On Saturday, October 11, the annual Litquake festival goes out with a bang. The final night is devoted to Litcrawl, the literary equivalent of drinking from the firehose: dozens of readings in a host of venues, all more or less within strolling distance of each other. Go to litquake.org to peruse the full schedule, and while you're planning your path remember us!
We've had a Grotto event on the Litcrawl program for several years now, and we always look forward to it. This year it'll serve as an intimate coda, a small-scale bookend for the larger Grotto Nights event the previous Saturday. This time around the host is Jason Roberts, and the all-Grotto lineup includes Po Bronson, Chris Colin, Rodes Fishburne, Stephanie Losee, Janis Cooke Newman and Todd Oppenheimer.
Rumor has it that this will be an "off the page" evening: the readers will be sharing behind-the-scenes stories about what DOESN'T make it to the page, and why. Expect unprinted sex scenes, tales of editorial clashes and angst between the lines. At the Elbo Room (647 Valencia Street), starting at 7:15. It's free, but you'll have to be over 21.
For more information, see http://www.litquake.org/the-festival/lit-crawl-2008/
Hope to see you there!
