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Writers & Readers
"The Horror The Horror!"
7 PM reception; 7:45 PM readings
$5/Free for members
Writers & Readers: a gathering of minds passionate about writing, reading, and thinking.
This time, the theme is horror, featuring writers who will make your skin crawl. Participating writers include Adam Golaski, Elizabeth Hand, Brian Evenson, and Laura Sims.
Adam Golaski is the author of Worse Than Myself, a collection of strange stories; and Color Plates, a "museum" that houses connected stories drawn from the paintings of éduoard Manet, Edgar Degas, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Mary Cassatt. His poetry, fiction, and nonfiction have appeared in word for/word, Supernatural Tales, McSweeney's, Sleepingfish, Little Red Leaves, American Letters & Commentary, Conjunctions, and All Hallows.
[Listen: Adam Golaski reads from Worse Than Myself]
Elizabeth Hand grew up in New York State. In 1975 she moved to Washington, DC, to study playwriting at Catholic University. After seeing Patti Smith perform, Hand flunked out and became involved in the DC and New York City nascent punk scenes. The author of seven previous novels and the recipient of a Maine Arts Commission and an NEA Fellowship, she is a regular contributor to The Washington Post Book World.
[Listen: Hand reads the 1st chapter of Generation Loss]
Brian Evenson is the author of nine books of fiction, most recently the novel Last Days and the story collection Fugue State. His novel The Open Curtain was a finalist for an Edgar Award and an IHG Award and was one of Time Out New York's top books of 2006. He lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island, where he directs Brown University's Literary Arts Program.
[Listen: Evenson reads "Younger" from Fugue State]
[read "Younger" in Arthur Magazine]
Laura Sims is the author of two poetry books: Practice, Restraint, recipient of the 2005 Fence Books Alberta Prize, and Stranger. She has also published four poetry chapbooks, including Bank Book and Paperback Book. She has written book reviews and essays for Boston Review, Rain Taxi, and The Review of Contemporary Fiction and has recently published poems in the journals Denver Quarterly, Colorado Review, and Crayon.
[Read: interview with Laura Sims in Coldfront]
- Links coming soon!