This week’s Constant Reader is about the most recent reading at the Hugo House. Aimee Bender, who is one of my favorites, Marie Howe, who is an excellent poet, and Matt Ruff all read work on the theme of Road Trip. But that wasn’t what people were thinking about at first:

There was a communal morbid, rubbernecking curiosity at the outset of the Hugo House’s “Road Trip” presentation last Friday. It was the first major House event since September, when Lyall Bush suddenly departed his position as executive director, and it was the kickoff for this season of the House’s Literary Series, featuring nationally renowned authors reading on a theme, which Bush helped found.

How did it go? Read the column to find out.