Justin Sirois's Blog, page 62

is Helvetica a word?

http://www.winningsolution.com/premium-games-for-sale/scrabble-typography-edition/ 

Daniel Rumain's keffiyeh drawing for the Falcons book tour poster

Hand drawn by Daniel Rumain. 

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Outside Writer's Collective review of Falcons on the Floor

by Mel Bosworth.


"At times a buddy story with welcome flecks of humor, and at other times a beautiful and harsh meditation on war torn lives and landscapes, Falcons on the Floor is, in the end, an important and accessible tale of humanity struggling to maintain itself amid swirling chaos." 

http://www.outsiderwriters.org/2012/review-of-justin-siroiss-falcons-on-the-floor 

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Falcons on the Floor tour is really shaping up

With two weeks to go, we've only got two venues to firm up. 


Chicago, IL (Saturday, March 3rd, AWP, Beauty Bar with Big Lucks)Baltimore, MD 5:10 Reading Series (Saturday, March 17, 5:00 pm)Philadelphia, PA Toiling into Obscurity (Friday, March 23 7pm The Dive Bar with Christian TeBordo, Sarah Rose Etter, S.m. Shrake, and more)New York, NY (Saturday, March 24th, TBA)Northampton, MA (Sunday, March 25th, TBA)Baltimore, MD WORMS RELEASE PARTY (March 27, 8 pm Metro Gallery)Washington, DC (March...

mini tour update

So Dan Rumain has been texting me photos of a keffiyeh he is drawing for the Falcons book tour poster. I think he's put over 10 hours in it so far. The level of detail is boggling. Look out for the finished poster sometime in the next few weeks. 
We're still waiting on the NYC and DC venues, but everything else is golden. Philly, Northampton, Baltimore (x2), Houston, Austin, Marfa. 

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Justin Sirois Dark Sky Magazine interview w/ books, guns, friends, and oysters