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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Nightlife / Books This Is Your Friendly Reminder that the Reading Party Is Tomorrow Night with Special Guests Dan Savage and Greg Lundgren!!

Posted by Christopher Frizzelle on Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 4:22 PM

Dan Savage says he will be reading Merle Miller's On Being Different and A Most Dangerous Book by Christopher Krebs. (Both at once? Or one and then the other? Come and spy and find out!) And Greg Lundgren says he's going to be finishing off A Confederacy of Dunces by John Toole, with William Gay's The Long Home as his backup.

Like you, the special guests don't read anything aloud. They just sit there and read silently and listen to the pretty music and drink. The music tomorrow will be provided by Kyle O'Quin (piano) and Sam Anderson (cello). Like always, it starts at 6 pm at the Sorrento Hotel, it's all ages, and it's free. More info here.

I'm bringing Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon—75 pages in, I'm kicking myself for not having read it sooner. And you? What will you be reading?

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Ooh, sitting near Dan for two hours not speaking - like being on an airplane with him. I will be at home where I belong, scratching myself and reading Dlisted.

Posted by gloomy gus on January 3, 2012 at 4:30 PM

I think this event is an excellent idea, despite the music (which part of "silent reading" don't people understand?), and I'm looking forward to it, with my copy of "At the Jazz Band Ball" by Nat Hentoff. Will there be cheap manhattans again?

Posted by may not be the name of a registered user on January 3, 2012 at 4:45 PM

@3 -- Yep, $5. Good until 9 pm.

Posted by Christopher Frizzelle on January 3, 2012 at 4:56 PM

Believing Bullshit - Stephen Law

Posted by BLUE on January 3, 2012 at 4:57 PM

@1 - If you're lucky, he'll take a picture of the back of your head.

I might be there reading The Name of the Rose. Still not sure, though. We'll see.

Posted by MacCrocodile on January 3, 2012 at 5:32 PM

I love, love, LOVE Confederacy of Dunces! It's one of those books I can read a million times and not get tired of it.

Maybe I'll show up with a Jacqueline Susann and numerous scarves....

Posted by Catalina Vel-DuRay

on January 3, 2012 at 6:06 PM

Boomerang by Michael Lewis, unless I finish it tonight(highly probable). If that's finished then I guess I'll start in on Vonnegut's Dead Eye Dick which has been unread and collecting dust on my shelf for aeons.

Posted by JonnyH on January 3, 2012 at 9:29 PM