NEWS / READINGS
New review of Songs of Insurgency at Hipster Book Club
Spencer Dew's story collection, Songs of Insurgency, is now available via Amazon.com or Small Press Distribution. Published by Vagabond Press, Songs of Insurgency is ISBN # 978-0-9755716-4-4 and costs $12. Click here for a printable pdf flier Journalists, click here for press release information
The St Louis Post-Dispatch says, "Spencer Dew pounds through the apathy and delusions of our post-9/11 world with the force of a jackhammer.... In their rawness and brevity, the stories send up a flare from the accident scene of our world.... The world is not all right, and these characters aren't going to pretend that it is."
Time Out Chicago says, "In his 23 sharp, poignant shorts, Chicago writer Spencer Dew lays out a terrifying post-September 11th world.... His book hits like a sock to the gut..."
Other News:
Two Spencer Dew stories on the storySouth list of notable stories of 2007.
New Spencer Dew interview at The Guild of Outsider Writers.
Wandering Army's Marc Peacock Brush on Spencer Dew's Songs of Insurgency: "The writing is roundly poetic, but never without purpose, and never without some tragic story to tell. Dew writes about human difficulty, and leaves it difficult." Read his entire essay on writing in the net age here, at Mile Hive.
Spencer Dew's Book Note for Songs of Insurgency now on Largehearted Boy music blog.
Spencer Dew interviewed by Nick Ostdick here.
Spencer Dew will be reading at 4 pm May 18 at Carmichael's Bookstore in Louisville, 2720 Frankfurt Avenue; book-signing will follow.
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Spencer Dew's non-fiction essay on media coverage of bombings, "Ordinary Images," will appear in the forthcoming Bush Years anthology, edited by David Barringer. Ordering info will be posted here as soon as it's available. Because everyone loves essays on bombings!
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APRIL 7, Spencer Dew will read and discuss stories from Songs of Insurgency at the University of Chicago's Disciples Divinity House, 1156 East 57th, 7:00 pm. Event is free, though an excellent dinner is available at 6 pm for $5. Call 773-643-4411 to RSVP.
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APRIL 8, Spencer Dew takes part in the new Quickies reading series at the Innertown Pub, 1935 West Thomas, at 7:30. There will be readings by Mary Hamilton, Lindsay Hunter, Tobias Bengelsdorf, Amira Hanafi, Laura Goldstein, Heidi McKye, and Spencer Dew.
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APRIL 4, Quimby's (1854 West North Avenue): Spencer Dew, Jeremy Biles, Chris Pusateri, Jill Summers, Nick Ostdick. Book-signing after the event. Admission to all readings is, of course, free.
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MARCH 26: Spencer Dew will read in ST LOUIS at Subterranean Books (6275 Delmar Blvd, St Louis, MO). Book-signing will follow.
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MARCH 27: Spencer Dew will read in ST LOUIS at Left Bank Books (339 N Euclid Avenue, St Louis, MO), 7:00 pm with book-signing to follow.
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MARCH 11: Spencer Dew will read at 57th Street Books in the heart of Hyde Park (1301 East 57th Street), 6:00 pm with book-signing following.
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MARCH 8, Book Cellar (4736 N Lincoln Avenue): Spencer Dew, Elizabeth Crane, and Kate Duva. 7:00 pm, book-signing to follow.
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Saturday, January 19th, again at The Book Cellar, Spencer Dew will be reading with Nick Ostdick, Jill Summers, and Pete Anderson, celebrating the release of RAGAD #5.
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Spencer Dew will be reading Saturday, December 29 at The Book Cellar in Chicago's Lincoln Square as part of a performance of THE2NDHAND writers. Kate Duva, Lauren Pretnar, and editor Todd Dills (author of the novel "Sons of Rapture") will also be reading. The event is FREE and starts at 7 pm. (Print this out and plaster it everywhere!)
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September 29th at 7:00 PM, MoJoe's Hothouse in Chicago, Spencer Dew reading with CT Ballentine and Nick Ostdick.
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Saturday,July 14 at 7:00 pm: MoJoe's Hothouse, 2849 West Belmont in Chicago, RAGAD Installment 3 release party: Spencer Dew, Josh Stevens, Pete Anderson, and Nick Ostdick
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Wednesday, July 11: Ronny's, 2103 N California, Chicago, The2ndHand Mixtape Reading (stories about songs)
C.T. Ballentine, Tobias Carroll, Pete Coco, Emerson Dameron, Spencer Dew, Todd Dills, Amber Drea, Susannah Felts, Ling Ma, Jonathan Messinger, Lou Perez, Taryn Rejholec, Fred Sasaki, Mark Snyder, Marti Trgovich, Eugenia Williamson, and others. Hosted by Jeb Gleason-Allured with musical guests Big Time.
Doors @ 8 pm, show @ 8:30. 21+ Costs 7 bucks to get inside, but mix CDs will be handed out.
I'll be reading a thrill-ride to the tone and tune of Berry Sakharof's "Two Faces." Oye.
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Bookslut reading series, Thursday, May 10, at the Hopleaf in Chicago
Thursday, May 10 7:30pm
Hopleaf, Second Floor
5148 N Clark Street
Spencer Dew, Tao Lin, and Gillian Flynn