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"Just Working On My Novel"-a night to air the bones and skeletons rattling in the closet, that take the shape of half-finished, mid-craft pieces of fiction and nonfiction. It is a reading series, and it is awesome. It is a force of nature, and it tastes like candy.

"Just Working On My Novel"-Because everyone's writing a... novel. There are some who believe everyone should write a novel. Obviously Lauren Conrad agrees. If she can do it, are you telling me you can't? It doesn't even have to BE a novel. Nonfiction works, too, but "Just Working On My Somethin' Somethin' " doesn't have the same ring to it.

Host for this go-round of Just Working On My Novel are not one but TWO esteemed authors-South Carolina's Elise Blackwell and Atlanta's Collin Kelley.

Collin is an award-winning poet and journalist, and has recently published his first novel, "Conquering Venus". Elise has released three novels to critical acclaim, "Hunger", "Grub" and "The Unnatural History Of Cypress Parish" and is on the faculty at the University of South Carolina.

What Elise and Collin will do: read from what they've published. Read from unpublished works. Talk to you. Drink.

What you will do: Show up at 7 to inquire about a place in line to read your 5-10 minute unpublished work of fiction or nonfiction. Be prepared for critiques. Drink. Donate to support the tank nonprofit art space, because it loves you and you love it.

Lastly, lastly, lassssstly: READING SPOTS ARE INCREDIBLY LIMITED. BRING YOUR "A" GAME AND YOUR ON-TIME SHOES...and a sense of humor.

Bribes, inquiries into reading spots or...well, bribes, can be sent to russcommunications at gmail.com

Signup at 7, readings at 730.

eliseblackwell.com
collinkelley.blogspot.com

ALSO AT OCTOBER'S JUST WORKING ON MY NOVEL:

the launch of a VERY SPECIAL vlog that will change your life forever.Read More

Fierce:
An evening of intense voices in fiction and literary-themed burlesque

Featuring:

Elise Blackwell (SC)
Collin Kelley (GA)
Katie Kitamura (NYC)
Sarah Rainone (NYC)
D.E. Rasso (NYC)

Performances by members of Storybook Burlesque

Fierce is a night celebrating the powerful, the moving, the offensive and the exhilarating in ...modern fiction, gathering 5 of the most exciting writers currently putting pen to paper.

Readers include current South Carolina-based Elise Blackwell, author of three critically acclaimed novels, "Hunger", "The Unnatural History of Cypress Parish", and "Grub", with a fourth on the way in 2010; Award-winning Atlanta poet and journalist Collin Kelley, whose recently-published first novel "Conquering Venus" is a triumph of heart, sex, time and place; world traveler Katie Kitamura, whose novel "The Longshot", about the inense underground world of Mixed Martial Arts, has her being called “the second coming of Hemingway”; Sarah Rainone, author of high school yearbook from hell coming of age novel "Love Will Tear Us Apart" that’s as sexy, bittersweet and unnerving as the song it takes its name from; and D.E. Rasso, cult-fave writer/blogger/expert on ways to kill a man using only one hand, recently published to great critical acclaim in the renowned breakup story collection "Love Is A Four-Letter Word".

Supplementing the readings will be performances by the literary-themed Storybook Burlesque troupe, ensuring the level of connection between the visual and the audible, the written and the seen, never drops.

Fierce: Not necessarily for adults only, definitely not for lovers only, but only for those with a desire for the sharper side of fiction.
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ROCK STAR PARTY with David Comfort’s “Rock and Roll Book Of The Dead”, The Royal Chains and SHAPES

Dress like a rock star to win prizes!

Hendrix. Janis. Morrison. Elvis. Lennon. Cobain. Garcia.
Their reckless brilliance held the key to their self-destruction. Their deaths had much in common--and, surprisingly, so did thei...r lives. In David Comfort’s stunning, controversial new work, Rock and Roll Book Of The Dead, the lives of Rock’s Great 7 are explored, exposed and exhumed with wit, wisdom and candor.

How do YOU afford your rock and roll lifestyle? With one foot in the grave and the other sinking fast. So, to celebrate Comfort’s new book, and to launch it in style, we’re inviting you to knock a few more years off your life and party like a real Rock Star, with The Royal Chains and SHAPES. David will say a few words about the rock stars of the past before passing the torch to two of New York’s hottest up-and-coming bands. Drink, dance, rock out and throw your cares and caution to the wind.
Dress like a rock star-a real one or one in your own head-to win FABULOUS themed prizes.

And remember what Hendrix said-once you’re dead you’re made for life.

Rock and Roll Book Of The Dead:
http://http://rockandrollbookofthedead.com/

Royal Chains:
http://www.theroyalchains.com/

SHAPES:
http://www.myspace.com/shapesband

This is all-ages, kids.Read More

ROCK STAR PARTY with David Comfort’s “Rock and Roll Book Of The Dead”, The Royal Chains and SHAPES

Dress like a rock star to win prizes!

Hendrix. Janis. Morrison. Elvis. Lennon. Cobain. Garcia.
Their reckless brilliance held the key to their self-destruction. Their deaths had much in common--and, surprisingly, so did thei...r lives. In David Comfort’s stunning, controversial new work, Rock and Roll Book Of The Dead, the lives of Rock’s Great 7 are explored, exposed and exhumed with wit, wisdom and candor.

How do YOU afford your rock and roll lifestyle? With one foot in the grave and the other sinking fast. So, to celebrate Comfort’s new book, and to launch it in style, we’re inviting you to knock a few more years off your life and party like a real Rock Star, with The Royal Chains and SHAPES. David will say a few words about the rock stars of the past before passing the torch to two of New York’s hottest up-and-coming bands. Drink, dance, rock out and throw your cares and caution to the wind.
Dress like a rock star-a real one or one in your own head-to win FABULOUS themed prizes.

And remember what Hendrix said-once you’re dead you’re made for life.

Rock and Roll Book Of The Dead:
http://http://rockandrollbookofthedead.com/

Royal Chains:
http://www.theroyalchains.com/

SHAPES:
http://www.myspace.com/shapesband

This is all-ages, kids.Read More

Brooklyn meets Atlanta:

On October 10, at Bar Matchless, we're presenting to you two beloved Atlanta bands hot on the scene and breaking ground in NY, as well as two fast-rising NY musical powerhouses. Basically, this is stuff you have to hear.

There's the melodic, pop-infused sounds of Bears Repeating, the straight-ahea...d chiming rock of The Swear, the ethereal chanteuse Kai Altair and the glistening, swoon-worthy electro-classical pop of Tealights.

Tealights:

http://www.resonatormag.com/tags/artists/tealights/

http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008/09/tealights-drunken-unicorn-92008.html

http://www.myspace.com/tealightstheband

Kai Altair:

http://www.myspace.com/kailight

Bears Repeating:

http://www.bearsrepeatingband.com/

The Swear:

http://www.resonatormag.com/tags/artists/the-swear/

http://www.myspace.com/theswear

The hottest, most cutting-edge music to the masses? Check. Oct 10.
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Love Is a 4 Letter Word:the collection of hilarious and oft-times painful heartbreak essays (Plume, 2009) that has been loved by everyone, everywhere. No, really:

"These uproarious, touching tales remind us that the heart wants what it wants, and often what it wants defies reason."—People, four-star review

"A snappy, cra...ckly, poppin’ little paperback . . . Grimly hilarious and hilariously grim remembrances . . . I loved it."—Elle

"The humiliating and occasionally hilarious break-ups described in Love Is a Four-Letter Word ... run the emotional gamut from neediness and infatuation to rage and disgust."—Wall Street Journal

“Pretty irresistible. Some of that has to do with the subject, of course: literature and heartbreak go together like Anna and Vronsky. And a lot of it has to do with the tone—the usual regret, shame, and pain are leavened here with a generous tablespoon of wry humor."—Greg Cowles, New York Times "Paper Cuts"

Well, it has danced its mess around New York, and now the traveling LIA4LW extravaganza comes to roost at Cornelia St Cafe (29 Cornelia St, Greenwich Village NY), featuring readings from Emily Flake, Michelle Green, Maud Newton, and D.E. Rasso. Hosting duties and such fall to Russ Marshalek, and this time Delilah won't be involved.

Come one, come all, bring your broken hearts and your desire to drink heavily and laugh a lot at the misfortune of others. That's the human condition, right?

ALSO: send a tweet with your embarrassing/painful breakup story to @russmarshalek and possibly HAVE IT READ THAT NIGHT. Read More

So you wanna play D&D?
So you'd really rather drink while you do it, play with friends and possibly just shirk most of the rules? Wanna be a level 12 cleric right off the bat, and play a campaign that can be contained on a drunken Sunday...with GIRLS AROUND?

Yup, so do we. So, for Geek Week: Dungeons and Dragons and Drin...king. It explains itself in a titular fashion.

There will be baked goods. And booze. And elves, probs.

Because, yeah, like you have anything better to do on a Sunday afternoon than get drunk with awesome people and go on an Xen'drik Expedition. Fun for n00bz and orc-weary vets alike.Read More