Michael Silverblatt is the iconic host of the Santa-Monica based radio program Bookworm; a nationally-syndicated show about literature and poetry that has featured some of the greatest writers of our time. LA's favorite literary pundit shared with us his love of literature, thoughts about the local LA literary community, and why he can hardly wait to meet author and poet Sapphire. more ›

1. Sister Spit is the San Francisco-based iconic feminist-lesbian ‘rambling road show’ co-directed by novelist Michelle Tea and Sini Anderson. Per their website: “Sini and Michelle gathered together a group of some of the most notorious, talented, and just frickin' interesting women and dykes, and went on tour all over the U.S.” Past tours have included legendary gay poets and authors like Eileen Myles, Jan LeCroy, Miranda Mellis, Beth Lisik, and Lynnee Breedlove. Their epic cross-country tours made national headlines. more ›

We can't think of a better way to celebrate a new book than to invite musicians, poets, visual artists, performance arists and writers to respond to the new book. This is exactly what Maggie Nelson has done for her new book Women, the New York School, and Other True Abstractions and tonight is the night. more ›