Readings, Rated
The Silent Cessation of the Bookslut Reading Series
I think it’s weird that there hasn’t been more of a stink about the departure of the Bookslut Reading Series from Chicago. Admittedly, I only went to one of their events. I left said event within the first five minutes, exhausted by the prospect of standing in a hot, crowded room and terrified of having to hang out with this weird girl I went to college with sitting in the front row — all for one writer I wanted to see and two that I did not. That said, these were consistently decent events, and the fact that they were crowded irrespective of who was reading was encouraging.
Deep thoughts (Literago edition): Why, aside from one lonely tweet from the Poetry Foundation, has this been met with Internet silence? Tonight’s event with Audrey Niffenegger isn’t even on the Bookslut Reading Series main page. What the heck? This guy knows what I’m talking about.