Saturday, June 13, 3 pm
BBQ and Mike Edison book burning
Mike Edison, author of I Have Fun Everywhere I Go , returns to rant and flip burgers in our backyard.
Backed up by his Rocket Train All Stars, Mike promises to grill his latest paperback edition while expounding on his past relationships with: Evel Knievel, Ozzy Osborne, the Raunch Hands, Reagan Youth, GG Allin, Larry Flynt, Liberace, and Joe Franklin (not to mention strippers, wrestlers, LSD-sodden punks, picturesque drunks, and comically dysfunctional potheads than have ever been assembled in one book!).
“This book is beyond blurbs, so let’s just get to the jack. If you have any interest in pot, pornography, punk rock, or professional wrestling, just buy this fucking thing. Much more important than food for the table or the starving children of wherever.”— Nick Tosches
Sunday, July 19, 7 pm
Dirk Wittenborn reads from his recent novel PHARMAKON… or The Story of a Happy Family
“What’s best about ‘Pharmakon,’ beyond the curiosity value of its unusual premise and atmosphere, is Mr. Wittenborn’s colorful, affectionate evocation of a complex family story …a smart, eccentric coming-of-age story.”
—The New York Times
Dirk Wittenborn is the Emmy-nominated producer of the HBO documentary Born Rich. The Lucky Ones, a movie starring Rachel McAdams and Tim Robbins, which Wittenborn co-wrote and co-produced, was released last fall. His two previous novels, Zoe and Fierce People, have been published in more than a dozen countries. He lives in New York City.
Sunday, August 30, 7 pm
Michael Taeckens reads from the new essay collection, Love Is a Four-Letter Word
Fron Junot Diaz, Lynda Barry, Gary Shteyngart, and Kate Christensen to popular up-and-comers like Dan Kennedy, Wendy McClure, and Brock Clarke, Love Is a Four-Letter Word is a contemporary collection of true stories of seduction, heartbreak, and regret. Fearlessly revealing their shattered hearts and crushed egos; their indiscretions and indignities; their delusions, desperation, and disappointments, these talented writers capture the dark side of love in prose ranging from comic to poetic, poignant to cringe-inducing. Also featuring three cartoon/graphic essays as a sixteen-page color insert, this anthology is perfect for anyone who's ever loved and lost.
Contributors include Neal Pollack, Junot Díaz, Wendy McClure, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Dan Kennedy, Kate Christensen, Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, Maud Newton, Josh Kilmer-Purcell, Margaret Sartor, Michael Taeckens, Lynda Barry, Emily Flake, Patty Van Norman, Gary Shteyngart, Michelle Green, Brock Clarke, Jami Attenberg, George Singleton, D. E. Rasso, Pasha Malla, Amanda Stern, Dave White, and Wendy Brenner.
