Wednesday, October 27 at 7 pm Hammer Readings
Where: Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90024-4343
Slake LA: Iconoclasts
The evening will celebrate Slake’s second issue with Q&As, readings, and performances by Slake contributors, including screenwriter and novelist Jerry Stahl,
of Leaves author Mark Z. Danielewski, comic actress and writer Lauren Weedman (The Daily Show, Date Night, Hung), cult film queen Mary Waronov, plus jazz ensemble the Max Wrightson Trio.
Organized by Benjamin Weissman.
Mark Z. Danielewski's piece The Promise of Meaning appears in Slake No. 1. He recently announced that he’s begun work on a 27-volume series of novels titled The
, about a 12-year-old girl who finds a kitten (among, we’d expect, other things). The LA-based writer has gained a cult following with his experimental novels
of Leaves and
. A few days after the Hammer event, Danielewski will give a theatrical presentation of his ghost story The Fifty Year Sword at REDCAT on Halloween.
Can we expect another Parable from Mark? Who knows? Hopefully somebody will be able to go and record it (audio and/or video)!
Where: Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90024-4343
Slake LA: Iconoclasts
The evening will celebrate Slake’s second issue with Q&As, readings, and performances by Slake contributors, including screenwriter and novelist Jerry Stahl,

Organized by Benjamin Weissman.
Mark Z. Danielewski's piece The Promise of Meaning appears in Slake No. 1. He recently announced that he’s begun work on a 27-volume series of novels titled The



Can we expect another Parable from Mark? Who knows? Hopefully somebody will be able to go and record it (audio and/or video)!
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