Books Reading Tonight
posted by on August 15 at 9:53 AM
Only one reading tonight, down at Elliott Bay Book Company. Sean Carswell reads from Train Wreck Girl. It’s a novel about a man who breaks up with his girlfriend and then finds her dead on some train tracks the next morning. There’s also a woman named Helen, “with a face that launched a dozen Greyhounds.” I knew a girl like that, once. Also at this reading, for reasons that are unclear, Carswell will be joined by Mickey Hess. Hess has written books about hip-hop, and he’s also written a 20-minute story that was published by McSweeney’s.
The full readings calendar, including the next week or so, is here.
Would you go to this, Paul? It seems like a sad (likely poorly written) book to hear from on a Friday evening in summer...
“With a face that launched a dozen greyhounds”
Could some of the literary people help me out? Does that mean that she looked like a little motorized bunny’s ass?
@2: It means exactly that.
@1: I probably would not go to this, even if I weren't leaving town. No offense to the authors, but I'd rather appreciate the weather while it's still here.
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