“It’s also a master class in stream-of-consciousness narrative, where the prosaic and the profound mingle freely in the mind and words of narrator Stuart Page, a halfway burnt out college kid at home for the summer, a musical critic with an obsessive streak, and a young but practiced alcoholic. Someone could write a thesis on hangovers in this book.”
Buckham Gallery Reading /
We are mega excited to be reading from our work at Buckham Gallery in September! Details below. Jump to Buckham Gallery here.
Link to my 80s coming-of-age and ode to New Wave novel, Your Silent Face, below, as well.
“A meandering but vigorous story about wayward youth and the necessity of art.” —Kirkus Reviews
#BuckhamGallery #flint #literaryfiction #poetry #KelseyRonan #chevyinthehole #ConnorCoyne #urbantasm #TimLane #yoursilentface #CatharineBatsios
Cant Get There from Here: A New Painting /
Hello. You are here. Please stay. There’s a lot to go over.
#worksonpaper #contemporarypainting #artistofinstagram #watercolor #painting #space #quantummechanics #art
Cant Get There from Here, 2022
This playlist is a companion to my 80s coming-of-age novel, Your Silent Face. Stuart Page is a protagonist obsessed with 80s New Wave and Ian Curtis, the lead singer of Joy Divison. All of the tunes and bands in the playlist get a mention in the novel. The novel is available on Amazon.
More Mixes by another Master of the Mix Tape /
These are some really good playlists compiled by my really good friend, Bill. Enjoy!
#mixtape #playlist #80smusic #genx #80s #spotify
Eyes Without a Face: Gen X Slow Dances /
“Everytime you go away…”
#80s #genx #80smusic #slowdance #prom #songs #playlist
Your Silent Face Available in Paperback plus The Playlist /
“In Lane’s literary novel, a music lover attempts to make sense of his reality in 1980s Michigan…A meandering but vigorous story about wayward youth and the necessity of art.” —Kirkus Reviews
This playlist is a companion to my 80s coming-of-age novel, Your Silent Face. Stuart Page is a protagonist obsessed with 80s New Wave and Ian Curtis, the lead singer of Joy Divison. All of the tunes and bands in the playlist get a mention in the novel. The novel is available on Amazon.
#comingofage #80s #80smusic #flint #midwest #rustbelt #genx #newwave #newwavemusic #joydivision #iancurtis #nativeamericanliterature #yoursilentface #yoursilentfacethenovel #yoursilentfacetimlane #novel #fiction #lovelansing
What lies ahead that doesn’t suck? Summer break forces Stuart Page to return home and wrestle with his fraying ties to the East Side of Flint, his memory an archive of cassettes he would like to erase. His freshman year of college was lame. More early Cure than Spandau Ballet, he might be overheard saying. More Gary Numan than Falco.
Flustered by visits from a stoic viking, fueled by an endless supply of beer, Stu picks apart an obsession with the lead singer of Joy Division and chugs the sour dregs of insecurity as he drunkenly veers through Flint’s blue collar fight culture, summer hook ups, the aftereffects of Old School Catholicism and Reaganomics in Your Silent Face.
Rebel Yell /
#flashbackfriday I don’t know if there is anything like music on this planet. Whenever I hear songs from my formative years, I am immediately transported back in time. All kinds of memories and feelings—good, bad and everything in between. Take Billy Idol’s song, “Rebel Yell,” released in 1983—I was sixteen. It embodied a lot of energy. Whenever it catches up with me on the radio or a playlist or soundbyte, I still flip out. Happy flashback Friday.
#80smusic #newwave #postpunk #billyidol #genx #yoursilentface #lovelansing #80s #newwavemusic #postpunkmusic #alternativemusic #clubbing
This playlist is a companion to my 80s coming-of-age novel, Your Silent Face. Stuart Page is a protagonist obsessed with 80s New Wave and Ian Curtis, the lead singer of Joy Divison. All of the tunes and bands in the playlist get a mention in the novel. The novel is available on Amazon.
Singularity: a New Painting /
Singularity, 2022
watercolor & red pencil on paper
8”x8”
