This Christmas Rachel and I will be releasing another book of poems to our friends and family, yeah thanks for ruining the surprise lueders. anyway it will be called Funny Stories About Thirst And Drowning.  Many of the poems are about breaking up and being sad for a little bit and then getting over it.  It took me like two years to write these poems.  So I thank the ladies and boys who made it all possible.  Rachel is going to illustrate them, if she doesn't cut herself with the linocutting tools first. oh no! Joel Lueders

I am proud to announce the birth of joellueders.com. He entered the world on Friday, November 09th, 2007, at 9:15 a.m. He weighed in at 8 lbs. 1 oz, and was 20 inches long. It was a painless birth, despite being long overdue.