VOTM: What’s the most unusual experience you’ve had at a reading?
ESCORIA: I once went to a poetry reading in Hell’s Kitchen. The crowd was loud and drunk, causing one reader to yell things at them like, “Shut up or I’ll fucking stab you.” Strippers danced during the break, wearing black strap-ons and eagle masks, while the audience slipped dollar bills into their g-strings. Fun fact: Melissa Broder was also at that reading.
Juliet Escoria writes things for Electric Literature’s blog, The Outlet. Her story collection, Black Cloud, will be published by Civil Coping Mechanisms in 2014.
Come see Juliet read at 3rdSpace in San Diego on Nov. 10 at 7pm and at Book Show in Frogtown on Nov. 11 at 7pm.