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Jennifer D. Corley in San Diego
Jennifer D. Corley has lived in California for ten years and has a background in writing and media. You can find her work on the literary journal websites Hobart and Queen Mob’s Tea House; and in the printed anthologies More Monologues For Women, By Women; States of Terror Vol. 3; and Black Candies: Gross and Unlikeable. Most recently, she’s serving as editor for the radio series Incoming, with the literary arts nonprofit So Say We All.
Come see Jennifer read at La Bodega Gallery in San Diego on Saturday, April 28 at 7pm
Look Who’s Coming to Vermin SD: David Eric Tomlinson
VOTM: What’s the most unusual experience you’ve had at a reading?
TOMLINSON: This is a reading in Dallas, early September, so it’s hot. The locals, myself included, are all in shorts, t-shirts, open-toed sandals. One of the performers is from Ohio and he comes in wearing cowboy get-up – boots, Wranglers, long-sleeve denim shirt, a black Stetson. His book is very good, as is his delivery. But it’s just too damn hot for all that gear.
David Eric Tomlinson was born and raised in Oklahoma. He studied writing at the University of California, San Diego, and has worked as a copywriter, art director, karate instructor, and stay-at-home dad. David lives in Dallas, Texas with his wife and two daughters. His first novel The Midnight Man, about five Oklahomans who overcome deep-seated racial, political, and social differences in the year preceding the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, was published this month by Tyrus Books.
Come see David read at 3rdSpace in San Diego on Saturday, January 21 at 7pm.
Vermin + VLAK
Vermin on the Mount is teaming up with VLAK Magazine and the Prague Microfest for a series of unforgettable readings in Berlin, Brno, Prague and London:
05/15 Berlin, Germany 7pm
Vermin on the Mount & VLAK
with Thor Garcia, Catherine Hales, Jim Ruland, Jeroen Nieuwland, Louis Armand & David Vichnar
Normal Bar
Forsterstrasse 46
10999 Kreuzberg
05/16 Brno, Czech Republic 7pm
Vermin on the Mount & VLAK
with Thor Garcia, Olga Pek, Louis Armand, Jim Ruland & David Vichnar
Sklenena Louka (Glass Meadow)
Kounicova 23, 602 00 Brno
05/17 Prague, Czech Republic 7pm
Vermin on the Mount & VLAK
Prague Micro Festival with Louis Armand, Morgan Childs, Sophia Disgrace, Phil Shoenfelt, Jim Ruland, Thor Garcia, Ken Nash + music
Cafe NoD
Dlouha 33, Prague
05/23 London, England 7pm
Vermin on the Mount & VLAK
with Thor Garcia, Richard Makin, Jim Ruland, Louis Armand & David Vichnar
Top Office Machines
133-135 Bethnal Green Road
London, E2 7DG
05/24 London, England
Vermin on the Mount & VLAK
with Lou Rowan, Stewart Home, Ulli Freer, Jim Ruland, Louis Armand & David Vichnar
Power Lunches Arts Cafe
446 Kingsland Road
Hackney, E8 4AE
Look Who’s Coming to Vermin: Justin Maurer
VOTM: What’s the most unusual experience you’ve ever had at a reading?
MAURER: At one of my first readings I was presenting my debut chapbook. I made the near-fatal mistake of eating spicy food and drinking coffee followed by some shots of tequila to soothe my nerves. When I began reading, World War III was setting off in my stomach. There was some serious heavy artillery going on. I came very close to soiling myself.
Justin Maurer is a writer and musician from Los Angeles. He was born in L.A. but came of age in the Great Pacific Northwest where he recorded 3 albums and embarked on world tours with his storied punk band Clorox Girls. After a decade of nonstop touring, the band fell apart and he worked and lived in Madrid and London. In Europe he formed the band Suspect Parts before a full-circle return to L.A. Maurer’s first book Don’t Take Your Life”(Future Tense Books) was published in 2006. His new book Seventeen Television is now available from Vol. 1 Brooklyn. He currently sings for the punk/’60s pop band L.A. Drugz and plays guitar in punk/glam band Maniac.
Come see Justin Maurer perform at 826LA Echo Park on Friday, April 5.