Chris Offutt and His Roots

My friend and writer Chris Offutt is interviewed on USED FURNITURE -- Reading the Groove by Robert Stapleton. Chris talks about his newest project - a film called The Trapper. Simpleton mentions the forward Chris wrote for my Down to the River; Portraits of Iowa Musicians.

Caroline Louise Flys! - Cover of MAKE Magazine

More great comments about the cover of MAKE magazine - a cool literary magazine out of Chicago. Here is the latest review/blog: Literary & Alternative Magazine Reviews. "It is the photograph on the cover from Sandra Louise Dyas, though, that so aptly captures the essence of this issue, and it is what keeps MAKE on my coffee table for friends to notice."

This is Where I Am From - via Easy Ed's Blog

Ed Maxin recently blogged about AMERI-TOGRAPHY 2: This is Where I Am From. Ed tells it like it is. He understands the photographs in way that I do not seem to be able to verbally express - I just use the camera. Ed blogs on NO DEPRESSION --- go check it out!

ROBERT FRANK & JUNE LEAF - PULL MY DONKEY

JESUS & McDonalds

On my way home from Burlington, Iowa, I spotted this along highway 218....

in case you cannot see it clearly, it says "crafted for your cravings".