Saturday, February 21, 2009
Books Reading Today
Posted by Paul Constant on Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 10:13 AM
Three readings and an open mic today.
At Seattle Mystery Bookshop, Linda L. Richards reads from Death Was in the Picture, which is a pretty great title for a mystery set in Hollywood.
Up in Fremont at 2 pm, three local authors celebrate poetry and Fremont. This is especially monumental because Fremont had a strict anti-poetry ordinance until two years ago*.
At Elliott Bay Book Company, Michael Shilling, who used to write for The Stranger, reads from Rock Bottom. Lindy West reviewed Rock Bottom here.
Here's an excerpt of her review:
Blood Orphans, a semi-ironic up-and-coming outfit, are on tour in Amsterdam and (due to shenanigans) have just been dropped from their major label. Darlo, the drummer, has a sex addiction—he refers to ejaculate as "warm sex tears"—and a porn-king dad under indictment for tax evasion. Adam, the guitarist, is the nice one. Shane, the singer, is spiritual and hard to care about. Bobby has eczema. And Joey, their manager, loves cocaine and will sometimes press her "perky B-cups" against stuff.
The full readings calendar, including the next week or so, is here.
* Not really.
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A boy named Michael Schilling shot himself in the head my junior year of high school. He was a sophomore. He was smart and funny, and I didn't know him all that well, but I never guessed he'd do anything like that. I think about him sometimes. I can't imagine being 16 and so sure that life wasn't worth living.
This anecdote obviously has nothing to do with the post, but seeing that there are Michael Shillings out there writing books and presumably succeeding in life makes me even more sad for Michael Schilling.
This anecdote obviously has nothing to do with the post, but seeing that there are Michael Shillings out there writing books and presumably succeeding in life makes me even more sad for Michael Schilling.
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