Smart Gals are now in their tenth year of organizing events that celebrate books and the artists and authors who make them. They’re commemorating the anniversary with an unusual sort of installation piece at the Barnsdall Art Park, and I’ll be privileged to help out with a “quiet” reading.
The Smart Gals have installed their Reading Preserve—a “sanctuary for the endangered act of reading actual books”—before at the WeHo book fair; this time the preserve will be part of both the Los Angeles Municipal Gallery’s ongoing “Actions, Conversations, and Intersections” exhibition and Smart Gals’ own anniversary. (They’ll also be showing all of the awesome bookmarks Smart Gals commissioned their Speakeasy reading events over the years—shown here at left is the bookmark Esther Pearl Watson made for our event a few years back.)
On Thursday, February 4th, 2-3 pm, I’ll be quietly reading a book (from my library, but not written by me) in the preserve, surrounded by comforting pillows. You can join me or… watch me?
Other participating authors include Janet Fitch (White Oleander), Aimee Bender (The Girl in the Flammable Skirt), and Cecil Castellucci (Boy Proof). You can find more from the reading preserve author schedule.
One cool thing is that on Sunday the 7th, the Smart Gals will include writing from the participating authors (for example, from me, an excerpt from my novel in progress) on hand-made pillows that will become permanent elements of the reading preserve. Outstanding, right? Forever printed on a pillow…
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