Hi!
According to FLP, more than 80 copies of my book have been pre-ordered. Thank you so much lovely pre-orderers. I don’t know if I’ve ever sold 80 of anything except maybe girl scout cookies and that was mostly due to my Grandma Roz. She would drag me along and tell me to ring doorbell after doorbell on both floors of the Florida condominium complex where she and my Grandpa George lived. If someone refused, she’d go into Yiddish mode. I didn’t understand the meaning of the words, but they seemed to be the key to unlocking multiple orders of thin mints. I don’t have my Grandma anymore, so I’ll have to rely on other methods although, unfortunately, I’m not sure what those methods are so I’m experimenting. I will tell you this: My goal is to sell 200 books during the pre-order period which ends on 3/20. I think it’s possible. We’ll see. Here’s the link: Finishing Line Press.
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And look, I have pens and bookmarks too. If you send me your address I’ll send you some while supplies last. Cost: Free.
In other news, I tried out my podcast idea! I’m not sure yet what I think about the results because I’ve never made a podcast before, but I really liked having 18 different five-minute conversations chosen randomly from 60 topics. We discussed round-shaped things, Yoko Ono, spelunking, pencils, packing, memory, and more. I’d love to know what you think. I think they are better listened to, than viewed, but suit yourself. Here they all are:
Vicki Walden: Actor, Writer, Musician. Check out Vicki in Mickle Maher’s remount of Song about himself in a limited run next month: Ticket Link. Highly recommended.
Jenny Magnus: Writer, Playwright, The Crooked Mouth band member, Co-founder of Curious Theater Branch and author of the book: Observations of an Orchestrated Catastrophe
AT Gruber: Author of the autobiographical essay collections: You’re not Edith & Transference and their one-person show: After Arizona
Terry Sofianos Wohlgenant: Performing Artist, Singer, Creator
Mark Miller: Architect focused on Sustainability , Solar energy, and creator of the Love Notes App.
Robin Cline: Artist, writer, lecturer, Chicago Neighbor Space Director
Invitations
Whether or not you live in Chicago, please come hear some of the work from my book with special guest Sheri Reda, author of Diaspora. Here is the zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/my/barriecole
On February 23rd, I’ll be back at Cole’s in Logan Square with a new piece as part of Misspoken along with Jen Moniz, Amy Eaton, Jasmine Davilia and others. The subject of the show is Thin Ice. https://www.facebook.com/share/18JCcJWfuH/
Here’s a clip from the Miss Spoken show I did last summer:
A request:
So last month, radio host Turi Ryder interviewed me on WCPT about generative writing, poetry and how they relate to the awful things in the world. Here is the interview:
A week or so after the interview, Turi invited me to read a poem at a poetry event at her synagogue. I liked it! So, my request is this: With the preorder deadline quickly approaching on March 20th, I need help promoting my book to a wider audience. Who has bookstore, library, or press contacts that might be into my work? Who knows high school teachers or college professors who’d like a visiting writer, Q&A, or optional workshop? This could be in person or online. Anyone in a book group? How about considering a different kind of book? April is poetry month. Let me know if you have ideas.
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