Here are some things I’ll be doing in the soonish future!
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Saturday, June 1st
Writers Reading to Writers Listening
(w/ Joseph Riippi, Dawn Raffel, and Polly Bresnick)
Unnamable Books
Here are some places I’ve been to and events I’ve done in the somewhat recent past…





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GREAT LAKES, GREAT TIMES READING SERIES

AUSTIN, TEXAS
Utter Reading Series
HOUSTON
Kaboom Books
NEW ORLEANS
Maple Street Books
OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI
Square Books
ATLANTA
Solar Anus Reading Series
The Future Tense Books 20th birthday party!
Tangent Reading Series
1000 Words Reading Series
smalldoggies reading series
Mortified
Entertainment For People
Richard hugo house literary series (seattle)
Booty Call Reading Series
January 20th, 2012
If Not For Kidnap reading series
(w/ Bryan Coffelt, Chloe Caldwell, and Edward Mullany)
3968 SE Mall St. (Donald Dunbar’s house)
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Wednesday, February 8th
Planned Parenthood benefit: It’s Not Me, It’s You
w/ Chelsea Cain, Sarah Wexler, and more
Saturday, March 3rd, 6pm
Ear Eater reading series at AWP
Beef & Brandy
with Adam Robinson, Amelia Gray, Chloe Caldwell, and Vanessa Place
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Wednesday, March 7th, 7pm
SongStory
w/ Lidia Yuknavitch, Vanessa Veselka, Gigi Little, and more
Someday Lounge, Portland
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Wednesday, May 30th, 7:30pm
An Ode to Marty: A Reading and Benefit to Honor the Life and Influence of the Late Marty Kruse
Jack London Bar (529 SW 4th ave. Portland)
with B. Frayn Masters, Leanne Grabel, and others
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The Wife Beaters & Cut-Offs Tour
(I’ll be doing a couple of dates with a bunch of awesome lady writers (Elizabeth Ellen, Chloe Caldwell, Donora Hillard, Mary Miller, and Brandi Wells) in the south. More info on their Kickstarter page!
The dates I’m definitely doing are Thursday, July 12th at Domy Books in Houston and Friday, July 13th in New Orleans.
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Big Ass Boombox Festival
Saturday, January 12th, 7pm
Floating World Comics
(w/ Aaron Gilbreath, Lindsey Kugler, Mindy Nettifee, Matty Byloos, Amy Everhart, and others)
Get Out of My Crotch Book Release Reading
Tuesday, January 22nd, 7pm
Crush Bar, 1400 SE Morrison
(w/ Lidia Yuknavitch, Sarah Mirk, and Camille Hayes)
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An Evening with JT Leroy & Friends
Thursday, March 28th, 7:30pm
Disjecta
(I interviewed Laura Albert–aka JT Leroy–on stage after some short readings from the JT Leroy books by Monica Drake and Arthur Bradford)
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APRIL Bookfair
Saturday, March 30th
Hugo House, Seattle (details TBA)






















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