An ass pocket of readings coming up this month

Chad Reynolds has two readings this weekend. One tonight with Rusty Barnes who rides the Night Train and another with Tao Lin. I may be at both.

TONIGHT
Friday, May 2, 8 pm
Dire Literary Series
Chad Reynolds
With Rusty Barnes and John Sheier
Out of the Blue Art Gallery
106 Prospect Street
Cambridge

& Then

Sunday,
May 4th, 6:30pm,
Redivider Spring 2008 Release Party
Join Redivider at The Grub Street Headquarters on May 4th to celebrate the release of our Spring 2008 Issue. Festivities will begin at 6:30 pm and include complimentary food & drinks, a chance to win literary prizes by spinning Redivider’s Wheel of Destiny, and readings from three Redivider contributors: Rachel Cantor (author of stories published in One Story and The Paris Review), Tao Lin (author of the poetry collection Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, the novel EEEE EE EEEE, and the story collection Bed), and Chad Reynolds (author of the poetry chapbook Victor in the New World). We hope to see you there!
Free, Grub Street HQ, 160 Boylston Street, 4th Floor Boston, MA.

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The Next So-and-So Reading Series. I will finally go to this.

Saturday, May 17, 8 pm
Jennifer Firestone, Dorothea Lasky, Sarah Rosenthal, and Laura Solomon
So-and-So Series
The Distillery
516 East 2nd Street
South Boston

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Booksmith Poetry Readings

Wednesday May 21, 7 pm
James Tate
Brookline Booksmith
279 Harvard Street

Monday, May 26, 7 pm
Franz Wright
&
C.D. Wright
Brookline Booksmith
279 Harvard Street


I'm so excited about this. Two Wrights, No wrongs!

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SIR! is coming along swimmingly. Ryan Walsh of Hallelujah the Hills has designed an incredible cover. He also contributed some writing which floored me with its mythology. It seems this man can do no wrong.

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This has been a hell of a busy week. Four readings, four miles jogged, four rice cakes with peanut butter eaten. My parents are in Ireland, tripping. My brother is training for a triathlon in high rise gym in Denver. Emily is dwelling in my childhood home with my dog sleeping by her feet. I am in a fog in front of a computer lighthouse.

Kathleen Rooney was profiled by Jonathan Messinger in Time Out Chicago about Rose Metal Press.

Bill Knott stirs up some shit here. The this guy said something which lead to some good comments by the Knott. The Knott is a legendary opinionator and always fun to read.