Groves of olive trees, Russian tanks, and radio broadcasts in Arabic—these are some of the things I think of when I think of “childhood,” but they're also things I think about everyday, even now, at 37.

I don’t believe in some sharp divide between “childhood” and “adulthood”—some cliff that, once surpassed, remains there more...

In partnership with the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and Columbia College, the Chicago Music Commission presents an At Work Forum on taxes, accounting, and recordkeeping. Continuing the discussion of how to set up your business, this discussion will cover how to keep records to facilitate filing your tax returns. more...

I have gotten into a lot of trouble with fellow artists for giving my work away. They argue that it demeans their own work’s financial value, lowers expectations of payment, and worse, creates a cultural attitude that artists should work for free, or at best, for a pittance. Unfortunately, these arguments are too valid. more...

The Chicago School of Poetics was created to foster innovative poetics and provide a community, both physical and online, for critical discourse and the exploration of craft. The program offers instruction in the form of visual web conferencing, as well as face-to-face workshops more...