The OATSMAN

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2025 Crazy Buffet Club collections

Now On Amazon 

And the Crazy Buffet Club Table

at Con Nooga 2026
Crazy Buffet Club Omnibus Collection 
and  

J. Smith Kirkland's short stories 

from the 2018-2025 CBC collections

Also On Audible! 

   

    

 

Ground turkey, red bell pepper, mushrooms 

In canola oil, orange peel, paprika, tumeric, garlic

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AJs stuffed devi crab

 New Book: Short Stories by J. Smith Kirkland Available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.

These are reprints of all the stories that have been published in the annual Crazy Buffet Club collection since 2018.

 

 

pot bellies

Thai Trail, Makhani

MEETING INFO

when: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025

where: the Blue Chair Cafe, Sewanee, TN, USA

theme: LIFTOFF

prompt for performers: How do we free ourselves from everyday constraints? Please bring instructions. 

yes, please:

* Keep your turn under five minutes.

* Perform your own work or someone else’s.

* Feel free to ignore or mock the theme.

* Remember that we welcome a wide range of creative expression; we’re not just about poetry. 

* Let me know if you plan to attend.

— Brooks Egerton

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

another enthusiastic recommendation for the coming week.

Reserve your free tickets to The Oresteia here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-oresteia-tickets-1670077549909?aff=oddtdtcreator 

Hope to see you at the show!

 

ABOUT SEWANEE SPOKEN WORD

Sewanee Spoken Word celebrates expression on the second and fourth Tuesdays of most months in Sewanee, Tennessee, USA

please:

* Keep your turn under five minutes.

* Perform your own work or someone else’s.

* Feel free to ignore or mock the theme.

* Remember that we welcome a wide range of creative expression; we’re not just about poetry. 

* Let me know if you plan to attend.

 

           — Brooks Egerton 

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Our next gathering isn’t until Oct. 14 — 

so I’m recommending this event in the meantime: 

when: 4:30 p.m. Monday, October 6, 2025

where: McGriff Alumni House

what: Robert Wood Lynn reads from his collection Mothman Apologia, which made a New York Times list of best poetry of 2022.