Just a reminder to my fellow Chicagoland heads: I will be reading a couple of short pieces at the 20th annual Evanston Ethnic Arts Festival this Sunday, the 17th, between 2PM and 2:30PM. Come see me, hear me, shake my hand. My frivolous nonsense aside, the festival should be fun: there's tons of good food and music, at the least, and if the weather holds up, Dawes Park (Sheridan & Church, in Evanston) is quite lovely.

Details are here; spoken word schedule is here; directions here. And yes, it's free. Come say how do.