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Why There Are Words Literary Reading Series
Why There Are Words
teams up with ZYZZYVA,
as the journal of West Coast writers marks its 100th
issue this spring. Join us on Feb. 13 at Studio
333 in Sausalito when readers recently
published in the journal, along with special guest Marian
Szczepanski, will read from their latest works. Doors open at 7pm.
$10 at the door. For a full list of readers and their bios, go to the
website at Why
There Are Words.
whytherearewords.com
Heather Altfeld
is the author of the book of poetry The
Disappearing Theatre. www.heatheralfeld.com
Troy Jollimore
is the author of most recently Tom Thomson in
Purgatory, which won the National Book
Critics Circle Award for poetry. www.csuchico.edu/~tjollimore
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Earle McCartney is
a graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop where he was awarded the
Joseph Henry Jackson Award in 2013. He's currently at work on a novel
and a collection of long stories.
Lori Ostlund's
story collection The Bigness of the World
was awarded the California Book Award, the Edmund White Debut Fiction
Award, and the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction.
http://loriostlund.com
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Dean Rader is
the author of most recently Landscape/Portrait/Figure/Form
(Omnidawn). His poetry collection Works
& Days received the T.S. Eliot Prize.
www.deanrader.com
Marian
Szczepanski comes
from Houston to share with us her
debut
novel, Playing
St. Barbara. www.marianszczepanski.com
Why There Are Words,
curated by founder Peg Alford Pursell, www.pegalfordpursell.com,
draws a full house of Bay Area residents every second Thursday of the
month. Studio 333 is located at 333 Caledonia Street, Sausalito, CA
94965. Phone Studio 333 at 415-331-8272.