Quiet Lightning: Neighborhood Heroes, v.2

Description

Every six months, Quiet Lightning invites 8 stalwarts of the local literary scene to read or perform their writing in the series' traditional (but usually submission-based) format: no author introductions or banter, each show is a mash-up of fiction, missive and poetry that weaves varying patterns of language into a compelling and oft-intoxicating double set of literary mixtape madness.

The writings are also published in a monthly book called sPARKLE & bLINK, which we sell at the shows and offer for free online: http://scribd.com/quietlightning.

This second installment of Neighborhood Heroes will feature:

• National Book Award Finalist and blues rocker Kim Addonizio (Lucifer at the Starlight, Ordinary Genius)
• Comedic spoken word legend Bucky Sinister (Get Up, Whiskey and Robots)
• Writers With Drinks host, science fiction writer and performance artist Charlie Jane Anders (Choir Boy)
• Lachrymose yeasayer and poet laureate of the heart Ali Liebegott (The IHOP Papers, The Beautifully Worthless)
• Why There Are Words host and award-winning fiction writer, poet and teacher Peg Alford Pursell
• Instant City founder and editor, Litquake Festival Director Gravity Goldberg
• Maverick of Viracocha and classically trained actor-cum-poet Jonathan Siegel
• Performance poet Charlie Getter, one of the original founders—and present glue—of the weekly 16th & Mission spoken word gatherings

Four Quiet Lightning vets will share their stage:

• Ian Tuttle (Stretchyhead, Universal Universe)
• Alia Volz (Literary Death Match, Sticky Fingers)
• Lauren Becker (East Bay on the Brain, Corium Magazine)
• Andrew O. Dugas (Sleepwalking in Paradise)

The evening will also mark the one year (and twelve show) celebration of Quiet Lightning, which is hosted by Evan Karp and Rajshree Chauhan.

Go to http://bit.ly/qlheroes2 to watch a performance by each author and for links to their respective projects.

For an idea what the show will be like, watch the video playlist of Neighborhood Heroes, v.1 [http://bit.ly/qlist] or check out the livecast of our last show, held at Booksmith on Wed Nov 3 [http://bit.ly/qllive].

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