2019-2020 Urbantasm Book Tour announced!
Official statement is here: https://www.urbantasm.com/2019/04/23/2019-2020-book-tour/… Read the rest
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Illinois
CHICAGO: Thursday Live Lit with Connor Coyne.
One of the first official Urbantasm events!
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Please join me in CHICAGO on Thursday, December 7th for Indie Lit’s “Live Lit” event at the delightful 57th Street Books in Hyde Park, just two blocks from The University of Chicago.
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When I Said Goodbye to Chicago…
Six years later, I still remember my last month in Chicago.
I’d gotten tired. The endless circles I’d run between friends’ parties, book readings, free music, neighborhood food fests, and the demands of my one-year-old daughter had — yes — ravaged my body with sleepless and almost sleepless nights.… Read the rest
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Review: Nothin’ but Blue Skies, by Edward McClelland
Early this morning I couldn’t sleep, so I drove out to Gillie’s Coney Island just north of Flint to finish reading Edward McClelland’s engrossing book Nothin’ but Blue Skies: The Heyday, Hard Times, and Hopes of America’s Industrial Heartland.… Read the rest
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Event: I Have Discovered My Secret Super Power.
Within a short time of my moving to any given state, that state’s governor will fall into disgrace.
So where should I move next?
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Event: Blue Skies Falling endorsements, 2008.
MY ARGUMENTS:
Information. Where to Get It and How to Use It.
What is Socialism? Is Obama a Socialist?
MICHIGAN : PROPOSAL 2008-02 : Embryonic Stem-Cell Research.
California Proposition #8.
MICHIGAN : PROPOSAL 2008-01 : Medical Marijuana.
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Event: Information. Where to Get It and How to Use It.
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Information on National and Local Races.
ILLINOIS – COOK COUNTY
MICHIGAN – GENESEE COUNTY
NEW YORK – KINGS COUNTY
Congress.org: My races.
This website is a great, nonpartisan tool; it contains each candidates’ statements of their own positions. Input your address and zip code and it will tell you which races are contested in the executive and legislative branches.
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EVENT: Why I’m Voting Against Jan Schakowsky in the Illinois 9th District Race.
U.S. House of Representative: Illinois 9th District
Incumbent Jan Schakowsky (Democrat) vs. Moe Shanfield (Green) vs. Michael Younan (Republican)
Blue Skies Falling endorses: MOE SHANFIELD (GREEN)
This is, actually, probably the hardest decision for me to make this cycle.
There is little question of the race’s outcome, but I need to outline my reasoning, because I vocally supported Schakowsky in 2004.
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Event: Illinois Voter Registration Ends October 7th.
Cook County Clerks Office | Election News: Two weeks until end of voter registration Oct. 7 registration deadline looming.
Don’t think that this state doesn’t matter. There are important races along the whole length of the ticket!
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