Circus Rex

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Product Details
Price
$18.99  $17.66
Publisher
Calumet Editions
Publish Date
Pages
278
Dimensions
6.0 X 9.0 X 0.63 inches | 0.91 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781960250933

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About the Author
Loren Niemi began storytelling as a child fibber but soon decided that he was less interested in telling lies than in improving the truth. He is an innovative storyteller, creating, coaching, directing, performing, producing, teaching, and writing about stories that matter for audiences of all ages in urban and rural settings for over 40 years. He has participated in over 200 poetry and story slams since 1995 and has won 73 first, second, or third places and 2 grand slams, as well as being a member of the Minnesota team for the 1998 National Poetry Slam. He has also done 33 Fringe Festivals in eight cities as solo or ensemble storytelling performances since 1996. Howard Lieberman has been his performing partner for 17 of them, proving as Paul Burchill said in the LA Times: "These two are fascinating performers who manage to whip up a theatrical experience from little more than their mouths and imaginations." Loren published What Haunts Us (MoonFire Publishing), a collection of non-traditional ghost stories which won a 2020 Midwest Book Award for "Sci-Fi / Horror / Fantasy / Paranormal."
Reviews

Loren's use of literal and nonliteral utterances requires the reader to go beyond what is said to infer what is meant. A gifted unreliable narrator, we sift through the myriad of images and landscapes. Still, we are perplexed from beginning to end and prepared to pull out whatever hair we may have on our head when the last word is read. The clues are clear: Circus Rex is a masterpiece in fun.

-Hank Roubicek, Professor, Radio Personality, Storyteller and Author

If the Cliff Notes edition for Circus Rex existed, it would be useless. Simply do the easiest and most productive thing: Enjoy the hell out of Loren's brilliance as a storyteller.

-Hank Roubicek, Professor, Radio Personality, Storyteller and Author

Yeah baby! You know how I feel. I wanna put on my tap shoes and give it a ride!

-Kevin Kling

Circus Rex is not only Loren Niemi's best book, it's also his most ambitious. Niemi is important to Midwestern writers because his clever wit helps remind the rest of the nation that you can live in "flyover country" and still have an edge. Who should read Circus Rex? Anyone who enjoys Johnathan Franzen and John Irving books. Anyone who enjoys the journey more than the outcome. Circus Rex is clever. Circus Rex is fresh. Circus Rex is one of the five best books you'll read this year. Trust me...

-Danny Klecko, author of Hitman-Baker-Casketmaker, Lincolnland and The Dead Fitzgeralds