Writers & Readers: The Horror! The Horror!
Thursday, January 28, 2010
7 PM reception | 7:45 PM readings | $5/Free for members
Hartford, Connecticut – Real Art Ways presents The Horror! The Horror! featuring stories from writers who will make your skin crawl. The Horror! The Horror! is part of the Writers & Readers series: gatherings for everybody who loves words and ideas. Participating writers include Adam Golaski, Elizabeth Hand, Brian Evenson, and Laura Sims. The Horror! The Horror! is on Thursday, January 28, 2010, with a reception at 7 PM. The readings begin at 7:45 PM. Stay after for an informal discussion with the writers. Admission is $5, and free for Real Art Ways members. Real Art Ways is located at 56 Arbor Street in Hartford’s Parkville neighborhood. For more information, visit realartways.org or call 860.232.1006.
About the Authors
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.
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 dropped out and became involved in the DC and New York City nascent punk scenes. The author of eight novels, most recently Generation Loss: A Novel, and the recipient of a Maine Arts Commission and an NEA Fellowship, she is a regular contributor to The Washington Post Book World.
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.
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.
About Writers & Readers
A gathering for everybody who loves the written and spoken word. Each evening has a theme, with time before and after for conversation and connecting.
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