Greg Olear’s Novel Drops
Behold! Greg Olear’s debut novel Totally Killer is now in print and available for purchase. Says Jonathan Evison: “Olear has created a veritable almanac of the 90s. Totally Killer is, well, totally killer. You’ll laugh. You’ll cringe. You’ll weep. You may even find yourself humming Whitney Houston.” Go forth and read.
TNB’s Literary Experience
Simon Smithson reads his piece entitled “The Letters I Wrote That Did Not Convince Janeane Garofalo to Have Sex with Me.” Photo by Jason Lashever.
Rebecca Schiffman
Musician, painter, writer, and Upper East Side native Rebecca Schiffman. She performed last week at TNB’s Literary Experience in New York. (See below.)
The Nervous Breakdown’s Literary Experience: Chicago!
Please join the lovely and talented Gina Frangello as she hosts the inaugural edition of the Literary Experience in Chicago at The Whistler in Logan Square, 2421 N. Milwaukee Avenue. Tuesday, September 22nd. Show starts at 7 p.m. Readings by Greg Boose (Yankee Pot Roast, McSweeney’s), Amy Guth (Three Fallen Women), Claire Bidwell Smith (Life in Chicago, The Huffington Post), and Irene Zion (all the way from Miami!). Music by the one and only Raise High the Roof Beam! Come one, come all!
The Nervous Breakdown’s Literary Experience: LA!
Please join the lovely and talented Zöe Brock (pictured above) as she hosts the latest edition of the Literary Experience in Los Angeles at Hotel Cafe in Hollywood, 1623 1/2 N. Cahuenga Blvd. Sunday, September 20th. Show starts at 6 p.m. Readings by D.R. Haney (Banned for Life), Milo Martin (Poems for the Utopian Nihilist), Zara Potts (all the way from New Zealand!), and Simon Smithson (all the way from Australia!). Music by the one and only Sabertooth Tiger! Cover: $6. Come one, come all!
The Nervous Breakdown’s Literary Experience: NYC!
Please join the lovely and talented Kimberly M. Wetherell (pictured above) as she hosts another rousing edition of the Literary Experience in New York City, this time at Happy Ending Lounge, 302 Broome Street. Tuesday, September 15th. Show starts at 8 p.m. Readings by Joshua Lyon (Pillhead), Shya Scanlon (Forecast), J.E. Fishman (former editor & agent; current writer), and Kristen Elde (McSweeneys, Pindeldyboz). Music by our own Rebecca Schiffman. No cover charge! Come one, come all!
Fast Forward: Confessions of a Porn Screenwriter
Our very own Eric Spitznagel offers up this wickedly hilarious account of his attempts to write the Great American Porno. Amy Sedaris calls it “a great stocking stuffer,” and it is available now from Manic D Press. Buy it RIGHT HERE. (Right now.) And for that we thank you.
