Friday, July 30, 2010
Books Decatur Book Fest has a dumb new monster and great new authors
Posted by Wyatt Williams @wyatt_williams on Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 9:16 AM
I think we should call it Confused McDragon. How about Max Van Annoyance? I'm pretty sure he violates several Decatur zoning ordinances. Who dresses up like Ignatius Reilly anyway. He's treading on sacred ground with those poorly manicured claws of his.
The AJC is hosting a contest to give this annoying thing an annoying name, so you can do that if you want.
A better use of your time would be checking out the new authors added to the festival by Eyedrum for their first ever Experimental Writers Asylum. The event will be hosted by Seen Gallery in Decatur all weekend long during the festival. The line-up includes Jessica E. Blinkhorn reading her erotic writings, a publication party for the second of volume of The Open Face Sandwich (finally!), Blake Butler, and more. You can check out the full schedule after the jump.
The 2010 Experimental Writers Asylum schedule
Friday, September 3rd. 10—11 pm: An adults-only presentation from Jessica Blinkhorn, hailed by the Village Voice for her bold erotic writings. Ms. Blinkhorn, a native of Austell, Georgia, earned her Bachelor’s degree in drawing and painting at Kennesaw State University and her Master’s degree in those disciplines at Georgia State University. She is the subject of a short documentary, Grounded by Reality.
Saturday, September 4th. 3—5pm: A showcase of works by local independent publishers puts the spotlight on items from Atlanta Poets Group, Dust to Digital, Fifth Planet Press, Fort!/da?, and others. 5—6pm: Atlanta Poets Group contributor James Sanders in performance. 6—7pm: Book sculptor Brian Dettmer—whose works have been shown at Atlanta’s Saltworks Gallery, New York’s Museum of Arts and Design, and the annual Art Papers Art Auction—is host to a slideshow/exhibition of his work. 8—11pm: Publication party for The Open Face Sandwich, Volume 2, with readings from Bill Taft, Alison Davis, and other local experimentalists. Volume 1 of TOFS earned a nomination in 2009 from the Utne Independent Press Awards for Best New Publication.
Sunday, September 5th. 1—2pm: Scorch Atlas author Blake Butler offers readings. Mr. Butler’s forthcoming book The Copy Family is to be published in 2010 by Harper Perennial. 2—3pm: Michael Martone, author of books including The Blue Guide to Indiana, Double-wide: Collected Fiction, and Michael Martone, reads from his work and discusses it. Mr. Martone has taught at Harvard University, Iowa State University, and Syracuse University. He is currently a faculty member in the English Department at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
For additional information, please see eyedrum.org or contact Eyedrum Vice Chair Ed Hall: edwardahall@gmail.com or 404.755.7575.
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