This week, I interview my friend, the fiction writer Chad Benson, who also happens to be a rock musician called Quinn W. Shagbark,

plus Jesse Duthrie talks about John Barth's The Floating Opera.

TEXTS DISCUSSED

[vimeo http://vimeo.com/61609421]

NOTES

If you are writing in Denver, check out the Lighthouse Writer's Workshop.

Read about Quinn W. Shagbark in Slate.

On Tuesday, August 13th, at Urban ReThink in downtown Orlando, I will read with

JOSEFINE KLOUGART,

DAN LAUER, &

DREW JOHNSON

in Jesse Bradley’s series, There Will Be Words, which was just named the best reading series in Orlando by Orlando Weekly.

Two days later, I will be reading an art-inspired piece in this event:

Pat Flynn Teaches You How to Grow Your Superfans, Choose Your Path & Create Content that Clicks