set of topical haiku at the June 3 edition of Tuesday Funk. Maya Angelou knew why the caged bird sings and told us about it. May she rest in peace, and may...  read

June Debriefing

Holy moly, folks. I certainly hope you didn't miss this month's Tuesday Funk, because if you did... you are a CHUMP. We started off fast and furious with Ted Goeglein's true story of robbing a strip joint and then, remorsefully,...  read

Reminder! Tuesday Funk #70 is tonight!

Hoo boy, have we got a treat for you. I'll give you three hints - it's tonight (TUESDAY), it'll be FUNKy, and ... well, that's probably enough hints. It's Tuesday Funk #70, y'all! With special guest stars Claire Zulkey, Patricia...  read

Meet Our Readers: Claire Zulkey

Since 2002, Claire Zulkey has run the blog Zulkey.com, which has been mentioned in the New York Times, New Yorker and by Anderson Cooper himself. Claire is also a freelance writer, and the author of An Off Year, published by...  read

Meet Our Readers: Patricia Skalka

With publication of her first novel - Death Stalks Door County - Chicago writer Patricia Skalka makes the gigantic leap from a successful career as a nonfiction writer into the unknown morass of fiction. So far, it's been a lot...  read

Meet Our Readers: Ted Goeglein

Ted (T.M.) Goeglein is the author of the young adult series Cold Fury from G.P. Putnam's Sons/Penguin. Cold Fury was published in July 2012 and the second installment, Flicker & Burn, was published in August 2013. The final book in...  read

Meet Our Readers: Edward McClelland

Edward McClelland was born in Lansing, Mich., in 1967. Like so many Michiganders of his generation, he now lives in Chicago. His book, Nothin' But Blue Skies: The Heyday, Hard Times and Hopes of America's Industrial Heartland was inspired by...  read

Meet Our Readers: Sara Ross Witt

Sara Ross Witt is the former co-host of Tuesday Funk and a graduate of The New School MFA in Creative Writing program. Her writing has appeared in Black Market Lit, Best of Ohio Short Stories, Arch City Chronicle, and Parent...  read

Tuesday Funk #70 - June 3, 2014

Memorial Day is right around the corner, and a week and a day after that is Tuesday Funk. The 70th edition of your favorite eclectic monthly reading series will feature Claire Zulkey, Patricia Skalka, Sara Ross Witt, Theodore Goeglein and...  read