Videos

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Essays Videos

Video: Mary Beth Hoerner wrestles with her pride

At the May 7th edition of Tuesday Funk, Mary Beth Hoerner related a tale of punctured grade-school pride, and it sounded a little like this... And if you enjoyed that, please join us at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013, upstairs at Hopleaf, for an evening with Darwyn

Essays Videos

Video: Dion Walton takes us through the morgue door

At the May 7th edition of Tuesday Funk, Dion Walton told the affecting story of his struggle to survive HIV infection, and it sounded a little like this... And if you enjoyed that, please join us at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013, upstairs at Hopleaf, for an

Essays Videos

Video: Suzanne Clores takes a ride she can't refuse

At the May 7th edition of Tuesday Funk, returning reader Suzanne Clores related the squirm-inducing tale of a car ride she took with a Brooklyn mobster, and it sounded a little like this... And if you enjoyed that, please join us at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013,

Poetry Videos

Video: William Shunn DEMANDS to know "What Changed?"

At the May 7th edition of Tuesday Funk, our almost monthly Poem by Bill repeated a question we've heard before, and it went a little like this... And if you enjoyed that, please join us at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013, upstairs at Hopleaf, for

Poetry Videos

Video: Andrew Huff delivers haiku from the news

At our May 7th edition last week, co-host Andrew Huff brought us a fistful of fine haiku ripped bleeding from current headlines: Bombs, explosions, floods: this April found our heartstrings and pulled them hard. April's heavy showers brought destruction, but green too. Just in time for May. Three

Debriefings Videos

May debriefing

It was another packed room for this past Tuesday night's edition of Tuesday Funk at Hopleaf, and the standing-room crowd seemed to think it was a great show all around.  If you couldn't be there, let's recap what you missed. We kicked off the

Essays Videos

Video: Jeremy Jasper revisits a terrified inner child

Last month at our April 2nd edition, Jeremy Jasper dropped by to relate a powerful and terrifying tale from childhood, and it went a little like this... And if you enjoyed that, please join us at 7:30 pm tomorrow night, Tuesday, May 7th, 2013, upstairs at Hopleaf, for an

Poetry Videos

Video: Time is not on William Shunn's side

At the March 5th edition of Tuesday Funk, our monthly Poem by Bill raged against the ticking clock, and it went a little like this... And if you enjoyed that, please join us at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, May 7th, 2013, upstairs at Hopleaf, for an evening with Suzanne

Fiction Videos

Video: Reinhardt Suarez sings the house down

At our April 2nd edition, Tuesday Funk co-founder Reinhardt Suarez returned to our mike to read from his new novel, The Green Ray of the Sun, and he brought some musical friends to back him up... And if you enjoyed that, please join us at 7:30 pm on Tuesday,

Fiction Videos

Video: Mary Robinette Kowal brings us the glamour

At our April 2nd edition, Mary Robinette Kowal brought us this magical excerpt from her new novel Without a Summer.  And you'll want to watch all the way to the end because she brought shadow puppets too! And if you enjoyed that, please join us at 7:30

Fiction Videos

Video: William Shunn wants to know "What Changed?"

At our April 2nd edition, co-host William Shunn gave his short-short story "What Changed?" (originally written for 20x2 in Austin) its Chicago debut, and it went a little like this... If you enjoyed that, please join us at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, May 7th, 2013, upstairs at

Fiction Videos

Video: Wesley Chu lures us down a dark alley

There was a lot of luring going on at our April 2nd edition! When Wesley Chu stepped to the mike to read us an chapter from his forthcoming novel The Lives of Tao, it went a little like this... If you enjoyed that, please join us at 7:30 pm

Fiction Videos

Video: Reagan Keeter lures us down a deep well

At our April 2nd edition, Reagan Keeter spun us his horrifying tale "Out of the Well," and it went a little like this... If you enjoyed that, please join us at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, May 7th, 2013, upstairs at Hopleaf, for an evening with Suzanne Clores,

Poetry Videos

Video: Spring haiku by Andrew Huff

At our April 2nd edition last week, we welcomed new co-host Andrew Huff and introduced a new monthly feature of Tuesday Funk—Haiku by Andrew!  For his debut appearance, Andrew dropped these spring verses on us: "March Madness" for some means college football games. Others, bitter cold. The

Essays Videos

Video: William Shunn takes us inside the Mormon temple

In recognition of tomorrow's LDS General Conference in Salt Lake City, we're pleased to share William Shunn's reading from our January 1st episode.  His personal essay "The Fanatic on the Street" took us on an intimate tour through the secrets of the

Debriefings Videos

April debriefing (with shadow puppets!)

It was a packed room for this past Tuesday night's edition of Tuesday Funk at Hopleaf, which means the chances are pretty good you were there enjoying it all with a cold beer in your hand.  But if not, let us recap what you missed. We kicked off

Videos Reading #55

Video: Dana Norris struggles against damnation

At our March 5th reading, Dana Norris stopped by our mike and brought us this tale of hell and damnation which has nothing at all to do with April Fools' Day... And if you liked that, please join us tomorrow, April 2nd, to hear Mary Robinette Kowal, Jeremy Jasper,

Debriefings Videos

March debriefing

It was a small but hardy crowd that braved the roaring snow to make it out to this week's edition of Tuesday Funk.  The thirty-odd folks in attendance were treated to a strong program featuring some returning readers, some first-timers, a whole lot of laughs, and maybe a

Essays Videos

Video: Patricia Ann McNair makes a painful "Return Trip"

At our Not Your Parents' Valentine's Day Edition of Tuesday Funk, Patricia Ann McNair read us her essay "Return Trip," from the anthology Briefly Knocked Unconscious by a Low-Flying Duck, and it went just a little like this... And if you enjoyed that, please join

Essays Videos

Video: Mary Pat Bohan can't carry your baggage too

At our Not Your Parents' Valentine's Day Edition of Tuesday Funk, Mary Pat Bohan read her personal essay "Brutally Honest," and it went just a little like this... And if you enjoyed that, please join us at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, March 5th, 2013,

Fiction Videos

Video: Hanna Martine gets elemental

At our Not Your Parents' Valentine's Day Edition of Tuesday Funk, Hanna Martine read us a steamy scene from her paranormal erotic novel A Taste of Ice, and it went just a little like this... And if you enjoyed that, please join us at 7:30 pm

Fiction Videos

Sink your ship at the end of the treasure trail

Hey, Funkers!  We here at Tuesday Funk have a very special, very naughty Valentine's Day treat for you ... but we're not going to give it up to you as easily as all that.  You're going to have to work for it. It's

Essays Videos

Video: Andrew Reilly pictures love overseas

For your Valentine's Day pleasure, we're pleased to share Andrew Reilly's reading from our December 4th episode.  His true story "Here, Capture Something" appears in the new 2nd Story anthology Briefly Knocked Unconscious by a Low-Flying Duck, but we warn you, you

Fiction Videos

Video: Christopher Sweet jumps worlds with Marilyn Monroe

At our January 1st edition of Tuesday Funk, Christopher Sweet took us on a satirical journey through a world of sex, money, religion, and celebrity, and besides sounding a lot like our world it sounded a little like this... And if you enjoyed that, please join us tomorrow night, Tuesday,

Fiction Videos

Video: John Everson gives love a terrifying name

In advance of our Not Your Parents' Valentine's Day Edition next Tuesday night, we thought you might appreciate an advance look at the sort of work you can expect from returning reader John Everson.  Back at our October 2nd episode, John read from his erotic horror novel