Friday, May 8, 2015

"you cannot give yourself a nickname"


My painting, "Big Baby" is featured on the cover of John Jodzio's new book, 

There is a book release party tonight at Honey Mpls featuring micro readings by: 
COURTNEY ALGEO / JENNY ADAMS-SALMELA / SARAH ASKARI / DENNIS CASS / NATHAN HILL / MARY MACK / TRACY MUMFORD / ROSS NERVIG / ANNETTE SCHIEBOUT / ANDY STURDEVANT and EMCEE = KATE CONDON

You can also pre-order the book online here.

"You Cannot Give Yourself a Nickname is the winner of The Rusty Toque's 2014 Fiction Chapbook Contest. 

"The stories in the collection, You Cannot Give Yourself A Nickname, are all perfectly flawless, flawless portraits of deeply flawed characters, unlucky as well as making bad decisions—these are funny, true, candid, often absurd vignettes of real life." —Lee Henderson, 2014 Fiction Chapbook Contest Judge 

John Jodzio is a winner of the Loft-McKnight Fellowship. His stories have appeared in a variety of places including This American Life, McSweeney’s, and One Story. He’s the author of the short story collections, “If You Lived Here You’d Already Be Home” (Replacement Press) and “Get In If You Want To Live” (Paper Darts Press). He lives in Minneapolis. Find out more at www.johnjodzio.net"

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