Hi, all. There’s a contest on Goodreads right now to win a signed copy of my chapbook, On the River, Down Where They Found Willy Brown. See this page here for more information. No purchase necessary, although you need an account with Goodreads to enter. The giveaway ends on May 22.
On the River Down Where They Found Willy Brown
Flyer for May 12 Reading at Indigo Bridge Books in Lincoln
Reading with Julie Iromuanya / Indigo Bridge Books (701 P Street, Lincoln, NE) / 7pm
From TW’s Appearance on the Platte River Sampler
Hear below–me reading from my new chapbook On the River, Down Where They Found Willy Brown on the Platte River Sampler radio show (KZUM, 89.3 in Lincoln, Nebraska) and being interviewed by host Phil Schupbach. This was a lot of fun and turned out pretty well, I’d say. Thanks so much to Phil and KZUM for having me.
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Appearance on Platte River Sampler to Air this Thursday (4/23) at 6pm
Have you lately been curious what my voice sounds like? Do you want to hear me answer questions about my latest work? Well, you’re in luck, as I’ll be reading from my chapbook On the River, Down Where They Found Willy Brown this Thursday, April 23 on The Platte River Sampler radio program. The segment will air between 6 and 7 pm.
If you live in the Lincoln/Lancaster County area you can listen on KZUM community radio, 89.3 on the FM dial. The station can also be streamed live here (http://www.kzum.org/) by clicking on the player at the top left of the page.
The Platte River Sampler is “a weekly exploration of original prose, poetry, drama, songwriting and more, all from Nebraska.”
Be sure to listen live if you can. But if you can’t, a podcast version should be online within a couple weeks.
Thanks so much to producer and host Phil Schupbach for putting this together.
A Couple Photos from AWP
Check me out signing copies of my chapbook at Boulevard‘s book fair table in Minneapolis last weekend. Thanks again to Boulevard and Managing Editor Jessica Rogen (pictured) for being such gracious and enthusiastic hosts.
I took a few years off from the AWP Conference after leaving Prairie Schooner, so it was good to be back this year to catch up with old friends and touch base with some cool editors and journals. It was great having a large contingent from Creighton make the trip up as well. Lots of fun. See you next year in LA, writer folks!
Our own @theodorewheeler signing @BoulevardLitMag table #1924. Come by for his new chapbook! #AWP15 pic.twitter.com/CNHmNohsmg
— Creighton MFA (@CreightonMFA) April 11, 2015
.@theodorewheeler is here signing his new chapbook. Table 1924. #AWP15 pic.twitter.com/FOBqtnx5Sz — Boulevard (@BoulevardLitMag) April 11, 2015
Wheeler Schedules Book Signing at AWP Conference in Minneapolis
As the headline tells, I’ll be signing copies of my chapbook On the River, Down Where They Found Willy Brown on Saturday, April 11 at the 2015 AWP Conference & Bookfair in Minneapolis from 10:30 am to 11:30 am. You can find me hanging out with Boulevard in the bookfair at table 1924.
If you’re using the schedule builder on the AWP website, be sure to add it to your itinerary with just a click at this page.
I’ll have copies available for purchase for $3. Boulevard will also be bringing a few copies of their four back issues that feature my work, which is pretty cool. If you’re looking to build up your Wheeler archive–who isn’t, these days?–this would be a good place to start.
Thanks so much to Jessica Rogen and Boulevard for sharing their exhibition space with me!
AWP Book Signing / AWP Conference & Bookfair / Minneapolis Convention Center
Saturday, April 11 / 1030a-1130a / Boulevard Table (1924)
May 12 Reading at Lincoln’s Indigo Bridge Books Added to Events
Another date has been added to the whirlwind 4-month, 3-city world tour to promote my debut chapbook On the River, Down Where They Found Willy Brown, with a third stop booked for Tuesday, May 12 in Lincoln, Nebraska, at Indigo Bridge Books (701 P Street, in The Creamery Building).
After doing the big Omaha Uninitiated performance at the first two stops in Stuttgart and Omaha, this will be a more traditional, straight-forward reading without the A/V component.
The exciting part of this event–besides reading in my hometown for the first time in five years–is that I’ll be opening for Julie Iromuanya as she presents her debut novel Mr. and Mrs. Doctor. (Available for pre-order now, btw.) It will be great to share the stage with Julie.
Our paths briefly crossed when were both readers with Prairie Schooner earlier this decade (and were both published by The Kenyon Review around the same time–hers and mine) so I’m excited to see her first novel come out with a great publisher like Coffee House Press. Julie is a young author to watch, and what better way than by coming to the reading on May 12!
Here again are the details:
Tuesday, May 12 @ 7pm / Indigo Bridge Books / 701 P St. Lincoln, NE
Book Launch Photos (Omaha Edition)
Some pictures from last night’s book release party for On the River and a second performance of Omaha Uninitiated at Pageturners Lounge. Thank you very much to everyone who came out. It meant a lot to see so many friendly faces, and a few old friends, make it out. Reading to a filled room always feels great too. Also, thanks are in order for Pageturners for hosting the proceedings and for all the work Darren Keen put in to make the performance a success.
(Photo credits to Nicole Wheeler and Felicity White.)
On the River Launch Party Tonight at PTL
Just a reminder that the launch party for my chapbook On the River, Down Where They Found Willy Brown is tonight at 7pm at Pageturner’s Lounge (5004 Dodge Street, parking in rear). This is the last time that the whole mutli-media performance with Darren Keen is scheduled to be put on, what was previously performed at Akademie Schloss Solitude in Germany. The show mixes readings from the chapbook with photographs of World War I-era Omaha, popular films from the era (Charlie Chaplin, Krazy Kat, Katzenjammer Kids, Sinking of the Lusitania) and a cross-fertilization of some pretty interesting music. The songs include ragtime, Louis Armstrong, Enrique Caruso, Woody Guthrie, and propaganda music from the war, mixed in with Ideal Cleaners, Bright Calm Blue, Spring Gun, Rent Money Big, Her Flyaway Manner, and other important music from Nebraska in the last decade. It’s really cool. A great melange of elements that inspired the chapbook.
In other news, I’ve been working on getting On the River into a few bookstores around the area. So far I’ve worked out an arrangement with Jackson Street Booksellers (Old Market, 1119 Jackson St.) and their satellite Solid Jackson Books (Benson, 6571 Maple St), both in Omaha. More news to come on this as it develops. Oh, and if you know of any bookstores that specialize in chapbooks or any store that might be a good fit, drop me a line about it, I’d appreciate the lead.
Theodore Wheeler 