From Simon Rich, the Thurber Prize–winning author of “New Teeth” comes a hilarious and powerful collection of short stories chronicling the plight of aging millennials. Rich is a frequent contributor to The New Yorker and has written for Saturday Night Live, Pixar, and The Simpsons. Rich talks about GLORY DAYS, a new batch of can’t-miss stories. High-stakes and heartfelt, GLORY DAYS mourns the death of youthful innocence and hails the beginning of something approximating wisdom. NPR calls Rich “one of the funniest writers in America” and the New York Times Book Review hailed “New Teeth” as “a triumph of sustained humor.” Rich talks to Kristen Schaal, an Emmy nominee for her voiceover performance in the Netflix series “BoJack Horseman.” Recent credits conclude: the FX series “What We Do in the Shadows”, as well as Hulu’s “The Mysterious Benedict Society.”
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Book Launch: Bonds & Boundaries by Dale Corvino in conversation with Cesar Padilla (I Could Not Believe It)
October 27, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
Launch event for Bonds & Boundaries, the debut short story collection by Dale Corvino, from Rebel Satori Press. Dale will be in conversation with Cesar Padilla, co-editor of I Could Not Believe It: The 1979 Teenage Diaries of Sean DeLear from Semoitext(e). They will discuss the queer Gen X tropes raised by each work, followed by readings of select excerpts and a Q&A. Both titles will be available for sale.
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ABOUT MADE IN L.A. WRITERS – Made in L.A. Writers came into being because local readers expressed their desire, en masse, for stories about Los Angeles. As a collaborative of L.A.-based writers who are dedicated to nurturing and promoting indie fiction, our work is both influenced and illuminated by our hometown and underpinned by the extraordinary, multifaceted, and often surreal culture and life in L.A.
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