PDF of Lit Crawl Seattle 2013 map here.

PDF of Lit Crawl Seattle 2013 map here.

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Lit Crawl Seattle 2013 Sponsors
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LIT CRAWL SEATTLE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Angela Fountas, Michelle Goodman, Jane Hodges, Mia Lipman, Angela Smalley
THURSDAY
OCTOBER 24
6 PM –
6:45
Ivan Doig Reads Sweet Thunder
Drawn Out: Graphic Novels
Von Trapp’s, 912 12th Ave. (Upper Mezzanine)
Barça, 1510 11th Ave.
Elisabeth Eaves, Brian McGuigan, Sonora Jha,
and Neal Thompson read recent and forthcoming
prose that captures a powerful sense of place.
Hosted by Seattle Met ’s news and politics
blogger, Josh Feit.
Featuring literary nonfiction for curious people with a
technical bent. Glenn Fleishman, Matthew AmsterBurton, and Nancy Gohring read essays on eating
ramen in Tokyo, visiting Virginia’s underground vaults
of U.S. A/V history, and slaughtering urban chickens.
Poetry at Poco: Love, Addiction, and Owls
Three Jennys Walk into a Bar…
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Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave.
Ivan Doig’s new novel furthers the adventures
of Morrie Morgan, a teacher and troublemaker
in Butte, Montana, in 1919. Mary Ann Gwinn,
Seattle Times books editor and host of TVW’s
Well Read, will introduce and lead a Q&A.
Local memoirists Nicole Hardy, Claire Dederer,
Elissa Washuta, and Suzanne Morrison explore
youth, spirituality, and sensuality. Hosted by
Jenn Risko of Shelf Awareness.
Will Self Reads Umbrella
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Seattle Central Library, 1000 4th Ave.
(Level 1, Microsoft Auditorium)
Co-presented by Elliott Bay Book Co. and the
Washington Center for the Book, British novelist
Will Self reads from his latest, “a savage and
deeply humane novel” (The Boston Globe)
shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize
and recently released in the U.S.
8 PM –
8:45
Hugo House Presents: Adult Story Hour
10
Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave.
Strangely alluring writers Ryan Boudinot, Stacey
Levine, and Matthew Simmons read short stories.
Mats and blankets optional, booze guaranteed.
Brian McGuigan, Hugo House’s former program
director, hosts.
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Acclaimed cartoonists Ellen Forney and David
Lasky read and present slides of their latest
work. Rob Salkowitz hosts.
Century Ballroom, 915 E Pine St. (2nd Floor)
7PM –
7:45
Bits and Pieces: Essays from The Magazine
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Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave.
Women on the Verge
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Oh, the Places You’ll Go
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Poco Wine + Spirits, 1408 E Pine St.
Sam’s Tavern, 1024 E Pike St.
Susan Rich hosts fellow poets Karen Finneyfrock,
Rebecca Hoogs, and John Duvernoy in an
autumnal showcase of style and craft.
Jenny Forrester, Jenny Hayes, and Jennifer
D. Munro read tales of lust, loneliness, and
the American West. Seattle Writergrrls’ Jenny
Neill hosts.
Institutionalized: Books, Bands,
and Punk Rawk 10
Crazy Sexy Zombies
Tin House Presents: New Novels
Babeland, 707 E Pike St.
Photo Center NW, 900 12th Ave.
Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave.
Dark, droll, and delightfully depraved, Fifty
Shades of Brains will amuse you and disgust
you—and just might eat your face off. Poet
Evan J. Peterson joins the duo behind this
sexy spoof to get it Up with Dead People.
Litsa Dremousis hosts.
Portland lit-magazine and book publisher Tin
House showcases new novels by Cari Luna, Peter
Mountford, and Kevin Sampsell. Tin House’s
poetry editor, Matthew Dickman, will introduce.
Author-rockers Sean Beaudoin, Kevin Emerson,
Danbert Nobacon, Kari Luna, and Conrad
Wesselhoeft will read, with memoirist Brian
McGuigan as MC.
Wage Slaves: Tales from the Grind
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Office Nomads, 1617 Boylston Ave.
Dark Coast Press: Works in Progress
Jane Hodges, Michelle Goodman, Ingrid Ricks,
and Maged Zaher read poems and stories
about making a buck. Recruiter and
NWjobs.com blogger Kristen Fife hosts.
Indie-press authors rock the house: Host
Jarret Middleton, along with John M. Hamilton
and Anca Szilaygyi, get real.
Rhyme and Reason: Poets Who Teach
The Lobby Bar, 916 E Pike St.
Bring your smartest shimmy to our celebration
of LGBTQ lit, starring Corinne Manning, Cole
Arden Peake, Irene Keliher, Jeremy Halinen,
and host Jaimee Garbacik.
Copper Canyon Presents: Poets with Candy
Hedgebrook Hauntings: Stories of
Mothers and Other Ghosts 15
Sole Repair, 1001 E Pike St.
(Entrance on 10th Ave.)
Come for treats, not tricks, as poetry press
Copper Canyon presents local treasures
Matthew Dickman and Ed Skoog while doling
out candy. Copper Canyon associate editor
Elaina Ellis introduces.
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Poets from Seattle Arts and Lectures’ Writers in
the Schools (WITS) program show off rhythm and
meter. Matt Gano, Rachel Kessler, Erin Malone,
and WITS staffer and host Jeanine Walker read.
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Afterparty
9 PM – M IDN IG HT
Richard Hugo House
1634 11th Ave.
A Big Ol’-Fashioned Queer Bash
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Sam’s Tavern, 1024 E Pike St.
Vermillion Gallery, 1508 11th Ave.
For more info on authors and venues, check out the 2013 schedule at litcrawl.org/seattle.
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The Project Room, 1315 E Pine St.
Hedgebrook alumnae Wendy Call, Anastacia
Tolbert, and Storme Webber perform stories of
women haunted, women who haunt, and the
ties that bind them. Hedgebrook’s Katie
Woodzick hosts.
Farm to Fable
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Capitol Cider, 818 E Pike St. (Ballast Bar)
Food writers Langdon Cook, Kathleen Flinn,
Joe Ray, and Kurt Timmermeister will dish up
delicious nonfiction. Seattle Weekly ’s food and
drink editor, Nicole Sprinkle, hosts.