How
exciting—I’ll be participating in four amazing readings in the next few weeks!!!
Here are the details…
First,
tomorrow, I’ll be reading at Seattle Lit Crawl for the first time (hopefully
the first of many!)—the reading starts at 7 p.m. sharp, in the gorgeous lobby
of the Sorrento Hotel, and here are the details…
The
Cabinet of Curiosities: Flashers
Thursday,
October 22, 7 p.m.Sorrento Hotel
900 Madison St.
Seattle, WA 98104
Flash
fiction about things that make us go “hmmm.” Hosted by Rebekah Anderson and
Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson, with Kevin Emerson, Suzanne Morrison, and Mattilda
Bernstein Sycamore
Here’s
the Facebook invite:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1688101104759012/
And,
next Thursday, I’ll be at the Tacoma Art Museum to read a piece I wrote in
response to their epic show Art AIDS America—the event includes free admission
to the show, and is my first-ever reading in Tacoma!!! Here are the details…
Gay
City and GSBA present an evening with Art AIDS America
Tacoma
Art Museum1701 Pacific Ave
Tacoma, Washington 98402
5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. (I’m guessing the readings will start at 6)
With
readings by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, Greg Brisendine, Smitty Buckler, Tara
Hardy, Garfield Hillson, Dorothy Frances Kent, Joshua Koets, and Cole Arden
Peake
Art
AIDS America is a groundbreaking exhibition at the Tacoma Art Museum that
underscores the deep and unforgettable presence of HIV in American art. It
introduces and explores the whole spectrum of artistic responses to AIDS, from
the politically outspoken to the quietly mournful, surveying works from the
early 1980s to the present.
Gay
City and GSBA proudly present a special evening with 8 queer writers who have
seen and responded to this powerful exhibition with new works.
There
is no charge for this event, including a special chance to view the Art AIDS
America exhibition. Refreshments will be provided.
Please
RSVP to Howard Kwong: howard@gaycity
And,
the Facebook invite:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1620560661528021/
And
then, November starts off with the Seattle reading for Great Weather for Media,
4 p.m. at Hugo House on November 1. I’ll be reading a preview from my next
novel, Sketchtasy. Here are the details…
Great
Weather for Media at Hugo House
Sunday,
November 1, 4 p.m.Hugo House
1634 11th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
Celebrate
the publication of great weather for MEDIA’s latest anthology "Before Passing"
with an amazing lineup...
Featuring
contributors and special guests: Toni La Ree Bennett, Will Gibson, Thomas
Hanchett, David Lawton, Richard Loranger, Mary Mackey, Jane Ormerod, and
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
"Before
Passing" is an exhilarating collection of contemporary poetry and short
fiction by established and emerging writers from across the United States and
beyond.
A
great event page on the Hugo House site:
http://hugohouse.org/event/great-weather-for-media-anthology-release-party/
And,
the Facebook invite:
https://www.facebook.com/events/771454846315850/
And,
last, I will be in conversation with Andrea Kleine for the Seattle launch of
her debut novel, Calf, at Elliott Bay Book Company on November 2. Andrea and I
have never met, but it turns out that we both escaped the horrors of Washington,
DC to make our way in the world as mesmerizing artistes, hooray! Andrea’s book,
which takes place in DC at the dawn of the ‘80s, is filled with so many details
from my childhood that this adds another haunting dimension to an already
haunting book—I know we are going to have a great conversation! Here are the details…
Andrea
Kleine with Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
Elliott
Bay Book CompanyMonday, November 2, 7 p.m.
1521 10th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98112
Writer
and performance artist Andrea Kleine’s debut novel, Calf (Soft Skull Press),
was inspired by John Hinckley, Jr.’s 1981 assassination attempt on President
Ronald Reagan and by the murder of her close childhood friend that same year. Made up of dual narratives and told over the
course of one year, her account is a fictionalized account of these two
converging events. "Dread stalks every page, and the result is unsettling,
scary, and often brilliant. For readers looking for a sharp, twisted narrative,
this is a keeper." —Publishers Weekly
And, the Facebook invite...
https://www.facebook.com/events/1644654865817294/
Hooray!!!
And, the Facebook invite...
https://www.facebook.com/events/1644654865817294/
Hooray!!!