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SEE + HEAR + DO (5/18-5/24)

BIG CITY FORUM – WRITERS EDITION (5/18 @ 7PM, LA)
LA Art Association, Gallery 825, 825 N. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90069

Big City Forum in conjunction with LAAA/Gallery 825 present an evening about the written word. Join a group of L.A.’s most talented up and coming authors as they explore the ways in which fiction shapes our thinking about personal and collective narratives. Presenters: Harold Abramowitz, Grace Krilanovich, Margaret Wappler, and Lauren Strasnick. Free.

CALARTS WRITERS SHOWCASE (5/19 @ 7:30PM, LA)
REDCAT, 631 West 2nd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012

The School of Critical Studies holds a reading of the best new fiction and poetry by MFA candidates in the Writing Program. Free.

LARRY FLYNT AND DAVID EISENBACH (5/20 @ 7:30PM, PORTLAND)
Powell’s City of Books on Burnside, 1005 W Burnside, Portland, OR 97209

In One Nation under Sex (Palgrave MacMillan), free-speech activist and notorious Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt teams up with Columbia University history professor David Eisenbach to peek behind the White House bedroom curtains and document how hidden passions have shaped public life. They unpack salacious rumors and outright scandals, showing how private affairs have driven pivotal decisions — often with horrific consequences. Along the way, they explore the origins of America’s fascination with sex scandals and explain how we can put aside our political moralism and begin focusing on the real problems that threaten our nation. Free.

OPEN CITY 2011 BENEFIT PARTY (5/24 @ 7PM, NY)
Open City, 162 E. 92nd St., New York, NY 10128

Sam Lipsyte and Amine Wefali read at a party to benefit Open City and to mark the release of an anthology with highlights from the magazine, They’re at It Again: Stories From Twenty Years of Open City. Tickets start at $100. Funds raised will support the continuation of Open City Books.

SEE + HEAR + DO (4/06-4/12)

Death matches, musicians-turned-authors and more in this week’s See + Hear + Do.

AN EVENING OF MUSIC WRITING WITH 33 1/3 (4/07@7:30PM, NYC)
Greenlight Bookstore, 686 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, New York 11217
33 1/3, a series of short books centered around music albums, presents four of their writers this evening: Daphne Carr (Nine Inch Nails’ Pretty Hate Machine), Hank Shteamer (Ween’s Chocolate and Cheese), Christopher Weingarten (Public Enemy’s It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back) and Bryan Charles (Pavement’s Wowee Zowee). Free.

LITERARY DEATH MATCH (4/08@7PM, SF)
Elbo Room, 647 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94110-1150
Literary Death Match combines literary and performative aspects of Def Poetry Jam, each episode this reading series is a competitive, humorous ride. The match begins with each of the night’s four writers performing, in seven minutes or less, their most electric writing. They are then judged by a trio of all-stars on literary merit, performance and intangibles. The two favorite writers advance to the finals where they go head-to-head to fight for the Literary Death Match crown. Readers: Monica Youn, Dean Rader, Kim Wong Keltner and Kris Saknussemm. Judges: Kim Addonizio, Anthony Bedard, Glendon Hyde a.k.a. Anna CondaHosted by Alia Volz and comedian Ngaio Bealum. Doors open at 6:30PM. 21+. $7 in advance, $10 at door.

THE CLEVELAND CONFIDENTIAL BOOK TOUR (4/08@7PM, Brookline)
Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Coolidge Corner, Brookline, Massachusetts 02446-2908
Three legendary musicians-turned-authors discuss their lives and art. Featuring: Cheetah Chrome (A Dead Boy’s Tale), former lead guitarist for the punk band The Dead Boys whose songs have been covered by Guns N’ Roses, Pearl Jam, and The Beastie Boys; Mike Hudson (Diary of a Punk), founder of punk rock group The Pagans; and Bob Pfeifer (University of Strangers), founding member of Human Switchboard and Tabby Chinos, and was the President of Hollywood Records. Free.

MEG WOLITZER’S THE UNCOUPLING (4/10@4PM, Portland)
Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside, Portland, OR 97209
Meg Wolitzer’s novel about female desire, The Uncoupling, has been labeled funny and provocative. The choice of “Lysistrata” — the comedy by Aristophanes in which women stop having sex with men in order to end a war — for the school play seems to cast a strange spell over the campus population. Free.

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