Ahoy, mateys! The extraordinarily talented Chris Abani headlines the Vermin on the Mount reading series, punnily calling itself Pyrats of Chinatown in LA tonight. Also on the bill are Teka-Lark Lo, a snappy poet who’s got something, plus novelist Karen Palmer and poet Carol Novack. If I were within 2000 miles of Los Angeles I’d show up; in my book, 132 miles is definitely within striking distance (this means you, Tod Goldberg.)
The LitBlog Coop pick for summer is Michael Martone’s Michael Martone, and this week two more Martoney posts went live: the Michael Martone podcast interview and a separate e-mail conversation for those who are MP3-averse. Martone! Martone! Martone!
This Tuesday the 22nd Joe Meno will be in Pittsburgh to read from his new book is The Boy Detective Fails. Also reading are fellow Chicagoan Todd Dills (Sons of the Rapture) and Mickey Hess, who I am failing to provide a link for. It’s happening
Artists Image Resources, 518 Foreland St. Hopefully my car will be out of the shop so I can do what I always do in Pittsburgh and drive around lost for a while before arriving at my destination. Which in this case is a place called AIR.
A) 132 miles is well within distance to go to a big reading (and agree, 2000 is not)
B) I thought that sweet bike was so you could ride around lost for a while before arriving at destinations!
C) I would highly suggest those that are MP3 averse to get over it as the two interviews in question go in wildly different directions (as usual at the LBC)