About Lancelot

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Welcome home. That’s what I say to visitors who come to our twelve-hour marathon brunches in Brooklyn. I’m Lancelot, the husband of Tara, the grooviest girl on Earth.

I’m also the author of the novel Bell Hammers, dozens of stories, hundreds of poems and essays. I edit The Showbear Family Circus (which, in its heyday, published over 500 works from 400+ renowned academics, artists, and authors) as well as the anthology series Of Gods and Globes, perform songs from All Who Wander, deliver keynote speeches and narrations, produce photonovels like Cold Brewed as well as various short films and theatrical productions.

On this site, I share my words and lend my voice to try to help people think cleverer, feel deeper, and act truer. But more importantly, the team and I have actively published the poems, essays, stories, art, interviews, and academic abstracts of others who do the same. Their work is more important than mine for the very reason that deference hints at depth and wit and the good life right around the corner in someone else’s life. I am, I suppose, a virtue ethicist in that sense: the good thing is whatever the perfectly virtuous person would do. Therefore, I point to all of my mentors at their best moments.

I believe that art should not merely entertain or sell product. I believe art should cause us to change our minds, soften our hearts, and motivate our activism to be true and good. And therefore artists manual and fine alike should not seek first to be richer, smarter, sexier, cooler, more relevant, more tech savvy, or more powerful. They must seek to be better and to make things that will make others better: this — virtue — is the soul of true renown and is my one and only goal with all of my work. Starting in 2013, over 240+ patrons have made it possible for Tara and I to shepherd folks in this from Brooklyn to Alaska to London to Italy and we’ve been full time in the effort since 2016.

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What People Say:

“Schaubert’s words have an immediacy, a potency, an intimacy that grab the reader by the collar and say ‘Listen, this is important!’ Probing the bones and gristle of humanity, Lancelot’s subjects challenge, but also offer insights into redemption if only we will stop and pay attention.”
— Erika Robuck, National Bestselling Author of Hemingway’s Girl

“Loved this story because Lancelot wrote about people who don’t get written about enough and he did it with humor, compassion, and heart.”
— Brian Slatterly, author of Lost Everything and editor of The New Haven Review

“I’m such a fan of Lancelot Schaubert’s work. His unique view of things and his life-wisdom enriches all he does. We’re lucky to count him among our contributors.”
— Therese Walsh, author of The Moon Sisters and Editorial Director of Writer Unboxed

“Liedje Cherokee Highway is alweer wat ouder (uit 2018), maar Lancelot Schaubert koos ervoor om hem opnieuw de wereld in te slingeren. Tegen de achtergond van toenemend racisme en geweld. Goede keuze! Niet alleen omdat we niet genoeg aandacht kunnen genereren hiervoor, maar ook omdat het gewoon een prachtig liedje is.”
Translation:
“His reinvention of the song Cherokee Highway has been thrown into the world again against the backdrop of increasing racism and violence. Wonderful choice, both because we cannot generate enough attention for this issue, and also because it is just a beautiful song.”
— Gobsmag, Netherlands

“Lancelot Schaubert writes with conviction but without the cliché and bluster of the propaganda that is so common in this age of blogs and tweets. Here is a real practitioner of the craft who has the patience to pay attention. May his tribe increase!”
— Jonathan Wilson Hartgrove, author of Common Prayer and The Awakening of Hope

“Lancelot was the kind of student every writing teacher hopes to have in her class: attentive, thoughtful, a bit quirky, and innovative. Since his time in my classroom, he has continued to impress me. He ‘sees,’ and his essays, poetry, and fiction are full of details that enable his audience to see. Bravo, Lance.”
— Jackina Stark, author of Things Worth Remembering and Tender Grace

“Schaubert’s narratives are emotionally stirring with both a vulnerable sensibility and rawness to them. They take you on a journey full of open wounds, intimate successes and personal delights. Lancelot’s words have a calmness, a natural ease but the meaning is always commanding and dynamic.”
— Natalie Gee, Brooklyn Film Festival

“In the tradition of ‘Predator,’ Plato’s ‘Symposium’ and ‘the Hardy Boys: Secret of the Old Mill,’ Lance Schaubert has written a gold dream of existential steampunk romance. Again and again, I found myself delighted with the unforgettable prose, especially when it comes to the exploring the philosophy of decapitation. If you enjoy Louis L’Amour and Tolstoy, you’ll find this epic western saga a delight for the brain, the heart, and of course the tingly bits..”
— Mark Neuenschwander, Photographer

Wait who let Mark write one of these?

“Honey, call me. I haven’t heard from you in ages and you’re stuck on that silly blog. I hit a deer with my car and I have a question about full coverage.”
— Lance’s Mom

Gee thanks Mark, this is getting out of hand.

“Bell Hammers made me laugh so hard I cried.”
“…so hard I stayed up all night.”
“…so hard I peed my pants.”
— Goodreads Reviewers

Best Blog Posts

Some of the most popular articles I’ve written:

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Published Works

Speeches, Radio Hours, + Debates

Resources + Samples

Free Stuff

Articles by Contributors

Interviews Sitting at the Feet of Experts

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How else can we connect, Lancelot?

Since 2016, I decided to focus on email, phone, and letters. I’m serious about the email thing: I answer every single one.

…but if you’re looking for a more personal touch, write me a letter. I currently have about 74 in queue, so it’ll take me awhile, but I’ll get to you sooner rather than later, it’ll just take me a little bit of time.

PS — If you do write me and your letter’s SUUUPER sarcastic or filled with confetti, don’t be surprised if I mail you back a half-eaten taco from 1977 or set up a big tent circus in your front yard. I have been known to be ornery from time to time…

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