Don't forget to check out the Future of Publishing Think Tank website with our map of Southern California indie lit outlets (booksellers, publishers, reading series, etc.).
If you enjoyed the ten minute version of Terry Wolverton's talk at the party (or if you missed it), you can hear the full half-hour version over here on my website.
Don't forget to check out the Future of Publishing Think Tank website with our map of Southern California indie lit outlets (booksellers, publishers, reading series, etc.).
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Singer-songwriter Alanna Lin (a.k.a. Fascinoma) wrote a lovely song inspired by The Streetwise Cycle and performed it live at the party. Listen to the song here: Click over to the Fascinoma page on Bandcamp.com to download the mp3 and read the lyrics.
From The Streetwise Cycle song: Ain't got gasoline to start your car Pure man power drives your shopping cart No cash money but you got your heart Streetwise, sleep tight Your policy is right No one wants you To know their name Cuz you might be the only one they blame Give away anything you got to eat Streetwise, sweet life Now you may go in peace Here's the program from Saturday's launch party for The Streetwise Cycle, with details about the book and everyone whose work appeared there. Click "Fullscreen" to read it, and click "Print" to take it with you. For best effects, print it double sided in landscape mode on 8.5x11 plain paper and fold it in half.
I had such a great time at the book launch party last night! Thank you to everyone who came - we filled the house at the Echo Park Film Center! Here are a few photos from the event. If you have photos to share, please send them along. You can find much more about me and my book on my Facebook page.
If you'd like to buy a copy of The Streetwise Cycle, it's available on Amazon and Lulu, or you can download it for your favorite e-reader. Tomorrow night, put on your reading shoes and make your way down to the Echo Park Film Center for The Streetwise Cycle book launch party!
Click here for all the details. In the meantime, enjoy some photos I took in January of the amazing new library in Alexandria, Egypt, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Here's a preview of what you can expect at The Streetwise Cycle book launch party, this Saturday night (Mar 26) at the Echo Park Film Center:
Doors open at 7:30. Program begins at 8 pm While you're waiting for the program to begin you can
If you're still looking to enjoy the Echo Park vibe on into the evening, join me at the El Prado Bar for an unofficial official afterparty. Zoë Ruiz makes envelopes. She creates them from unusual materials and in unexpected ways. Since I'm lucky enough to know Zoë and her work, I asked if she would make a set of envelopes based on The Streetwise Cycle. Using printouts of each story in the cycle, Zoë has created envelopes that reflect on her experience of the book. They will be on display as part of the book launch party on March 26. It's all part of the DIY, lo-fi, multidisciplinary principles of the book and my personal aesthetic. Zoë Ruiz makes envelopes Zoë studied creative witing at UC Santa Cruz, as well as Spanish literature and feminist studies. Currently she lives in LA where she works at a literacy nonprofit. Her writing has appeared in Utne.com and The Rumpus, and one of her zines is in the Special Collections Department at Occidental College Library. Her most recent blog is Fishes and Honey. If you're an Angeleno, I know you're planning ahead for parking at the party on Saturday night. The Echo Park Film Center doesn't have its own parking lot, so I went googling for some info on parking in the neighborhood, and here's what I found:
See you at the party! UPDATE: Thanks to all the tweeps and commenters who reminded me about lit blogs I'd forgotten and introduced me to new ones: The Rumpus Paris Review Daily Like Fire Three Guys One Book Sea Giraffe Moby Lives Se Enseña Aquí? Who else should be on this list? Thought I'd celebrate Follow Friday this week by sharing a little link love. Here's a list of literary blogs from around the web - big and small, hyperkinetic and chill, corporate and indie. If you love to read, there's something here for you (in no particular order):
Maud Newton La Bloga The Elegant Variation Bread and Bread The Literary Saloon Jacket Copy The Kenyon Review Blog HTML Giant Pen America Blog A Commonplace Blog The Reading Experience 2.0 Bookslut Elisa Readerville Harriett The Mumpsimus Give A Fig Sentences Galley Cat Paper Cuts The LitBlog Co-op Diary of a Heretic The Millions American Fiction Notes Gently Read Literature Old Hag Ready Steady Book Arts and Letters Daily Neil Gaiman's Journal Bookstore People Counterbalance Curious Pages If that doesn't give you enough literary stimulation to last you the next ten minutes, I don't know what will. Just in case you can't get enough of the cool Echo Park vibe, or if you want to hang out with me and some other literary-minded folks after The Streetwise Cycle book launch party... ...join us after the book launch at the El Prado Bar for the unofficial official afterparty! Why the El Prado?
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