Too Young to Fall Asleep Sally Weigel http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7509 en 2009 Why would a poetry-writing high-school emo girl from suburban Chicago volunteer for the Iraq War? And when both of her legs are blown off in a non-combat IED explosion, how will she ever recover? The Chicago Center for Literature and Photography is proud to present its newest original novella, "Too Young to Fall Asleep," the literary debut of talented local up-and-comer Sally Weigel. Originally written when she was still in high school, "Asleep" is one of the first-ever adult character dramas concerning the so-called "Millennials," a prescient and eerily mature look at the generation of youth just now entering college -- an entire nation of idealistic sincerity-seekers within a maelstrom of suicidal Gen-X parents, a nation of kids who have no problem getting wasted on weekends but feel horribly guilty when smoking cigarettes while doing so. Weigel takes a razor-sharp look at this generation here, through the filter of the two events that have so far most influenced them -- the rise of the dark post-9/11 supergroup Radiohead, and the decimating of their numbers by Bush's 'war on terrorism' -- delivering at the end a haunting and thought-provoking snapshot of our current zeitgeist, in a sophisticated way that can only be done by an actual member of that generation. A "pay what you want" experiment which can be downloaded for free if one chooses [cclapcenter.com/asleep], "Too Young to Fall Asleep" marks the daring debut of an important rising voice in the American arts, and you are sure to be both informed and moved by what she has to say. Iraq terrorism chicago drama short original interest war bush school novella Youth human teens high radiohead emo suburbs glen ellyn cclap sally weigel http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7509.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7509.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7509.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7509.mobi P.S.I.: a novel about Pressure, Sex & Intuition MC Radiance http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/735 en 2005 About the sex lives and psyches of 4 artists along their bizarre paths to stardom: a singer, a film director, a writer and a rocker... Sabrina escapes death twice: will she finally triumph as the singer for her goth band, Clitorisaurus? Ziggy, a lonely professor, moonlights as an S&M director: X-rated reality shows catapult him to infamy. A Palestinian peacenik author feels someone is trying to kill him. And Todd the rocker can't seem to keep a grip... fantasy adventure politics marketing Satire rock reality TV sexuality goth shamanism underworld underworld S&M terrorism visionary survival stardom rehab publishing drama erotica peace disaster http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/735.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/735.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/735.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/735.mobi