Readings, Rated
Christina Garcia and Aimee Bender
Date: Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location: Harold Washington Library
Don’t let the press Literary Rock ‘n’ Roll is getting overshadow Aimee Bender. I have a couple fun facts about Aimee Bender that I will share upon the occasion of her visit. FUN FACT #1: She’s the favorite author of the woman who does The Black Apple. FUN FACT #2: The Girl in the Flammable Skirt used to be Jeb Gleason Allured’s favorite book. FUN (half-remembered, possibly fabricated) FACT #3: In an interview in chickfactor from the late 90s, she said that she wrote with her desk half-inside the closet of her small L.A. apartment. Could this possibly be right? In the spirit of Bender’s whimsical writing style, I am opting not to research this tidbit, not even to find out if she lived in L.A. FUN FACT #4: The 1990’s were the decade of books with “girl” in the title. See The Girl in the Flammable Skirt, Girl With Curious Hair, Girl, Interrupted, Girl, A Novel, etc.