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| Aug. 2006 |
| ***BIO*** Charles P. Ries lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His narrative poems, short stories, interviews and poetry reviews have appeared in over one hundred print and electronic publications. He has received three Pushcart Prize nominations for his writing and most recently he read his poetry on National Public Radio’s Theme and Variations, a program that is broadcast over seventy NPR affiliates. He is the author of THE FATHERS WE FIND, a novel based on memory. Ries is also the author of five books of poetry — the most recent entitled, The Last Time which was just released by The Moon Press in Tucson, Arizona. He is the poetry editor for Word Riot (www.wordriot.org) and he is on the board of the Woodland Pattern Bookstore in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. You may find additional samples of his work by going to: http://www.literati.net/Ries/. and you may write him at charlesr@execpc.com |
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I left it all; the paper and pens, publishers
and agents who could not love my inner fantasy and joined the circus. The make-up, big nose and fancy pants helped me overcome my feelings of obscurity. I created an identity grander than my literary art. I now have something worth writing about. I married the fat lady, she gave birth to a midget; I learned to swallow swords, made friends with a contortionist who told me to turn my pens into pretzels, and live like a real man. |
| WHY I GAVE UP WRITING
AND JOINED THE CIRCUS |
| by Charles P. Ries |