Christian Kiefer

Birds

2014-05-10T00:34:47Z

Little birds in the porch frame again. Had to return one to its spot today after it had toppled out. Awesome.

Reading Javier Marías on an early summer afternoon

2014-05-10T00:14:44Z

The Dark Matter

2012-07-08T23:53:30Z

Reading The Dark Matter section of The Infinite Tides live in Corte Madera with friends Tim Rutili (Califone), Chip Conrad, and Scott Leftridge.

Reading at Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA

2012-07-08T19:51:57Z

Photo by Allyson Seconds. L-to-R: Tim Rutili, gtr.; Christian Kiefer, book / gtr; Chip Conrad, drums / percussion / sawblades; Scott Leftridge, bass (and obscured by Chip’s head).

SF Chronicle

2012-07-01T23:35:44Z

Nice reviews of The Infinite Tides continue. Here’s the write up in today’s San Francisco Chronicle with me looking poetically at the article’s title. Adrift on Earth? Yessir.

Powell’s

2012-07-01T04:08:08Z

I had the good fortune of being asked by Powell’s to write something for their Indiespensible blog. I took the opportunity to explain something of the genesis of The Infinite Tides. If you’re interested, you can point your browserfinger hereward!

On Book Trailers

2012-05-12T18:27:26Z

At long last, The Infinite Tides book trailer. Take a look. Comes out (officially) in July but you can get a copy starting June 19.

Albuquerque

2012-05-09T16:45:29Z

New gig booked (a book gig, not a music gig) in Albuquerque on Aug. 11. Check the EVENTS tab. This one, like all the Rocky Mountain dates, is with my dear pal and mega awesome writer lady Pam Houston (and, likely, one of her giant wolf hounds).

Swofford’s Hotel

2012-04-26T23:38:32Z

New news: I booked a reading with Anthony Swofford in June. I’ll give a brief (very brief) glimmer of The Infinite Tides and then he’ll read from his excellent new memoir while I back him up with his guitar. Seriously. It will be great. Click on over to EVENTS for more info.

Here’s some material on Swofford’s new book: Hotels, Hospitals, and Jails.

Lots more readings / events in the works including (gasp) some music. Stay tuned.

Diderot!

2012-04-17T04:04:11Z

Played hooky today and it was totally worth it. Found a double volume hardcover of Diderot’s L’Encyclopedie in Berkeley for $60 which is well worth it–an abridgment, of course, but what you want with the Diderot is the engravings, not necessarily all the text. Also scored Gass’s On Being Blue, the new edition of the Strugatsky brothers’ Roadside Picnic, Rilke’s The Inner Sky (an interesting new collection), and a couple of things on the free will debate (one by Dennett, one by Searle). That’s a good day’s worth of hooky-playing. My children were beasts the whole time but my wife is excellent all the way around and was even more so today. Go team! And while we’re at it: so many amazing arts & crafts homes in Berkeley I almost ripped my own head off looking around. An architectural dream-spot.