Readings

In late winter and early spring of 2009, Kathleen and Kyle Minor embarked on the Live Nude Girl In the Devil’s Territory Tour, a 25(or so)-city traveling literary circus in support of Kathleen’s memoir Live Nude Girl and Kyle Minor’s short story collection In the Devil’s Territory. Special guests included Daniel Handler a.k.a. Lemony Snicket, Steve Almond, Joshuah Bearman, and more.

JANUARY:

January 29 at 7:30 pm at Women & Children First
5233 N. Clark St.
Chicago, IL 60640
Tel: 773.769.9299
with Lindsay Hunter

FEBRUARY:

Tuesday, February 3 at 7:30 pm at Skylight Books
1818 N. Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Tel: (323) 660-1175
with Joshuah Bearman

Wednesday, February 4 at 7:30 pm at Modern Times Bookstore
888 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Tel: (415) 282-9246
with Daniel Handler (a.k.a. Lemony Snicket)

Thursday, February 5 at 7:00 pm at the Hawthorne Blvd location of Powell’s Books
3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
Portland, OR 97214
Tel: 503-228-4651
with TBD

Friday, February 6 at 7:00 pm: at the University of Washington Bookstore
4326 University Way N.E.
Seattle, WA 98105
Tel: 1-800-335-7323
with Jonathan Evison

Saturday, February 7 at 7:00 pm: at Village Books
1200 Eleventh Street
Bellingham, WA 98225
Tel: (360) 671-2626
with Elizabeth Colen

Sunday, February 8 at 4:30 pm: at Garfield Book Company on the Pacific Lutheran University campus
208 Garfield Street, Suite 101
Tacoma,WA 98444
Tel: (253) 535-7665
with Jason Skipper

Monday, February 9 at 7:00: at The Loft Literary Center
Suite 200 Open Book
1011 Washington Ave S.
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Tel: (612) 215-2575
With Rebecca Kanner

Tuesday, February 10 at University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
2200 E Kenwood Blvd
Milwaukee, WI 53211
Tel: (414) 227-3337
with Liam Callanan

Wednesday, February 11- Saturday 14: AWP Conference in Chicago, IL
Palmer House Hilton
17 East Monroe St.
Chicago, IL 60603

Dzanc Reading: Kyle Minor, Roy Kesey, Mike Czyzniewjiewski, Allison Amend, Louella Bryant Panel on Postevangelical Literature: Kyle Minor, Pinckney Benedict, Scott Kaukonen, David McGlynn, Angela Pneuman Table for Rose Metal Press at the Book Fair: Kathleen Rooney with Abby Beckel Thursday, February 12 at 2:00 pm University of Arkansas Press Table: signing by Kathleen Rooney Friday, February 13 at Links Hall at 8:00 pm: Kathleen Rooney reading on behalf of Switchback Books from Oneiromance (an epithalamion)

Monday, February 16 at 7:00 pm at Brookline Booksmith
279 Harvard St
Brookline, MA 02446
Tel: (617) 566-6660
with Steve Almond

Tuesday, February 17 at the Provincetown Association of Art Museum (PAAM)
460 Commercial Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Tel: (508) 487.1750
with Chris Busa

Wednesday, February 18 at 7:00 pm at Ada Books
717 Westminster Street
Providence RI 02903
Tel: (401) 432.6222
with Brian Evenson

Thursday, February 19 at 7:30 pm at Freebird Books
123 Columbia Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
Tel: 718.643.8484
with Rebecca Barry

Friday, February 20 at 8:00: in the Earshot Reading Series
Rose Live Music
345 Grand Street (btw Havemeyer & Marcy)
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Tel: (718) 599-0069
with 3 other readers TBD

Saturday, February 21 at 5:00: in the 510 Reading Series
Minás Gallery, 815 W. 36th St.,
Hampden (that’s Baltimore) MD 21211
with other readers Blake Butler, Shane Jones, and Rahne Alexander

Sunday, February 22 at 8:00: at the George Washington University Marvin Center Amphitheatre, sponsored by The Rome Review
800 21st Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20052
Tel: (202) 994- 7470
with Dan Gutstein

Friday, February 27 at 7:00: at Nightbird Books
557 School Street, # 103
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Tel: (479) 443.2080
With Miroslav Penkov

Saturday, February 28 at 7:00 at Burke’s Bookstore
936 South Cooper
Memphis, Tennessee 38104
Tel: (901) 278-7484
with Corey Mesler

MARCH:

Sunday, March 1 at 7:30 at the Morris University Center Restaurant
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
Edwardsville, Illinois 62026
Tel: 800-447-SIUE
with Stacey Lynn Brown

Monday, March 2 at 4:30 pm: at Illini Union Bookstore
809 S. Wright Street
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 333-2050
with Jodee Stanley

Thursday March 5 through Saturday March 7: Kathleen Rooney reading and teaching from Oneiromance (an epithalamion) as a Visiting Writer at Western Washington University
516 High Street
Bellingham, WA 98225

Wednesday, March 11 at 7:00pm: Shaman Drum Bookshop
311-315 South State St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Tel: 734.662.7407
with Dan Wickett

Sunday, March 15 at 2:00 pm at The Woman Made Gallery
685 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL
with Alice George, Parneshia Jones, Kristy Odelius, and Elise Paschen

Thursday, March 19: Kathleen Rooney reading and teaching from That Tiny Insane Voluptuousness as a Visiting Writer atCalifornia State University—San Marcos
333 S.Twin Oaks Valley Rd.
San Marcos, CA 92096-0001
with Elisa Gabbert

Monday, March 23: at Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL 62901-6899
Tel: (618) 453-2121
with Laura Benedict

Tuesday, March 24 at 7:00 pm
Ruth Lilly Student Center Community Room 
Marian College
3200 Cold Spring Rd Indianapolis, IN 46222
Tel: (317) 955-6000
with Andrew Scott

MAY 2009:

Tuesday, May 19 at 7:30 pm in the Quickies! Reading Series
Inner Town Pub
1935 W Thomas Chicago, IL
with other readers TBD

JUNE 2009:

Thursday, June 11 at 6:00 pm Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S. Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615
Tel: (773) 324-5520
with Krystal Meisel

JULY 2009:

Friday, July 31 at 8:00 p.m. at the Literary Death Match representing Switchback Books at the Printers’ Ball
The Ludington Building
1104 S. Wabash Ave.
Chicago, IL

AUGUST:

Wednesday, August 26th at 7:30 at  Danny’s Reading Series
representing Switchback Books for Chicago Indie Press Night
1951 W. Dickens
Chicago, IL

SEPTEMBER 2009:

Friday, September 11 at 7:00 pm at BookWoman
Robert Shapard and editor Kathleen Rooney reading from The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction at BookWoman at 7:00 pm with special guests Elizabeth Crane and Elizabeth Harris. Free & open to the public.

5501 N. Lamar Blvd. #A-105
Austin, TX 78751
(512) 472.2785

NOVEMBER 2009

Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 5:00 pm at the Grand Opening of the literacy nonprofit Open Books
213 W. Institute Place
Chicago, IL
with Kristy Bowen and Michael Kadela

DECEMBER 2009

Wednesday, December 16 at 7:00 pm in the Bookslut Reading Series
5145 N. Clark Street
Hopleaf–2nd floor
Chicago, IL 60660
with Daniel Nester

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 7:00 pm at The Book Cellar
4736 N. Lincoln.
Chicago, IL
with Cristina Henriquez and Melanie Benjamin