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Best BFF Book Tour ever

Thanks to all our hosts, Mellowpages Library, Kimberly Hennessy and Nick Partridge, Michelle Taransky-Kleiman and Jeff Kleiman, biggest love to Zach Savich and Hilary Plum, Dan Brady of Barrelhouse Books and Simone Kearny. And thanks to all the incredible writers who joined us along the way (pictured below with links to their amazing books). And here also, one of the videos I projected on the tour: 

Retirement is a Flamingo Pond. 

 Rachel B. Glaser

 Emily Pettit

 Stella Corso

 Seth Landman

 Christy Crutchfield

 Jordan Stempleman

and myself

BFF Book Tour! Spring Break 2015

Ryan MacDonald: The Observable Characteristics of Organisms, 2014 FC2

Jordan Stempleman: Wallop, 2015 Magic Helicopter Press

Mar 13: Mellow Pages, with Emily Pettit and Rachel B Glaser, 56 Bogart St. 1S Brooklyn, New York 11206

Mar 15: BarrelHouse Books, Washington DC

Mar 16: Simone Kearney reading series, Baltimore, MD

Mar 17: Amherst Books, with Stella Corso, Christy Crutchfield and Seth Landman, Amherst Books, Amherst, MA

quick character animating for whatev

TNBBC Review

New review of TOCO up at TNBBC y'all, thanks for reading

and then I read the story Brass Tacks for TNBBC's audio series

Song 1142

Song 1142:

poem: Jordan Stempleman

animation: Ryan MacDonald

I have been interviewed at the Small Press Book Review by the great Mel Bosworth.

"Ryan MacDonald wrote a book called The Observable Characteristics of Organisms. Ryan MacDonald has a fine beard. Ryan MacDonald moves, like you, through the wonder and whimsy of this modern world. Such lucky beasts are we! Recently I connected with Ryan to learn about his book, how the poet Peter Gizzi wiggles, and the marvel of “It”."

Small Press Book Review : Review of Ryan MacDonald's THE OBSERVABLE CHARACTE...

Small Press Book Review : Review of Ryan MacDonald's THE OBSERVABLE CHARACTE...: The Observable Characteristics of Organisms Ryan MacDonald. University of Alabama Press, $16.95 paperback (160p) ISBN: 978-1-57366-182-9 ....

working with global illumination to float a skeleton in a kitchen ok? ok. 

Fiction Advocate

I Am A Natural Wonder  appears today at Fiction Advocate!

gifed scenes from upcoming animation

Set up a tumblr for my computer animation 1 students: Check ittttt out:

http://animalanima.tumblr.com/

TOCO is now available for pre-order! to have in hand on Sep 15th

dear friends,  my debut story collection is now available for pre-order on Amazon click here! 

I'm still getting used to the idea that it might one day exist, but it really is happening. I've been singing to FC2's tummy and we've been practicing lamaze and watching TOCO grow its little fingers and toes in the ultrasounds, and, well, soon it'll be sleepless nights and breast pumps then braces then dating then it'll go and have little books of its own and then death.

I hope you'll like it!

stay tuned for info on the dangerous book-tour/road-trip I'll be taking with my oldest-dearest friend Jordan Stempleman (whose soon too be poetry collection Wallop (Magic Helicopter Press) will be joining us)

tentative plan to turn this into an art/lit review blog, starting with this relatively new book loot 

Song 14, by Jordan Stempleman

Song 14 is now up at HTMLGIANT for the Poem a Day series.

I sculpted and rigged Jordan's head using Maya animation software which, if you're going for anything human, will inevitably end up on the creepy side.

New interview up at Route 9 Literary Journal between me and the brilliant Jenn Mar

Read an interview between myself and Adeena Reitberger from American Short Fiction here!

Pick up a subscription to American Short Fiction  and get #56

My collection of short stories, The Observable Characteristics of Organisms, is due out in September with FC2

I am a Natural Wonder. resurfaced

originally published at I Am a Natural Wonder

Ian Cheng

Interested in the work of Ian Cheng lately, maybe because I'm teaching Intro to Maya this semester and advanced Maya next semester. In any case, it is refreshing to see 3D technology applied in a context that isn't exclusively created for "animation entertainment" purposes. Read an interview with Cheng here at Bomb magazine. 

Liars -- Brats from ian cheng on Vimeo.

American Short(er) Fiction Award and FC2. Good times

Incredible to have won the American Short(er) Fiction Award and alongside Sabrina Orah Mark no less! Read our stories in ASF’s next issue this fall. And then hopefully it’ll move you to read my collection of stories The Observable Characteristics of Organisms which comes out from the unprecedented FC2 next fall!! Yes> Yes.