KGB Bar

Pamela August Russell is the author of B is for Bad Poetry out now from Sterling Publishing. The Los Angeles Times says “It may not be Walt Whitman, but Miss Russell’s verses are often a whole lot funnier.” Her short stories and poetry have appeared in several anthologies including Virgin Territory and most recently Nothing Moments. She lives in Los Angeles near the freeway.

Jennifer L. Knox’s new book, The Mystery of the Hidden Driveway, is forthcoming in Fall 2010 from Bloof Books. Her other books, Drunk by Noon and A Gringo Like Me, are also available through Bloof. Jennifer was born in Lancaster, California—home to Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, and the Space Shuttle. She has taught poetry writing at Hunter College and New York University. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, American Poetry Review, Ploughshares and many others.

Melissa Broder is the author of WHEN YOU SAY ONE THING BUT MEAN YOUR MOTHER (Ampersand Books, February 2010). She is the chief editor of La Petite Zine and curates the Polestar Poetry Series. By day, she is a publicity manager at Penguin. Her poems appear, or are forthcoming, in many journals, including: Opium, Shampoo, PANK, Five Dials, The Del Sol Review, Word for/Word, Miracle Monocle and Swink. She lives in Brooklyn.

Max Sharam is a resident of both New York City and Sydney, Australia. Her illustrated prose book Snakes Live Under My Bed has sold out pretty much everywhere. Max is also a wildly gifted singer. Her debut solo album A Million Year Girl rocketed to the top of the Australian charts. Her one-woman performance pieces have been part of Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Hong Kong Fringe Festival and New York Arts Festival. She also has the same bra size as Sharon Stone.

Patrick Costigan is the author of two plays for the San Fransisco Shakespeare Festival introducing young audiences to the enjoyment of Shakespeare without any financial remuneration for himself. His new book of poems THIS with photographs by Heather Hitt will be out as very soon. He lives in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

Our host for the evening will be entertainer and professional storyteller, Dale Seever who invites you to enjoy, some things he enjoys on his regular radio broadcast, brought to you from a third floor walk-up on the foul banks of the Gowanus. (Otherwise known as James Bewley)