Diary: The Mysteries of Chicago, Part 1

I’ve started rereading Ann Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho, one of my favorite novels of all time, in preparation for the inception of the Gothic Funk Nation this February. The timing of all of these events, however, is uncanny, since in some ways the “plot arc” of December 2007 for me had a lot in common with the early English gothic novel in general, and The Mysteries of Udolpho specifically.

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Diary: Quiet.

Wow. So this has been the longest posting drought since I started this blog, and it’s probably going to last another couple weeks. Quite simply, I spent a couple weeks leaving New York, a week inhabiting a Gothic novel in Chicago, a week moving within Chicago, a week working without internet access.

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Concept: Guerrilla Lit reading a week from tomorrow (your last chance to hear me read in New York).

I will be reading at this month’s installment of the Guerrilla Lit series. Barring sudden and inexplicable fame, this is the last time I’ll be reading in New York, inasmuch as I’m moving to Chicago two days later. The reading is:

7:30 PM Wednesday, 11/28
170 Ave.

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