http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/today_the_stranger_suggests_413 ReadingKeith Gessen at Elliott Bay Book Company Gessen is a founder of the journal n+1, which originated with a lovely, scathing essay chastising McSweeney's naiveness and defending negativity. n+1 quickly established itself as a thoughtful publication about life and literature and other great things. Tonight, Gessen reads from his debut novel, All the Sad Young Literary Men, a poignant book about success and failure that could create a movement around n+1 in the same way that A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius did for McSweeney's. (Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600. 8 pm, free.) PAUL CONSTANT See... Copyright 2008 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:00:00 -0800 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:51:41 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Keith Gessen is amazing. N+1 fucking RULES. End of story.

]]> Grant Cogswell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/today_the_stranger_suggests_413#c1010479 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/today_the_stranger_suggests_413#c1010479 Stranger Suggests Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:51:41 -0800