And Where Do You Stand?

Once upon a time, there was this guy named John Carroll running things around here. A little over a year ago, he abdicated his throne and fled to parts unknown.

(That's a lie, actually. We knew where these parts were, but since they involved not writing for Phillyist, we pretended we didn't.)

But today, we are happy to tell you that, even without the superior power he held as Phillyist Editor, John is still exercising his Level-5 Mad Literary Skilz (tm) as this year's Kelly Writers House Junior Fellow. But get this: none of those Level-5 Mad Literary Skilz (tm) concern the internets! According to the KWH calendar:

John's Junior Fellows project, "A Place to Stand Productions," is a result of this time in the course digesting and talking about this idea of "a place to stand," a place that Ford would like us to find through literature. John's project involves a daily recreation of a text—whether a poem, song, excerpt, quote, short story, etc.—that will help someone find that place to stand. John will then mail these recreated texts—which he will recreate on a typewriter, in true Ian Frazier style—to randomly selected addresses in Philadelphia.

Tonight marks the culmination of this nearly-year-long project, with a reading at the House by John and a handful of recipients of his typewritten notes, after which, John will automatically achieve Level-6 Mad Literary Skilz (tm). There will be food and drink to celebrate.

A Place to Stand Productions
A Kelly Writers House Junior Fellows Event with John Carroll
Kelly Writers House
3805 Locust Walk
TONIGHT, 6PM
Free

Image of the patriotic and plumaged John Carroll, at the Kelly Writers House, by author.