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UPCOMING in BIRMINGHAM

Friday, 5 Sept 2008, 7:30 PM
@ ARTWALK, Outdoor tent on the parking lot next to What's on Second, 2nd Ave N/23rd Street, Birmingham

THE2NDHAND’s 29th issue builds on a concept we introduced to the Chicago reading/performance scene in July 2007 -- the Mixtape reading, wherein several writers cast short-short stories inspired by pop songs. The concept evolved after several incarnations of its live component to include a published series here at the2ndhand.com and, now, a broadsheet. The latest in our long-running print series will includes contest winners Nadria Tucker and Emily Self, both past contributors to THE2NDHAND and both writing from Birmingham (Tucker actually won our 2007 contest), and a contribution from Zach Plague, author of the art-school satire/adventure novel Boring boring boring..., out now from Chicago’s Featherproof Books. All three will appear at the reading Friday, Sept. 5, attendant to the great Art Walk fest in downtown Birmingham. Plague’s book will be available.

Of the other readers, comics maven and fiction writer Cassie Sneider, a recent contributor to the online magazine, makes the trek up from Austin, Texas. Michael Tesney is a longtime dramatist of the experimentalist-absurdist variety, often, who will be offering a dramatic cutup of Joy Division lyrics, performed with a small cast. Tesney also manages the co-op bookshop Green Cup on 21st St. in Birmingham. Stanley Holditch is a Birmingham institution, the man responsible for the great Fleabomb indie-culture blog and info site. Finally, Todd Dills is the editor of THE2NDHAND and author of the novel Sons of the Rapture. For more about Artwalk, visit birminghamartwalk.org.

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