My Celebrity Polycule Era
Now it can be told!
Before I get to the extremely true, not-at-all hallucinated tale of my time with A-list swingers: did you know the rural mountain village of Chicago, Illinois has its very own genre of live performance art? It is called “live lit,” as in “live literature.” I got to do just such a show this week!
I had a fantastic time at Write Club, which is curated by American superstar Corrbette Pasko. My college pal Josh Zagoren (aka Chad the Bird) also works on it.
As I explained to the fine folks on my Patreon (where I put my weirdest stuff, tbh), “About a week before the actual show, each participant is assigned a topic. I was given the topic CLEAN, and my noble opponent Lexy Weixel (their Instagram is here) was given the topic DIRTY. From there, it is up to the individuals to compose a 7-minute written piece to be performed live in front of an often raucous crowd.”
What I wrote about CLEAN was truly beautiful and poetic and also full of swears and extremely filthy, I assure you. Here is a free link so you can read it! It is VERY EROTIC and about VERY FAMOUS PEOPLE! Share it with your friends! Send it to Grandma!
Other stuff to read today or this week…
No Big Bird No Peace! - a post I did for
on Sesame Street writers’ union contract negotiations.Police have begun arresting anti-war protesters at Columbia (via NY Times)
James McCartney and Sean Ono Lennon released a song together (via NY Times)
A couple months ago, I joined the American Writers Museum. They do really cool stuff and just announced an incredible exhibit on writing for tabletop, computer, and video games starting May 24.
If you’re a writer, check out
I hope you have a good one, you fine people. May all your mops and buckets be blessed.
Love,
Sara B.
Does your Patreon include lists of amazing things to see and do in Chicago that I've never heard of?!