Lit Pics: Rally Reading
By Ian MacAllen
Friday, March 4th, 2022 | 967 views
The Rally Reading series, held once a month on Thursdays at Pete’s Candy Store, is political by design. On March 3, 2022, the Rally was in-person at Pete’s Candy Store.
The Rally Reading series, held once a month on Thursdays at Pete’s Candy Store, is political by design. On March 3, 2022, the Rally was in-person at Pete’s Candy Store.
Scott Alexander Hess is as prolific as they come, a natural storyteller who’s always plotting new ways to transport his readers to different eras and locations. For his new pair of novellas, The Root of Everything & Lightning, published on Rebel Satori Press, Hess presents authentic literary historical fiction with riveting LGBT+ themes. I caught up with Scott to ask about his choices, process, and personal connections to the vivid worlds he creates within both novellas.
As book events migrate to virtual spaces, many events are becoming permanently available online. Bookstores, event spaces, and reading series are producing thousands of hours of readings and book discussions, and many of these events end up on YouTube creating a vast resource for readers and writers alike.
Even though summer is almost over, there are a few books we still need to read. If you’ve been following Notable Online over at The Rumpus, you probably noticed how many great events there are every week. All the virtual events have made it even easier to feel overwhelmed.
Don’t fret! We have you covered. Although we aren’t writing up virtual events, here’s a few books we would have written about this summer if we were attending events in person. It’s not too late to check them out!
As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, in real life literary events have, like most of our world, been put on hold. We still have notes from our last in real life event and intend to write it up — eventually.
Paul Yoon and Hernan Diaz discuss Run Me To Earth, layering narratives with forces in opposition to each other, and how writing is like painting.
Tochi Onyebuchi talked with Marlon James about Riot Baby, systemic racism, and limiting supernatural powers.
