VOTM: What’s the most unusual experience you’ve ever had at a reading?
STAHL: Someone showed up.
Pushcart Prize-winning author Jerry Stahl has written seven books, including the memoir Permanent Midnight (made into a film with Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson), and the novels Pain Killers and I, Fatty (optioned by Johnny Depp). His online column “OG Dad,” appears regularly on The Rumpus. He has written extensively for film and television, including most recently, the HBO film Hemingway & Gellhorn. Latest books are the anthology, The Heroin Chronicles, which he edited, and the novella Bad Sex On Speed. His new novel Happy Mutant Baby Pills will be published by Harper-Collins in Sept. 2013.
Come see who shows up with Jerry Stahl on Friday April 5 at 836LA Echo.