A good end
Although yesterday began grimly, it ended well. Jonathan Lethem read at the LA Public Library’s ALOUD series, and answered questions, and was kind enough to hang out for a cocktail…
Category Archives: readings
Tonight at Vroman’s: Ben Greenman
Ben Greenman, who I get to needle and prompt at Vroman’s tonight, is on book tour for his new novel “Please Step Back.” And to let the world know what…
Festival, schmestival. Don’t miss Vroman’s on Tuesday
I love me some LA times festival of books. I’ve been soaking in it all day, and I think the panels will be great, the stages, the crazy big campus,…
Imaginary syllabus
At Pitt’s Fuel & Fuddle reading series, which I cohost with Adri Ramirez, we asked attendees to write down the name of their favorite writer. (On nametags, which they wore,…
Pittsburgh’s lit life picks up
9/27 – Mark Z. Danielewski at Joseph Beth Booksellers! 10/1 – George Saunders at Pitt! 10/1 – Ander Monson at Chatham! 10/8 – Orhan Pamuk at the Drue Heinz Lecture…
Pitt MFAs get cracking
Last night the ritual of having first-year MFA students read our work in public began, and I wouldn’t consider it hazing but for the loud Steelers fans on the floor…
Shiver me timbers
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…
one missing vermin
I’m so late to the Vermin On the Mount round-up that it hardly seems there’s anything left to say, after Karen’s summary for The Elegant Variation, writer Daniel Olivas’ spotlight…
Rat-a-tat-tat
Hip hop hooray, the rat climbs the mountain again! Vermin on the Mount, a reading series that is actually fun, is back for its summer edition, Saturday the 16th. This…
