The Ox Turned Butcher

I will be doing a LIVE READING of my new book CREAMTHING IN HIS GOLDEN YEAR on FRIDAY JUNE 5th in Minneapolis! (I may read some excerpts from other work as well.)

at EAGLES CLUB 34

2507 E 25th St, Minneapolis, MN

Door at 7, show at 8

There will be a Q+A and signing afterward, as well as a merch table with the book and more.

we're looking to create an AI policy, and when we were talking about this, my boss (older millennial) was genuinely shocked to hear that younger people do not (seem) to view AI positively (a la the recent commencement speakers being booed)

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Birds by KIKI SMITH (b. 1954, Germany)

Kiki Smith was raised Catholic and draws heavily on traditional bird symbolism. She uses birds—particularly doves, which represent peace, the Holy Ghost, and freedom—to examine spirituality and mortality.

She kept birds as a child for over a decade. This lifelong affection evolved into a desire to incorporate animals into her art to represent our shared instincts, movement, and vulnerability.

Her process is deeply tactile. She often creates bird reliefs and sculptures using materials like bronze, aluminum, and silver. She views the natural behavior of birds as its own form of environmental "technology"—using the things around them to flourish and build architecture.

Woman with Plants Grant Wood 1931