Charles Bernstein Mailing Address: Post Office Box 5008 Evanston, IL 60204-5008 County: Cook e-mail: errorwrist_2002@hotmail.com Phone: work: 847-864-9440, ext. 253 work: 888-752-5200, ext.253 home: 847-644-2857 Website: PROTEST Genre: Poetry/Prose

Periodical Publications:

• Published Cops Hate Poetry (1986-1991)
• Has published in
  Lucid Moon, Laughing Boy Review, Artisan Ink, The Body Inside, Buffalo Speedway, The Anti-Mensch II, Flipside, Tomorrow Magazine, Poet Sluts Anthology & Poetry SuperHighway (webzine).

Book Publications:

• Ordering A Pizza In The Middle Of The Revolution (2005)
• Simple Songs For Simple Folks (CD-2005)
• Magnetic Poetry: Book of Poetry (anthology), Workman Press, 1997
• Shortness of Breath (chapbook), PROTEST, 1997

Forthcoming Publications:

Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Honors:

• Lighthouse Fellowship (Beloit, WI-2000)
• National Poetry Slam finalist (Chicago team-1999)
• Member of Arlington Poetry Project (since 1995)
• 3rd Place, Print Media (poetry) AIDS Awareness Competetition, Columbia College (Chicago, 1989)

Recent Readings, Performances and Productions:

Productions:

• Errorwrist: Nine Muses Of Error In Underconstructualism (CD/PROTEST - 2002)
• Drum Poems (Cassette/WYMBS Productions-1997)
• Tripped Back Up (Compilation CD, Niteskool Productions/Northwestern University-1998)
• Birthdeath Demo (CD/PROTEST - 1997)

Readings:

• Sound Poetry Festival (Portland, OR-2003)
• Cafe Florida (Chicago, IL-2003)
• Bad Dog Tavern (Chicago, IL-2003)
• Gourmand Cafe (Chicago, IL-2001)
• Mother Fools (Madison, WI-2001)
• Frum Festival (Hendon, England-2000)
• Peter Jones Gallery (Chicago, IL-1999)
• "Jack's Birthday" (Kerouac Jack's-Chicago, IL-1998)
• Lounge Ax (Chicago, IL 1998)
• Chopin Theater (Chicago, IL 1998)
• The Sun Cafe (Chicago, IL 1998)
• Austin International Poetry Festival (Austin, TX-1998)
• Rockford Arts & Crafts Center (Rockford, IL-1998)
• the Poet Sluts Interactive Orgy (Chicago, IL 1998)
• WBEZ (National Public Radio-Chicago, IL-1997)
• Museum Of Contemporary Art (Chicago, IL-1989)

Recent Workshops:

Present Employment:

• Industrial Research, Manufacturers News Inc (Evanston, IL)

Preferred Audience:

• Young adult through senior citizens

Willing to travel:

• Anywhere