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Written by featherproof
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Monday, 05 October 2009 |
Chicago lost the Olympics. And we here at featherproof are going to personally make up for it by holding spectacle events of our own. Like, next week.
First up: book-eating at the Chicago release party for SCORCH ATLAS by strong man Blake Butler. This full length fiction debut has received piles of praise, and Blake is making his way to Chicago for a night of reading, celebration, and general debauchery.
Amelia Gray, author of AM/PM, will also fly in to join him. And if you saw, heard rumors about, or viewed pictures from this summer's Dollar Store Super Tour you know that when these two get together to read, shit goes down. Like fortune-tellin, hair-humpin, baby-eating, bicycle birthday shit. These two will be joined by the power of Sam Pink and Kathryn Regina. Who will win the gold medal for crazy? We don't know because by then we'll be rocking out to Tiger Bones and DJ Butch Cassidy. So bring your crazy flags and your baby flasks. This ain't your mom's book club reading.
Scorch Atlas Release Party:
When: Monday, 10/12, 7pm
Where: No Coast Collective
1500 W. 17th St, Chicago
Cost: FREE!
With readings by:
Blake Butler
Amelia Gray
Sam Pink
Kathryn Regina
And music from:
Tiger Bones
and DJ Butch Cassidy
Remember the bender that was this summer's Dollar Store Super Tour? What did we learn? DON'T STOP DRINKING. That's right, we're going to slide from late night Monday right into more whiskey decisions on Tuesday night. You're gonna have to call in. Get your shift covered now. Mary Hamilton did. Check it:
Quickies!
Each reader has five minutes to read a complete work of prose. No poetry. No excerpts. No cheating.
Tuesday, October 13 at the Innertown Pub in Chicago (1935 W Thomas). 7:30 in the PM.
featuring: Beth Wylder, Ben Tanzer, Richard Thomas, Tim Racine, Casey Bye, Amelia Gray, Aaron Burch, Blake Butler, Jac Jemc, Caroline Picard, Zach Dodson (and also, prizes).
In fact Lindsay and Amelia just won a round of doubles over at: Three Guys One Book! They said this: "Lindsay Hunter writes like a Yeah, Yeah, Yeah's song", and then also, this: "Amelia Gray is already operating like a seasoned pro. (AM/PM is a) deceptively big book wrapped in a small package."
Also, Vroman thinks we're cool. We think they are cool too. Kind internet words have given our team a continual pep talk. We're also training for our newest event: the TripleQuick iPhone app. Coming very very soon. At the moment we're still high from this victory:
SCROTAL CASH
FREE to download
Scorch Atlas remixes by: Brian Evenson, Matt Bell, Elizabeth Ellen, Chris Higgs (who remixed the whole book by erasure), Matthew Simmons, Marcus Whale, J.A. Tyler, Catherine Lacey, Andrew Borgstrom, John Madera, and Jon Cone.
Hope to see you on the victory lap. We've got a high-five with your name on it.
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Upcoming Events |
Quickies! Kills!
Tue, Sep 14th, 2010, @7:30pm - Innertown Pub
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Indie Press Night with Ugly Duckling, Featherproof and Publishing Genius
Tue, Sep 28th, 2010, @7:30pm - Word, Brooklyn, NY
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Two Dollar Radio and featherproof! BFF Indie Press Night of Hand-holding!
Sun, Oct 24th, 2010, @7:00pm - KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street, NYC
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