Readings, Rated
Hiding Out Book Release Party
Date: Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Time: 8:00 p.m., $5
Location: Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia
Participants: Jonathan Messinger, comedian Kumail Nanjiani, shadow puppeteer Jill Summers, Partly Dave Co-Host Christopher Piatt. With music and dancing provided by
DJ Nathan Keay and His Seven Inches of Love.
It’s no big secret that Literago digs the work of Mr. J. Messinger: Nice to see that others agree. His quirk-filled and witty yet simultaneously dark and cerebral short story collection Hiding Out is Critic’s Choice in this week’s Reader, and the prestigious Booklist just gave the collection a great review. Here’s an excerpt.
Messinger’s stories are aching, not bleak, and the collection, wittily and expressively illustrated with Rob Funderburk’s line drawings, is fun, engaging, and a bit more than thought-provoking. A fresh, spot-on debut.—Mark Eleveld, Booklist