Slog

There are several readings of note tonight.

At the University Book Store, Matthew Kangas talks about Northwest art from the 1920s to the 1960s. Hey, Jen Graves has written about Matthew Kangas before! You should read her awesome story about Matthew Kangas if you’re planning on going to the reading. And maybe ask him about it.

At the Hugo House, Nancy Pagh reads from After, which won the Floating Bridge Press chapbook award. I got an e-mail from someone promoting this reading that literally rewrote my calendar listing for this reading, asking me to change it. Apparently, he was miffed because I didn’t mention the other readers at this event. Frankly, I’ve never heard of the other readers at this event, and my reading calendar space is small. Since space on the Internet is endless, however, I will list those readers here:

Lana Hechtman Ayers, Joan Fiset, Steve Quig and Derek Sheffield.

Are you convinced yet?

At Elliott Bay Book Company, Stuart Archer Cohen reads from The Army of the Republic, which is a book about what happens in the future when corporations rule the world. It looks great and I was planning on reading it, but I just ran out of time. If you’re into thrillers at all, this looks like a smart one.

And finally, up at Third Place Books, David Ebershoff reads from his new book, The 19th Wife. There’ll be a Suggests about this book popping up any second now, but you should also read this week’s Constant Reader, in which I talk about this book and Ebershoff’s previous book, The Danish Girl. He’s a rare talent.

The full readings calendar, including the next week or so, is here.