MARK DANIELEWSKI (3/02@7:30PM, LA)
Bootleg Theatre, 2220 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90057
Acclaimed author Mark Z. Danielewski and breakthrough U.K. rock band Biffy Clyro will co-headline Liner Notes, a one-of-a-kind event that explores the cross-pollination of music and literature while raising money for Homeboy Industries, a Los Angeles-based non-profit that helps at-risk and former gang-involved youth. Presented by SPIN, Skylight Books, and Bootleg Theater, the event will feature performances by Biffy Clyro, readings by Danielewski, and an audience Q&A session to examine how Danielewski’s 2006 novel Only Revolutions inspired the band’s 2009 album of the same name. If you haven’t experienced Danielewski work in performance, here’s a great opportunity. Dig him or not, he is always unique and inspiring. Admission $25.00.
2011 CHAPBOOK FESTIVAL (3/02-3/05, NYC)
various locations throughout NYC
The Third Annual Chapbook Festival will take place at locations throughout New York City. The Festival celebrates the chapbook as a work of art and as a medium for alternative and emerging writers and publishers. Included will be panels, a book fair, readings, and workshops. A full schedule is available here. Free.
HEIDI W. DURROW (3/02@6PM, LA)
Santa Monica Public Library, 601 Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA
Durrow will be reading from her debut novel The Girl Who Fell From The Sky, winner of the 2010 Bellwether Prize for fiction and national best seller. Free.
KEVIN YOUNG (3/04@7:30PM, NYC)
Greenlight Books, 686 Fulton St., Brooklyn, NY
The poet will read from his latest book, Ardency: A Chronicle of The Amistad Rebels, which is based on the 1840 slave-ship mutiny. Listen to a short interview with Young, including readings of a couple poems, on Public Radio’s Studio 360 here and check out his recent essay on The Anthology of Rap on Book Forum here. Free.
SLAKE PRESENTS LUNDI GRAS AT THE BOOTLEG (3/07@7PM, LA)
Bootleg Theater, 2220 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90057
Slake celebrates New Orleans on Fat Monday with short films by the late New Orleans filmmaker Helen Hill and Robert Sobul, erformances by the New Orleans Traditional Jazz & Funeral Band, Venice torch-and-twang duo honeyhoney, and musician Paul Gailiunas, readings by Slake writers, including former New Orleans resident Hank Cherry, art by Matjames — Hank’s running mate in the Ninth Ward — photographers Anne Fishbein and Michelle Pullman, and painter Ingrid Allen, food from the Crazy Creole Cafe truck on the back patio, and beer and wine at the bar. $10 donation.
