The lineup for Word Without End is set. In addition to the fab folks Don Peteroy lauds below, we’ve nabbed Sheri Allen, Brian Brodeur, Kiley Cogis Brodeur, Les Kay, Michael Peterson, Sarah Strickley, Sara Watson, Dietrick Vanderhill, and Kathy Zlabek. How fun is this going to be? Um, very.
Don Peteroy (from his Facebook status update): This Friday, from 7 till 10 p.m. at York Street Cafe in Newport KY, come to The Cincinnati Review’s annual Whatever It Is We Do At These Annual Things thing. My band, The Knife Incident will provide deafening interludes between readings by some of the finest local writers, including the nationally admired rock star/poet/founder and editor of the nationally admired magazine Forklift, Matt Hart. Local comedian and writer Ben Dudley will do something funny or he won’t. I haven’t talked to him in a long time. Danielle Deulen, also nationally admired for her poetry and nonfiction, will read something. Or she’ll show us her model dinosaur collection. Michael Griffith, known for three awesome works of fiction, many reviews, weird projects, years of being an editor at the Southern Review, for inventing the word “Fantastic” and the phrase “There’s a lot to admire in this story,” will read something ambitious. Maybe a segment of his upcoming novel, “The Secrets of the Weeping Eye Thief’s Princess.” Alli Hammond might read something both ambitious and fantastic, but word around McMicken says she’s planning on staging a full-scale WWII naval battle on the roof. Charley Henley, known for his ability to write fantastic and admirable realism and science fiction, will probably read something nationally admired, but I have a sense he might try that old “Let me see if I can build a wormhole out of shoelaces, five dollar bills, phlegm, and a burning burrito” trick. Jay Twomey, known for his good looks, will pose for 20 minutes while Barry White’s “I can’t get enough of your love” plays on repeat. The event is free and open to the public. I will also be selling copies of my book, Wally, out of my truck. I feel like a real writer now!
