“Paradeability” by Bret Anthony Johnston Serious clowns have their faces painted onto blown-­out goose eggs. My son tells me this on the drive from Corpus Christi to Houston. The custom began in the sixteenth century, a method of remembering makeup patterns, but now it serves as copyright. The eggs are done up with acrylic paint […] The post This Clown Convention Is Our Family’s Only Coping Mechanism appeared first on Electric Literature .