Category: 999 - The Streetwise Cycle

Find The Streetwise Cycle at your favorite online retailer

5/28/2011

Looking to buy your own copy of The Streetwise Cycle?

This being the era of the online "filter bubble," I'm always creating more options where you can find it.

You can get the hard copy and the ebook directly from the publisher. Or you can buy it on Amazon, B&N, Diesel or Kobo.

You can download and listen to the audio book from iTunes or Podiobooks.

If you have a favorite website where you think my book should appear, drop me a line.

A history of publishing and indie lit

4/6/2011

If you enjoyed the ten minute version of Terry Wolverton's talk at the party (or if you missed it), you can hear the full half-hour version over here on my website.

Don't forget to check out the Future of Publishing Think Tank website with our map of Southern California indie lit outlets (booksellers, publishers, reading series, etc.).

http://foptt.com

The interview originally aired on Indymedia On Air on KPFK radio in Los Angeles on March 14.

Listen and download The Streetwise Cycle song

3/30/2011

Singer-songwriter Alanna Lin (a.k.a. Fascinoma) wrote a lovely song inspired by The Streetwise Cycle and performed it live at the party.

Listen to the song here:

Click over to the Fascinoma page on Bandcamp.com to download the mp3 and read the lyrics.

From The Streetwise Cycle song:

   Ain't got gasoline to start your car
   Pure man power drives your shopping cart
   No cash money but you got your heart
   Streetwise, sleep tight
   Your policy is right

   No one wants you
   To know their name
   Cuz you might be the only one they blame
   Give away anything you got to eat
   Streetwise, sweet life
   Now you may go in peace

Streetwise Cycle launch party program

3/29/2011

Here's the program from Saturday's launch party for The Streetwise Cycle, with details about the book and everyone whose work appeared there.

Click "Fullscreen" to read it, and click "Print" to take it with you.

For best effects, print it double sided in landscape mode on 8.5x11 plain paper and fold it in half.

Slideshow from The Streetwise Cycle book launch party

3/27/2011

I had such a great time at the book launch party last night! Thank you to everyone who came - we filled the house at the Echo Park Film Center!

Here are a few photos from the event. If you have photos to share, please send them along.

You can find much more about me and my book on my Facebook page.

If you'd like to buy a copy of The Streetwise Cycle, it's available on Amazon and Lulu, or you can download it for your favorite e-reader.

36 hours and counting to the Streetwise party

3/25/2011

Tomorrow night, put on your reading shoes and make your way down to the Echo Park Film Center for The Streetwise Cycle book launch party!

Click here for all the details.

In the meantime, enjoy some photos I took in January of the amazing new library in Alexandria, Egypt, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Bibliotecha Alexandrina

Quick rundown of the Streetwise book launch party

3/23/2011

Here's a preview of what you can expect at The Streetwise Cycle book launch party, this Saturday night (Mar 26) at the Echo Park Film Center:

Doors open at 7:30. Program begins at 8 pm

While you're waiting for the program to begin you can

Sing along with Ampersand
Listen to excerpts of the book podcast
See a display of Zoë's Envelopes
Mark your own LA story on an interactive map
Enjoy snacks from India Sweets and Spices and drinks
Meet lots of cool people from around LA

As for the program, we'll have

Original music written for The Streetwise Cycle, performed live by Alanna Lin
A word cloud-and-image presentation of the book, accompanied by music by Bruce Bennett
A brief talk on indie lit and why it matters from the inimitable Terry Wolverton
Plus, I'll read a story or two from the book!

After the program I'll be selling and signing copies of the book. Hang out and enjoy the food and all the entertainment.

If you're still looking to enjoy the Echo Park vibe on into the evening, join me at the El Prado Bar for an unofficial official afterparty.

Judging books by their envelopes

3/21/2011

Zoë Ruiz makes envelopes. She creates them from unusual materials and in unexpected ways. Since I'm lucky enough to know Zoë and her work, I asked if she would make a set of envelopes based on The Streetwise Cycle.

Using printouts of each story in the cycle, Zoë has created envelopes that reflect on her experience of the book. They will be on display as part of the book launch party on March 26.

It's all part of the DIY, lo-fi, multidisciplinary principles of the book and my personal aesthetic.

Zoë Ruiz makes envelopes

Zoë studied creative witing at UC Santa Cruz, as well as Spanish literature and feminist studies. Currently she lives in LA where she works at a literacy nonprofit. Her writing has appeared in Utne.com and The Rumpus, and one of her zines is in the Special Collections Department at Occidental College Library. Her most recent blog is Fishes and Honey.

Streetwise parking tips for the party

3/20/2011

If you're an Angeleno, I know you're planning ahead for parking at the party on Saturday night. The Echo Park Film Center doesn't have its own parking lot, so I went googling for some info on parking in the neighborhood, and here's what I found:

Map of parking lots in the area, from Parkopedia
Article on new meters installed in the area last fall
Who says you have to drive? Use Google maps for transit options to the party.

And please don't forget your carpooling and designated driver options.

See you at the party!

Literary blogs for a Follow Friday (#ff)

3/18/2011

UPDATE: Thanks to all the tweeps and commenters who reminded me about lit blogs I'd forgotten and introduced me to new ones:

The Rumpus
Paris Review Daily
Like Fire
Three Guys One Book
Sea Giraffe
Moby Lives
Se Enseña Aquí?

Who else should be on this list?

Thought I'd celebrate Follow Friday this week by sharing a little link love. Here's a list of literary blogs from around the web - big and small, hyperkinetic and chill, corporate and indie. If you love to read, there's something here for you (in no particular order):

Maud Newton
La Bloga
The Elegant Variation
Bread and Bread
The Literary Saloon
Jacket Copy
The Kenyon Review Blog
HTML Giant
Pen America Blog
A Commonplace Blog
The Reading Experience 2.0
Bookslut
Elisa
Readerville
Harriett
The Mumpsimus
Give A Fig
Sentences
Galley Cat
Paper Cuts
The LitBlog Co-op
Diary of a Heretic
The Millions
American Fiction Notes
Gently Read Literature
Old Hag
Ready Steady Book
Arts and Letters Daily
Neil Gaiman's Journal
Bookstore People
Counterbalance
Curious Pages

If that doesn't give you enough literary stimulation to last you the next ten minutes, I don't know what will.