To be blunt, I wasn't expecting a whole lot. So I did, and she said, 'Come with me,' and led me to Gregory Frost, who led me to Rebecca Ore, and by the end of the weekend, I had all these great writers agreeing to do this at a regular time. The series is now booked through October. May. Future readings also include Tom Purdom and Daryl Schweitzer. The gallery also is an ideal setting for authors to share their short fiction work, for which there's often no real presentation venue, she added.
Short stories are so ephemeral.
And it's not like in a bookstore, where the goal is to sell as many books as you can in the hour you're there. This is simply sharing your work with others. An authority on pop culture, Bacon-Smith is widely quoted in the media. The music helped keep the tempo of writing consistent.