Ashley Murray to read at The Parlor, Tuesday July 1 at 7pm.
Part of our Emerging Writer's Festival,
Ashley blew us away with her piece, Anatomy of Birds,
so we invited her back for another turn at the mic.
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Julia Borcherts a Chicago-based freelance writer. Her work has appeared in Time Out Chicago, Metromix, Red Eye, ChicagoBoxing.com and has also edited the 2008 Not For Tourists Chicago guide.
Julia teaches fiction writing workshops at Columbia College and is a co-founder of (and regular reader at) Reading Under the Influence.
Her work has been part of 2007’s Second Story, Manual Labor Gallery, the Printers Row Book Fair, Around the Coyote Gallery’s Re:Action reading series, Kate the Great’s Book Emporium, the Tamale Hut Reading Series, No Touching Magazine’s “United Colors of Non-Fiction” and other events and venues.
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Ashley Murray is a freelance magazine writer and full-time middle school tutor. She teaches children ages ten to fourteen in a wide variety of subjects, including everything from fifth grade social studies to eighth grade Algebra. She holds an MFA from Columbia University and is currently involved in the terrifying process of completing her first collection of short stories.
On May 24, 2008 The Parlor hosted its first annual Emerging Writer’s Festival. From a national pool of applicants, six writers were chosen. Needless to say, it was an amazing event. One of these writers will return for his or her own episode of The Parlor.
This episode of The Parlor is presented in two parts:
Part 1 contains A.D. Jameson, Anthony Ruth and Laura Zinn Fromm.
Part 2 contains Jennifer Kikoler, Julia Borcherts and Ashley Murray.
On May 24, 2008 The Parlor hosted its first annual Emerging Writer’s Festival. From a national pool of applicants, six writers were chosen. Needless to say, it was an amazing event. One of these writers will return for his or her own episode of The Parlor.
This episode of The Parlor is presented in two parts:
Part 1 contains A.D. Jameson, Anthony Ruth and Laura Zinn Fromm.
Part 2 contains Jennifer Kikoler, Julia Borcherts and Ashley Murray.
Summer is a time for sitting out in the sun with a good book. In honor of the warmer weather, we thought we’d share our intended Summer Reading Lists. Email us with your favorite summer reads at theparlorreads@gmail.com
Terri’s Summer Reading:
Weight, Jeannette Winterson
Don Quixote, Cervantes
History of Sexuality, Michel Foucault
Religion without Belief, Jean Petrolle
Wonder Boys, Michael Chabon
Secret of Scent, Luca Turin
The Elementary Particles, Michel Houellebecq
Caroline’s Summer Reading:
Halls of Fame, John D’Agata
The Vagabond, Collette
The Illiad, Homer (Richard Lattimore translation)
Three Tales, Gustav Flaubert
What You Call Winter, Nalini Jones
Ritual and Spontaneity in the Psychoanalytic Process: A
Dialectical-Constructivist View, Irwin Z. Hoffman
Somebody in Boots, Nelson Algren
Live Girls, Beth Nugent
The Monk, Matthew Lewis
The Shaman from Elko, Edited by Garth Hill
Joanna’s Summer Reading:
Someone to Run With, David Grossman
The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story, Diane Ackerman
Joe College/The Abstinence Teacher, Tom Perrotta
Audition, Barbara Walters (I can’t help it, I’m curious)
The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson
When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris
My Name Is Red, Orhan Pamuk
Run, Ann Patchett
The Luxe, Anna Godbersen
Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer
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Chances are, you’ve never heard of James Lower, but, according to his dad, he’s actually pretty cool. When not teaching creative writing to 4th graders or hypothesizing about which side of the poverty line his MFA will lead him to, he writes fiction and creative nonfiction of variable lengths.
His work has appeared in various online and print publications including the Story Week Reader, Reservoir magazine, and the Santa Clara Review. He also co-publishes the Atlanta-based APlusPlus magazine with four other members of Morningside Elementary’s storied class of ‘92.
He is currently at work on his debut story collection as well as a memoir, Maybe the Waves. He hopes it will become increasingly strange that you haven’t read his work in the coming decade.
Direct download: JamesLower.mp3
The Parlor cordially invites you to attend the fourth reading of their 2008 Spring Season.
James Lower will read an excerpt from his memoir Where the Woods Meet the Water and a short story, “By the Rivers, We Remember.” Following the 30 minute reading, the author will take questions from the audience. The event will be recorded and published on-line for your repeated listening pleasure at www.theparlorreads.com
All readings take place at The Green Lantern 1511 N. Milwaukee Ave, 2nd Floor
(www.thegreenlantern.org)
Also, don’t forget to download The Parlor’s first three episodes, featuring to Jonathan Messinger reading from his novel-in-progress Take Your Own Advice, Ben Tanzer reading from his novel Lucky Man and Amina Cain reading a selection of short stories including “I Go To Some Hollow,” from her forthcoming collection.
download Amina Cain is the author of I Go To Some Hollow, a collection of stories that will be published by Les Figues Press in January of 2009.
Her work has appeared in journals such as 3rd bed, Denver Quarterly, Spinning Jenny, the2ndhand, Sidebrow, and La Petite Zine, and is forthcoming in the second volume (F-K) of the Encyclopedia Project, as well as in the anthology Wreckage of Reason: Contemporary XXperimental Prose by Women Writers.
She co-curates, along with Jennifer Karmin, the Red Rover reading series, and teaches in the English department at Columbia College.
The Parlor Reading Series announces a call for emerging writers, as part of its First Annual Summer Emerging Writer’s Festival.
Please submit short works of fiction/non-fiction between 3,000 and 5,000 words by Monday, April 28th 2008.
From the submissions received, 12 participants will be selected to read for a public audience on Saturday May 24. Six of these readings will be available for download as part of The Parlor’s season of podcasts. One winner will be asked to return for a second reading on July 1, 2008.
Send all inquiries to: theparlorreads@gmail.com or check out our website: www.theparlorreads.com for contact information.
All writers must be prepared to appear live, like the rockstars they are, if and when duty
calls (i.e. in June and July).
Amina Cain is the author of I Go To Some Hollow, a collection of stories that will be published by Les Figues Press in January of 2009.