Thursday, May 7th, 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.

Corey Mesler
to read from and sign
his new book of stories
Listen: 29 Short Conversations
(Brown Paper Publishing, $14.00 paperback)

Reading will begin at 6:00 p.m.

Listen is a collection of short fiction, continuing the exploration of dialogue narrative begun in Mesler's novel Talk: A Novel in Dialogue (Livingston Press, 2002). Listen: 29 Short Conversations is based around many modes of interaction and its characters include a wannabe writer, a wannabe musician, the ghost of John Lennon, a talking TV, Jesus Christ, a King Arthur, and a man who has been turned into a giant hen.

"A virtuoso performance! Realism, monster stories, sex stories, love stories, ghost stories, myths and legends, comedy both understated and openly adbsurdist: in a literary atmosphere that fetishizes blandness and sameness, such a broad range of ambition and accomplishment is a brave and astonishing act. Pure fun from beginning to end."
----Pinckney Benedict, author of Dogs of God



Corey Mesler is the author of 12 poetry chapbooks, 3 prose chapbooks, and 2 novels(COREY'S BOOKS), with a forthcoming novel due out next year. He has had numerous stories and poems published in various journals and online webzines. Corey is the owner of Burke's Book Store.

Click here to order a signed copy of Listen