In case you haven't been paying attention: the world's largest literary festival is growing like a pesky adolescent. This might be fitting, as Litquake celebrated its 10th year last October. For its 11th it not only has a brand new website, with media, pertinent news feeds, quotes from attendees and ways to get involved, but the ambition to host and co-organize events throughout the year.
Part of this new Litquake is a series of author dinner soirees. I was able to attend the last one, held on Sun May 22 at Nina Lesowitz's beautiful home in Piedmont, with Ishmael and Tennessee Reed, Bharati Mukherjee, and Clark Blaise. This series is a chance to meet some acclaimed authors and hear them read in an intimate setting … maybe 25-35 people were in attendance, so you really have the chance to engage authors in conversation.
I was transitioning from one camera to an upgrade and didn't have the power to record all the readings. I hope you enjoy what I did get!
- Watch footage from the Litquake function, in conjunction with Believer magazine and JCCSF: "You're a Horrible Person, But I Like You Anyway."
- Find out about Litquake's silent auction fundraiser on Tues Jun 8. You could win a 1 week stay in Tuscany!
- Just try to keep up with Litquake—I dare you (I can't do it!).
- Are you a member of Litquake?
- Litquake is Oct 1-9 this year. I've already been hearing rumors of good things to come …
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- Friday is Quiet Lightning June!
- Have you heard about the Rumpus Book Club? It's the best idea.
- The latest ZYZZYVA is reviewed.
- Telephone: An Experiment in First Lines
- Newly published authors talk about the processes that got them there
- Cool stuff you should know
- Howard Junker compiled a great list of authors reading their own works [listen]
- If you haven't read We're Getting On yet, you really should. Here's another excerpt.
- Quiet Lightning reader Roger Porter has just published The Souls of Hood Folk.
- Andy O. Dugas has a story on Scribd you will definitely enjoy: Pretzel.
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