Joe Meno is a critically acclaimed novelist, playwright and music journalist. A winner of the Nelson Algren Literary Award and a finalist for the 2008 Story Prize, he is the author of four previous novels and two story collections. Joe Meno is a professor of creative writing at Columbia College, Chicago, where he lives with his wife and daughter.
M is for mischief, which many great books contain. Rainer Maria Wilke once said "No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger."
Earlier this summer, my oldest friend asked me if I could suggest a reading for his wedding ceremony. The criteria: 'Nothing religious, nothing too flowery and over the top, no Eskimo blessings.'