Drunken! Careening! Writers!
Thursday, August 21, 7pm
KGB Bar, 85 E. 4th St., NYC, www.kgbbar.com
FREE
That’s Hott.
Jessie Male
Zaedryn Meade
Chris Weikel
And your hostess, Kathleen Warnock
In 2005, Jessie Male’s advanced knowledge of the frozen foods section earned her the title of assistant editor at the number two grocery trade magazine in the country. She has since been published in numerous food and dance publications and is currently working on two nonfiction collections. Jessie recently emigrated from Brooklyn to Manhattan to serve as a program coordinator at Columbia University. Her family is a constant source of support and material.
Zaedryn Meade (www.zaedryn.com) is a queer butch activist, classically trained poet, spoken word performer, and smut writer who has published three chapbooks and one spoken word CD. Her smut stories and poetry can be found in various collections including NPR’s “This I Believe” project and three Best Lesbian Erotica collections. She was awarded an Honorable Mention in poetry from the Astraea Emerging Lesbian Writers Fund in 2007. Born and raised in the rainforest of Southeast Alaska, she now lives in Brooklyn.
Chris Weikel has an unsavory past, but won’t tell you about it unless you buy him a drink. He is a founding member of TOSOS II, and has participated in numerous TOSOS productions as not only playwright but as performer and costumer (often simultaneously). The company produced his WEIKELWORKS, SPEAKING PARTS, GARETH AND LYNETTE, and PENNY PENNIWORTH (”must see” show — 2003 FringeNYC Festival). While a member of Emerging Artists Theatre (EAT) his play THE WAY-WEARY received a workshop production by EAT which also produced the premieres of his LOST BOYS, DANSPORT, GARETH AND LYNETTE and FAITHFULLY PRESENTED. He has recently collaborated on a musical with composer Bill Solly entitled SMILE AND SAY HELLO and is currently working on another musical with composer Jeff Biering. Several of his works have been published by United Stages. As an actor Chris had a year-long run as Robert Benchley in TALK OF THE TOWN in the Algonquin hotel Oak Room. Chris is a member of the Dramatists Guild, the proud 2007 recipient of the Robert Chesley Award for Emerging Gay Playwrights, and the Irv Zarkower award from Hunter College.
Drunken! Careening! Writers! is a reading series dedicated to the proposition that readings should be: excellent, well-read pieces that have at least one thing in them that makes people laugh (nervous laughter counts), and don’t run more than 15 minutes each.
For more information, or to be added to the mailing list, email CareeningWriters@aol.com.
Just heard from editor 
, where my story Popsicle in the Library will be published. According to Amazon, the book will be published in March 2009.
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